Question seven

Looking back a your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full products?

Below is my preliminary task which I created with Aaron Hunt and Ella Overson. I do think that to an extent this task went pretty well as it was the first thing I had ever done like this where I had control of what I wanted to do as it was my own ideas. I felt as though we did really well in working as a team and our storyboard and script was very detailed. I also think that the acting was not too bad. However there was one major issue in this film and that was that the music was not good for the film. As well as this in the actual task I would not be able to use music that would be copyrighted. I should have though about this when doing the task, however I did not and therefore after hearing peoples feedback I made sure that in my final task I would not use music that was not appropriate for the task. As well as this I do not think that the script we used was as good as it should have been and therefore once again I improved my script writing for Delusion. Another thing which we should have fixed was the sound at the beginning of the clip where I was walking up outside and the wind really effected what was going on and made you not be able to hear what was happening. Finally in some of the scenes the transitions from each of the shots are weak as it is a very clear transition and therefore makes it look very amateur, where the match on action occured was very obvious as the clip was too long and needed to be clipped down and at the end the zoom was too obvious and fast. After thinking about all of these things I had to make sure that I would not make any of the same mistakes in Delusion as I made in Rumours and I think that I did a pretty good job doing so.

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In the actual task however, I expended great effort into researching many different techniques, ideas and tropes to create the movie that I truly wanted to create as director. This research included Titles research, editing techniques, how to create a good storyboard, shot list and many more. This was all to help me when it came to the actual creation, editing and writing up of the many elements of the opening scene. The first two tasks had taught me to plan efficiently and practically to ease everything later on and this is shown by the location planning that we did that meant we did not have to try and find locations on the day. 

Individual Planning

• Storyboard- As mentioned the storyboard was something that constantly improved throughout the different tasks as the first attempt to create it was hap-hazard but by the end it gave us timings and locations as well as hints as to what would happen in the scene. The storyboard gradually became more intricate and larger as time went on and consisted of multiple pages by the age all with lots of details about the different scenes.
• Shooting schedule - The shot list in the first prelim was created hastily and consisted of almost no information to assist us on the day of filming. In the second Prelim task, I expanded upon it but it did not include any information about location or who would be present. Then in the final task we included the locations we would shoot at as well as whether it was inside or outside, the character used and equipment that would be used. This proved to be a massive help during filming. 
Middleman Shooting Schedule:
Shooting Schedule Middle Man
DAY / DATE	SCENE	INTERIOR/EXTERIOR	SHOT NUMBER/ DESCRIPTION	LOCATION	CHARACTERS	PROPS/SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
25/11/2015	1	Exterior	Shots 1-5 1 – Black screen 2- mid shot of feet 3- Face close up 4- title sequence shots 5- close up on injuries	Baddow road	Steve	Suit, headphones, Tripod
25/11/2015	2	Exterior	Shots 6-8 6- sees people running 7- peeks over crowd 8- standing around	Baddow road	Steve, Extras	Tripod
/11/2015	3	Exterior	Shot 9 – “Did you see his face?”	Baddow Road	Steve, Extras, Children	Suit, headphones, Tripod
/11/2015	4	Exterior	Shots 10-12 Shot 10- Checks face Shot 11- Checks injured side Shot 12- Shot of bloody hand	Baddow Road	Steve, Extras	Phone, Suit, headphones, Tripod
/11/2015	5	Exterior	Shots 13-14 Shot 13- Walks up to body Shot 14- shakes body	Baddow Road	Steve, Extras	Suit, headphones, Tripod
/11/2015	6	Exterior	Shots 15-16 15- tries to communicate 16-Shakes crowd member	Baddow Road	Steve, Extras	Suit, , Tripod
/11/2015	7	Exterior	Shots 17-18 17- Close up on Steve- Voiceovers 18- Steve thinking	Baddow Road	Steve, Extras	Suit, Tripod
/11/2015	8	Exterior	Shots 19-22 19- Face Zoom 20- Black screen (Heartbeat) 21- Eye 22- High angle	Baddow Road	Steve, Extras
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On my prelim task my group did not even really make a script for the movie and more made it up as we went along, which was a really bad idea. However after making this mistake once I had to make sure that this would not happen again and therefore below is the script which was made for Delusion. This is much improved from Rumours.
Opening Scene Script:








Filming- Production 
I became very familiar with the camera in the first two tasks and so when it came to the final task, I was confident while filming and used many features available on the camera like the gamma. This helped me when we had to have multiple shooting sessions and the settings had to be the same as well but also having the multiple shoot days meant that we could improve some shots that had incorrect lighting or we wanted to collect extra shots. This was an improvement over only the one shoot projects that we did first.


Furthermore, the use of a tripod effectively meant that the shots were much better and research of filming techniques assisted us on the day of filming to try and come up with some unique ideas to better our film.







Editing- Post-Production
This was one of the biggest areas of improvement as when I started I did not have a clue about editing and editing software. The first project was quickly thrown together without deadlines and contained no Foley, warping or titles. This was repeated in the second task with only a few titles that looked out of place in some cases. Then in the final task, I put in serious research into techniques and styles to get the opening scene looking perfect. This meant that by the end of the project, I could confidently use the program and was quickly able to finish of everything and the subtle inequalities within the movie and the sound effects.