7.Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

In comparison to the process we went through as a group for the preliminary task I feel that this production was far more eye opening and extensive for me. I think this is most obviously because I made the video on my own, putting all managing and creative responsibility on me. However I am pleased with the progress I have made and I enjoyed the creative control I had over my production. Time management and organising logistics were the main difficulties I faced as this was my one person project. I feel in the planning stage of the task I took to much time thinking over the look and creative side of the film, meaning the actual logistical decisions for the filming were left until very late on the preparation stage. Although there was a brief stage of planning in the preliminary task, what we had in mind was straight forward so we did not consider story boards. This is something I got to do with the main task, I found this very effective when bringing together all my initial ideas.
Through doing a genre piece in comparison to making a video from a brief I feel this made me keener to work on the film as I was able to work in a genre which I personally find interesting. Researching the genre was also some thing which I found helpful meaning my film will hopefully resemble real films. I also revised to research we had doe to make the preliminary task to aid my work. This was viewing videos that explained shooting rules such as the 180 degree rule and the shot reverse shot. Although some were not applicable to my project it still refreshed my memory and added to the possible vary in shots for the sequence.
Because I was able to make a sequence in a genre I like I think this personal interest made me more aware of what was a good decision and also what was not as I was already familiar to the genre through personal awareness , meaning I could use typical conventions in my own production effectively. As I am generally happy with what I have managed to achieve I think my target audience had been met.
The main thing I have learnt through doing a more extensive production is that time management is everything. while I still coped with the deadline well I feel it would have been more beneficial for me if I had took more time on filming as I would have had more shots to work with which may have added to the effectiveness of the overall production. On reflection if I were to do a project such as this again I would have considered additional filming sessions to obtain a optimum amount of different shots to work with.