Question: Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?Task: Create a Prezi that takes your ‘reader’ on a journey from preliminary task to finished thriller. Include images to illustrate your points.

Preliminary Task

January 6th was filming for the preliminary task.

-The filming style is not as thought out or well planned. -The sound in the preliminary task is mixed and doesn't flow.-We have now learnt about the importance of sound bridges as well as editing pace (which was too slow and long in the preliminary task).-We learnt that using lot's of match-on-action shots are not very effective so we used less of them in the final sequence

Preliminary Task -Problems

January 6th was filming for the preliminary task. -Our biggest problem with the preliminary task was time. We did not have much time for our preliminary task.-There was no non-diegetic sound in the sequence which would've made up for the silence at various points in the sequence.-Was edited in a unusual aspect ratio.-The storyline was weak.

Conventions

During the planning process we studied the conventions of thriller films which helped us to decided on the elements that would eventually be in our final thriller.

-We learnt about the construction of enigmas-Learnt about different types of thriller such as crime thrillers.-We looked at how different social groups are represented in thrillers.

Logo Designs

During the design phase of our logo designs, we learnt what made an appropriate logo to make the introduction feel more professional.

-Simple designs seemed to be more effective.-Bright colours or a limited colour pallete.-Animated logos were very effective and eye catching as well as appearing more professional.

Initial Ideas

In the initial ideas phase, we decided to watch some examples of thriller intro sequences.

-We watched some student's examples of thriller intro sequences-We also had a look at blockbuster film's intro sequences.

We decided in our group that our focal point of the intro sequence would be to introduce the characters and that we would do so with one character being mysterious, allowing for construction of various enigmas.

We also did a test shoot to help advance our ideas which we used to base our main/final idea on.

Storyboarding.

We decided to storyboard the basic idea of Apparition, which was about a person visiting a graveyard to place flowers besides a grave.

-This idea was used in the final version of the Apparition intro sequence.-More detail was put into the final sequence such as the idea of the boy looking through a window.-Other shots and props were added to the final sequence after reviewing the storyboard (such as the Pepsi can and looking around more rooms.

Test Shoot/Shot List/Planning The Shoots

The idea of doing a test shoot was so we would know what to expect when it came to filming our final sequence. The shot list was so that we would know all the necessary shots to put into the final sequence in order, this was very helpful

-We used the shot list to pick a few basic shots and used them to make a basic test shoot.-The shot list helped us to decide when we would film each shoot.-The test shoot was very basic and missed a lot of key elements such as sound.

Because we split the sequence into two shoots (one was the graveyard shoot and the other was the house shoot), we decided we needed to plan which one would be shot first due to availability of people on the shoots. -The house shoot was shot first.

Marketing and Final Film

To market the film we created some posters that would feature in magazine or as banners on the internet.

-They may not appear as actual 'posters' in cinemas due to what the budget for the overall film would be (it is not a blockbuster).

Overall, I am pleased with how the film developed and progressed and I am satisfied with the final outcome of the sequence. I think the weakest part of the sequence however, is the shaky camera angles due to lack of certain equipment and time management but I believe that time was managed as best as possible despite the many complications.