Part 8 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

In the preliminary task, there were many strengths and weaknesses. 

The strengths of our work, was the fact that we followed the rules and shots. We followed the 180-degree rule as well as match on action and the rule of thirds. These were all very important in out work. This is because, in our piece, two people were having a conversation. Therefore, we needed to make sure that we followed the 180-degree rule. This is because, the audience would of got confused, because if we crossed the 180-degree rule, then it would look like both the characters we sitting on the same side and wouldn't look like a proper conversation. 
 
We also used match on action, and this is was when one of the characters was walking into another room. This was more difficult, as the door had to look like it was at the exact same place, at both sides of the door. We were successful in this. In my opening sequence, I stuck to all of these rules and that made it more successful. I think that if I never done the first task, then the opening sequence wouldn't of flowed as well, because I would of had no practice.

One thing I found quite difficult, was adjusting the sound. This was because the cuts were quite obvious, and the wind outside was hard to cover up. Though I hadn't used the new version of iMovie before, I found it easier to use that the version that I had used in GCSE. Using this technology, was good, as it prepared me for when I was going to be doing my main piece of work. In the final piece, I used iMovie very well, and learnt even more things on there. 

During pre-production I done a storyboard. The storyboard, was quite difficult to do as I find it is hard to stick to it, as it doesn't end up being as easy as what you think it is going to be. For the opening sequence, we didn't have to do a storyboard, however we had to do a script. I found this more difficult, as there had to be a lot more detail. However, when it came to filming the shots, it became a lot easier as it was more precise. 
                                                     
Overall, doing the preliminary task, made things a lot easier, when doing my opening sequence, as it gave me an idea, that doing the main thing wouldn't be easy and would take a lot of hard work and effort to be perfect. I will take everything that I have learnt forward next year when filming my music video.