Question 7 - LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

All of our preliminary tasks helped us to make this film as we wanted it, after learning about all the different shot types and doing some research on the genre we had an idea of what we wanted to do. 180 degree rule we did stick to as you can see in the exchange of views from both the protagonist and stalker we kept it over the same shoulder. A few examples of match on action as well were used especially when he enters the toilet to see him push from the outside and the next shot is him inside. The camera’s we all had a rough idea on how to use from our other subjects and all we really need was a tripod to help us. Our organisation wasn’t the best as we changed idea’s late and we had to go film it all near the rough cut deadline but when we did get all of the sorted the organisation of when we were going to edit was fine and set certain days and times which we stuck to. When researching the genre i did notice a theme of the typical conventions from the way it’s shot like tracking and establishing shots all the way to what is the most common thriller film which was Stalker films. Todorov’s five stages were present in most thriller films i watched but in the end we decided to go against it and cut out the fifth stage. With our questionnaire we were quite straight forward and asked them if they liked it and how they would improve it as we all thought that there was a lot of work needed to fix it. We also asked them though if they thought the certificate was right which they said yes and also if it would appeal to them which was another yes. The planning was key even though we changed our idea and were a bit pushed for time, but we planned every shot we were

going to use ready for the filming and after we turned up at lunchtimes to edit it and get the final copy finished. One a whole the technology was pretty straight forward to get the hang of and if we had made our minds up early i think we could’ve got a better film made and would’ve got more time to edit, but i’m pleased with our opening sequence and i stick to our idea.