Looking back at your preliminary task,

what do you feel you have learnt in the

progression of it to the full product?

Throughout this project, I have not only learnt how to put clips we have filmed ourselves

together within Premier Pro, but also how to add effects and sound. My ability of using the system has grown through experimentation and practice on the preliminary task. I found

timing the pieces and changing the volume of the music I used very difficult, this was due to my inexperience within the programme (the

ending of the piece shows this). Despite this, I still feel my skills have made a large

improvement from the beginning of the course.

The camera we used throughout filming, easily detected wobbles or jumps while filming the clips, this therefore meant that some of our

footage was unable to use or cut due to the camera lack of stability. In many

places it is hardly detectable and almost fits within the genre as a hand-held camera effect. We attempted to

use the microphone so that we had our own non-diagetic sound. After

recording the sound we wanted, we decided it was not exactly what we wanted, this meant we found and

downloaded music and sound effects to fit with our piece.

Due to the preliminary task I am now able to use premier pro properly.

alongside using specific camera shots, such as, the tracking shot we used

around the Ouija board and characters within the opening. I am now also able to plan ahead with what we are doing,

by using mind maps, scripts and storyboards. throughout all of this I

have most importantly learnt how to use, upload and style my own,

personal media blog.

Overall I feel there has been a vast improvement on the level of profession within my work. The look of the

finished product is much better than the preliminary task; I feel this may be due to the research undertaken and the

choice in subject. We enjoyed the genre; therefore we enjoyed filming in the style of the genre. My preliminary

task was almost a guide for what I would need to know/achieve within my final piece. This, as a guide, taught me how to use the program, what angles and

shots were used for/called and how to piece a product together. The finished product is by far better and shows the ability within the group, from research to editing the

piece together.