Evaluation: Question 7

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

In the beginning I learnt how to successfully follow the 180’ rule through the Preliminary Task, then after talking it through with my group we arranged who would be acting in our Film, we kept our plot very simple as we knew there are many pitfalls related to being too complicated, we also left out sound tracks and narratives in place for a simplistic wild track because we wanted to keep our films’ subject matter raw and frank which challenges a lot of the glamorisation of crime in the media today.
Most of what I have learnt over this course, turned out to be quite different from what I expected filming to be like. Originally I thought that through use of extensive planning the filming process would follow a rigid time table however I now know that practicality in many ways is more important than planning. I also learnt that you must be prepared to work longer than expected to achieve the desired material, and more often than not through exploration of your location and your actors that you discover that many of the ideas you had are unfeasible in terms of practicality, and that you will find many more interesting shots and ideas if you explore your locations and actors’ abilities.