Evaluation-Progression from Prelim

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

When we created our preliminary project our filming and editing broke the rules of continuity, our thriller lacked suspense as it had continuous music and lacked a range of both non-diegetic and diegetic sounds.

During the production of our final thriller opening we tried very hard to follow the rule of continuity during the filming and editing. We tried to achieve this by filming our shots more than once and ensuring we filmed longer than necessary, also when we edited we ensured that our clips fitted in a chronological order and what the previous shot ended with, the next one starts with. For example, when Harry was walking we made sure that he wasn't stood still before he started walking and when Emily was walking we made sure she had her phone in her hand so when she stopped it matched the close up of her phone screen.


When we filmed our preliminary project we used very basic costume and props, the editing was done very quickly and the titles were created in a very basic format. When we created our final thriller piece, we created more interesting titles and ensured the editing was thorough. Also, during the planning stage we ensured that the props and costumes matched the storyline we were trying to achieve and created the characters we wanted.