Evaluation: Question 7

Preliminary Video & Final Title Sequence 

Q7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? 

Short statement about myself:

During my preliminary work and the final title sequence I believe that I have gained many skills and learned many disadvantages about myself, which I have developed. Looking into the skills I have learnt, I believe that my filming skills with the camera has developed and had a huge impact on  my group whilst filming the final title sequence. I remember that I was not confident whilst filming our preliminary because I was worried about doing something wrong, however as time past by I learned how to use the camera and was more confident whilst filming. Looking into what I learned about myself is the most important aspect because I realised that I work better with people that I haven't met before than my friends. This is because my old group consisted of my friends which resulted in a lot of messing around. As a result, changing groups had a huge impact on myself.

Pre-production:

Storyboard

During our preliminary video our group did not use a storyboard. I realised that a storyboard is an important aspect whilst filming because it results into changes. From my perspective, a storyboard is a organised plan which shows you the camera shots, location, props, and other important aspects. For our final title sequence our group used a storyboard and this resulted into a successful title sequence.

The storyboard of our final title sequence 

Location: 

The location of a filming is really important. Looking into our preliminary work we had to use one of our colleges room as a principles office. Due to the lack of timing we had to use the college as our location of the principles office and this was very unprofessional.

Principal's office (one of the colleges room)

Looking into our final title sequence (Refugee) we had filmed in a few locations, we had a production date therefore we knew when to film and where to film, which was much more organised. As it was a final title sequence we had to make sure that we pick locations which are suitable for our filming. 

Here is all the locations. (Constructed area, Central London, Mosque, Office, Park and House) 

Here we had to put a effort on finding the precise locations, which some locations like the constructed area took time upon to find, because many constructed area was either not suitable for our filming, or we was just not allowed. Location is a important aspect because it gives the audience an insight on where the film is filmed. Comparing my preliminary work and final title sequence, we can see that there is a huge difference on the amount of time spent on locations and I learnt that a location could be really important during a title sequence.

Props: 

Comparing the preliminary work with the title sequence with props, I can state that there is a difference within props. In the preliminary task we only had one prop, which was cards and this prop was chosen by our teachers. 

Props - Cards 

With our final title sequence, the props had to be on point, so it looks much more professional and more realistic. 

Props - Coins, Folders, Office Telephone and Housing Props

Mise-En-Scene:

Mise en scene is really important because it gives out many clues to the audience. For example, with mise en scene the audience can tell a characters job, personality, lifestyle and more. Looking into our preliminary mise en scene, I can state that it is really poor because it was not correct as we filmed it in college. As a the role of a principle, I should have been wearing smart clothes and as the students role, my group mates should have been wearing a smart school uniform. 

Mis en scene in our final title sequence

Mis en scene in our preliminary task

Looking at both GIF makers we can can see that there is a huge difference in mis en scene. In our preliminary task we are dressed in our normal clothes and we were meant to dress very smartly because the characters in the preliminary task consists of a principle and students. However looking in to the final title sequence task it is much more professional and the characters are dressed according to their roles. For example, the councillor is dressed very smartly because that the dress code for her job. We surely have 
learnt how important mis en scene can be and developed this knowledge in to our final title sequence  

Research:

Looking at our preliminary task we did not go through a lot of research compared to our final title sequence. We only went through the different types of camera angles which we can use whilst doing our preliminary task. These angles are the, 180 shot and the over the shoulder shot.

Here is the 180 shot and over the shoulder shot

Looking at our final title sequence task we went through many useful research which then we developed into a successful title sequence. We went through many research, such as: Distribution, Genres, Sounds, Title Conventions and many more. 

Research on our Title Sequence 

Camera work:

Comparing our camera work with the preliminary and final title sequences we can see that there has been much more improvement of camera work. In the preliminary we mainly focused on the 180 shot and over the shoulder shots, however in the title sequence we had a range of mixed shots. 

One of my favourite shots was the close extreme close-up of the coins shot. This is because after giving away a coin to the beggar, the main character then reminisces her times as a beggar. This shot has a emotional meaning on our character because she remembers the hard times in the past.

Another good camera-work was a shot of our main character looking at the Big Ben. This is a great shot of the view. Looking into this shot our character is on the ground and Big Ben is really high, this piece of camera work connotes how the character wants to aim high which she does and becomes successful.

This shot is a good example of a clue, and we particularly wanted our character to stare at the Big Ben, so that she looks low and the Big Ben looks high. 

Here is two camera work which I want to compare. Looking into our preliminary over the shoulder shot, I can state that it is really basic, however looking into the over the shoulder shot in our final title sequence you can clearly see that it is at a low angle which makes the beggar looks inferior and the smart dressed character as more of a hierarchy. The final title sequence's shot seems much more realistic and more of a better camera work than the preliminary camera shot  

Editing:

In our preliminary we used a few match-cuts, for example when the principle was about to leave his room to step outside.

                 

In our final title sequences, we have extremely improved match-cuts compared to the preliminary ones, for example:

 This is a match-cut when our main character throws coins at the tissue, and this match-cut takes her to the past as she was a beggar and when someone else throws coins at the tissue she uses.

Another match-cut is when our character bows down at the mosque and the match-cut takes her to the past as she was bowing down.

Editing: Sound 

Sound is one of the most important aspects in a title sequence. In our preliminary we did not use any music at all, we only had a bit of dialogue. In contrast to our preliminary, in the title sequence we used a emotional music because it is dramatic genre. We used a ambience sound of the screaming of the little sister in the flashbacks, and we used a Foley sound of the keys being used to unlock the door. This shows that we have progressed from our preliminary and learnt that sound is really important.

Editing: Titles 

In our preliminary we did not include any titles which is really unprofessional, however in our final title sequence we included titles such as, Production Company, Actors, Casting, and more. Titles are really important because it makes the title sequence look realistic which is important.