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

From my preliminary task I definitely learnt the importance of background noise, as on my prelim task the speech is drained by too much ambient noise and the dialogue can’t be heard. The ambient sound also changes when the camera was re-positioned to film each part of the shot reverse shot. Therefore when filming my final piece I ensured I always had ambient sound as I didn't have the worry of draining out dialogue as I don’t have any, also if no ambient sound was used the clip would look extremely unrealistic as when he is unzipping his sleeping bag or rustling the leaves there would be no sound.

The main change I have noticed from my preliminary task is how comfortable I feel using the equipment in comparison to before, especially Adobe Premier Pro as before and even during my prelim task I didn't really understand any of it, and now I have managed to create a two minute piece fully edited by myself. I also now feel like I have progressed a lot using the camera as we got taught the skills, such as setting the white balance, and I now feel like I can use the focus and zoom a lot more effectively than I could before. 

Since the first task I feel like I have gained a much wider knowledge on the thriller genre and believe I can now establish the genre a lot more effectively after all the thorough research and planning I have carried out.