1. 7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you
have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Quality Summary
Quality of holding a shot •In the preliminary task, we did not use a tripod
because it was not available to us at the time
steady therefore we had to improvise and use our
hands and a stack of books to keep the
camera steady therefore the shot was
unsteady.
•However for the real media product we had a
tripod for most of the time and the shots were
steady.
•What we learnt from the preliminary task was that
we had to try our best to always locate our
equipment and use our initiative by finding
other ways to hold the camera steady.
Quality of the framing shots •In the preliminary task, the framing of shots were
good however at times our actor’s head was
cut off.
•What we learnt from this was again to always use a
tripod and use our best efforts to make sure
the actor’s are fully in the shot.
•For example when Jemima was walking into the
room in the preliminary task, part of her
forehead was cut off but when Leon walked
into the newsroom in our final product, his
head was not cut off and this was made
possible by the use of a tripod.
Quality of shooting material •In the preliminary task we were required to include
a character walking in through a door,
appropriate to the task set- conversation between two characters and
i.e. the content of your film reverse shots.
•For our final media product we were required to
pre and post editing was produce a film that followed the conventions
consistent with the exam of a specific genre.
•For the preliminary task we did not research our
directives
directives however for the final media

2. product we had to research 6 psychological
thriller films and highlight the conventions of
the films for example the use of the
characters, titles, the sound, lighting, mise-en-
scene etc.
•Essentially, we learnt to broaden our horizons and
widen our research in order to produce a film
that follows the basic conventions of a
psychological thriller.
Quality of selecting mise-en- •For our preliminary task, we did not pay specific
attention to the lighting of the room or of the
scËne including colour, figure, objects in the room because we just
lighting, objects and setting; composed a story and filmed it paying more
attention to the directives because they were
the main focus.
•The fact that Leon was wearing black in the
preliminary task was more of a coincidence
then a predetermined plan.
•However, for our final media product we had to
constantly think about the use of lighting,
what the costumes conveyed, the sound, the
locations, the atmosphere etc.
•We learnt how to analyse in depth and how to use
specific props to create a deeper meaning.
For example Leon’s character, Horatio, wore
a white shirt, black trousers’ and a maroon tie
in order to convey his alienation from his
peers.
Quality of editing so that •In the preliminary task we used reverse shots in
order to convey the conversation between
meaning is apparent to the the two characters however in the final
viewer media product we used various shots in order
to convey the basic meaning.
•For example in the final media product we had to
cut to different shots of Horatio and the
computer he’s using in order to convey his
isolation. EDIT
Quality of using sound with •In the preliminary task we used diegetic sound in
order to create a natural setting and we did
images and editing not think it was necessary to include music to
appropriately for the task set; create an atmosphere.
•Whilst researching psychological thriller films, I
found that most of them using non-diegetic

3. sound in order to intensify the atmosphere
and add tension therefore for our final media
product we had to research music that
conveyed tension and an eerie atmosphere.
•We learnt that we could not rely on diegetic sound
alone to create an atmosphere that followed
the conventions of a psychological thriller.
Quality of positioning and •The positioning and movements of the characters
were good in the preliminary task however
movements of actors there were times where Jemima was not fully
in the shot because we were cramped in a
small room.
• For the final media product, we made sure that
the character’s were positioned where we
could film them easily and we also made sure
to organize a room that was a big enough to
hold more than 4 people in order to make
sure our actor’s had enough space to move.
•We learnt how to organize on a big scale rather
than on a small scale.
Quality of group planning, •For the preliminary task we planned well and spoke
a lot but because it only took us a few
meeting targets, organization minutes to film we did not meet as much.
However for our final media product, we all
interactied through e-mails, facebook, text
messages and we spoke to each other in our
media classes.
• In terms of organisation, we all completed our
roles to the best of our ability and we all
started filming withthin a few weeks of
completing our planning. Leon sorted out the
equipment when needed, Hannah edited
when we finished filming each scene, Jemima
finished the storyboard and I wrote the script,
organised the locaitons and sometimes
located the equipment if Leon was
unavailable.
•We learnt to communicate more and made sure
that all of us were always kept in the loop.

4. Group dynamics i.e. how did •In the preliminary we worked well together and
communicated well. The whole group worked
your group work together with enthusiasm and efficiency however the
communication was restricted to the
classroom.
•For our real media product, I sent out various e-
mails, facebook messages and texts in order
to organise filming and all of the people that
were needed on set showed up.
•We learnt to respect each other's needs and
made sure that everyone knew what the plan
was for the day.
Other points of evaluation •In terms of equipment in the prelminary task we
had no problems apart from the absence of
(e.g. equipment related etc) a tripod however for our real media product
we had various equipment problems.
•For example at one point our camera's battery
died because it wasn't fully charged, the
white balance did not work well indoors so
we had to use a professional camera in order
to make the film more visually pleasing
however the battery of the professional
camera died for 4 days so we had to use a
standed camera to film.
• Also, the tripod we were given towards the end
was stiff and came out with difficulty and it
delayed our filming times.
•Learnt how to use our initiative