1. Sarah Byard

2. • Cameraphone
• Internet – Google.
We used many more technologies in the final piece than in the
prelim, because the prelim was shorter and less detailed. Our film
required more attention to detail because it was meant to be a film
opening, so had to be more developed than our prelim, which was
just an exercise to get used to the camera/FCP etc.

3. We thought a lot more about mise-en-scene in the final than in the
prelim, because in our final we wanted to get meanings across and to make
it feel more authentic. In our prelim, we weren’t aware that it’s easier to edit
with controlled, artificial light than with natural light, so in our prelim we
used natural but for the final, we controlled the lighting.

4. Prelim Final
The artificial
Natural
lighting is
lighting sets
controlled so
too many
the levels can
different
be changed
tones to edit
easier.
properly.
Appropriate
props for the
Only prop genre thought
thought about and
about, but only chosen.
decided on the
day.
Costume thought about to
make it appropriate for
Random props not really thought about, they
genre.
were just there when we came to film.

5. We used more of a variety of shots in our final piece, because our final piece was longer
and made up of shorter clips, whereas our prelim was a simple conversation. We also
use camerawork to infer meaning and dominance in our final (such as low angled shot
of a well to infer Esther’s dominance) because we had learnt more skills by the time we
came to film our final piece.

6. Prelim Final
We used a
larger
variety of
shots in
our final,
because
We broke the 180 degree rule in our we
prelim, but we weren’t aware of it then wanted to
so we didn’t make sure we didn’t break make it
it. more
visually
Less of a variety interesting
of shots used in and to
the prelim makes give the
it monotonous shots
and less visually meaning.
appealing.

7. We took lots more care with the editing in our final coursework piece than with the editing
in our prelim, because we knew more about editing techniques and how to create meaning
through editing. Because we were more skilled in using Final Cut Pro by the time we edited
our coursework, we were able to add in more effects and correct the colour of the first
section.

8. Prelim Final
We were more aware of filters by the
time we came to edit our final
We did not use filters because we coursework piece, so we used the stop
weren’t sure about them or how to motion blur to add some surrealism to
use them, but we could’ve used one the dream sequence.
here to show the surrealism of the
situation, when Hannah asks for my
soul.

9. We used sound for more than just dialogue in our final piece to give it more depth and to
involve the viewer more. We did not really think about the sound issue Ralph had in our
prelim, but in our final we turned up the sound levels so that the dialogue could be heard.
We also knew how to use Garageband by this point, so we could record voiceovers for our
final piece, something we couldn’t do (and probably wouldn’t have gone anyway) in our
prelim. We also used music to create tension, something we didn’t even think about for our
prelim.

10. Our time management for our prelim was quite poor. We didn’t really think about how
long it would take, so we just picked a random day and filmed. We started off like this for
our final piece, but we soon realised that it was going to take a lot longer to film than the
prelim, because it was much more detailed, so we had to organise ourselves and make a
clear plan of when we were going to film and what we were going to film in that time
period.

11. This is our shooting schedule for our final coursework piece, which can be found here:
http://sarahsamazingmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/shooting-schedule.html
There is no shooting schedule for our prelim to compare it to.

12. The narrative of our prelim was very simple and thought up on the day. The plot was very
simplistic, which meant that it was clear. However, in our final piece, the narrative was
more complex and was established using more than just dialogue (flashbacks, voiceovers,
editing etc.). The plot in our final was not as clear, as established by our audience feedback
for our final piece, but that was in keeping with the conventions of a psychological thriller.

13. Prelim Final
Flashbacks establish the friendship between
Narrative not established at all through
mine and Jess’s characters and add some
camerawork or through editing.
normality to the piece.