TASK EVALUATION 7

Comparison of Prelim task to main film:

When filming our prelim task, my group and I were unaware of how to use the camera, as it was the first time using a proper camera rather than our phones but also we had never been in a situation of using a high tech camera before. When we were looking over at the storyboard at first, we thought we just had to film it all from one shot. We didn't know we had to shot it from all different angles.  

In our Prelim task we used three types of shots: close up shot, wide shot and a medium close up. However in our film there were a variety of shots including an establishing shot and even a bird’s eye view shot, which we used a drone to enhance to viewing experience and give another viewing perspective. In our film, the school invested in newer cameras. Therefore, we were fortunate enough to use them as well as being able to use the camera on the drone where as in previous times with our prelim we used old cameras with footage that didnt turn out as clean looking

One of the most challenging thing and what we spent most of are time doing was editing our movie. This was done on software called Premier pro. We began looking over all our shots we filmed, which was around 94 different clips and started to discard the ones which were poorly filmed for example a shot in the car was moving around due to the bumpy roads. The ones we needed to keep for our final piece we put them in a labeled folder, which made it easier for us to look at again, and made it more organised. After we gathered all the shots needed we started putting them onto the timeline to begin creating a narrative for our film. Looking at the footage we had, we have slightly changed the narrative by starting with a flashback, which we hadn't thought of during our planning. We learnt many different things from this software for example: that we can zoom in on premier pro. This meant we were able to zoom in and crop out additional things in the picture that was not needed. When editing the prelim task, I struggled, as it was my first time ever using this software so I was new to it, which meant I wasn’t sure what all the options meant. However, after editing my film, I felt more confident using this software and editing clips as I spent so much time on it, I learnt how to change loads of different things.

The mise en scene in our main task was planned in advance. We created a storyboard of how we wanted to set it out. As well as this, we created blog posts based on location, set and props. The location of our thriller was in a variety of paces. It started outside a pub in Kingsbury called J.J. Moons, and then it is located in our actor’s car, which was used as a taxi. Our actor wore a mix of black and dark brown to symbolize violence and darkness. We used many different props such as, water bottle, a car, a gun, black leather gloves and ID cards. These props all played a huge part in film and created suspense in the film.   The mise en scene in our prelim consisted of corridor and some lockers for the set. We only had one prop, which was a pair of locker keys. Due to the lack of substantial costumes, props or set, which are all contributing factors to a successful film, we produced an ineffective piece, which was in deprivation of emotion and suspense.  The mise en scene in our film was more effective than in our prelim task, as we spent more time making sure that everything was correct and had key factors of making a good thriller movie.

The two pictures above demonstrate our original plan of our film as time went on we found changed and altered it in parts as our first example in our opinion was too long winded and would end up being boring from the audiences perspective once we had got feedback from internal classmates and students from other classes. For example we got rid of the idea with the shovel and went for a more brutal approach with onscreen punches and the use of a gun. Overall, the changes made from the first ideas have definitely been positive as many viewers have given the thumbs on the new idea


In a thriller movie, sound is the most dominant feature for an effective film. Therefore, we made sure it played a massive part in our film to make it a lot more effective. Throughout our film, we have used sound effects to crate suspense, tension and mystery. We used sound effects, such as a heart beat when our actress in panicking in car. This was because, it enhances fear for the viewers. the In our prelim, we did not use any sound or sound effects. This was because we were unaware of how to use the software confidently, which withheld us from making an effective prelim. Sound is an important factor in a film as it creates suspense and tension with a film. In a thriller stereo typically the audience are meant to be on the ‘edge of their seats’ and have their eyes ‘glued to the screen’ if the film is effective. 

In comparison to the two pictures above these were the set storyboards we used to create our Prelim. to give it our own twist, we came up with our own version by using Mr Wood and Drama Student Ben Sugarman.