When we first started our preliminary task, we were just learning the basics on how to create a film effectively. Our preliminary task wasn’t very interesting as it was just showing that we had basic knowledge on how to use a camera, how to use a few different shots and how to edit.
After finishing our preliminary task, we then learnt that to make a film we actually needed to plan for our film which was something that we didn’t do for our preliminary task. Planning included making a storyboard, a rough script, a rough opening synopsis, filming schedule, costume/prop planning and location planning, etc. We also found out that it is important to schedule time for reshoots in our filming schedule in case we had to redo some shoots. We also had to make sure that our actual film was of good quality and was of a good standard.
For our actual film, we had to think carefully about mise-en-scene whereas in our preliminary task this wasn’t as important. We had to do a lot of research to become familiar with the horror genre and horror conventions. This allowed us to know what to include in our film. Learning the horror conventions made it easier for us to choose a location as an isolated setting is a convention. It also made it easier for us to know what props and costume would be appropriate to use.
Learning the conventions also helped us with the editing as we knew what kind of sounds to use to create tension and what kind of transitions to use to build suspense. Even though I already knew how to use our editing software, my editing skills have still improved as I now know things that I didn’t know in the past.
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