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

From our preliminary task we found out quite a lot about the 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

We also learned about various shots such as the over the shoulder shot, this is common in character conversions, but can also be used in different ways, for example I used it in my movie to show the characters body language along with the feathers and grave to add a more effective mood.

This is a shot from the preliminary task, showing both the body language and the speech of the person providing an excellent shot for conversations between two people.

Another shot, still having the body language and speech present, but from a different angle, however still not breaking the 180 degree rule so the audience do not get confused.

However in my actual piece I decided to use an over the shoulder shot, but higher up, as if it was looking down on the body language and the powerful mise en scene of the feathers on the grave.

There was also another shot I leaned about in the preliminary task, the POV shot, I also realized its true beauty and effect it can have whilst filming with it. The POV shot provides  either close ups of a certain object to highlight where the character is looking, or just direct contact with something or someone making you feel in a way part of the movie.



 In the preliminary as you can see we used the POV shot to highlight the character and get the audience to feel apart of the movie, also showing detailed emotions and expressions of the character opposite.

 However in my media piece I used the POV to highlight the action on kneeling to the gravestone and placing the feathers down, I felt this would be quite a powerful shot, connecting the audience with potentially the saddest part in the clip, or so I hoped.