looking back at your preliminary task what do you think you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I learnt how to use final cut properly by adding titles appropriately and interestingly and editing it so it flows smoothly as well as having to position the camera correctly. One of the most important progression lessons I have learnt is getting the right actors as it could ruin everything if they cannot act and look at the camera constantly therefore you would have to get new actors and it could therefore be rushed and ruin your film.

I also learn the importance of sound and how wind can easily ruin non-diagetic or diagetic sound as you could be over powered by the wind and not be able to understand what they are saying however in our film we mostly turned off most of the background noise and added a song over it including twinkle twinkle little star at the end and 'Childhood memories of winter' for the pan around at the beginning to add suspense and tension. I also learnt the importance of having to plan what days we are going to film and make sure we have everything as well as having our narrative structure and story boards with us at all times as the slightest mishap could ruin the film as if we forgot any of these we might not be able to film or could forget to film a shot which could ruin the whole thing.
I also think I have learnt alot about how lighting can affect a lot as lighting is never the same on two days, every day is different therefore if you are going to film outside you need to get that whole scene done within one day as we tried to re-shot our pan around and the lighting was completely different and even playing around with the contrast of the lighting didn't help.

Screen Shots from both my preliminary task and 'Captured':
Preliminary task:

Here is one of the basics I learnt of a close up shot of someone reaching into a bag.

Here is another one of the techniques I learnt which was a tilted up shot showing them are superior (by making them look taller than they actually are) we also didn't show the face as we wanted to create a mini story line making the person seem mysterious.






Here is a example of a over the shoulder shot which is on the basics we learnt again showing people having a conversation and hopefully making it flow as best as we could.







'Captured':

Here I have used a close-up of a match and matchstick to show the fire glowing at first it goes blurry then gets more defined and then added the production at the top to add in titles.

Here is another close-up of the girl child which we cut in and out of to show she was humming whilst the boys were running around playing as you could not hear it from the long distance shot we had.











Here is the long distance shot of the girl humming and swinging whilst the boys run around playing happily showing they are like any other ordinary children.

Here is another close up of the round-about, the dirt on the round-about I believe could show there class and the area they live in as its obviously old and runned down therefore they are seen as living in a more middle class area where something like this would not be fixed quickly and would normally be left.



Here is the shot of the pan around we did of the deserted park which emphasises something bad as gone wrong as it is unusual to see the park so empty without children running around having fun.





Here is an over the shoulder shot of the mother as she boils the kettle, getting adgitated, checking here clock wondering where the children could be. We added in time to show the difference throughout the day and did the typing in a american typewriter font and added clicks for each of the numbers or letters as if it was a police style report.




Here is the ending of our close up and zooming out of the kettle boiling i believe this was effective as you could see the kettle really close up at first and are unsure as to what is going on with the bright blue screen then it zoom out to reveal the title as the kettle clicks to say it is boiled. All these little noises create tension as I believe when someone is scared they pick up every little noise and usually think the worst and turn it into something which it is not which is what i was trying to achieve here.


This is the final shot of the police knocking on the door as the blue light flashes outside and we tried to use little lighting to show how the light is removed without the children there as they create life and happiness within a home however without them there it can be too quite and tense. 

These screen grabs shows me how much ive learnt within filming with all the different shots and ideas and titles and editing which have been added in to create the whole sequence flow and work well. I have realised the slightest thing can connote something so easily for example the association of a blue light with police, as the police are not outside however it is made so it reflects the thoughts that they are as peoples immediate assumptions is to the police.

I have also learnt the vital lesson of how much an audience can affect your work as in the preliminary task you were just working towards the quota however now we are working towards a target audience therefore we need to cater to there needs and wants if we want it to be a successful film and I hope our film included as much as 'horrors' target audiences wants and needs as much as we could.