Evaluation Of Our Preliminary Task

Evaluation

My group has now completed the planning, filming and editing of our preliminary task, and I am very happy with the finished project. Overall I think that the project went really well, and that the group worked well together and that the work load was shared equally. The planning stages were carried out quickly and efficiently, and this ensured that the rest of the project flowed with the same efficiency, despite the fact that we had to re-film our project due to the camera cutting out. This however will be a good lesson to learn from, and will teach us to always make sure that the camera is fully charged before we begin filming. This project has also taught me how to use all the professional equipment properly, so when creating my final project I will be able to use the camera, lighting and editing software confidently and to a high standard. 

When editing (I had never edited properly before) there were a few issues to overcome such as figuring out how to use the Adobe Pro editing software, as it was quite complicated and difficult to comprehend. However, by doing this preliminary task, I am now able to edit quite confidently, and know how to use the large variety of transitions and special effects available on the programme. Another issue that we dealt with was that some of the footage we filmed didn't fit together as smoothly as we would've liked, which made certain aspects of the editing slightly more complex, however this will be another good lesson to learn from when filming our final pieces and ensure we complete our thriller genre clips to the highest standard.