Prelim to Main Task

  From our prelim to our thriller we have learned many new things. For example-

• We had never touched upon sound track pro for our preliminary task and so our sound was of not very good quality. For our thriller however we used Sound Track Pro to add special effects which helped add to the mood of the sequence and made it much more professional.

For Example: Here we used a piercing sound effect to shock the audience and add drama.

•  In our preliminary task we use only very basic camera angles and we only used a limited number of these. It therefore was quite amateur but since then we have learned all about the effects that different camera angles can have for films. In our thriller therefore we used many more different angles such as low angles to cast power over characters or higher angles to show them being powerless.

Here is an example of a high angle shot, we look down on the victim making him appear more vulnerable. this sort of thing was never used in our prelim.

As we can see from the two shots shown above, we also used special visual effects such as distortion and speed. When editing our prelim we didn't even know this was possible. It shows that we gave more time to discovering things about how to make our Thriller look more professional and shows that we spent a lot of time perfecting certain things such as the flash backs, giving the audience the shock factor that they expect.

As we can see in our Prelim, some of the shots are not linked up correctly. We see the end of an action without seeing the beginning as it is out of shot. For example-

Here is a wide shot of two people talking...

...it then cuts to her handing a gun. However we do not see her bringing up her hand or making and hint of doing this, therefore when we see the next shot it may become slightly confusing for viewers. It makes the sequence seem jolty and rushed.







An example of where we learnt how to fix this problem in our actual thriller is-

In the wise shot we see the detective leaning forward and starting to pull off the gaffer tape...

...it then cuts to a close up at exactly the same point as where the wide shot was cut. This all together looks seamless and keeps the sequence flowing.







All together the difference between our prelim and Thriller is clear. The visual and aural elements became far more advanced and took far more time to perfect. However the outcome was far more smooth and fits the conventions that we wished to include in our Thriller.