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

From my preliminary task i have learnt just how important continuity is to a film and how it can alter your films success. For example after completing my preliminary task i took more time and effort into carefully cutting my clips down so that that flowed correctly and appeared realistically  I also payed more attention to background details as so the smallest thing changed between cuts. An example of this is when i had to completely re-film after the weather suddenly changed  and it started snowing. To combat this i halted production and continued filming on a different day when the conditions were the same - making sure the actors wore the same clothes and appeared the same as in the first shoot.

I also learned the importance of the 180 degree rule which shows that the actors need to appear to be on the same side in every shot, if not the scene doesn't look right. However i used this to my advantage and broke this rule on purpose. By showing a side angle view of the character each on a respective side and then using a shot reverse shot with them appearing on different sides i make the audience feel uneasy and this provokes a certain response i want out of the audience. So from my preliminary task i have learnt rules that shouldn't be broken and used this to my own advantage.

I also learnt how to successfully use shot reverse shot in conversation with two characters and how i should use this in conjunction with the 180 degree rule.