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

In the progression of learning about various thriller conventions, I have gained more knowledge on what it takes to fit the demographic of a "thriller" where as previously I thought it was souley down to the plotline I now understand from not only my target research but from class that it's to do with creating suspense and mystery through camera shots and angles. Our media opening wouldn't have been a success if it wasn't for those key shots that emphasised a scene e.g Ellke being pushed near stairs. During our filming we were also unaware of the idea that clothing could give a certain image to the audience. For example the idea of Lucas character just wearing socks in the house wouldn't be as effective if he had been perhaps barefoot due to him dressing then slightly more different then Ellie. Soundtracks are also important I learnt when trying to convey a mystery and build suspense - this is one of the key things we found difficult when trying to find a soundtrack that matched to how the scene went - instead of going on in with a harsh and dominant sound effect,though market research, we found that it would be better to do a build up that gradually became louder. This technique had previously used in films such as Gone Girl.

In our preliminary task we showed little to no mise-en-scene as at that time of filming we didn't realise how important things such as costume would make a difference. One of the big things that have changed is the use of our narrative as within our pre-lim the sound was very on and off as we only thought to use over the top sound effects rather than a slow build up. Additionally the use of props has dramatically changed as when filming our pre-lim we had zero props and didn't think through previously on how when filming and editing the shots it wouldn't leak clean cut. Comparing to now I believe our media work has vastly improved because of the new skills we have learnt that have allowed us to adapt to how we would like our work and although the progression of our work will continue we believe we have extremely changed from our first task. My personal editing skills have dramatically improved as now I know what to spot in order to create my work more clear to the audience as before I tend to focus on the final product rather then focusimg on every small detail to make a good final product. Our film pitch/ideas, planning and themes were overall more consistent this time around in making the final product more of a success when distributing.