Evaluation task 7 - Looking at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the product?

• Camera work - We didn't use many different angles and different types of shots in our prelim. We mainly used close-up, medium and long shots and over the shoulder shots to show the narrative from different perspectives. We progressed to use more shots in our final product such as high angle, low angle, tracking shots and panning shots by changing the position and height of the camera when filming certain scenes.The difference in our final product is very effective as it added to the narrative and helped to create suspense as the high and low angle was used to differentiate between the personalities of the two characters and to show they are binary opposites. Also these shots are used a lot in the thriller genre so therefore through these our thriller conforms to many thriller films and TV dramas. Also, during filming our prelim we only filmed each scene from one angle whereas in our thriller we did each shot from a few different angles so when we began editing we had more shots to work with compared to the prelim. The was more effective as we could ensure in our thriller we had the best shots that fitted with the genre, narrative and mise-en-scene to appeal more to our target audience which we couldn't do in our prelim.

• Mise-en-scene - There was very little mise-en-scene when filming our prelim as we had to work with the space we were given.Therefore it didn't create any effect.The mise-en-scene in our final product is much more effective as we had many more props and a better and bigger setting to work with and create the right effect for our thriller for example we were able to film from many more different angles to display more aspects of the mise-en-scene and also add things to complete the overall narrative we were trying to create.It is effect as it creates mystery, tension and suspense. There was also no lighting to create effect in our prelim, however there was a lot more effect through lighting in the final product to add to the tense atmosphere. 

• Editing - The editing isn't very effective in our prelim as it only used very simple cuts to go from shot to shot to show the conversation between the characters. We have learnt in the progression from the prelim to our product that by manipulating the editing and making it more effective it adds to the atmosphere we wanted to create such as building up tension and making certain scenes stand out to the audience for example using slow motion in the strangling scene which we did by slowing down the clips on the editing software. We also used colour correction and cinematic effects when editing our thriller which we didn't use in our prelim which improved the quality of our opening sequence and made it look more professional which is a progression from the prelim. We also used a tool on the editing software to add titles to our thriller which we did not do in our prelim to add details about the title of our film as well as people featured and involved which made our opening sequence look more like a real film and more professional which will affect attracting an audience.
• Sound - We only used diegetic dialogue in our prelim, the conversation between the two characters. This was to tell the narrative. We also used some diegetic dialogue in our product, a short conversation between the male and female, also to help tell the narrative therefore the effect of diegetic dialogue in both our prelim and product is the same. However, in our product we progressed to use non-diegetic sound to build tension, establish the mood and atmosphere and match what was actually happening and the narrative by adding a backing track during the editing process. This was effective as it helped to bring our product together and make it more appealing to audiences as they could understand the genre better.The non-diegetic dialogue was also effective along side the editing of the credits as credits appeared on different beats to add effect, something that we did not have in our prelim and therefore shows our progression from prelim to product.
• Working as a team - When working on our prelim we worked okay together as a team. We all talked to each other and tried to help each other out but it also got quite difficult at some points because we weren't very familiar yet with how to film and use the equipment properly as well as everyone thought they should have their own specific role. Our teamwork did improvement when filming our product as we decided to share roles slightly more which helped us work better as a team as we all got an opinion from different aspects of the filming  and it also helped as we were able to help each other more if someone was unsure about what they were doing or were meant to do.