Question 7 - How does the final product compare to our earlier work?

This highlights the key points of our film and how our group was able to work together to create it. Compared to our preliminary task, we were able to improve greatly, the differences of which can be seen below:

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There are obvious differences between the preliminary task and the finished product, which can be seen easily using screenshots from both products:

These two screenshots show the difference in quality due to the presence/absence of a tripod. The above image was taken with a tripod which was being used to carry out a panning shot, and the quality of the film was good as the images were not shaky. However, the bottom picture shows a still from the preliminary task, which was filmed without the use of a tripod - although it cannot be seen in the still, the image was very shaky.

These images show how the positioning and the movements of the actors were different in the preliminary task and the final product. The first two images are from the final product; both show the actors in different positions to how they were first seen on-screen, but because of the background we can tell that they are still in the same position and the scene hasn't changed. This contrasts the third image, which shows the actors sitting opposite each other in the preliminary task - during the reverse shots between the characters we get the sense that the camera position has changed drastically and we do not feel that they are in the same positions, making it feel as if the continuity has been tampered with.

These final two stills show the differences in each task, in specific how the actors were cut off and for what reason. The above image, from the final product, has our actor with only the lower half of his face being shown. This is intentional and we meant to create a feeling of suspense as we do not know this character's identity; this directly contrasts the lower still, where the actor was moving and was accidentally cut off by the camera. We meant to keep her in frame at all times, and by not using the right equipment the quality of our work suffered.