7. Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you think you have learnt from the progression from it to the full task?

From the production of our preliminary task we have learnt that planning out exactly what we need in a paper format first helps keep the structure of our plan going. We also added what type of genre our production is which is a romantic.

As a team we all decided that filming in Manchester city centre was the best location to film. In the first attempt of the final task we had a number of different location all of which, save one, was unsuccessful in producing a good, professional sequence. We found that the best key location to use was the canal located near Piccadilly train station. This location was perfect as not many people travel there and the scene looks isolated, a prime location for our romantic genre.

The fact we had footage from a previous attempt of a main task meant that we could use that footage in certain sections of a final attempt. For example the first flash back of both of the protagonists in a park was actually an outtake from the first attempt. This piece of footage was used as a very positive memory and became a core section of our opening.

Both the preliminary task and main task share the same type of genre, as the preliminary task had a romantic feel as is it based on a typical ‘brake up’ story line, our main task is more complex as it is after the mishap (which the audience is unaware of how it has occurred yet) and our male protagonist is drifting in and out of the real world and the ‘memory world’ thinking back to a better time.

As the progression from the preliminary task to the main task, we have learnt a great deal more about editing and adding excited and interesting effects; including playing a separate piece of footage over another to look like a memory. That was the most interesting effect that was placed into the sequence as it looks like a film studio effect rather then As level standards.