Evaluation Question 7 - What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from the preliminary task to the full product?

Compared to the first task, our attitude towards film making and editing has completely changed, we have learnt how to use many different programs in order to increase our skills and the quality of film. 
We have learnt how to edit the clips and make them flow steadily as one whole opening sequence, where as when we did the preliminary task, we had trouble editing the clips separately and making them look like they were meant to be together.
Adding in sound effects in the first task was something that we played around with to see if it worked, for example the creak of the door and the noisy children, we used this as practice and with that experience, used the sound effects for our real thing appropriately and professionally. This showed us that the preliminary task really was necessary because, without that, we wouldn't have known exactly how to use them or add them in within the right timing for our real final piece. We also enhanced the diagetic sounds in the real task, Red kissing the picture and walking is real but in order for the viewers to hear it over the music, we had to make it a bit louder.  
After watching both the preliminary task and the final piece again, one after the other, it is clear that we have made significant improvements to our skills as directors, producers and camera women. The use of the camera in the preliminary task looked unprofessional and shaky, however it is obvious that with practice, our camera skills improved immensely. We made sure that we used the tripod at all times and when doing the close ups, kept the camera completely straight and even. 
After seeing that our framing in the preliminary task was not completely right each time, we made sure that each clip in the final piece was in the correct framing and that no extra things that we did not want in there, were within that frame. This is another improvement that has benefited our final piece hugely, as without the first task we wouldn't have known to look out for small details like this.
Overall, I feel that we have made a significant improvement and come a long way since our very first task and we are all very proud of what we have achieved . We have learnt many new skills and organisation techniques in order to get everything done, sticking to our filming schedules, whilst keeping the blog up to date as well.