I have learnt recording main shots like the 180 degree angle shot aswell as the shot/reverse shot.The preliminary task was mostly based on these shots, it wasn't very difficult to get the hang of them. While editing the shots, it was mostly based on getting the shots right so we didn't use any transitions or other effects to make it interesting. What I learnt from that was you shouldn't waste time on what is irrelevent and always stick to the task set.
When it came to the final product it was more complicated as we had many other shots to work with. In our 1st edited draft of our film opening we found that there was too much dialogue and not many shots which made it boring. We decided to cut down on dialogue and add more shots and make the scenes only 2 seconds long, this allowed us to add more of the story line in to the opening, making it more interesting to watch. When we edited our opening for the last time we decided that we use only music which runs through the whole 2 minute clip with just one bit of dialogue in the end of the conversation between Pia and Elizabeth, this was much more effective in terms of being able to not just make the audience listen but to also visually attract and make it independent of them to try to establish the twist in the story.
Regarding the problems we faced such as lack in planning and organising the time allocated for shooting, we were still able to produce a decent product which we more or less planned to produce. It was right in the end that we decided to change our storyboard making it very difficult to get the cast together for a last few shots and then re-editing the whole opening. Although we didnt have enough time, we still managed to finish our product in time and more or less acheived our aims. I feel that our product is still successful because we stuck to our treatment from the start which made it a little easier.
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