Media evaluation - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product (question 7)

The preliminary exercise was the first time I had used a camera and the editing software, premiere pro CC, within it we demonstrated match on action, shot-reverse-shot and the 180 degree rule. We successfully incorporated this and transferred some of the skills we learnt in the preliminary exercise over to our media product, for example:

 We have also used various other shots in the construction of our media product, for example: a POV shot, low and high angle shots to connote dominance and vulnerability which is an important element of our film, zoom ins, long shots, medium shots and close ups.
POV:

The use of zoom:

 Our use of the editing software has been more extensive during the construction of the media product and we think that we have improved in the respect that our film has continuity and runs smoother than the preliminary task. We included: an opening title sequence with negative editing that presented the names in white, connoting a central theme of our film - purity. During this segment we used rhythmic editing with the music whereby every negative was accompanied by sharp eerie music. We also addded a graphic match that we think added continuity to our film of which its effect was enhanced by the cross fade.
Graphic match:

Cross fade:

We also used elliptical editing as we have a non linear storyline, the action is not sequenced  in a chronological order, for example the film begins at the end and the middle is a retelling of events that have previously occurred. However, there are various things we could have done better. We could have been more considerate with the camera on the tripod to reduce the amount of zoom in some shots. Morever, I think that we could have used a variety of others shots that would have improved our film, for example a tracking shot and an aerial shot but we didn't have the means to do them, especially the latter.