Task 7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

The difference between actual thriller and preliminary task is huge! Starting with the storyboard we didn't have much time to work on it in the beginning of the year, but intentionally we didn't do anything special on it. We were given a camera just after the 2nd lesson when some of us held the camera for he first time in their life, we had to film a video, and, moreover, follow the storyboard, and the rules we had just learned (shot/reverse shot; 180-degree rule). We were absolutely alone with no help, but nevertheless had to look at the location, think of the light, and don't forget to use all the options we had learned about so far. While before our thriller day shooting we had few months to prepare every single thing, because every piece of prop is very important.
We had to decide a story and create a storyboard, which was much longer and with bigger diversity of shots comparing to the prelim task, because we needed it to look like a real film, but not a work of a beginners. Also, we relied a lot on the knowledge we've learned during the year, about how to work with the camera, so it was much easier for us to film a real piece, especially as we received  help from Matt and Luke.
The location was one well, we had to print the posts of different sizes , put them all on the walls, invite people, arrange blue cards etc.
Additionally, with the knowledge we've learned we tried to express the paranoia thing with the help of different shot, cuts and angles to create a visual narrative within the sequence and to create an impact.
The prelim was based on the dialogue, whereas our piece was with no words, we made that intentionally
to create a creepy atmosphere and intrigue audience.
When we were doing editing the difference was also very big,  prelim task was done very quickly just in one lesson , while on our main thriller we spent at least 10 lessons, and worked not only in FinalCutPro, but also SoundCutPro, as well as we made a song specially for our thriller. We needed every shot to be in the right place, and all the sounds to be fluent and fit the picture.
In conclusion, we added the titles so that they won't distract audience, but only help us make the right influence on them.