When creating this production experience, I found that it was quite difficult to start at first an we wanted to create an original idea. After a few ideas of cafe scenes we came up with a shop scene, as this idea became better it became more fun to create. As we decided to make this more dramatic to enter someone getting shot this seemed good at the time but took a number of shots to get a better scene as it was funny to shot it.
I think that the production as a whole went very well we incorporated all of our group in the film as we all got to use the equipment for practice and to help with future productions. It took practice to get used to setting up all the equipment and mainly using the camera to create different shots.
The worst bit may have been our story board and our last scene with the shot. As the storyboard wasn't really planned well enough and the type of shots we did were different to the final ones, next time i think there needs to be more time planning. The shot scene was very funny but we didn't really take it as seriously as we should. I was the one shooting another person in our group but i didn't do it realistically so its not that convincing. The setting was good but i think if we had more props and a better set it would have looked better overall. We also had some problem of doing it in the hall as there were dinner ladies spotted in the background.
If I did this film again I would possibly spend more time on the preparation on the project as I think it wasn't planned well enough, because when we shot the film we had to keep retaking scenes when we should have processed of the film. We did shot, 180 degree reverse shot, and some others to create a good effect for the film. We had some troubles with the dolly as sometimes the tripod wouldn't fit into the dolly so it took time putting it in again and again.
The advice I would give to other about doing this sort of film experience is to plan extremely well because I think if you have a good plan, then your film will run more smoothly as a whole saving you from having to backtrack to find work or having to stop working to do research ways to do different shots when you should have know.
Although this project took a lot of time it was well worth doing it and I have learnt how to prepare myself and the group for the following project.
3 comments:
I thought it was a very good idea for a short film because we were left in suspence. It was also funny and entertaining, one thing that could have been done was the music turned down at the start as you can't hear the diologue.
Your film was very good, with uses of camera shots, music and clear titles. One improvement is that there were at some points, you could not hear the speech.
Zoe,
Well done on a very thorough and detailed evaluation. Your film is good and you've used a creative idea. It is also pleasing that you thought carefully about technical codes to show your characters' class.
You could go into a little more detail about the problems you had with sound, and your film could do with some refining, but this is why we do a preliminary task. I can see that you know how to do even better next time!
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