Final Evaluation

Final Evaluation

During this assignment I was asked to get in the group we were assigned to, brainstorm on a type of film we could possibly shot, write our ideas down on the piece of paper, create a short script, make an actual story board online, fill out important information that involves us shooting the film, reading the safety and dangers of what could happen, film and edit. All of these things where indeed a hassle and time consuming but I must say it was all worth it in the end. Surprisingly our group in the beginning was able to easily come up with an idea that we could film. We all pretty much had the same idea in our head so we started to discuss what was in our minds to each other. We choose idea together as a team with no complaints and problems. 

For the audio and video production research, since the film my group would be shooting was sad, I looked at a lot of piano sadness songs and different angles that could make the scene more dramatic. In my opinion this worked really good on the scene where the main character is tremendously trying as hard as he can to decide if he should take the pill or not. His indecisiveness and the angle that I shot the scene in gives it a suspenseful vibe to it. So yes It was helpful. For this film that we shot on the demographic side it is more heavily viewed towards teens and parents. The parents get a special message at the end of the film that should make them second guess about their child and see if their child really is ok. It also affects teens by showing that the main character could be their best friend and they don’t know it. For the films psychographic side, this would impact those who have been in a situation like this or have helped out someone in a situation similar to it.

 My role in this entire project was set heavily on the story of this film. If the others in my group did not really coop with it their video would not look the same.  I contributed by sharing how there should be at least some slight suspense at the end of the film, filming the different scenes and intense angles and producing the story board. I tried my best to make it as accurate towards the main film as possible. To complete this film, we used a Panasonic digital recording camera and a bipod, a computer to finish editing it all and upload it to YouTube. I was able to use adobe premiere pro to edit, snip, cut, paste my video. I must say, it would be really cool and easy to have adobe premier pro at home on my desk top. I really pushed heavy on the story of the film, defiantly my choice of audio and editing. I enjoy editing a lot because of the unlimited ideas you can create your film. Areas I could improve in are time consumption, meaning the time we take to actually film. 

We had a couple of bloopers here and there. I also could say that I could improve in editing. I wish that I had more editing experience to make the film more appealing. I don’t believe I really learnt any new skills nor had the chance to develop any during this assignment. I was merely using the skills I have been taught in class and simply put them to the best of my capability. For this assignment I really enjoyed putting the films that I shot together in adobe premiere pro and editing them. I really enjoy editing, but like I said before I wish I knew how to add different special fx etc. I also enjoyed filming a lot more. The feedback that I got from my audience was positive feedback. They enjoyed the film and thought it was suspenseful at the end just like me. Judging from the feedback, they got/understood what I was trying to portray in my film. For future assignments I hope that my editing skills are 10x better and my sense of camera angles are better.