7. Back in September when I was
in a group with my friends we had no idea how to make film or how to edit it, but by the end of the
final short opening I feel that I have a good enough skill set to carry on the
art of film further.
When I planned the preliminary
task with my original group, we quickly thought up an idea and figured out how
we were going to shoot the short task by having a play around with different
camera angles and shot types. Because I hadn’t met most of my class it was hard
to find a group for the preliminary task but I quickly bonded with others and
the work got on swiftly. After shooting the preliminary task I realised that
having dependent planning is vital to the shoot because if you don’t know where
you are meant to be or don’t know what you are meant to be shooting it could
have turned out costly.
Before the task I had never
heard of the 180 degree rule and had no idea what it involved or how to do it
but now I understand it perfectly and see that it is crucial to my work. The work
we did during the preliminary task helped me when it came to the main task. It gave
me a brief insight into how things were going to work and how quickly I needed
to get things done so that I have enough time to make sure it looked good. And through
the preliminary task I leaned that the planning and shoot for the film had to
be done perfectly, else it was going to be a rush to get everything done in
time.
During the planning of the
thriller opening which became Stone Statues, I was the only person working on
it because everyone else wanted to be in a group so I didn’t mind being alone,
because that way I could use my own ideas and own views and portray them how I wanted
to. But in doing this I have realised that it is a lot harder to get everything
done in time and have had to rush everything a bit to get it all done and in on
time. The planning went well but could have done with having someone else put
their ideas into it because at times when my plans didn’t pay off I had doubts
that it was all going to fall apart and that doing this was going to be a waste
of time because I was going to fail. But after getting past the planning and
getting onto the shoot I realised that the end was closer than I first thought
and that made things feel a bit easier. The costumes that I chose for the shoot
were really easy to find because it was just an old band t-shirt and skinny
jeans and some trainers, I chose these to give my main character Sofia a
contemporary look.
When choosing my sound track I
made sure I chose something that wasn’t too loud and wouldn’t be distracting
because I knew if it was then the audience wouldn’t focus on what was going on
in the film and would focus on the track.
I have learned that the opinion
of the audience is vital in finding out what people like to see and finding
ways to improve my film. By finding out the positives and negatives of it, I could
put as much work into it as I could and I am happy with the outcome. If I was
to do this again, I would definitely put more work into getting things done
before the deadline and not the night or week before, because it is stressful
and isn’t the best way to get a good grade and I would also like to work in a
group rather than on my own because the workload is ridiculous and too much for
me to cope on my own, and i would definitely shoot some more footage because I found out that I didn't have enough footage to fill the full two minutes and that's why mine is so short.
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