5. production reflection
- 1. I N D I A - R A I N H A R R I S O N STAGE 5 PRODUCTION REFLECTIONS
- 2. WEEK 1 – 09.01.2018 For the first week of production we talked about what we would be doing for this rotation, which is creating a 60 – 90 second film. To practise using the camera equipment we would be using, we were sent off into groups with a camera an tripod to film someone walking upstairs and into a room and us as filmmakers had to decide what dramatic sequence to include at the end of our films. Once we had finished filming, we went back and edited our sequences together to make the story flow well. As for editing in sounds for a movie sequence, we were given a short 30 second clip that we had to include sound into ourselves that we either converted from YouTube or recorded ourselves using a sound recorder. We also did a bit of paperwork, such as drew storyboards, ad filled out an initial plans PowerPoint and began research on what and how to crate our own short movies.
- 3. WEEK 2 – 16.01.2018 During the second week of our rotation, we continued on with planning and wrote down a few concepts for stories that we would want to create. We finished our research and decided which of our 2 concepts we were going to chose to create into a mini movie. We filled out a story development document and proposal, helping us adapt out story further, giving us chance to explain in detail how our story is supposed to be portrayed and how the audience could interpret it. Due to us only being in college for two days this week, we weren’t able to complete as much work as we would usually. We also created surveys that helped us with primary audience research, I had 27 responses for my own, each helping me decide on what genre of film I was going to create and how I should film it. We also had to complete a secondary audience research where we fund movies that fit the same genre a our own and look at similarities between three popular movies.
- 4. WEEK 3 – 23.01.2018 Our third week of production we started our pre-production PowerPoint, where we broke down our story into sections and created storyboards as a visual for what we wanted the story to look like. We also created a shot list, which helped us develop how our shots were going to look by explaining what angle we were going to film at and why. We also filled out charts on what cast we used and why we chose to have them in our movie over anyone else. We did the same with location, we explained what location we were using and why we chose to use that location when filming and how it helped the aesthetic of our films. We also had to say how long each of our shots would potentially be. As well as describing what angle we would like the camera to be at when filming each shot of our film.
- 5. WEEK 4 – 30.01.2018 Week four, we carried on with our pre-production PowerPoint, completing other documents such as Risk Assessments, Call Sheet an Contingency Form. After all of our paperwork was completed, we started filming our movies. For my film I used an underground tunnel close to college and the college green screen studio. It only took one day to film all the sequences, the remainder of the week was editing the shots together, cutting out where necessary. We also recorded sounds, again with a sound recorder, that we uploaded to the computers and inserted into our movies where necessary, making sure the timing of all of our diegetic sound matched up with the picture of our movies. For the risk assessment we had to read potential risks for when we go out and say whether it was a risk that will happen or one that wont, we then had to calculate the risk factor for each thing, explaining why it was / wasn’t a potential risk.
- 6. WEEK 5 – 06.02.2018 This week was our final week of production for our short film rotation. We completed our final film projects, some re- filming areas of their films as shots weren’t quite right or added parts into their films to show an exact location of where the film took place. We started on our evaluations for the entire rotation, explaining how we completed our research, the sounds we used ad how we incorporated them into our films. We also discussed how we managed our time between planning, filming, editing, paperwork, etc. We also received audience feedback by asking a minimum of 3 people what they thought of our films, for example, what they liked and disliked, what they would do to change it, why the liked certain elements, what thy would do different etc. We then had to summaries our feedback and justify what we would change in our films based on the feedback we received. All work we completed throughout the 5 weeks was uploaded onto our blogs upon completion. As well as updating our vlogs, we also completed this PowerPoint with brief explanations as to what we did each week. https://youtu.be/hXDELGf3Fck
- 7. WEEK 6 – 13.02.2018 This week we mainly focused on our evaluation, analysing our work, discussing good and bad points within our work. We also showed our work to three different people, gathering their opinions on what they felt was good about our work and what they didn’t like about our work, where I discussed what I agreed with from said feedback and what I didn’t, then I continued on to explaining what changes I’d make to my product if I were to create it again and what I personally felt was good within my product. We also discussed what research methods we used, how we appealed to our target audience and how we didn’t, plus how we went about planning for our product, discussing the mood boards we had previously created and going over the three stories we had written about before choosing the one we stuck with and created for our final product. We also discussed how we managed our time and the technical qualities with production, this included audio, the camera and editing process.
Editor's Notes
- #3: Discuss the tools and processes used in your production. Log your thoughts and feelings about your work.
- #4: Discuss the tools and processes used in your production. Log your thoughts and feelings about your work.
- #5: Discuss the tools and processes used in your production. Log your thoughts and feelings about your work.
- #6: Discuss the tools and processes used in your production. Log your thoughts and feelings about your work.
- #7: Discuss the tools and processes used in your production. Log your thoughts and feelings about your work.
- #8: Discuss the tools and processes used in your production. Log your thoughts and feelings about your work.