Saturday, 26 January 2013

On Reflection


On reflection, I think this project has gone fairly well under the circumstances. I will definitely continue to work on it in the future and perfect it, as it's nice to have a film shot on the super 16 format as part of my portfolio. There's definitely room for improvement on this film. I will probably re-record some more additional foley and have a play with the levels as some of it is out of sink, such as the breathing. I may also have a go at making the titles look a little more professional and interesting, as After Effects is an area I am keen to develop anyway.
If I were to re-do this project, I'd make sure we had a very specific and calculated plan regarding shots and amount of footage we use for each shot. I think we spent too much time filming at the first location, resulting in us having too rush and get the shots we needed before it got dark. I'd also aim to film a little earlier than we had, giving us time to have maybe gone out for a secondary shoot and get any footage we felt we were missing or needed. We'll definitely be putting all the film related files on each of the crew members' hard drives' to avoid any loss of data!
I have thoroughly enjoyed this project and using the Super 16 format. It's given a great insight into how to professionally plan and go out on to a shoot, using the film in a sparing and thought out way, rather than just going out and shooting anything that you may think will just look good and then entering an edit suite with hours and hours of footage. I would quite like to shoot on film again at some point, when I feel I have come up with a worth and well enough thought out film idea in the future.

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