Our Evaluations

Amber-Rose Hocking

Evaluation

            During the film production process we all worked together as a group for things such as pre-production, combining our ideas and using all our opinions to decide things such as the location and our basic ideas about cast and characters and the roles we would take during filming.

            The roles performed individually were that of director and editor. During my role as director I supervised the actors and made sure they understood what shot we were filming and where they needed to be etc. I also was working closely with our camera operator Rosalyn on decided what shots were good quality and deciding if we should change the angle to get the best quality shot. I also worked closely with our sound operators to ensure that there was no one talking on set or any other interruption from anyone else who was on the set. The things I did well during filming was I was able to communicate clearly between the cast and crew and explain to them clearly about what I wanted them to do. If I was to adopt the role of director again in future I would be more assertive as there were some moments when the cast and crew weren’t listening and as we had a time limit we needed everyone to be more alert and to get things done quickly and precisely.

            When I was editing “Bisous Rouge” I found it a challenging but exciting experience, whilst editing the film I had to choose which clips we were going to use and at what points we were going to cut the clips. During editing myself and the rest of the group decided that we would have to leave a lot of our clips that we recorded out of our opening sequence as the time would be over 2.00-2.30 minutes long, we decided we would  end our clip at Miss Scarlet scream as this is an iconic point in the film. The problems I faced when editing was cutting the clips to short which made the scene short and jumpy, to solve this problem I had to lengthen the clips which made the film play at a steadier speed. If I was to edit in future I would try to use more transitions, I would also like to have experimented using different audio to see what different feel it would give to the style of our film.

            Overall I found this experience a positive one if I could make any changes to our film I would use a different location other than the school, as I feel this did not show the true style of our film.

Holly Dobson

Evaluation

For the media studies coursework I had to work within a group consisting of myself, Aimee Kerr, Rosalyn Fenton and Amber-Rose Hocking.  In this evaluation I am going to state the amount of work I did to participate with the coursework and project.  First of all I would like to state that during both continuity task and main task I posted many of the posts on the blog via www.blogger.com posts included the work from everyone within the group.  For some of the posts on the blog I had to use the scanner to scan paperwork into the computer and post them on the blog to show things such as storyboards and scripts.

When filming the main task (film title sequence). I participated with this by recording the sound; this included recording the atmos sound (clanging of glasses, people laughing etc.) I didn’t have to record any dialogue because it wasn’t included within our film sequence.

When editing, our whole group participated. I personally gave suggestions about what to edit. For example there was a part of the film sequence that looked as if it repeated so we cut part of the film out.

If I where to do the project again the things I would do differently where to experience different roles to further my ability.

In conclusion I think I have shown my ability very well to plan and construct a film title sequence and continuity using creative skills. I also think I have shown an understanding of the coursework. Overall I think over the period of completing this coursework I have developed skills in contemporary media technologies.

Rosalyn Fenton

Evaluation

Within this project the majority of work was done in pairs or as a whole group .i.e. helping to set up a scene. For example the party scene in ‘Bisous Rouges’ with the birthday and party decorations, some of which props I brought in from home. Also that ‘Scarlett’s’ red dress costume which was also from home. However, we did do some work individually, for instance filming for continuity and main task. Within filming I experimented with different types of shots, for example, panning, tilt and two shot and different equipment; tripod, tracking dolly and free hand. I made sure that the composition was accurate and that anything that was inappropriate or misplaced in shot was moved away to continue filming or that if the shot was ruined by background activity it was re-shot and noted down, and that the camera was charged and kept with the equipment safely. Lastly, I put in some ideas that were considered and some used, for example the close up of Scarlett’s lips was tested in different ways, such as from a side angle so some background was in view and hand held, as the shot was quite difficult to do instead I used the tripod from a short distance, so I could see from the tip of her head to her shoulders (medium shot) after the clapperboard I zoomed in and adjusted the shot then ‘action’ was called. However, to improve I would be more authoritive with people that weren’t on set as we could have got the scene done a lot quicker and that I re-check the shot every time after shooting it. 

Amiee Kerr

Evaluation

Throughout the filming project we worked both in groups and in pairs, I also did some individual work, for example I was working on the backing sound for the party scene. These sounds were created by clanging glasses together, people laughing and general and general atmos sound. However theses sounds were not used as they were to quiet over the party music and didn’t sound realistic as in the film clips, none of the characters were moving the glasses or laughing.

Secondly I acted in one of the scenes in the film, Playing Mrs Peacock. Mrs Peacock witnessed the murder in the storyline was shocked by her discovery then fled the scene.

Thirdly I helped create the blog which we up dated regularly to show our progress such as scanning in the storyboards and scripts for our productions.

Finally I feel I have achieved the skills for sound recording and sound assisting so that I am able to further my ability independently during our next production. If I was to do sound again I would make clearer and more realistic atmospheric sounds.

To improve I would in the future take part in editing to learn to create the film, and I would like to be more involved within the post production and be more authoritive.  

Another role I would wish to do during production of the film would be camera operator as I feel doing different jobs such as this would help me further my skills and would advance my ability in other areas.