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the Production (EVALUATion) diary
22/03/22
So far looking back on my research I would say I have made some good progress in finding out some similar films that I could take inspiration from, I have looked at 9 examples and I will be able to take parts of these and bring them to life using my own flair and spin on them, I think my idea is getting there at times finished and then I think that I could implement this into it but ultimately I am always thinking about making this practical whist keeping this within the tone I am looking for and that does hold me back a bit so I think this week what I have now will be it from a story perspective just so I can focus on some of the other elements I have given less attention.
I am starting to look into target audiences and what goes into organised getting who I want to watch my product and why. Who cares? and how i'll keep them interested peel them in, I am trying to garner older teens & young adults aged (17-25) because these are the people I have gotten my primary research from so what I know about how people feel about my production and its general look and feel is more asserted to my younger demo.
Thinking about it now I may remove the trait of my character where they wear only smart clothes i am not sure how much threat will connect with this audience I originally did this because i thought it helped with making him more obnoxious.
So far looking back on my research I would say I have made some good progress in finding out some similar films that I could take inspiration from, I have looked at 9 examples and I will be able to take parts of these and bring them to life using my own flair and spin on them, I think my idea is getting there at times finished and then I think that I could implement this into it but ultimately I am always thinking about making this practical whist keeping this within the tone I am looking for and that does hold me back a bit so I think this week what I have now will be it from a story perspective just so I can focus on some of the other elements I have given less attention.
I am starting to look into target audiences and what goes into organised getting who I want to watch my product and why. Who cares? and how i'll keep them interested peel them in, I am trying to garner older teens & young adults aged (17-25) because these are the people I have gotten my primary research from so what I know about how people feel about my production and its general look and feel is more asserted to my younger demo.
Thinking about it now I may remove the trait of my character where they wear only smart clothes i am not sure how much threat will connect with this audience I originally did this because i thought it helped with making him more obnoxious.
24/03/22
During the first lesson we had today we were forced to discuss our idea in these mini 60 second bursts and saying my idea 2 times in 3 minutes made me think that perhaps it could use something to hook people in effectively trying to create a cliffhanger. I noticed when I was talking I was not leaving a memory so randomly I made up that my character was always dead from the start and that they're in hell and that this is actually purgatory and in doing so I starting to leave an impression and people were clicking into my idea and three people said that I had the best pitch that they heard.
I think this is a good sign for that pitch coming on the 28th.
During the first lesson we had today we were forced to discuss our idea in these mini 60 second bursts and saying my idea 2 times in 3 minutes made me think that perhaps it could use something to hook people in effectively trying to create a cliffhanger. I noticed when I was talking I was not leaving a memory so randomly I made up that my character was always dead from the start and that they're in hell and that this is actually purgatory and in doing so I starting to leave an impression and people were clicking into my idea and three people said that I had the best pitch that they heard.
I think this is a good sign for that pitch coming on the 28th.
27/03/22
I have been doing location scouting working out how and where is best for my idea that will look like it fits and that it will create this professional but also light vibe that I would like to make sure everything I make is in line with my comedy-drama genre.
Working on the storyboard has been interesting I was having problems putting the angles I had envisioned in my head on the board I really am trying to get across the fluidity of camera motion that I would like to use. but I also need to think about the time limit so I will have to cut to keep the time down unfortunately.
I have been doing location scouting working out how and where is best for my idea that will look like it fits and that it will create this professional but also light vibe that I would like to make sure everything I make is in line with my comedy-drama genre.
Working on the storyboard has been interesting I was having problems putting the angles I had envisioned in my head on the board I really am trying to get across the fluidity of camera motion that I would like to use. but I also need to think about the time limit so I will have to cut to keep the time down unfortunately.
05/04/22
Doing my pitch was something different to what i have been use to, it placed me in a different environment too so I think for practice it was good that this was the start in a smaller crowd giving me a chance to express how what my idea is how i would like to get to that. I think my pitch was effective in parts and less so in others it did open my eyes to how i should describe my plot as i was told I was not explaining it the best maybe leaving out how we get from one scene to another bit by bit, it was my intention to talk about the general idea and then move from the beginning middle end and mostly focus on how i wanted to film it and the content being filmed which I do think i did well.
I was nervous public speaking is not my specialty so to hit these ten minutes mostly without hassle helped me change my view on how i go into doing this next time we have to.
I was nervous public speaking is not my specialty so to hit these ten minutes mostly without hassle helped me change my view on how i go into doing this next time we have to.
21/04/22
I have been filming this week I managed to get all of salesman side of things filmed i am hoping to record my whole film in three parts, the salesman, All of the inside scenes and all the outside scenes.
The purpose of this was because I thought filming all of my parts at once would allow me to get more scenes filmed at once, I am used to filming in order so doing this is something foreign to me. Actually filming was better in my second try I think comparing it to my first attempt of filming we had more of an idea of what we wanted coming out of this. I needed Jessie to interact with the salesman multiple times three times to be specific each time becoming more odd than the last we want to both build up the confusion from both the protagonist and audience, it took around 2 hours to finish filming getting the cameras ready, getting in character and going over our lines all played a factor in this time.
Comparing this to other shoots, this is the first time I really developed a character and had to get into it so I am not sure how good I was but all these things will come in time i see this piece really as a tester for next year.
I have been filming this week I managed to get all of salesman side of things filmed i am hoping to record my whole film in three parts, the salesman, All of the inside scenes and all the outside scenes.
The purpose of this was because I thought filming all of my parts at once would allow me to get more scenes filmed at once, I am used to filming in order so doing this is something foreign to me. Actually filming was better in my second try I think comparing it to my first attempt of filming we had more of an idea of what we wanted coming out of this. I needed Jessie to interact with the salesman multiple times three times to be specific each time becoming more odd than the last we want to both build up the confusion from both the protagonist and audience, it took around 2 hours to finish filming getting the cameras ready, getting in character and going over our lines all played a factor in this time.
Comparing this to other shoots, this is the first time I really developed a character and had to get into it so I am not sure how good I was but all these things will come in time i see this piece really as a tester for next year.
28/04/22
Yesterday Wednesday 27th of April I have finished filming I had to film in two different locations as I required different things from them, earlier in the day I filmed outside of a carpark a local street, when I went to scout a few days ago it wasn't to busy so I assumed when I went in to filming I could get it done in around an hour due to a lack of interruptions but it wasn't to go like that and this is defiantly something I will keep in mind when filming next as we cannot lock off a road even a closed neighbourhood environment so maybe I should stick to something a bit further away from streets.
It wouldn't have been as big of a problem as it was if it wasn't for the fact everyday is suppose to be the same so having the random car sounds and people walking in the background kind of discredits the continuity of my product.
Filming later in the day went better but was also more of the same once we started getting in the rhythm we had some shopping arrive at my house so we had to pause for 20 minutes or so which did not leave a lot of time for filming because my cameraperson had to leave in 30 so we did feel a little rushed so I hope when I hop through my clips that none of it comes off as rushed because that will require reshoots and with time coming in as it is now (4 weeks left to go) I want to be moving forward now make sure I can focus on editing and my written work.
Comparing this to a real shoot day they usually start at sunrise and then end 12 hours later so I could take from this that I should give myself some more time to be prepared and film preparing for a long shoot day could allow me to get multiple takes of the same clip so you have lots of choice in editing this allows for more use of angles and expression of my vision. But we did not have that length but thinking about what I would do if were to do this again would be diving into my genres more but filming at an earlier time would only be an advantage.
Yesterday Wednesday 27th of April I have finished filming I had to film in two different locations as I required different things from them, earlier in the day I filmed outside of a carpark a local street, when I went to scout a few days ago it wasn't to busy so I assumed when I went in to filming I could get it done in around an hour due to a lack of interruptions but it wasn't to go like that and this is defiantly something I will keep in mind when filming next as we cannot lock off a road even a closed neighbourhood environment so maybe I should stick to something a bit further away from streets.
It wouldn't have been as big of a problem as it was if it wasn't for the fact everyday is suppose to be the same so having the random car sounds and people walking in the background kind of discredits the continuity of my product.
Filming later in the day went better but was also more of the same once we started getting in the rhythm we had some shopping arrive at my house so we had to pause for 20 minutes or so which did not leave a lot of time for filming because my cameraperson had to leave in 30 so we did feel a little rushed so I hope when I hop through my clips that none of it comes off as rushed because that will require reshoots and with time coming in as it is now (4 weeks left to go) I want to be moving forward now make sure I can focus on editing and my written work.
Comparing this to a real shoot day they usually start at sunrise and then end 12 hours later so I could take from this that I should give myself some more time to be prepared and film preparing for a long shoot day could allow me to get multiple takes of the same clip so you have lots of choice in editing this allows for more use of angles and expression of my vision. But we did not have that length but thinking about what I would do if were to do this again would be diving into my genres more but filming at an earlier time would only be an advantage.
03/5/22
As I prepare my first rough cut of my edit I am thinking about my work technically and how it comes across on camera.
I did not use any professional camera lighting settings so most of my lighting is natural expect for some parts that do also use the LED'S I had set up. Speaking of the LED'S I don't think I used them to their full advantage it was to light outside so they did not reflect on me as great as I was hoping what would've fixed this issue would have been filming when it was darker or at night but as we are in daylight savings that is around 8pm which causes some issues when filming with someone who lives somewhere else I will have to possible see if I could correct some of the colours in the scene to try and gather something more out of the scene. The purpose of the lights were to create more of a party effect for the audience as in media typical party scenes usually have flashing lights or something equivalent like a disco ball.
With the title of my film being st Patrick's day I have feigningly little involvement with this holiday other than a mention, the original plan was to have some ordainments or decor but by time filming came around all the shops stopped selling these items so it was harder to get so the mise en scene for the title isn't quite there currently, I do have thoughts about changing the title to something else but I will have to rethink it.
I might have to do some reshoots possibly I haven't finished piecing clips together but i think one or two just aren't of the same quality as the others so it might bring the overall image of the film down, it might be fine but I had intentions to use some clips in a curtain order and due to me not liking these clips as much I have kind of moved some around I think it may have been for the better I will have to ask around to get a general opinion.
Generally I am happy about how my rough cut is coming even though it may not sound like it, it is nice to see how my idea is coming to life and how I am able to add things to add to the pacing and the quality of my edit
As I prepare my first rough cut of my edit I am thinking about my work technically and how it comes across on camera.
I did not use any professional camera lighting settings so most of my lighting is natural expect for some parts that do also use the LED'S I had set up. Speaking of the LED'S I don't think I used them to their full advantage it was to light outside so they did not reflect on me as great as I was hoping what would've fixed this issue would have been filming when it was darker or at night but as we are in daylight savings that is around 8pm which causes some issues when filming with someone who lives somewhere else I will have to possible see if I could correct some of the colours in the scene to try and gather something more out of the scene. The purpose of the lights were to create more of a party effect for the audience as in media typical party scenes usually have flashing lights or something equivalent like a disco ball.
With the title of my film being st Patrick's day I have feigningly little involvement with this holiday other than a mention, the original plan was to have some ordainments or decor but by time filming came around all the shops stopped selling these items so it was harder to get so the mise en scene for the title isn't quite there currently, I do have thoughts about changing the title to something else but I will have to rethink it.
I might have to do some reshoots possibly I haven't finished piecing clips together but i think one or two just aren't of the same quality as the others so it might bring the overall image of the film down, it might be fine but I had intentions to use some clips in a curtain order and due to me not liking these clips as much I have kind of moved some around I think it may have been for the better I will have to ask around to get a general opinion.
Generally I am happy about how my rough cut is coming even though it may not sound like it, it is nice to see how my idea is coming to life and how I am able to add things to add to the pacing and the quality of my edit
05/5/22
Today I got around to creating a good first edit of my first life, I need to go over it more but I still have time to do that I want to get all the clips together before I smooth everything. I haver a few issues with the clips still but it really only is the first salesman scene that is the problem because the rest of the those scenes are of the quality I am looking for, I do think of reshooting as I do have time left and with new ideas ever coming this thought comes to mind, I would be okay with reshooting as that is something that happens with any production but the actor I have for this role isn't to happen to be in front of camera for to long so it does create an issue with wanting to redo some clips that aren't of the quality that I am looking for.
Actually getting into the edit was different than I was expecting I went into this with my idea that I have in my head and but as I was editing I kept noticing little things I could add like maybe some more of a comedic back and forth between the salesperson and Jessie this allows the more freedom from the actors so it could've made the filming situation a bit easier however at the same time I think perhaps the more dramatic tone that was shadowed over this scene fits more with the start of film when it starts off sombre and then we try to raise that tone but then it drops again when we get to the salesman scene which I think I might play around with I am not sure if I can but using music among other things I want to give making the raise in tone continue until the drop.
Today I got around to creating a good first edit of my first life, I need to go over it more but I still have time to do that I want to get all the clips together before I smooth everything. I haver a few issues with the clips still but it really only is the first salesman scene that is the problem because the rest of the those scenes are of the quality I am looking for, I do think of reshooting as I do have time left and with new ideas ever coming this thought comes to mind, I would be okay with reshooting as that is something that happens with any production but the actor I have for this role isn't to happen to be in front of camera for to long so it does create an issue with wanting to redo some clips that aren't of the quality that I am looking for.
Actually getting into the edit was different than I was expecting I went into this with my idea that I have in my head and but as I was editing I kept noticing little things I could add like maybe some more of a comedic back and forth between the salesperson and Jessie this allows the more freedom from the actors so it could've made the filming situation a bit easier however at the same time I think perhaps the more dramatic tone that was shadowed over this scene fits more with the start of film when it starts off sombre and then we try to raise that tone but then it drops again when we get to the salesman scene which I think I might play around with I am not sure if I can but using music among other things I want to give making the raise in tone continue until the drop.
10/05/22
Yesterday I was given some feedback on my edit as it currently is and it does have my thinking about what I should add for my reshoots, it is a comedy of sorts but I do not want it to look bad for comedy, I have a few scenes there maybe around the deaths that are not going well with audience feedback so I am thinking it needs to change I did add a new element to the edit where it is more of a rewind instead of the bells I think this gets the idea that time is rewinding more the symbolism that the triangle noise was representing.
This is a good development I would say because it feels more like something you would find in typical media now in terms of quality but it is still needing more, I think with idea I did not think about the death/restart element enough I mostly focused on the inner story and how I wanna frame some shots.
I did add a flashback scene which I haven't messed with before it played with blur and frame rate which was something I enjoyed and had wished I used it before because it is something I like in some scenes I like music videos and disoriented moments so I will use this effect in the future but probably not anymore in this project.
Yesterday I was given some feedback on my edit as it currently is and it does have my thinking about what I should add for my reshoots, it is a comedy of sorts but I do not want it to look bad for comedy, I have a few scenes there maybe around the deaths that are not going well with audience feedback so I am thinking it needs to change I did add a new element to the edit where it is more of a rewind instead of the bells I think this gets the idea that time is rewinding more the symbolism that the triangle noise was representing.
This is a good development I would say because it feels more like something you would find in typical media now in terms of quality but it is still needing more, I think with idea I did not think about the death/restart element enough I mostly focused on the inner story and how I wanna frame some shots.
I did add a flashback scene which I haven't messed with before it played with blur and frame rate which was something I enjoyed and had wished I used it before because it is something I like in some scenes I like music videos and disoriented moments so I will use this effect in the future but probably not anymore in this project.
12/05/22
I have Put all my clips in there now, at the moment it is just under 5 minutes which is maybe perhaps why it's choppy in places, I do need to reshoot some scenes like my opening which i hope to do this weekend I wont be able to have my camera man it will most likely have to be my brother who doesn't have much camera experience but as I will only need some basic shots like maybe a close up on my head, a mid shot from the right and maybe a long from the door frame, getting this range of shots will give me more options whist making it easy for my brother because it shouldn't be anything to complicated.
I having troubles with are shooting and because I want to attempt doing the dance scene in a different location one that has more people in the background and to kind of bring it back to the scene I was referencing and that was on a busy new york street with people reacting so U want to get it more to its original, also with some giving me a reaction but to have these fixed actors was a larger task than expected so I am now falling to the idea of actually using random people which could contain its own problems but it is worth a try I wanted to film today as the weather is similar to when I last filmed this, but one of the actors I was using is off so I will have to try again Monday.
Because of this new reshooting it is ricocheting in the need to re shoot the scenes in and around it to make it make sense so this could be potentially a long filming day, I am hoping with me already having clips and thing in there already that i can just place them in the timeline chop, line the clips with music and add some colour correction
I have Put all my clips in there now, at the moment it is just under 5 minutes which is maybe perhaps why it's choppy in places, I do need to reshoot some scenes like my opening which i hope to do this weekend I wont be able to have my camera man it will most likely have to be my brother who doesn't have much camera experience but as I will only need some basic shots like maybe a close up on my head, a mid shot from the right and maybe a long from the door frame, getting this range of shots will give me more options whist making it easy for my brother because it shouldn't be anything to complicated.
I having troubles with are shooting and because I want to attempt doing the dance scene in a different location one that has more people in the background and to kind of bring it back to the scene I was referencing and that was on a busy new york street with people reacting so U want to get it more to its original, also with some giving me a reaction but to have these fixed actors was a larger task than expected so I am now falling to the idea of actually using random people which could contain its own problems but it is worth a try I wanted to film today as the weather is similar to when I last filmed this, but one of the actors I was using is off so I will have to try again Monday.
Because of this new reshooting it is ricocheting in the need to re shoot the scenes in and around it to make it make sense so this could be potentially a long filming day, I am hoping with me already having clips and thing in there already that i can just place them in the timeline chop, line the clips with music and add some colour correction
19/05/22
At this point in the project I am pretty much finished with my edit, and I am looking to add credits so I will be doing more research onto how studios end their films
Speaking to one of my teachers, together we spoke about what I would change about my work and we both agreed that there were points that were effective and progressing the story but that maybe the changes i made during filming have moved me away from telling a story more befitting of the genre, for instance my film ends with a demonic person laughing letting the audience know that what they watched was not a dream it was more a repeating curse as the character Jessie has died and in purgatory or something of that matter. But in order to be more similar to the films I referenced I should have stuck with the more original plan which would've seen Jessie be rude to salesperson numerous times and ultimately ignoring what they're talking about and leaving, over and over as the lives continuing to grow as they progress we would see Jessie let the salesperson in so they can discuss what they're selling, this would show character growth and perhaps and solid ending for my film, this could be compared to groundhog day with the main actor coming to gripes with themselves and ultimately fixing their behaviour.
At this point in the project I am pretty much finished with my edit, and I am looking to add credits so I will be doing more research onto how studios end their films
Speaking to one of my teachers, together we spoke about what I would change about my work and we both agreed that there were points that were effective and progressing the story but that maybe the changes i made during filming have moved me away from telling a story more befitting of the genre, for instance my film ends with a demonic person laughing letting the audience know that what they watched was not a dream it was more a repeating curse as the character Jessie has died and in purgatory or something of that matter. But in order to be more similar to the films I referenced I should have stuck with the more original plan which would've seen Jessie be rude to salesperson numerous times and ultimately ignoring what they're talking about and leaving, over and over as the lives continuing to grow as they progress we would see Jessie let the salesperson in so they can discuss what they're selling, this would show character growth and perhaps and solid ending for my film, this could be compared to groundhog day with the main actor coming to gripes with themselves and ultimately fixing their behaviour.
Ending evaluation
Looking over this project as a whole I would say it has had its ups and downs but it has defiantly had a given me growth in different aspects of the filming process, from doing this I have been thinking more about how i want to frame my shots and how to be more expressive with my camera angles not everything has to be the standard mid shot wide shot close up it can have more expression to it a bit like how Sam Rami frames his work a close up is the camera moving from one further angle to that exact close up I think that works so well maybe not for every shot but when you make something you want people to want a specific style if i am to stand out I have to continue to work and making something that feels like me this was all a good start and from here I can go on to make something that is more camera work based.
I did try new things I wanted to do a lot of tracking shots because I have always like them which I did mention in my pitch and thought a movie about time and change having a consistent flow would go well together with the theme.
My intention was to make a comedy drama short film centred around the plot of he same day repeating the same day. When it came down to making it I don't think even after my research maybe I should've done more but I don't think I understood the genre enough to make a healthy balance of the duel genre I feel like at the start of the editing process I tried to make strides to make it lighter make it more comedic by adding upbeat music and doing this dance that riffs off a popular movie but in the grand scheme I think with the concept I needed more practically I think if I had adapted the script to include more dialogue but change some words to include some funny one liners and from there we fall into the more drawn down tone that we have now, I could've looked at more young adult comedies and how they arranged their comedic timing in similar situations and tried to do something similar I think I missed out on taking advantage of what could've been funny in my film like the interaction with the salesperson and the lack of people to give their shocked reaction all these thinks would've added to hitting the genres conventions more but it is something to note for next time.
The reasoning behind the tonal shit at the end was mostly intentional in the end as I thought with the ending being what it is I didn't want it to be a lighter tone in but colour and dialogue and then to suddenly be thrown into a serious cliffhanger at the end it is why you can see that the colour is slowly getting redder towards the end building up to the big red at the end so the transition isn't as much of a jolt.
The Pitch at the time felt weird because it was a completely new situation that we havent really been in before but this apart of the production process that we need to get used to, public speaking has never really been my thing but i think I was able to purvey my idea but obviously i missed out a detail or two I think I should've more clearly outlined the different points of the film and how I got from A to B to C to D. I didn't really think i should do that because i thought that would be drawn out and that this was more suppose to give the rough idea at the current time, I also wanted to stay within the 10 minute limit.
From a pre production standpoint I think I did a lot I spent a lot of time re-watching these films and short film to properly see what these film had in common and what made them stand out from the others, as you can see in my context and research page I tried to analysis the context and what that really meant, I made a comedy drama short during the pre production I spent time seeing how the films in my genre handled their genre and how effective they were in their conventions,
Coming up with an idea was kind of hard to me I think I maybe had to much of an eye on the word change always trying to link it back to that in some way, I have tons of ideas written down from before this project that I wanted to do but wasn’t sure if it would suit this project so I really thought about change and what I watch that has change or doesn’t and then I saw Russian doll pop up and a spark lit and I knew I wanted to do a time loop
Location scouting was simple I mean i already had a good idea of where I wanted to film once the idea was formed, looking back at it now I am thinking I could taken more time to think about the consequences of filming in certain areas, thinking about where I wanted to refilm, outside of college that would’ve been a better idea even if it could’ve been more populated it would’ve had a better effect that makes more sense in the final edit with how my character acted and from I was referencing.
The audience feedback that I got today was fair it wasn't a group what went well or what could've gone better so I went off of the crowd reaction. They laughed at parts that were meant to be funny so that was good so I would say i did better at the comedy than I thought i did, I wanted to make the. Comedy section so bad that it’s funny so I think I achieved my goal because it got the reactions i garnered they
Got some claps at the end so how do I think that my film compared to the others? well I think it did better than expected I would say my film held up with the other films and I think that is because I spent so long on my research, on the other films like mine and the bits of film that inspired some of my camera work especially with a lot of the other pieces being comedy as well so my work kind of fit right in.
After the final product came out i felt content I think i can look back at this project in a years time and laugh because I think this was only the start, the project is a step into me becoming a better film maker, after i sent off my film and went home and watched it back I noticed three editing mistakes so clearly when i was getting the final edit done and making changes I must've miss place some things and been a little chopping with a scene or two, this was really disappointing watching back and now i won't be able to change it before the screening, It is okay though because I need to make these mistakes to ingrain it in my head so I can improve for next year.
I am already coming up with new ideas I can try out but my main focus now is to improve my quality and not to make it look as student like as it does at the moment.
I did try new things I wanted to do a lot of tracking shots because I have always like them which I did mention in my pitch and thought a movie about time and change having a consistent flow would go well together with the theme.
My intention was to make a comedy drama short film centred around the plot of he same day repeating the same day. When it came down to making it I don't think even after my research maybe I should've done more but I don't think I understood the genre enough to make a healthy balance of the duel genre I feel like at the start of the editing process I tried to make strides to make it lighter make it more comedic by adding upbeat music and doing this dance that riffs off a popular movie but in the grand scheme I think with the concept I needed more practically I think if I had adapted the script to include more dialogue but change some words to include some funny one liners and from there we fall into the more drawn down tone that we have now, I could've looked at more young adult comedies and how they arranged their comedic timing in similar situations and tried to do something similar I think I missed out on taking advantage of what could've been funny in my film like the interaction with the salesperson and the lack of people to give their shocked reaction all these thinks would've added to hitting the genres conventions more but it is something to note for next time.
The reasoning behind the tonal shit at the end was mostly intentional in the end as I thought with the ending being what it is I didn't want it to be a lighter tone in but colour and dialogue and then to suddenly be thrown into a serious cliffhanger at the end it is why you can see that the colour is slowly getting redder towards the end building up to the big red at the end so the transition isn't as much of a jolt.
The Pitch at the time felt weird because it was a completely new situation that we havent really been in before but this apart of the production process that we need to get used to, public speaking has never really been my thing but i think I was able to purvey my idea but obviously i missed out a detail or two I think I should've more clearly outlined the different points of the film and how I got from A to B to C to D. I didn't really think i should do that because i thought that would be drawn out and that this was more suppose to give the rough idea at the current time, I also wanted to stay within the 10 minute limit.
From a pre production standpoint I think I did a lot I spent a lot of time re-watching these films and short film to properly see what these film had in common and what made them stand out from the others, as you can see in my context and research page I tried to analysis the context and what that really meant, I made a comedy drama short during the pre production I spent time seeing how the films in my genre handled their genre and how effective they were in their conventions,
Coming up with an idea was kind of hard to me I think I maybe had to much of an eye on the word change always trying to link it back to that in some way, I have tons of ideas written down from before this project that I wanted to do but wasn’t sure if it would suit this project so I really thought about change and what I watch that has change or doesn’t and then I saw Russian doll pop up and a spark lit and I knew I wanted to do a time loop
Location scouting was simple I mean i already had a good idea of where I wanted to film once the idea was formed, looking back at it now I am thinking I could taken more time to think about the consequences of filming in certain areas, thinking about where I wanted to refilm, outside of college that would’ve been a better idea even if it could’ve been more populated it would’ve had a better effect that makes more sense in the final edit with how my character acted and from I was referencing.
The audience feedback that I got today was fair it wasn't a group what went well or what could've gone better so I went off of the crowd reaction. They laughed at parts that were meant to be funny so that was good so I would say i did better at the comedy than I thought i did, I wanted to make the. Comedy section so bad that it’s funny so I think I achieved my goal because it got the reactions i garnered they
Got some claps at the end so how do I think that my film compared to the others? well I think it did better than expected I would say my film held up with the other films and I think that is because I spent so long on my research, on the other films like mine and the bits of film that inspired some of my camera work especially with a lot of the other pieces being comedy as well so my work kind of fit right in.
After the final product came out i felt content I think i can look back at this project in a years time and laugh because I think this was only the start, the project is a step into me becoming a better film maker, after i sent off my film and went home and watched it back I noticed three editing mistakes so clearly when i was getting the final edit done and making changes I must've miss place some things and been a little chopping with a scene or two, this was really disappointing watching back and now i won't be able to change it before the screening, It is okay though because I need to make these mistakes to ingrain it in my head so I can improve for next year.
I am already coming up with new ideas I can try out but my main focus now is to improve my quality and not to make it look as student like as it does at the moment.