My film was successfully exported from Premiere Pro and I managed to upload it to youtube. Filming took around 1 and a half weeks and I edited it in under 4 days on Premiere Pro. Credits were added for music, sound effects and my cast. It’s a 4 minute film so there wasn’t too much credits for music and sound. There the three characters in my film, so again, not too many credits. I met my stated aims and I completed the vision I had for this final major project.
I kept organised with my target sheets, timers and my production schedule and I made it before the deadline. There were a few problems along the way. One problem was : Filming. Although I did manage to film it in time, I feel like I could have done it earlier if I had filmed in the two week Easter holiday. But I needed to work and locations were difficult to get to on certain days with the weather. Also not everyone was available on the same day. To sort this out I resulted in having to cancel my location of filming in Northcliffe Park. I had to film near college and in college for my zombie scene. It was much easier, everyone was available and the places we filmed in was nice and quiet.
The next problem was editing. I thought I could edit at home easily and get it all done in two or three days. Which is what I did. The. film was done, and all I had to do was export it. Until the editing app I used showed a giant watermark that would ruin the entire film. I. could not show the film with this watermark and we had a week to import our films to digital space, so I was on a time limit. So I decided to stop with my research and spend that Monday editing until the film was done. That entire Monday I stayed editing and didn’t leave until five o’clock. I managed to edit it all, it was exported and uploaded to youtube.
The strengths of this project have been the filming. What I like the most about my film is the scenery and the shots I took. I liked making the story and thinking about what I could add next. I like thinking about the beginning of my film, and how I would end it to make it a good film. I feel like filming was not very organised but when I got the right time to film I got the right scenes.
Another strength of this film was teamwork. Originally it was just going to be Kenzie as the zombie and me as the main character and I was going to film it alone. But I got help from Leon to film my zombie attack scene so I could have it moving, not just still. In addition to this, Leon also played someone who was dead and actually played an important character for such a small scene. His character made sense in the storyline because it shows that I got my weapon from somewhere and expanded my story.
In my past project I have managed to work in a team but it was nice to work in a team where everyone is working with your story. I was able to direct everyone and get the visual I wanted. The people I worked with also gave me ideas and new things to add in that I never would have thought of. I liked this part of filming because I like to hear everyones opinions and what they would think is better. Which is one pro to working in a team. you can expand whatever it is you’re working on to make it better and also get criticism.
The weaknesses of this project have been trying to stay focussed on the right tasks. I would often move on to the next task. too quickly and forget about things to add. Then I would get stressed because there was too much to do. I. would think about locations not working out, the weather not letting me film, not finding the right zombie mask, having to re-edit my entire film. My story changed a lot because of. all these things but it made the film better and my vision at the start of this project still came to life.
In this project I also learnt a lot more things. I know. that I have gone further with my use of camera and tripods. I went out and filmed which I was never comfortable with before. I learnt how to work the settings to make the scenes look good on my camera. I knew what I was doing with a camera because of the past projects, especially project three where I worked with camera, tripods and sound control for our Live TV Broadcast.
The next thing I also evolved with was editing. Project. two, the advert, I only knew how to edit with a short amount of clips and didn’t use text or much music. But for this project I had so much more scenes to work with. I had to cut them down, change the colour, and add subtitles. I also had multiple songs to add and i leant how to properly import them. Same goes to the sound effects. Lot’s of them were needed for the zombie since my camera was not good enough to pick up the audio. I learnt how to credit them at the end of my film, and managed to match the credits to my film.
In my past project evaluations I have written that I have wanted to be better at using at editing apps such as Premiere Pro and Adobe Photoshop. In my opinion I think I have got a lot better at editing and this is a project I never thought I could pull off. Premiere Pro months ago was very confusing to me but now I have managed to do most editing by myself. I still got help sometimes from peers but I know my way around it and am a lot more skilled than I was. a few projects ago.
The same goes for the app Adobe Photoshop. I had only played around with it before never producing anythings serious. But I wanted to make a good poster for my film and I was able to do so with the skills I leant from making things on Photoshop. I could edit the poster, add colour or change the colour gradients. I also knew how to add text in so I could add the title of my film and credit the cast of the film.
My short film:
My Viva Voce
Peer assessment :
What was good about my film?
Kenzie: ‘The shots were good and I liked the music choice’.
Leon: ‘I think the production was a success as there were a lot of good shots used and also perfect directing’
This helps me because I know what my strong suits are and where my skills lie. I can continue working on this in the future and incorporate it with new tasks.
What could have been improved?
Kenzie : ‘More dialogue and make the film longer’
Leon : ‘It could have been longer and could have more of a concept (story). There could have been more props used for example, fake blood to make it look realistic’
Negative feedback is good so I can be better hereafter. This feedback can help me with the films I will continue to make in the future. Kenzie’s feedback is helpful because I could have added those things. The only reason there was no dialogue because of the bad audio quality from my camera. I could have. one a voiceover but because I edited it so close to the deadline, I didn’t have enough time.
For Leon’s feedback I agree with the prop idea. But it was a budget issue because I had already bought a knife and fake mask. I also thought about the actor who I would have had to sue the fake blood on – it would have made it very messy and I don’t think he was up to ruining his clothes.
How would you rate the quality?
Kenzie : ‘7/10 because there could have been more context’
Leon : ‘7.5/10 because it was good overall but there could have been more to the story and more props to have the effect of a horror film.’
The ratings were quite good and 6it is fair for my film. Adding more of a story and context to the film would have been better too and made my film have a better narrative.
With this feedback I agree with my peers and these opinions are right. With this in mind I can do better in my next project and learn from the criticism from my peers.
I can also look at the good feedback and integrate that in my following work next year. This feedback has motivated me and i know it will help me improve my performance. The bad feedback has also made me self aware on how I can improve, and grow making future project better than every past one.
I confirm that the attached assessment is all my own work and does not include any work completed by anyone other than myself and sources have been appropriately referenced.