evaluation of DECEMBER (posted then) preliminary course work

This is an evaluation of our preliminary coursework which was posted in decemeber (please go look?)

We like that the filming went well and we managed to get various shots and we were pleased with the way our film turned out.

We asked two of our friends to help us with the acting so THANK YOU to Lucy Dove and Simone Smith. We did this so we could focus on the filming and not have to waste time acting it out.

We would of liked to add in more shots of Lucy looking afraid and a long shot of the door, we would have also liked to add more dialogue to make our film longer. We failed to add most of these in as everytime we went to our location were we filmed our coursework it either had a class in it or it was full of tables. We did however manage to get a longer shot of the door, we managed this my pushing some of the tables back and trying to make the room look how it did when we first filmed.

From this problem we have learnt to film out of school in a location where we can go back and it will be the same. We have also learnt to spend a whole day filming so we can add in more shots there and then instead of having to go back.

In editing we added two fade to blacks, we did this for dramatic effect and are pleased with the way it turned out.

A problem with our course is that one second Simone has her hood down and the other second she has her hood up, we would of made sure Simone had her hood up the whole time if we could get back into the location. Another problem with filming over two days was that Simone and Lucy would of had to wear the exact same clothes twice which was a problem as they kept on forgetting what they had wore. This is another reason why we filmed over one day.

We kept the 180 rule throughout filming to make sure the auidence didnt get confused about where they were. Our favourite shot was a Point Of View shot of Simone looking around the room and then focusing on Lucy. We also liked how when the camera first see Simone you can't see her face then its her POV shot, this creates mystery and shows the audience that she is dangerous by the reactions you see Lucy give.

We chose not to have non diegectic sound in this coursework as in our last film it went wrong as when we had a slow mo shot the music slowed too and gave a 'hulk' effect. We learned from this and so chose not to have a soundtrack, also we chose not to have it as we wanted our film to seem realistic whereas the last one was more 'dramitic over the top old fashioned' movie.

At the end we have another fade to black to show that the film has ended.

Overall we are very pleased with the way our film turned out though there are things we would change if we could.