I am happy with the standard of work I displayed during this project as I have effectively produced a piece of quality work using a variety of effects and techniques. I have made it clear that I am fully capable of producing videos using ADR, Foley and accurate colour correction. I have effectively followed the script, storyboard and other pre-production documents. The project has been at a high quality throughout we had even planned to make major improvements that have exemplified themselves in the script. I also have a more than basic knowledge of how to operate and use a camera.
We made a drama film I originally wanted a more science fiction drama but this is more effective as it is relatable. This is because the project was about depression a drama is more effective as the subject becomes more relatable and less allegorical and more directly linked to the events that might happen to them. This was due to the fact that we could do more with a drama that an allegorical piece of work. I would like to do an allegorical piece of work in the future but I will use the knowledge I have learned during this course. The film was a success overall as it has effectively used all the things I have learned and I have shown a large amount of compatibility in this group.
We have shown an ability to produce better content as a group because of each other. We have even shown an ability to withstand a moderate amount of criticism in order to develop each of our edits and improve the quality of our films. We have shared our independent talents and knowledge of editing and videography in order to improve each other’s standard of work because of this we are able to have more technically advanced or developed products and have them maintain this throughout each of our works while also being diverse and interesting. We have even surpassed shortcomings during this project while 2 of our members were behind on the work of previous projects and we were able to work around other peoples schedules and absences setting dates on which to do work together and apart so that we were able to meet certain personal deadlines.
I have shown an independent ability to produce assets using adobe software in order to give my project diversity and range. I was able to create text and graphics in premier pro. I was also able to edit audio in audition so that certain things were in-audible to make sure that it did not decrease the quality of work. I was also able to source unique and effective music to make my project more emotional and captivating. The only shortcoming, I have made the group susceptible to is planning as I have shown an aversion to some of the times set for extra work but I have made exceptions in order to improve the project. The final edit included most of what I have learned and I have used all my knowledge of adobe software to improve the film.
I have demonstrated a large knowledge about using audition, premier pro and after effects this is a skill that I have learned during this course. It is also refined to the point where I can produce a film with a high standard of work. This is because I allow myself to try new assets, graphics and effects. This means I can produce effects in similar projects that can be more specialised and make more sense under context. I have used my prior knowledge of projects to enhance the quality of this one for instance using audition to properly refine how loud my audio is. I ensured to use a variety of techniques in the project this required me to look at previous work and evaluate to good and the bad to make sure the things I have tried before work well under this circumstance.
I have used my knowledge to be more efficient in this course allocating time to documents we need to do together and what we need to do separately. This time management skill is useful for preproduction as I can manage who could do what to effectively distribute an equal amount of work to each person as well as seeing whether we will finish in time. I can also apply this to myself when editing allocating time for colour grading and Foley etc. this makes it easy to make sure I don’t over edit and I have time to do all aspects of the film. I was able to manage all aspects making sure we were on a deadline and ensuring that the others had an idea of what time scale we were working on.
The asset I have used have been advanced through the knowledge I have gained during this course like colour correction or editing audio and replacing dialogue. The techniques I have used improve the quality of my work by making the audio and video nicer. The audio is now more easy to listen to and the video is more astatically diverse. I have made it easier to follow dialogue as well as removing irrelevant or repetitive lines. I was able to help during filming by making sure the others were safe and effective so they could properly finish the project. During preproduction I had to make sure we weren’t behind as the others needed to do older work so I had to do a larger share of work giving them time to finish faster and help more with production and editing.
My original plan was to have a more symbolic show of the topic but others made it clear that it would be hard to do so we compromised and developed a script. The new script exemplified our collective knowledge on the subject. We were able to covey an accurate and sensitive project based on the subject matter. This is a better development of the script as we were able to make an accurate and more personal product. This was a success overall as despite the areas we were lacking we compensated by adding techniques that made our project effective. I think the script that was produced was both more effective and extremely emotionally sensitive.
The film was supposed to portray the values that a depressed person might exhibit but, in the end, we made the character’s transformation more subtle. this made it something to think about who could be depressed making the film more effective to a larger target audience. The final product has a balance between all our ideas showing an equal amount of knowledge over depression and media techniques. This was only achievable as a group; this means that we used our research as a group to make film well versed in media techniques and the mannerisms of a depressed person. We wanted to make a film that was both aesthetically pleasing and psychologically accurate and we have achieved both to a satisfying extent.
The work was shared around the group in an equal amount due to some members having extra work. this meant we had to keep their time in mind and not get them to do anything that would delay them further. We used all of our time responsibly and tried to do our best to meet our deadlines. The harder part was getting things started because we were more orientated on finding actors and our own schedules. The project was not in danger of being late even with this as we arranged times to catch up and film. We could have made sure that we did not do overtime and have to use the planned date but in the end it created a better effect as there was better weather and it was not as busy meaning we could use certain locations.
We made sure that our ideas were sensitive to the topic but also effective in order to provide a more sensational video. Because we were able to use ADR we completely eliminated any wind so the quality of our project was easy to comprehend and effective. Our target audience was the general public but more specifically people our age we appealed to them with a more modern approach to our project. We also were able to use music that was more modern alongside a relatable story making our project seem similar but also making it more effective. This was the first time I had done complete adr; given this I feel it has been a huge success on this front and has shown my capability to learn new skills. This is due to the current knowledge of editing I have learned this has helped me greatly in improving developing skills.
In summary I was able to help and advance the work of others as well as making my work a suitable standard and an independent average of the previous pieces of work I have produced. We were able to effectively produce a quality piece of work while evaluating the productivity of ourselves. We were also open to other ideas and able to manipulate the script in order to make an inclusive range of ideas that show all our capacity for script writing even if we did not include the entirety of someone else’s ideas. I was able to do extensive research on our topic making me more knowledgeable about the topic and how to construct the story and make it more relatable to our target audience. I have shown both initiative and independence during this project this this because I wanted to make a large impact in this film so could be able to say I was proud of the project. I can’t say I made as big of an impact as I wanted but I feel I have succeeded in this task.
Personally, I think this project has been a major success even with all the windfalls and failures on our part. We have more than compensated for this with the skills and techniques we have used have more than compensated for this. All of our edits may be similar in quality, but each uses independent graphics style and we have all edited our films alone. This has made each edit our own and made in the personal style of each member. The film has been both a point lo learn and share knowledge in order to create more of equal level of skill between each member. This is so we cold have the same standard of work using techniques that we are all familiar with. The project has been such an improvement on the previous; this is due to both the freedom we were given and the subject we were covering it allowed us to put an aspect of our personality in to the script making it more relatable.
In the future I will drive harder to put my ideas in to effect; I have ideas about how the script could be developed and they fell through. this was something I thought was missing from the film. I wanted more dialogue and if we couldn’t source actors, I wanted to write more to the strengths of the crew rather than keeping the script meant for a more talented individual. I also believe in a more allegorical script as to bring meaning and depth as to widen the target audience. I want to make a film that has more depth as the graphics and audio can’t be developed alone, as the product appeals less to the audience. I believe that we have very few if any mistakes and that shows a major amount of effort on our part it also demonstrates the effort each of us have gone to. This project has taken a large amount of time and ability that I think has made itself apparent in the final edit. Overall I hope the efforts and skill of the group wont be underestimated the lengths we went through were not under our own usual means.
I believe these are all far and understandable reviews each have similar views on our work. Most display that we have lost marks at some point of the film or project. I feel like I should be proud of the grade I have given myself and it is far given the work that I have done. My assessment is far and it also reflects the criticism others have given me. Due to this I have given myself a merit I have made a large amount of progress since the start of the year and this grade has shown how far I have come but also how far I have to go. In the future I will start out with the intentions of getting a distinctions allowing myself to put the needed amount of effort so I won’t disappoint myself. This has been a learning point as I could have achieved a higher grade if I had put myself forward and dedicated myself to producing the best possible product; by expecting the events that made this project fall short. I will also keep this in mind when others are working because we treated preproduction normally when we could have strived for the extra marks and hopefully get a higher grade. After reviewing my work, I believe although this was a success, I think I still have to learn from it; making sure I treat each part of the project with the amount of effort it takes to make a distinction worthy film. There were certain points that weren’t properly planned so I would like to make sure all members of the group understand fully what is happening and what that means they need to do. In summary I believe the failures were due to a lack of effort on the pretences that we would not be close to having the capacity to get a distinction.
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