Targets in which I will set myself for next year's course (G324), is that I would use a tripod when filming, as this will help me to stabilize the
footage, and will improve the quality of the footage, which will make it look more professional. Using a tripod would allow to edit the film or trailer for next year, as the footage will be better , and it would be still and the quality of it will show a clear meaning with each movement whilst filming.Also, by using a tripod we would be able to move it better without the footage becoming shaky and look out of focus the whole time. Also I would trial different cameras to try the quality of it and experiment with them as we didn't do that in the first place so ended with a less quality one which effected the overall quality of the footage.
Another target that i would make is that I would make sure to complete planning and and make sure we know what we are doing before it all
gets to much as I found that we were rushing to get the film made
this year and that we could have made it better having given
ourselves more time. However, filming in the sixth form, we need a crowd and busy setting to create the appropriate setting and the week which we were filming was the
last week of school and so we did have to rush to finish it. Also we could of filmed more before this week but our characters in the film took
different subjects and so during free periods meant that filming was
limited as we had to negotiate time with them as well. Another target could be of using actors who both
have time on their hands to make sure that the filming could have
been done over a longer period of time allowing us to
actually have the time to sit and plan each and every shot we were
using before going out and filming the part of the film.
Another target would be making sure the lighting was correct, so making sure the contrasting was right in the
camera before recording because it would allow us to not have to
re-film other parts to fit in with other clips.As during filming we had areas in which which the lighting was very dark. So we could either add lighting or film somewhere the lighting was bright enough to show up on camera. We could also
make sure the sound was correct in the camera before recording
because we assumed that it was okay but when it came to editing, we
found that the sound was much to loud and that it was hard to hear
what the characters are saying. So next time we would make sure film things more than once and replay it before finalizing the footage onto the CD. Having said this, the common room was
quite busy and so we wanted the background noise to make it seem like
it was a busy collage setting therefore suggesting why we left it in. When adding the soundtrack music, we had to make sure it was lower than the
dialogue but in order to successfully do this, we had to lower the
volume so it could barely be heard and then increase the volume of
the characters speaking which made it seem like they were shouting
and also the background noise in the common room was too loud.
Next
year we would make sure that the setting would be quieter and if we
needed the added background noise we would add this as a voice over
as it would mean we could control the volume of it, Also making sure that the voice over fitted with the relevant actions in the film or trailer.
I
would personally set the target of making sure I fully understand the
editing software so it does not take as long to edit our film. We
found that both of us were trying to figure out how to use certain
tools in the first few hours of editing that we actually lost those
hours of editing, so by this we could take more of lead when it came to practicing tools. Having used Adobe Premiere Elements 10 this
year, I think that when it comes to editing next year, I would know
where tools are and the best layout for the editing process. I would
also know how to fade sound in and out and also the appropriate transitions
to use on our product which will make it looks theatrical and the best quality it
can be.
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