2. Pre – Production
o Planning – I found this stage of creating our short film fairly easy.
Creating a plot took me and my group about an hour with a lot of
discussion and compromising. I feel that viewers could get
slightly confused with the plot as the film contains more depth
than what is actually shown in the film so without being there to
plan it and discuss in detail, viewers would not know the
additional information.
o Choosing a Set – This stage of producing out film
confronted us with the first od our problems. We found
that after filming the first few shots of our film, the
room we decided to film in was constantly in use by
other people, this caused us to re-shoot everything we
shot which thankfully, wasn’t a significant amount.
We overcame this problem quickly although it did
take us a bit longer to shoot everything for our film.
3. Production..
o Filming – Whilst filming, we had very little problems however it did
take us more time than the other groups. My group and I made our
decisions fairly quickly in terms of who would be acting and who
would be filming which I feel ultimately, were the best decisions in
order to get an effective film. I was chosen to film along with another
member of my group, I found that the cameras were easy to use
which meant that any problems with the cameras were avoided. We
also used other resources available such as a tripod which allowed us
to get steady shots so that the viewer didn’t become disorientated
when it came to watch the final film. On the other hand, our group
did find it difficult to remember everything we had and hadn’t shot as
well and trying to remember the positions of objects and the actors in
the room so we could refrain from moving them so that when it came
to editing our film, the shot’s didn’t look disjointed or misplaced.
4. Production Continued
o Editing – At this stage, our group split up so that we were on our own to create
our own individual films with all the shot we took in filming. Having never used
the software in order to edit a film before, it took me a bit of time to get used
to particular things with the software such as how to trim shots and adjust the
sound etc. However, time allowed me to progress with ease as I became used
to the software and the various things that I could use within the software in
order to get a clean cut final film. Some problems that I faced during this
stage is the fact that I begin with, it was almost impossible to get much
editing done within one lesson as the software was much too slow and didn’t
respond every 5 minutes. This issue was quickly sorted due to switching the
film to a different drive on the computer which meant that I could watch my
clips and edit them much quicker without having to wait for my software to
‘un-freeze’. Additionally, I wasn’t able to add any sound/sound effects to my
film due to the problem with some websites which were blocked or weren’t
working, this set me back for a while whilst I tried to explore other options in
order to put some sound effects into my film such as youtube, using a
microphone etc. These alternative options also proved unsuccessful which
meant that my film didn’t contain any sound. However, after completing my
film, it has filled all the specification points it need to and is smoothly cut.
5. Post – Production
o Uploading – After I completed my film, it was required that we
had to upload out video up onto our personal youtube
accounts and blog. This didn’t take up a significant amount of
time but you did have to wait for our video’s to load so it was
physically possible to put our video’s on youtube, The only
problem I faced at this stage was that I wasn’t able to upload
my video straight from the computer I was using: instead I had
to put it onto a memory stick and use another computer so it
then became possible for me to post my short film onto
youtube. Other than this minor issue, this stage was straight
forward.
