Video Evaluation

Through creating this short flick I have discovered many things about the different technologies used to create it. Being an A2 film student I have already used these techniques but through making another film I have been able to expand these skills and become more advanced and confident using the technology.
So really I found creating the film quite straight forward and was pleased with the result. There were however sound issues post filming in that the music we chose was drowning out the dialogue. So, by using key frames we were able to take control and make everything work so that the audience felt both the effect of the non diegetic music and could still hear the dialogue.
Being that I’m already familiar with adobe premier editing was quite an easy process. We were able to do the whole lot, we had cut aways, jump cuts, voiceovers, we followed all the rules and in doing so had a very good outcome.
I did learn, which I hadn’t done in film studies before, to do more than one take as this allows us to have more choice as to which one we should use in the final production. I didn’t do that when creating films in film studies and there were times when we really should have done another take. So I have learnt a full proof way of getting the effect that I want. I’ve also noted that, after watching other flims closely I have actually gotten better at continuity editing and feel rather confident with it now compared to before.
If we had to do it again we probably would have chosen a different place to do it as the teacher next door was getting annoyed with us, but thankfully she was nice enough to let us film. And I would probably chose a different story as it is hard sticking a story that was nearly (the matrix) as we had to stick to their conventions. Saying that though putting our take on it worked well and it was very enjoyable.

The Mootrix

We decided to go against normal precedures and decide to do a spoof of the Matrix. And call it the mootrix. We thought this to be the perfect idea and this way we could follow a slight storyline and maybe nab some of their techniques.
Turns out we only copied one piece of continuity editing and ofcourse we had to incourporate our own angles so as to meet the criteria.
What we felt went well was the overall feel and time in which it took to create. The final product was nice and we were happy.
What didnt go so well was the music as it was far too loud and dominated the dialogue and caused distress within the group. But we changed that.
If we had to do it again we probably would have chosen a different place to do it as the teacher next door was getting annoyed with us, but thankfully she was nice enough to let us film.