Evaluation

The three main things I have learnt from this experience are that a schedule is needed for everything and that we have to stick to the schedule otherwise the film is very un-organised and everything will not flow properly during the making of the film. I also learnt that having reserve or back up actors is key, if one actor pulls out at the last minute or we cannot find them we have to be prepared to have someone else step in if needed. On one of the last things and the most important thing that I learnt is that team work is the most important thing, without your team you cannot film and work the sound and make sure the film is set up properly and the actors and taking their role seriously, the team makes sure that everything is okay and you cannot do everything by yourself.

Our group handled problem solving very well, one of the problems we faced was that our actor pulled out at the last minute so we had to use Micah to film, although this was difficult me and Aoife had to direct and product and work the camera and the sound, we all worked together to make sure that our film was successful and that it worked and flowed well, also that all the shots were filmed properly.

Our shooting schedule was detailed but not realistic because we had to change our location at the last minute, never the less this still allowed us to achieve a good quality throughout filming, and all the recording in our film were competed in one day without any problems.

The storyboard had 17 shots altogether, covering around 4 minutes of our film, altogether the storyboard gave a good idea of what shots needed to be involved and the angles, also the different locations were clear and made it easier to plan the filming making it clear how the film was going to be laid out. Altogether our film was around 3 minutes 20 seconds following the storyboard however we decided when we practiced our film that some shots didn’t need to be separated and some shots worked better as one whole instead of individual shots.

Our shot list was organised very well and made It a lot easier for the film to be filmed, it saved a lot of time and it made the whole production more organised because everyone knew what they were doing and in the shot and how the shot was going to be filmed e.g. close ups and panning shots, also practising this made it very easy to film because everyone knew how they had to film or act in the shot everyone knew where they needed to be at certain times and how it was going to filmed.

In the recce our locations were chosen and reviewed very well, the recce made it very clear the pros and cons of the location also visiting the location gave the producer and director a very clear understanding of what parts of the rooms they were going to use, for example when reviewing the counselling room the director decided that they wanted to use the side of the room that had posters about mental awareness  instead of using a pain background, as this would help foreshadow the characters fait more and help the viewers to understand what the character was going through. Through the recce It was very clear that the lighting was better at certain points in the room also it gave us an idea of background noise, because the counselling room was a small enclosed room there was little background noise but for the toilets it was larger so it may have Eco’s at certain parts, therefore we had to be careful of it at certain points whilst filming, also we evaluated the parts in the toilets where it would be best to film with little or no background noise. We also had to ask permission to use the counselling room this is detailed in the recce and everyone was aware that we had permission.

We only had one main character in our film, we felt that this would help to grip the viewers’ attention, we felt that our actor was perfect for the role as she was good at acting and could portray the actor well, we rehearsed the film before filming to make sure that the actor was confident with the role given, micah enjoyed this role so this made the film run smoothly, she was also organised bringing in the right make up that she had to use and the right clothing to fit the character well.

Everyone in our crew knew the roles they had to cover in the film and everyone was very confident and content with their roles. All the equipment was checked charged and working properly we did a practice shot to make sure that everything was filmed promptly and the lighting was right for the film. The call sheet was effective and everyone turned up on time