Individual Project - Conclusion

Upon finishing my project, there were things i was happy with, and also things that i could have done better. I learnt from the experience, which was a good thing. I learnt that sometimes its best to fully take into account, how a location can be a big variable to the film's outcome. Choosing the woods, made it hard to get equipment around safely, and the cover of the trees, along with the ever changing sunlight, dramatically effected the lighting within my film. In the future, i will scout the location and take notes on any possible dis-advantages of the area, and prepare ways in which to resolve them.

I think, that getting more people to help out with filming, due to our small group size, would have made the filming day a lot more efficient, and less problematic. however, due to the problems of lighting, equipment being in shot, and bad acting, this tested my editing skills. I found myself working with video filters, four point matte's, colour corrector and various other editing options. Through using these i was able to change the footage in positive way. I tested a lot of the video filters, through process of trial and error, to see what each one did. Now i have a better and more practical knowledge on these filters, and will benefit me, when editing in the future.

I thought that the music i chose to use in the film, worked very well, and spent some while editing the music into the film. The music was an important factor, because it can really add mood to the film. it wasn't just the music i edited however, i edited a lot of the sound caught directly to tape. In one scene, there was a deafening airplane in the background, but i really wanted to use the shot, so managed to use sound editing to almost erase the noise, but still have the speech clear and concise. Another point in the film, i used the sound of the rain on the videotape, and looped it over a music track to add even more emotion to the film, as it was a dramatic part. I am mostly, but not perfectly happy with the final result, but i can use the experience as a learning curve, and enjoyed it very much.