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Evaluation This project involved in creating a short film including the preproduction, production and postproduction stages. The short film had to be 23 minutes about a suburb of London in the future, for example in the year 2054. We had to choose 3 out of 5 technical rules which were, 1) black and white, 2) only outdoor locations, 3) locked camera on tripod (no zoom, no pan, no tilt), 4) at least two tracking shots included and 5) fast editing. Before filming we had to decide on them so we can film accordingly. We chose number 1, 2 and 5. During the project my role was the editing and taking care of behind the scenes stuff. The behind the scenes ‘stuff’ included taking pictures of the others filming, making sure we have enough shots and making sure that it somewhat matches the storyboard. The editing role was allocated to me as my skills was best used in that due to previous experiences. Additionally, I was not keen on filming as I don’t quite know the difference between a ‘good’ shot and a ‘bad’ shot. I felt the editing process went really well for me as I have a skill of picking up most new software or programmes quite fast. I was new to Final Cut Pro however it wasn't too different from Adobe Premiere Pro which I was familiar with. As soon as I knew which tool was used for what and a few shortcuts that made the editing swifter, I was able to edit it straight away without any hassle. Overall, the main thing that went well in this project as a whole was the planning and time management. As a group we managed to film in 2 days which is what we had planned and we left enough time to edit it. The editing was also done in two days which left us enough time for improvement if needed. If I was to improve it or do this project again I would like to explore more into the sound part of the project to make the short film more 'entertaining' by creating my own sounds or even going through GarageBand in more depth. Additionally, with the same brief, I would like to improve on the research in terms of researching particular directors and their methods of filming. This would enable us to film in different ways using different equipment such as tracking shot.

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Evaluation    

This  project  involved  in  creating  a  short  film  including  the  pre-­‐production,  production  and  post-­‐production  stages.  The  short  film  had  to  be  2-­‐3  minutes  about  a  suburb  of  London  in  the  future,  for  example  in  the  year  2054.  We  had  to  choose  3  out  of  5  technical  rules  which  were,  1)  black  and  white,  2)  only  outdoor  locations,  3)  locked  camera  on  tripod  (no  zoom,  no  pan,  no  tilt),  4)  at  least  two  tracking  shots  included  and  5)  fast  editing.  Before  filming  we  had  to  decide  on  them  so  we  can  film  accordingly.  We  chose  number  1,  2  and  5.    During  the  project  my  role  was  the  editing  and  taking  care  of  behind  the  scenes  stuff.  The  behind  the  scenes  ‘stuff’  included  taking  pictures  of  the  others  filming,  making  sure  we  have  enough  shots  and  making  sure  that  it  somewhat  matches  the  storyboard.  The  editing  role  was  allocated  to  me  as  my  skills  was  best  used  in  that  due  to  previous  experiences.  Additionally,  I  was  not  keen  on  filming  as  I  don’t  quite  know  the  difference  between  a  ‘good’  shot  and  a  ‘bad’  shot.  I  felt  the  editing  process  went  really  well  for  me  as  I  have  a  skill  of  picking  up  most  new  software  or  programmes  quite  fast.  I  was  new  to  Final  Cut  Pro  however  it  wasn't  too  different  from  Adobe  Premiere  Pro  which  I  was  familiar  with.  As  soon  as  I  knew  which  tool  was  used  for  what  and  a  few  shortcuts  that  made  the  editing  swifter,  I  was  able  to  edit  it  straight  away  without  any  hassle.    Overall,  the  main  thing  that  went  well  in  this  project  as  a  whole  was  the  planning  and  time  management.  As  a  group  we  managed  to  film  in  2  days  which  is  what  we  had  planned  and  we  left  enough  time  to  edit  it.  The  editing  was  also  done  in  two  days  which  left  us  enough  time  for  improvement  if  needed.  If  I  was  to  improve  it  or  do  this  project  again  I  would  like  to  explore  more  into  the  sound  part  of  the  project  to  make  the  short  film  more  'entertaining'  by  creating  my  own  sounds  or  even  going  through  GarageBand  in  more  depth.  Additionally,  with  the  same  brief,  I  would  like  to  improve  on  the  research  in  terms  of  researching  particular  directors  and  their  methods  of  filming.  This  would  enable  us  to  film  in  different  ways  using  different  equipment  such  as  tracking  shot.