Evaluation

This is the evaluation we created with the 7 questions set on the year 12 practical blog.

Today we filmed our Evaluation for the whole of our media project.
Admittedly it was quite tough at first as we all got a bit camera shy, and we froze quite regularly. However, after a good 10+ takes of practicing our lines and orders, we managed to film an appropriate and professional evaluation.

Yesterday (Sunday), Me, Daniel, Georgia, and Alice all went to Daniel's studio for 12 o'clock to edit and review our roughly finished film opening.

One thing we hadn't included in the film was a production name and logo, however yesterday we spent a good hour creating one.

We decided to call our production name 'Phantom productions'. The reason being because the power source Daniel was electrocuted by was Fantom powered, and as a group we thought it was a nice little pun and something which we thought that was fitting for the film.

One thing we needed to change about our film intro was the length, we were told it 'dragged on' and that it was too long.

In the 4-5 hours we spent in the studio we managed to cut down a reasonable amount, and now we have become happy with the length, as it flows smoother, and gets to the point.

Another thing we needed to change was a few transitions and to create a music soundtrack, and yesterday we were able to do both. In Daniel's studio we used the piano and a music software program to create a jazzy riff, which we were able to make fit well with the film.

We will be going to the studio as a group one day this week to make our final changes to the film, and make sure everything is converted and ready to hand in.

Yesterday was the day of the showcase and we had to present our final draft of our film intro.
Despite the rough transitions and narration, which we already knew about, we got exceedingly positive feedback and hopefully we are aiming to achieve full marks which we are extremely happy about.
We also got told a lot of things that our class mates and teachers suggested we edit in order to have a chance at going for the full marks.

Me, Daniel, Georgia, and Alice have planned to goto Daniel's studio at about 11 on sunday, so we can spend a good 5 or 6 hours editing the film intro and so everything is perfect.

I'll make another blog update on shortly, most likely sometime next week.

I am extremely happy with the group I was assigned with, and I can comfortably say the others are happy too. The reason being is because of how well and effectively we all worked together as a team. We managed to all share ideas and give consistent constructive criticism wherever needed, which is a great help to the whole team.

This is our first working version of our film opening, The Delivery Boy.

Things I liked:

• The calm and mysterious tone of the narration.
• The black and white scene at the end, which correlates with the narration "people see in black and white".
• The 180 degrees turn when Daniel's character is putting on his tie in the mirror.

Things I feel we need to improve or change:

• Some of narration doesn't make sense, and I feel is pointless.
• There is a short period of time during the car journey where nothing happens, and I feel should be cut.
• There are some rough transitions that need to be edited.
• We need to add a film company logo somewhere during the film.

I will make another post next week with the feedback we got as a group from our class.

Rough copy completed

Our group has now completed a rough working copy of our film production, and our teacher has arranged a showcase for us next week on thursday (31/03/11), during lesson, so every can present their rough or completed media films. This will be really helpful for us personally, and everyone else in our class, because as a class we can then discuss, give, and receive feedback back to each other about each others productions, so then we all have honest opinions on what people liked, and what needs to be changed.

Admittedly, there is a lot of things that need work in our film (tweaks, cuts, effects, etc..), however it will be good to see what people don't like and what they do like.

I will make a new separate post including our film opening, along with some factors i feel we need to improve.