My coursework has sadly come to an end, however i have learnt a lot throughout the whole course, from editing to directing a full scale movie. Some mistakes were made along the way but nonetheless we learnt from them and hope to improve for next year.
Friday, 25 March 2016
Evaluation question 5 - How successful is your product?
Response to video:
I agree with the view of the project’s initial idea being interesting and creative, while the outcome ending being under the required standard. However, I think that the outcome wasn’t that far off from the original idea, with the time constraints having the most damaging effect on the film’s production value.
These time limitations, caused by the vehicle renting service, also rushed our camerawork. We were unable to create match on action sequences as our camera crew could not film from multiple angles for a number of reasons. One being the limited number of cameras, while the other being the limited number of vehicles from which we could have filmed, as most vehicles during the chase scene were being used by actors, and had to be captured by the camera.
On the other hand, we did include match on action elements in scenes where the use of vehicles was absent, such as the shot sequence of Nikita getting onto his quadbike. Also, shot length, angles and the zoom of the shots varied, presenting the actions of the characters from different perspectives.
The choice of soundtrack and sound effects was indeed good, which is what stood out as a positive factor according to the interviewee. I found most of the sound effects, cycling through numerous effects for gunshots, explosions and ambience. Me and pablo chose the soundtrack used in Mad Max: Fury Road, which made a good link between the two similar films.
Acting was not an aspect of the film which was considered as a primary target, as simply finding the right number of people for a cast was far more important. As said by the interviewee, acting would have been improved if our group would have revised the roles, and if we had time to practice doing the scenes on the set.
Special effects could have been reworked, modified and improved if more time was put into the visual effects process. Visuals such as explosions could have been twitched and adjusted, as well as motion- tracked to add aspects of realism.
Although the interviewee stated that the props looked realistic, while the katana was a great touch to the collection of the film’s arsenal, the sniper rifle was pointed out as being incomplete without its scope. Actually, the scope, was present on the firearm, which was a steam- punk telescope attached to the top of the rifle. Unfortunately, this attachment fell off while we were unpacking the weapon on the set of the film. As we could not afford to spend time fixing the gun, we decided to keep the weapon without its scope.
Edited by jack
Evaluation Question 3 - How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
Drawings by Nikita, editing by me
Evaluation question 2 - How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed?
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