At the beginning of the production of our opening we decided upon 3 targets would try to meet through the rest of the project. These were:
- The audience should be able to relate to the character and the situation he is in; it is the first day at sixth-form (most people, in the UK, go to school and understand the feeling of being new somewhere).
- The audience must understand the scenario and the storyline of the opening sequence.
- We must set up enigmas and create interest towards the characters so that people want to carry on watching (beyond the opening).
The project was both enjoyable and a great learning experience and there were a lot of great moments. The best of which were:
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| A picture with our actors after the final shoot |
- When we filmed the final version of the one shot. The reason for this is because it had taken along time to plan and execute and once we had obtained the final cut we felt that all the hard work had payed off.
- When we were creating the storyboard for our project as we could start to see our ideas coming together and forming the beginnings of the project.
- Working on the cut and creating the split screen.
Despite all the great moments there were challenges and problems that we had to overcome. The worst were:
- Finding a title for the film. This was because we either disagreed and had different opinions on the name or it was the name of another previous. However, we came up with 'New Guy' (which we all liked) so the outcome was still positive.
- Choosing the music for the project. The main problem was that most royalty-free music is either extremely fast pace or slow, so finding the 2 songs that we ended up using took up a lot of our time
Looking back on our project there are things that I would do differently and things that would of made the project easier.
- When planning the project I think that we should have thought more about the practicality issues of using a school corridor. This is because the restrictions and regulation that the school put in place for out shoot lead to further complications with the quality of our footage.
- The first rule was that we could only film after school finished (4pm). This meant that the lighting was a bit too dark to connote the correct time of day (the morning).
- Secondly, we had to keep the noise to minimum meaning we couldn't create the school ambiance and soundscape as effectively as we wanted.
- I would have also added more school characters in the background in order to highlight the overwhelming nature of the school
- I would have experimented more with the camera angles and framing to create a more interesting and unique project
Final Outcome:
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