Preliminary Task Evaluation

I really enjoyed creating my preliminary task, yet it was still quite daunting in the sense that I had all control of the camera and the editing, and the directing of my actors that I definitely wasn't used to! Before making my short film, I felt uneasy with the idea of having a camera that was not mine and having to produce something from it; I am not very good with technology, so I thought I was destined for the worst! However, with some practice, I got there and my confidence went from virtually non existent to quite high.

I encountered some problems with making my film. My first problem was the filming time. I had set myself the task of filming during our 1 hour and 30 minutes Media Studies slot and I found that I was rushing myself to quite the extent. If I had allowed myself more time and perhaps filmed outside of college, it would of given me much more time and I would have been able to fully perfect my mistakes. Another problem that arose from this was my actors; I had issues with their attendance so I was unable to film when I planned because they were not in college that day. Also, I had to ensure that my actors wore the same clothes every Media session to avoid all possible continuity errors.

To improve next time, I will definitely make some form of a decent plan to follow. This is because when filming I had a very basic plan and I frequently lost my train of thought and had to rely on my memory to tell me what I should do next, this was not efficient at all.

There were things that went well during filming too. As I filmed at college, it gave me the opportunity to ask my teacher if I had any problems with the camera or any other equipment, which came in very handy and was a huge benefit! I found editing all of my footage together very challenging because it was difficult to ensure it all looked seamless, however it surprisingly did not take me very long to do and I am happy that my film flows well, I cannot spot any continuity errors, which was what I was most afraid of finding.

Overall, I feel I have done very well in making my film and I am feeling much more confident in filming in the future.