Production Evaluation

Overall I am happy with the production process. Several aspects of the production process mak me feel this way. One of these is the almost easy-to-use editing software that I used. I found that for a base-level understanding that I have gained for "Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5" made the editing process one easier, and I believed because of this it enhanced my film considerably. One exaple of this is during the trimming of my clips. Using the "T" shortcut I managed to easily trim the clips to the exact frame that I wanted. This was very efficeint and definately cut down on some time editing. In saying this I only feel I had a base knowledge of the program. Premiere Pro is a well renowned program used by people much more proficient in film-making than myself. This is because of the vast amounr of features present in the software. I feel that my film may have been better if I had learnt how to use more features available. One example of this is the "blur" effect I placed on 3 shots. For those shots, I wanted the blur to fluctuate in the level of blurriness, showing the character going in and out of consciousness. I would imagine that there is a way to do this, but I did not have the expertise to be able to do it. If I had perhaps spent more time reading about it I may have been able to find the way to do it, bettering my film. Another difficult part was the filming. I filmed in the same location on 2 separate days. Unfortunately the lighting was very different on the two days, which I did not notice at the time. This meant that I had to add a colour filter and adjust the brightness of the individual clips, taking more time. To change this I could have filmed on the same day, or, I could have taken more care and provsion when I fimed on the day. I could have reviewed the footage I shot previously in order to achieve the same lighting. This would have led to a more polished film. The audiences reaction to the film was pleasing as well. The class were slightly annoyed when I played the film out loud as they thoight that the bell at the begining of the film was a real one. This was pleasing becuase that meant that they recognised it as a school setting. Another reaction was that the fake blood was scary and realistic, which iis fantastic. It was so pleasing because of the idea of the film was to make the audience feel involved to heighten their reactions, which I believe it did.