Now the editing day is over, I can say first and foremost that the film is looking great, I must admit there was a lot of problems at first... We had shot so much to make sure we had it from different angles and had all the footage we need, this meant it took ages to sort through and then rather than plop it all in, in order and the spend ages refining it. we refined each clip as it came, which in retrospect was probably a mistake as I think it didn't give up much time to perfect the editing (specifically the sound). We also found that some of the footage was unusable, when we were very rushed at the end of the day of shooting we had to quickly shoot a couple more shots to make sure the storyline made sense. However when we rushed into filming the end, we found that there was a tripod fully in view, to the point where we couldn't crop it out... that was slightly annoying as I really liked the shot that was now unusable and it makes the story line slightly unclear now we are missing out a relatively important shot.
Now I am not going to look at just the negatives because after watching through the footage I can say the reverse dolly zoom is genuinely amazing, I am really proud of it. I can also say the actors we had in were really great! they gave 110% the whole time and I made sure to thank them for helping us with our film, just so they know how much we as a group and I personally appreciate it. Chester has also done a fantastic job of editing it, really proud of him too. We spent ages editing and Chester just kept going, I stayed with him when the rest of the group went, once again we were really tight pushed for time, which is horrible in the editing... I did really want a drone when he turns over the body as I think it would be a great way to create more tension for an audience, I also think after having one (really good) reverse dolly zoom we should have played the second reverse dolly zoom in reverse so the camera comes forward on the protagonist. We ended up not having time to add these bits, I was slightly disappointed but Chester had to go home... I was still really happy with the overall finished product though!
Review: We actually did manage to get all the shots we needed, to be honest the one shot that we were not able to use didn't impact the film on whole that much. I am happy with the finished film, I guess at this point that is all that matters! I felt like I did my role as a producer well, I made sure Chester was happy with what he was doing, I didn't interfere too much. All the group was totally happy! Overall... what a success.
Now I am not going to look at just the negatives because after watching through the footage I can say the reverse dolly zoom is genuinely amazing, I am really proud of it. I can also say the actors we had in were really great! they gave 110% the whole time and I made sure to thank them for helping us with our film, just so they know how much we as a group and I personally appreciate it. Chester has also done a fantastic job of editing it, really proud of him too. We spent ages editing and Chester just kept going, I stayed with him when the rest of the group went, once again we were really tight pushed for time, which is horrible in the editing... I did really want a drone when he turns over the body as I think it would be a great way to create more tension for an audience, I also think after having one (really good) reverse dolly zoom we should have played the second reverse dolly zoom in reverse so the camera comes forward on the protagonist. We ended up not having time to add these bits, I was slightly disappointed but Chester had to go home... I was still really happy with the overall finished product though!
Review: We actually did manage to get all the shots we needed, to be honest the one shot that we were not able to use didn't impact the film on whole that much. I am happy with the finished film, I guess at this point that is all that matters! I felt like I did my role as a producer well, I made sure Chester was happy with what he was doing, I didn't interfere too much. All the group was totally happy! Overall... what a success.
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