Rough Cut Feedback

Laurence, Ryan, George

Strong aspects

·      Good use of a range of different shots

·      Appropriate music

·      The slow motion scene works well.

·      The shots signing the autograph work really well.

Points for improvement

Filming

·      You need some more reaction shots from the guy in the wheel chair to make it feel more like a two way conversation.

·      You need to keep the trimming and pace of the shots flowing smoothly and cut any of the shots that are too long.

·      Consider re-shooting the main subjects mouth to get more realistic footage.

Editing

·      You need to have the production company name and the names of the actors and directors.

Sound

·      You might want to include hospital noises in the background to create the ambience of the environment the characters are in.

·      The audio levels need to be sorted out and the music needs to start after the exam titles.

·      Consider using a voiceover of the subject thinking about what is going on in their head instead of the teacher talking.

·      You might want to add cheers on the playing field to create the atmosphere of a football pitch.

Editing

We did some more editing, much of which was related to the feedback, this involved us adding some more reaction shots, and also dimming the sound scenes were it wasn't wanted, this also involved adding some more of a voice over, but before we did any of this we needed to record and then capture it, this made it able for us to continue with the editing.

When it came to us adding the titles we were stuck for a name for the production company, but Laurence came up with an idea called 'Olympic Productions' this allowed us to put the title of Olympic Productions Presents, however we didn't leave it like this we added some special effects which we felt it made it more appealing. We required some assistance from the teacher to get this to work but we got there in the end.

Feedback

On thursday the 9th we had to show our opening along with the other group in our class, this is so that we could give feedback on them and vice-versa, along with our classmates our teacher told us what she thought was right and what she thought was wrong.

The feedback that we received was constructive allowing us to build on our opening to improve it. Using the free lessons that we had available, this involved us re shooting certain scenes and making it tighter in the sense that some scenes tend to drag on.

We were also reminded that we needed to add the titles that say who edited/produced/directed it, along with adding some relevant background noises such as football noises and hospital noises as these would be relevant.

Lesson Before Rough Screening

We had a double lesson, in the first one we had to editing and adding the sound that was required, this was because George had recorded a voiceover the night before and to add background music, i was given the task of finding the music, however i found this hard and we had to find some quickly to get the opening ready for the screening.

This is where George and Laurence helped as they were able to find some relevant music, while they did that i was doing some last minute editing in the hope that i could correct/improve some of the scenes. also during this lesson we needed to perfect the flashback that appear through the opening, we tried many different effects, such as a tint and a blur but we ended up with it just appearing in black and white, however we did also get a sort of flash to signal the flashback.

Props

Football
Labcoat
Pen x 2
Paper
Autograph book 'planner'
Phone
Posters
Wheelchair

Editing

As a group we have all contributed to the editing, however i am the most experienced due to the fact i took media studies at GCSE level which meant i have an understanding of how to edit and how to make certain things happen, although i took the more prominent role of the three the other two still contributed a lot as they had ideas on how things should look which were actually better than what i would have done. we have successfully made the opening run smoothly and most our shots are edited properly, all we need to do now is final touches such as sounds and perfecting it.

Filming

Overall our filming was successful as we got all of the shots that we needed and many of them were of good quality, at first we only did the short shots, this was because they were easy to do with the time that we had left of the lesson, the next lesson we spent the whole two hours filming and making sure that the location was set. While looking back at some of the things we had recorded we weren't happy with one of the scenes, we scheduled for it to be re shot, however i was unable to help as i couldn't get to the school due to the weather conditions. On one part of the filming we had to take several attempts to get it right due to shots not being correct or that they didn't look right, however these were overcome and we now have enough shots to work with.

Roles in the group

At the beginning of the development process we decided that George would be the person that would be in front of the camera, however me and Laurence would make appearances if it was needed. Me and Laurence shared the filming as George was acting, mainly i did the editing but George and Laurence did also do some, this may be because i knew how to do the editing.