Evaluation

My final post is about my personal evaluation on the end result; overall, i found it a long yet rewarding process and I learnt a great deal on how each stage of creating a film sequence is just as hard as the last.

Thinking of an idea was probably the most easy part of it as we knew what we, as an audience, would most like to see. There was some arguments at first with the details of the storyline but in the end we all added our own ideas into it together and learned to compromise. I think our final opening sequence matches a description of an action genre perfectly and there is nothing that I would change about it, although I think if we were to re film we would of had more people involved with the film to make the chase even more exciting than it already is.

The actual filming was a very long process because, although we had a storyboard to stick to, we thought it was wise to do all the filming in one night so that we could edit it all together and so we were filming constantly for hours. We also wanted to get as many different shot types in as possible to make our opening  as varied and interesting as possible. There was no point during editing where myself or anyone else in the group mentioned regret that we did not try certain camera angle for a particular shot.

I had no idea how long the editing process is until we finally finished. It was amazing how a couple of seconds could change a shot completely and make it even more exciting or interesting. When we first thought we'd finished and we showed it to the class, things that I did not notice were pointed out and I'm glad that we were able to show it and now feel that the opening sequence is definitely better than it was at the first showing and so now I am happy with the end result of the editing.

The music is my favourite part of the whole opening sequence, the dramatic piano music at the very beginning sets the mood of the film straight away and shows the seriousness of storyline. The street style song during the chase shows the focused age group for our audience and the lyrics almost fit in with the storyline perfectly. I would of liked to have more footage so that the music could be played in the sequence for longer.

I believe that my groups hard work and effort shines through in our opening sequence and I am very happy with our ending result.

Another evaluation has been filmed with myself and the two other members of my group which can be seen on the group blog. The link of this post is shown below:

Evaluation Post