Shooting and editing evaluation

The shooting was all planned out with shot lists and story board. So we were prepared for filming. But the first problem that occurred was that the camera lens was dirty so we couldn't film, as a result I biked to school to find a replacement video camera. In the mean time we couldn't progress as there was no way of filming.

As the court is being used to film in, they said we needed adult supervision at all times. I had to organise 5 different teachers to come and accompany us whilst we film but between lesson 1 and 2 the teach didn't turn up so Miss Sutton who was there lesson 1 offered to do a second hour to help out.

Then we started to film and there were no problems we took all the shots according to the plans, so we got off to a good start. But then we found out we had some props missing which needed printing off, so Jack went back to his to print off. Whilst this was happening the camera was being charged so we took actions before it was too late.

The lighting was a big problem as there was a big window in the court room as the day progressed the sunlight shines through more and more, so this would effect the quality of the camera shots. But we took 2 shots of the jury which was worst effected, both from different angles so we could choose which one works best at the editing stage.

While filming something that was achieved well was ensuring we didn't break to 180 degree rule, to ensure that the audience understand whats actually happening. Also the mise-en-scene came together really well with the costumes of the actors as it looked as though they were actual people in a real case. As a result an effect of realism has been achieved, so the audience could imagine themselves in there positions. The court would only let us film in there premises for the school time so we had to ensure we filmed within a deadline. We successfully recorded all the shots we needed and more before our time allocation had expired, i also think that all the scenery in the court we used to full capacity.

So I conclude that the day was very successful we achieved everything we set out to complete, with more footage than needed. This will make the editing part of the production easier as we can choose between a variation of shots of each part.

When editing we had no problems until we wanted to detach the sound completely from a frame and use this on its own, so the way round this problem was to place a black screen over the top of the clip. As a result we will still hear the noise but not where the shot was taken, as we had to do this we made it so it cut straight to the credits at the end.

Another problem which we stumbled upon whilst editing was when we needed to burn the finished product onto a DVD, we weren't sure how we had to do it. We tried first time and failed it didn't even start to burn onto a DVD. But the way of sorting this out was cleaning the disk and replacing it, me and Jack also came back in a free when students from the other media group were in there who showed us how to burn it. A small problem we stumbled upon whilst editing was because me and Jack were the only two people who did any editing, and all the filming on the filming day. We had limited time to ensure we met all the deadlines set, to make sure we did our own free time was spent on editing.

I conclude that the whole production of our thriller opening, including filming and editing was successful, the reason I say that is because we set out to make the film for the age certificate of 15 and over. From the research performed we ensured that all the typical thriller elements are present, whilst taking into consideration to what students want to watch.