Review Project -Unit 2

I am very pleased with the result of the film I made in my group after seeing it filmed. I think that the edit and the music all tied in very well together. The  film ended up being a little shorter than expected by about 20 seconds, but that was not a problem in the slightest. The day I found the most stressful was definitely the editing day, as I found that everybody  had opinions, but what we really needed was one person just to get on with it, otherwise there were too many disagreements, so nothing got done. It was also the day that the time pressure got to us the most, as we were quite well prepared for the filming, but we had made very few plans for the editing, therefor  we were going in only with the script and a vague idea of what we were doing. 

The outcome was however better than anything we expected. This was the general consensus of the group when we reviewed it together on Facebook.

So overall, everyone who posted was happy, focusing on the final outcome over the run up. I have posted asking if there are any comments about specific days, but we will have to wait and see if anyone had anything to day about that, I will update.

When discussing how everyone did in each role, we were all very diplomatic, as well as seemingly less effective at commenting.

Starting with the director:

I would stand by my comment and say you could tell very well that Abdil had done a shot list, even if we did not exactly stick to it, and had everything planned out in his head. On the shoot day he was very efficient, as well as good to listening to other peoples comments. The only criticism would be that we weren't always sure what he was thinking or doing on shoot day when we weren't directly next to him, and it would be good to be kept updated. That is only a small niggle though.

The script writer:

I have to say, he handled our changes of ideas and plot really well, considering we left him with such vague outlines after every meeting. He did pull out aspects of the story and changed our ideas subtly to make the story very much his own. His script was simple and clear, which was what we needed, and well written. Keeping the dialogue minimal was fantastic and made the shoot easier. I did find I needed to massacre his characters frequently though to keep the actor count down.

The cinematographer:

Although very reticent at early stages and didn't really give many initial ideas, his confidence grew in the group until he was quite happy telling us each exactly what he thought. This was very helpful on the shoot day when he gave us many ideas and got really involved. On the editing day he may have tried to get too involved. but backed off by the end to let the editor get on with it. 

The editor:

I concur with the group  and agree that the editor managed to pull together all the shots very well and create a very professional outcome. I was really impressed. In the run up she suggested plenty of ideas and was very good at pulling out things she had seen that we could reference and think about. 

I can honestly say I really enjoyed my experience working with all these people, and would love to work with any of them again if the opportunity arose. 

Finally what they said of me. I will actually start by reviewing my self. I think I was fairly organised, but could have done better at reminding people to do things earlier and keep up to date as to what was going on at every point. I think I allowed myself to get out of the loop occasionally and forget what other people didn't know, causing confusion, for example I showed people the prospective setting a little late so the director had to re-evaluate over night.

I also think I could have done better in making sure the script was sent off to places in time and ready in time. I think I could have worked more closely with the script writer to make sure he was not struggling.

Apart from that I think I did OK. I managed to stop the conversation straying too much and arrange an meeting outside the course to get everything in order before the shoot.

Here is what the others thought of me:

I am glad to see that they were all very kind about me.

I hope this is a sufficient review of the entire project. Thanks for sticking through and reading about it. I have had the best of times.