Final evaluation

After completing our short film and ancillary tasks, we kept looking over them to see if there was anything we could add in or take out to benefit them and make them better but I have now come to the conclusion that everything we did was done for a reason and adds to them individually in its own way.

I am very pleased with the way our film turned out, although at first we were finding it a little difficult to manage our time, get all the actors at the shoots on time...etc we eventually got our self organised so that it all went to plan.

We also made a few mistakes whilst recording our first draft of our film, for some strange reason we were filming as though we were editing in our film. Luckily we manage to put most of our film together avoiding this tricky situation however the problem arose in the scene where the two characters are in conversation in the lounge. Unfortunately we hadnt filmed enough clips from different shots and angles so we were unable to cut to anything else. Luckily we were able to refilm a few weeks later and fix our problems however it was slightly unconvienient and caused a few continuety editing mistakes.

If I could change one thing about our film it would be to add music in. Originally we decided not to introduce music into it because right from the first scene there is talking and therefore the music would overpower the voices and make the scene less effective. However, when the credits come up at the end, our film could have benefited with a bit of music. We were told we weren't allowed to use songs by artists because they were copyrighted and we couldn't get permission which meant if we wanted music we would have to compose it our self in a programme called 'Garage Band', In my opinion Garage Band works very well if you need to add in sound effects or music for suspense...etc but it is very difficult to create a whole song without any help that would fit in with our film so we came to the conclusion that our film would look more professional without any.

I think our poster works so well because its not overcrowded and busy. It may not be that complex but the fact that it is simple and to the point makes it bolder and gives it more edge to stand out. There is less to look at, making it easier to remember. I think our colour scheme for the title 'The Morning After' was one of our best ideas because it is something so simple yet looks so effective. It has stayed with us throughout the whole coursework process and is something anyone looking at our coursework would find hard to forget.

The Magazine review didn't start off so well because we had never done one before so we didn't know where to start, what to put in it, how to do the layout...etc. We then learnt how important research is as it taught us everything we now know and really helped us the whole way through, i now thing that our magazine review looks just as professional as one you would find in a film magazine.

Finally, the presentation we had to do involved answering 5 questions that were given to us. What helped us most with this is all the research we had done throughout the process of all the other tasks. We didn't leave our self with as much time as we would of liked for the presentation but i am happy with the final result and think it presents everything it needs to.