Here is the final product of our film, it was uploaded using the Google + account and shared onto my groups various blogs and different profiles (Facebook) watching our work after we had uploaded it on-line we realised that the site YouTube had lessons the pixel quality of the film over all and because of this the lighting may seem dimmer than what it actually is. also we found that the sound wasn't as crisp or clear in the final upload as it had been on final cut pro ( which we used to edit with) this came to be a problem as watching it back the scene with Cassie and Eva speaking at the same time one character's voice is drowned out instead of talking in harmony with each other.
I however, am pleased with the final outcome of the opening movie as it was something that no one in our group had previously done before, we had learnt to control sound, cut and edit videos and text, upload and produce a movie opening that I believe people would genuinely want to watch. My favourite part about the opening scene is the continuation that we included for example when Cassie is in the mirror doing her mascara, it then cuts to Riley doing her mascara. This helped the video flow and gave the film a professional feel.
Things I felt could have been improved were the props, camera steadiness and lighting. In my scene we were trying to re create the feel of a late night however we did not take in to context that the camera would not pick up everything we wanted in the dim light that we had (something which we have now thought about thoroughly and learnt ) so to improve this we would have put the direct light on and kept the curtains shut, this therefore would have still created the feeling that she was in her room at night but the audience would also have got a clearer view of the scene. The props or background object in the scene I felt were not always important, for example in Riley's room there were a lot of teddy bears as she was filming in her own room that conveyed her personality however she was not what we were trying to portray we were trying to put across her character's personality which was quite girl- next door, boisterous but pretty. The teddies do not lend them selves to this idea and therefore I feel like we should have looked out and thought about the shot more. Another prop we felt was not correct upon inspection was the fake knife used in the film.
Throughout the editing process we were so transfixed on creating a flowing motion picture we forgot to really open our eyes and analyse absolutely everything in the shot, for this reason we did not see that the knife did not look authentic enough, this could have also been because of the lesser quality on YouTube but the knife didn't look like it would convincingly kill someone which meant our film was less convincing to the audience. the steadiness of the camera was sometimes questioned, however the clips we put in the film i felt were steady and when we wanted a more raw feel that's when we went for a more unsteady clip, therefore i feel we did a good job at concealing any technological errors. Overall I enjoy the opening movie that my group created and i think that as this is our first time we have executed a professional and fixable movie.
Thank you for listening,
Chantelle Roberts.
Here are some pictures of the main events that transpire in our film, 'Who's Next?'.
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