This summary post was originally written for a practical exercise undertaken in the Planning and Making a Film module I undertook in the penultimate year of my BA (Hons). The module's practice was undertaken between October 2011 to June 2012 and it provided me with a hugely enriching experience. For a more detailed overview of the module and the projects I undertook as a part of it, see Planning and Making a Film: The student filmmaking experience.
05/12/2011
All the members of the Planning and Making a Film
module were in attendance for this seminar; this was to ensure that everyone
could view and provide feedback for all the versions of Where will it all stop. This seminar was also my first opportunity to
see my group’s completed version of Where
will it all stop.
During the editing process, I know that Emily and
Jenny were concerned that they would not get the other groups footage in time
and that Emily’s friend would not have enough time to score the film. But the
fact that they devoted so much of their own to time to achieve this is testament
to their commitment to the project. I was also impressed by the high standard
of the second half of the film, considering the limited amount of time they had
in which to put it together.
With our version of Where will it all stop, some of the things that were specifically
pointed out were:
- The framing of shots in the second half. Although, this is down to the other group of our production because they shot that half of the film
- Difficulty understanding the whole story. We had adjusted the original script to explain why the old character of Chuck had a youthful appearance. However, the structuring of the film did not make this entirely clear.
- Everyone liked the music that had been composed for our cut.
- An overall good use of sound design.
- Smooth transition between scenes.
- We met the eight minute length rule.
One of the things I am amazed that no one picked up on was the casting change of the character of Lolly. This was something
I thought people would catch onto to straight away but, amazingly, no one
noticed!
One of the things that Mike (our tutor) pointed
out is how we could improve our cuts further and he has suggested that, potentially
after Christmas, we will go back to the cuts and refine them further. However,
whether we will actually have time to do this in the new year I don’t know but
from an editing stand point, and that being the role I would like to fill on
the next film, it would be incredibly useful.
Overall, the feedback that was given for all the
versions was unbiased and constructive. The feedback is also something that we
will need to adapt to and absolutely implement in the second film we have to
produce, as that is the one we are getting marked on!
You can read my final reflection on the whole process of making Where will it all stop here: Botch-ups = brilliance (eventually): Pete's reflection on the process of making 'Where will it all stop'
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