Evaluation - Next Years Targets

        My group and I have really enjoyed the process of making this film. At some points it was quite hard work, but it was really interesting to learn how to edit and make your own film. If i had an option to go back and change anything it might of been, planning a head a lot more. As some of the problems we faced could of easily sorted of we had done some more planning, like making sure we had good weather as we had reschedule our filming day due to this and a making sure we had enough hours with sunlight. Another problem we faced was lighting. As our film was shot in the woods the over-growth really limited our amount of sunlight. In our film you can see how it went from light to dark by the time we finished filming and this was something which the audience also picked up on. Although its something I would of changed i learnt a lot from these things and will make sure i don't make the same mistake twice when I do it next year. 

      By next year we would of hopefully be able to find and use a better camera to produce our film. The cameras that we were given this year were alright but really limited us in getting better shots and doing more things. One of the ideas we had as a group was to get shots with the camera focusing in and out of things. These ideas couldn't be achieved on the camera we were given. A higher quality camera with more functions will open more doors with what I will be able to achieve with the film i will make next year. These little changes will make a big impact on the overall outcome. 

     One thing i group found relatively easy to work after figuring it out and getting used to it was the editing software. We were able to achieve everything we wanted with Adobe Premier Elements 10. It took a week of playing around with this software until we felt completely comfortable using it. Next year I want to push the boundary's and play round with it a bit more to see what different uses and effects I can get out of it. In my opinion editing is equally as important as the content so I want to make sure the editing in my film is at the highest quality it can be. 

     Last but not least, along side with lighting,  sound was something that was picked out a lot in our audience feedback as something we should improve on. The problem was that in a lot of our shots the actors were far from the camera making them hard to hear. We also struggled in balancing out the non-diagetic music with the diagetic sound so you could hear both with out loosing from either areas. If I am able to improve in all these areas when producing my film next year my groups trail should be successful.