Summary
Our goals were to communicate successfully, stay organized, and create a film with really good blocking. We had a lot of problems like people being absent and our filming location falling through, but all in all, we got a finished product that was not horrible, and we learned a lot.
21st Century Skills
Ways of Thinking – Our team showed creativity in the bold decisions we made with our shots, like the very low shot of one of our main characters, showing that she’s the one controlling things.
Ways of Working – We communicated well on organization and planning, and made sure we were always clear on what needed to happen. All of our documents were shared, and accessible to anyone in our team anything.
Tools for Working – We had a shared folder in Google Drive, where we put all of our camera shots, audio files, and shared documents like the script.
Ways of Living in the World – Our team demonstrated good communication skills, and we met the deadline for our film. Although we were behind, we eventually got it put together at the last minute and did have a finished product.
The (FILM, SOUND, or GAME Creation)
https://youtu.be/hMxxW5QwkfM
Reactions to the Final Version
“The first half of the film was really good. There were beats, rhythm, and it was well put together.”
Eric Belgan, Professional Screenwriter
We were rushed in the second half of our film, and Eric acknowledges that in his critique of the second half of our film, but he did like the first part, where the most planning and detail went into.
“The editing was pretty fluent, but there were some awkward spaces/pauses.”
Adeline, Peer
Evaluation of the Final Version
Simple – Our script was one page, and we adapted it to be a bit simpler. We wanted to focus more on blocking then the plot.
Unexpected – We did not have a lot of surprises in our story, but I feel the tension caused in it was enough to keep the audience engaged.
Concrete – Our film was solid, and I think we told our story well in an interesting way with the lighting we chose and the bold shot angle camera decisions.
Emotional – Our film built-up tension, and with the whole do-you-love-me story added an emotional relationship aspect to it.
Stories – Our screenplay was given to us, but we adapted it in an understandable way that we thought would add more tension and make it a bit simpler.
What I Learned and Problems I Solved
I learned that sometimes you can plan too much. We were behind when we started filming, and it all together took a lot longer than we anticipated. Our cinematographer was absent for a few days, and our sound designer was absent throughout the whole production process. Our original shooting location fell through, and I only had two days to edit the final film. All in all, we just took a really long time in pre-production and did not manage our time very well.