Production feedback sheet

Name:  COLLIER Solomon

Two Minute Film Opening: Wolf

There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the technical skills.

Footage: There is good controlled use of the camera with good variety of shots and attention to framing. Good attention to mise-en-scene and good use locations Editing: There are well placed cuts and transitions. A good attempt to add titles to show the conventions of the industry. Good choice to switch from colour to black and white. Sound: Dialogue is clear but needed sound effect for gun. Overall: A good film opening that fits the genre well. The images introduce the character well.

Total              43/60

Level: 3

Pre-production feedback sheet

AS Pre-production Tasks Feedback

Student Name: SOL COLLIER

Blog: http://solcollierasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/

Task 1 – Pre-production: Research & Planning		Evidence on blog
1.   Similar Products – film beginning analysis Genre research has been completed at a proficient level but further detail could be added within this area to demonstrate wider research and consideration of how similar products may influence Sol’s own production.		Yes
2.   Genre Analysis Conventions of Sol’s chosen genre is explored with a good level of detail.		Yes
3.   Target Audience Sol has discussed his considerations and thoughts of target audience in some detail. However – further research could have been completed in this area to take this work to an excellent level.		Yes
4.   Script Sol has completed his script and blogged this. However, the script is not presented in the correct document format – Sol would need to produce this for the production phase..		Yes
6.   Storyboard Fully completed storyboard to a proficient level. Sol is showing his awareness to a variety of different shot types and demonstrates his planned cinematography proficiently.		Yes
7.   Shot list Sol’s shot list fully complete – further detail could be added.		Yes
8.   Layouts – floor plan Fully complete - this is demonstrated by photographs and brief discussions – further specific detail could be added.		Yes
9.   Locations Completed - although could have been explained in more detail and a risk assessment could have been completed.		Yes
10.Costumes This area is completed to a sufficient level.		Yes
11.Props This area is completed to a sufficient level.		Yes
12.Actors This area is completed to a sufficient level with photographs and detail.		Yes
13.Equipment Yes - Sol has provided photographs and reasons for his choice of equipment.		Yes
14.Production schedule Yes - Fully completed schedule in place further detail could be added in this area.		Yes
Teachers comments
Sol has fully completed his pre-production for his course work. Mostly Sol has worked at a proficient level, although in some areas such as his analysis into similar products and target audience Sol could develop and build this area to a higher standard. Overall Sol is effectively prepared for the production of his film. Level 2 13 marks
Mark out of 20: 13
Teacher name: Liza-Marie Henshaw	Date: 11th December 2015

Overall feedback sheet

Overall feedbacksheet from SolCollier

Media evaluation question 7

Media evaluation question 7 from SolCollier

Media Evaluation question 4+5

https://youtu.be/5FZ0hbpZg3o

This is the link to my media video.

Media evaluation question 3

Lionsgate media eval q3 from SolCollier

Question 6 - media evaluation

Question 6 – media evaluation

Strengths –

One key fact in the media industry is that there is a mass of technology to assist directors or young film makers like myself but also that the level of ability of this technology is becoming ever more phenomenal which gives people in the industry opportunity to create their wildest dreams come to life. The technology that assisted my filmmaking opportunity was very useful although there is software that is a lot more advanced however at my level software like Adobe Premier which I used to edit my film from start to finish and worked rather well but also things such as Adobe AfterEffects which I used to create a animated moving main title. These two pieces of equipment are commonly used across the industry but other software is also very popular such as Final Cut Pro for apple products, Sony movie studio HD and the Corel editing suite, Alongside animation software like Blender 3D and Maya. There are also thousands of  other technologies and Hardware in the industry like cameras for example the Cannon 700D digital DSLR camera that I used to film my short film , Microphones like the RODE portable microphone I used for an sound boost while filming ,  Computers like the Apple MacBook  or IMac  but there are also technology that I used to upload my Pre-production work such as Prezi or SlideShare.

Weaknesses –

Some of the weaknesses I encountered when creating my film was the lack of knowledge with certain software such as Adobe AfterEffects where having some more expertise would have been really useful and could have made it less time consuming. Another weakness I encountered was the level of wind picked up in my original filming because of the microphone I used was quite powerful and led to me having to re-film lots of my film. Once more another weakness I stumbled apon was the incompetence of Blogger when I tried to complete some of my Pre-production work on there instead of word which lead to more time wasting due to me trying to work around its ineptitude.

Opportunity’s-

There are many opportunities to create amazing film in this day and age even with my level of understanding, budget, time and knowledge. The software we had as a school was good (Adobe master suite featuring Adobe Premier , Adobe AfterEffects and Adobe Photoshop) and very useful although be it not state of the art is was perfectly fine for the job and the Hardware ( Cannon camera’s , computers and sound equipment) worked really well and other than a small error with the sound which was part my fault the overall quality was good. Other opportunities we had was the fact that we live in the New Forest which is expansive and beautiful and is therefore great for filmmaking however I personally did not use that to my advantage because my film was all done in urban areas. 

Threats-  

I think the main threat as far as technology is concerned is that there would have been a mixed knowledge ability in the group so that there would be people who definitely knew more than me with Software such as Adobe Premier and Adobe AfterEffects giving them a further reach of them achieving there desired outcome.

Evaluation question 1

Evaluation question 1 from SolCollier

Evaluation question 2

Story board - WOLF

Made with Storyboard That 



This is my story board for WOLF , in which it is showing the different shots from the shot list other than in the last shot it should be a gun instead of a baseball bat.