Review on AS Project

Today we talked about what we did last year and the stages we went through with our projects. we basically talked about pre-production, production and post production of our AS projects.

Pre-Production: Our pre-production was very unorganized at first because we didn't know what groups we were going to be in. It was all a bit of a mess to start off with. We all had to do a preliminary task to get ourselves getting used to the camera and some of the shots. we did a lot of lessons on shot types so it was a little bit easier for us to use our imagination because we ended up by coming up with some great stuff. I went in a group with Aleena and Brad and we had to film someone walking through a door and i was getting filmed. When we first did the filming i was not as confident with a camera than i am now. I think the preliminary task helped us get ready for the main task which was the main production.

Production: the production was a little easier as was in a group of four so it worked out well. our idea from the start was to make a thriller film opening. i was always confident with the musical side of the film because i did music before in GCSE and i knew what type of music would be suitable for the thriller genre. It took a while for me to find some time to get some time in the music room so i can work on it and when i did it didn't sound very good so right at the last day of the project i went with matt and to find sir in his room and we found a mac computer and i started playing with some sounds and i found one which was perfect for our film opening because it had what i wanted from the start, piano, strings, everything to create some tension.

Post-Production:

we did not do a lot to the piece afterwards except from small changes to the music and some of the editing. We put a more darker look to the screening because when we filmed it, it was a sunny day. we wanted it to be more gloomy as it was a thriller so we also wanted to prioritize the lighting. those are pretty much the changes we made to our project.