Evaluation

What went well:

• as a group we worked well and filming ran smoothly
• able to film the majority of what was first planned out

What could have been improved:

• should have made better use of the area in which we could film in
• more shots could have been used when filming
• camera should have been checked before we started filming as sound was not on
• should have used more actors

the majority of the filming ran as expected and within our group everyone knew what there role was and filming therefore ran smoothly. The majority of the filming was done within a class room so there was limited space and we could have used more areas around the college to help portray the key aspects of the film all better. The use of props such as the toy car to remake the scene in which the parent drives off and the use of extreme close ups to try and make it to seem as if the car was life size. However in editing we discovered that the camera we had used did not film with sound and we should shave been aware that the sound was off by checking the equipment before filming , because of this we had to invest more time in editing to input subtitles. Also we needed to spend more time focussing on lighting as we realised in editing that one of the shots of the lockers had darker lighting, however is was an easy fix as the colour could be changed in editing , but we may need to replay the clips to ensure that things are right and so that we don't run into these problems in future.

In addition we could have used more shot techniques through out filming as the main focus seemed to be over the shoulder focussing mainly on the conversations taking place within the car and we could have used different shots to change the perspective. Therefore in future we need to focus on ensuring that a wider range of shot techniques are used and that we timing is used a bit better to ensure we have enough time to go over any mistakes. Also we need to check all equipment used to ensure we don't run into any problems.