22nd February Reflection

Today in film, we reviewed all the work that we had done and watched the products of everyone. Here is the feedback I had for each film:

An Unreliable Narrator:

- Good Opening (nice cuts, good variety)

- Good relationship.comparison between main character and "narrator

- Good score (matches modern feel of the film)

- Good variety of locations/portals

- Plot very similar to Stranger than Fiction

Operation Personatus

- Good Score

- Transitions a little shaky

- Awkward sound cut at the beginning

- Overall good sound quality for most of the footage

- Good transitions

- Bad resolution for a couple of scenes

- Nicely bizarre ending

Reversal

- Good score

- Inconsistent sound

- Good sound effects

- Good portal ideas, some felt rushed

- Nice POV shots

Tea Time

- Not Rod Sterling (guy credited in the beginning was in fact Rod Serling)

- Appropriately creepy

- Good costumes

- Very Alice in Wonderland

- Good portals (not exactly portals, more planned cuts but still effective)

- Good actual portals

- "Yakkety Sax" device employed a little too much

- Weird audio transitions

- Good twist at the end.

       

5th February 2013 Reflection

Today in film, we continued editing. We were able to more succinctly integrate the music and sound effects, as well as improving the cutting between clips and synching visual effects. I feel that the movie is fine, but will require additional fine tuning before it is screenable. We are planning to film additional footage tomorrow, which should finish off the movie.

Tuesday 29th January 2013 Reflection

Today in film, we continued filming our project. We continued where we had left off, with the chase continuing from the school, and continued up to the point where filming outside of school became necessary. Though we were able to obtain all the footage needed, much of it was disrupted by passing traffic, which we may need to reshoot. In addition, the group entered discussions with our director as to how the rest of the shoot would go. Though some of us felt that the film did not include enough portals, the director thought it was more important to stay true to the Twilight Zone nature of the film. We briefly consulted the teacher, who informed us that while both were important, the portals aspect was more necessary. This prompted an impromptu rewrite of the script, involving chases through various other locations in Hong Kong and improving our film.

10th December 2012 Reflection

Today in film, we spent most of the class finishing off a task from the previous lesson focussed on overhead diagrams. I used a scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail to begin, before creating a shotlist and then creating an overhead diagram. I feel that this task has given me a great idea of overhead diagrams, which will be very useful for the upcoming assignment.

For homework, we were supposed to analyse an episode of the twilight zone for metaphoric value. The episode I chose was the episode "I Shot an Arrow in the Air", in which the launch of an experimental spacecraft goes wrong, leaving the survivors of the crash stranded on an asteroid. The survivors argue amongst themselves, before they seperate to scout out the area. After one of the three survivors does not return, the leader of the mission is suspicious when the final member returns with more water than he had left with. They go out looking for the missing member, only for the final member to turn on the leader, killing him so that hey may survive for longer. However, in a major plot-twist, it is revealed that they merely crashed in a desert on earth.

I believe that it conveyed its message well, that humans turn on each other easily. It also conveyed the futility of this, through the final plot twist. Another note of interest was that it managed to contain a somewhat meta attitude, having the "alien" landscape (clearly filmed on earth) eventually revealed to actually be earth.

20th November 2012

Today in film, we continued working on our Books to Blockbusters film, part of a school festival intended to highlight the complications and joys of converting books into films. However, having already collected and edited most of our footage, only one group member edited, while the rest conducted additional research into the Twilight Zone.

Also, here's our completed film noir: http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0cw8BC4Iog

2nd November 2012 Reflection

Today in film, having finished our film, we spent most of the period watching our work in front of the class, taking several minutes afterwards to reflect on it. I feel this helped us come to grips with our film, as well as compare it to the work of our peers in various ways. I look forward to seeing the few remaining ones on Tuesday.

Film Reflection 31st October 2012

Today in film, we had to finish shooting the last few scenes of our film. Having shot and edited the majority outside of class, we were able to do this with relative ease. I feel that we worked well together when filming this piece, and together made the film much better than I think it would have with other group members. I also think that parts of the unit were rushed, and this detracts slightly from the final piece; However, the somewhat rushed completion of our film has not detracted from it being an admirable piece of filmography.