Question One: What did you make, who did you work with and where did your orginal idea co

Home assessment - Charlotte

Sound

I think that the sound suited the film very much, but the way they cut it off when she got to the cemetery was a bit to fast, I think that they should have made it die down slowly of kept it in the back ground a little bit. Other than that the sound was good, I liked the beating of the heart at the end of the film.

Home Video Review - Cinematography - Mel

I think from a cinematographers point of view this was a very good film. This is because the film showed a wide variety of shots, angles and movements. The bit at the beginning with the home video was very good, although it was bad camera work it made the film more realistic and it was very clear that it was a home video.
In addition, the shots are done so that they edit together very well and there wasnt alot of jumping.

Review of the first film coursework...so far :)

This year in film has been very up and down for me, and i was hoping that when we started our films it would be an up again. However after 4 weeks we remain the only group not to have started filming. I think  that this is mainly because there are 4 of us in a group, all of which need to be free at the same time. As a team we need to try and figure this out. It is most important that Enna and I are at every shoot as we are the director and cinematographer, however if it meant we could finally get some filming done, i think we should consider not having one or two people there if they happen to be busy when we want to film. It is very disappointing as the higher level group that so far we have accomplished so little. I am hoping that despite how busy most of us are this summer, we can find time to film at least once at a very minimum, because I know as a group we are very capable of producing a great film if we try and put a little bit more effort in.
   Although i dont yet have any coursework to support this i have found thoughout the year, i have picked up the camera skills quite naturally and i am hoping this will show in my coursework. I really hope I can make the film look very good visually and that i can get a very good grade.  In addtion, i think so far as a team we have produced a brilliant concept for our film and a fantastic script. I think without teamwork these wouldnt have worked out as well, and i am very proud of the group for all the paperwork, not just the script (storyboards, shot list etc.)
   I think there is a long list of weakness for our group so far, but i think we will be able to improve on every single one of them, throughout the summer and the 7 weeks next term we have to work on our film.
   As already mentioned our main problem is that we havent filmed yet and the solution to this is very simple, getting our heads down and getting it started this summer! Even if we are lacking a group member or two, we need to have something to hand in next term :)

Love Mel :) x

Review of the first 4 weeks filming - Charlotte Reid

During these four weeks we have done no filming what so ever. I have tried organising it, but people haven't been very helpful in trying to help me organise it, they are basically relying on me to organise it, but if they chose to film during the summer they can't do that as I am not going to be here. One person has been trying to help me but they always want me to pass on a message, instead of trying to meet the actors themselves. I have made some music, but I was planning to do it over the summer, as it won't be so rushed. But the music I have made so far I am pleased with.

I don't think there are many strengths in our group so far, every body is good at what they chose to do, just as we haven't done any filming yet, we haven't had chance to see how good they are. We did all our planning and script and shot-list but when it comes to looking through what we have done the person who has everything doesn't always come in. Another weakness I think the group has is that they rely on me too much, as I mentioned before.

I think that we have had a few problems and when it did come to planning and everything hardly anyone was really serious about it, people just kept mucking about. I don't want to work in a smaller group, I just want them to help me out a bit.