Main Task - Winter Peril - Film Evaluation

Main Task - Winter Peril - Final Cut

Winter Peril - First Cut

                                       


This is the first cut of the opening to our group's film 'Winter Peril'. Within this we have used animated logos and titles, transition effects between video and music clips, effects over the top of video clips, various cuts and a range of shots throughout the clips of footage. To create this we have used Adobe Premiere Pro to collate all of the footage and logos, we used Adobe After Effects to create our moving logos and 'YouTube' and 'Google' to overcome any problems we had.

In our film, I am happy with the cuts between footage and the speed that they go at as they keep the viewer entertained without being long clips of footage before it changes causing the viewer to get a little bored as the film drags on. As well as this I think that our animated logos and titles work well as they add movement to what could normally be a still image and add to the genre - horror - of our film. I think that the transitions I have used between some clips of footage and the music clips, I think the music clips help to build suspension within the opening, as well as the transitions which help to show how the clips link together.

To add to this, I think that the complexity of some of our editing works well in this as it has enabled us as a group to showcase our skills throughout - for example we have used editing to produce a zoom in on a certain area of a clip, animated logos and titles, and effects over clips to give it a different feel within the opening - these have worked well in our film as not only have they showcased our skills but have made our film look professional and to a high standard.

In contrast to this, I think that some aspects of our film need to be slightly altered to keep up the high standard that we have began to establish.  For example the zoom in that we created could be smoother to make it seem like it has been done on a camera rather than through editing.  As well as this we would like to change the filters that we have put over some of the footage, as we feel that it doesn't work as well as it could, so by improving this we feel that this could bring the atmosphere that we want to create to the film clip.  Finally we would like to put a few more sound effects into the film to add to some fo the clips, for example we would like to add a laser sound effect over the 'E' title and gun shots over the titles of the different cast and crew members to help make the glass breaking make sense.

The problems we faced included how to slow down footage, how to create the animated logos, and also had to find the suitable music.  To fix these problems we used 'YouTube' tutorials and to locate the right music we used sites that were found from 'Google'

Filming - On Set

When arriving on set, we found a suitable location within the woods that would be able to be used for the different scenes that we needed.  We began by shooting all scenes involving the dog so as to allow the owners to take him home and to ensure he was kept calm throughout the filming.  These went well, however some shots had to be filmed more than once as the dog began to get jumpy in some shots.

Once the dog had gone we began to film close ups of the ring, the match on action and the hand held camera shots. Throughout this we found that it was hard to get the close ups of the ring and facial expressions clear through zoom, we resolved this by holding the camera close to the object to ensure we can get the clarity. As well as this we had to re-film the handheld shots of the girl being chased as we found it difficult to find the best way to shoot the clip. In the end it took us around 4-5 takes before we found a suitable shot.

Overall I found that the filming experience was enjoyable and I found that I learnt new ways to work within our group and where our strengths were.