new evaluation

• What were the aims of the brief from your chosen charity/campaign, and did you achieve them?

I believe for the campaign short film the main target/ aim was to provide a film which will persuade the target audience that bullying is not acceptable and also it is wrong to watch while someone is getting bullied. One way we have shown that bullying is not wright is when we have the actor looking through his messages, and all he sees is disgusting comments. This is what happens in real life where someone is getting cyberbullied and it is left for someone to handle on their own and this can lead to either death or a second chance. Another way we have met our purpose in the brief is that we are meant to persuade the people who are getting cyber bullied to call a specific number which they will help the victim.

• What were your original ideas and how did these develop throughout the project?

Originally our ideas had the same context and role play however the locations changed and also the characters. The original location was on the street and we changed it because there was too much distraction and also there were too many people walking up and down the street and they kept screaming etc. so the short film didn’t look professional and we changed into a corridor were it is quiet but there are still people walking so it doesn’t look unprofessional. The reason we changed characters was that the original character wasn’t in our media lesson and also they had different timetables to the media lesson we were in so we weren’t as productive as we should’ve been because we had to wait for the person to get out of there lesson.

• How well did you plan out your short film? Evaluate strengths and weaknesses

I personally think that we planned our short film really well because we structured it in the way where it tells a moral behind the short story but also it informs you on the dangers and how you can help the people who are getting bullied by cyberbullying or bullying.

Strengths

• The short film is structured and tells a clear story. This basically means that there was a well-structured story and everything we have planned in our locations for our pre-production was put into the actual short film which then allowed the short film to have a moral.
• We have clearly shown the information and any details we need to such as the number of the bullying company and the website.

Weakness

• as we made the short film there were errors because when we were editing the film wasn’t in one piece and it kept jumping to different scenes so

What were the strengths and weaknesses during filming?

• During the film, we had some struggles/weakness because we weren’t careful of the timing of the short film. This basically means that we ran out of time and had to use our free time such as lunch breaks and other breaks to continue on filming so we got our short film done. This also gave us less time on filming because of the short film. One way we weren’t careful about the timing was that at the beginning we had trouble starting off with the first shot because there were too many students walking up and down the street, which forced us to change locations.
• Also when we were finished  with our filming which took one extra day to finish we had troubles finishing the editing as well because we were running out of time because we were on our final deadline which means

Pre-production

For the pre-production, we have completed the entire checklist such as the crew up, storyboard, call sheet, location. The only slight adjustments we have made is our crew list[ only one member which was the actor]  and our locations. For the crew list, it was an individual from the LSC College who had to be swapped around because they couldn’t make it leading us to change the actor.

The original location for the first few shots was on the street and we had to change the location because of several reasons. One of the reasons was that there were too many distractions and the actor kept getting disturbed and we were wasting time. Also, the location we picked was in-between a lot of classes so the downfall to that was that the students kept having to walk in front of the camera and therefore it will make our short story less professional.

The audience feedback we gathered from my classmates had pros and cons ….               

The pros were:

·         The short film was filmed in a correct way and also it had a story behind it and it was easy to follow. 

·         The second pro was that the soundtrack which was edited on fitted perfectly according to the short film and that when the short film was playing the mood of the film was set by the soundtrack.

The cons were:

·         The quality of the camera movement wasn’t bad but also wasn’t good because when the actor went to pick up the poster[prop] the camera wasn’t following the actor and it was late so we couldn’t see him pick up the poster [which led into missing the facial expression which meant to him that he had enough.] therefore we decided to edit this section out and only have the part where he walks and leaves the poster on the floor suggesting he has no hope.

·         Also the ending of the short film was rushed so the short film looked less professional.