Feedback to our film

The feedback we gained was quite positive from our audience and our teachers but also received ideas of improvements for our film.

From our audience, they said that they enjoyed scenes such as the cigarette dropping scene, the flashbacks and the final shot of the gangster standing over the victim. What they thought we should improve was that they felt a soundtrack was a keyrole in the film so we've sped up trying to create a soundtrack for our deadline.

From our teachers, they enjoyed the fast pace action at the second half of the film and the use of camera angles that we used. They also thought the scene when the victim is smoking allows the audience to connect to the character. For improvements, they thought that the pace of the start of the film was too slow and that we should add quicker cuts to make it more fast paced. The credits we added should also be rearranged so that they come before any footage.

Overall, we recieved some positive feedback and we're taking into account the feedback from the class and teachers to further improve our film.

Production image created

We finally finished our production logo for our film, we used Photoshop CS3 to create the image.

Problems with filming

When we all went out for our last filming session, we encountered a big problem that threatened to damage the quality of our film. The problem was the street that had a street lamp that we used for our main source of lighting had been removed. This meant that we couldn't film in the same location anymore and had to find somewhere similar. Luckily there was a suitable light source from a street lamp up the road from where we was filming and we had to edit some our planned shots to try and avoid showing the change in scenery.

Change in storyboards

We have decided to change the scene in which we use a silhouette to suggest that the a character has been stabbed. This is due to the fact that we found it too hard to create a correct silhouette without any problems. The problems was the lighting out side wasn't up to our standards and the camera kept casting a shadow. Instead we have created a different way to portray the scene which still fits into the next scene of our storyboard.

Filming begins soon

We have come up with plans to begin filming this sunday in Loughton. We plan to film the short film in one location near staples road which isn't far from the high street. Ideal for getting the natural sounds of traffic in the background, although that can be added during editing.