Production Diary:
23/01/23 - Today we began our year two final major project, I began by writing what my initial ideas are and which one I am going to pursue, I decided to create a short film about a young girl who goes to boxing to escape from the different events taking place in her life. I was thinking and feeling confident about this choice and ready to begin writing my proposal for my project. This was a good experience as I knew exactly what idea I wanted to create. There is nothing else I can make of the situation and there is nothing more I could have done. If this rose again I would do the same thing of writing my initial ideas and pursuing the strongest one.
03/02/23 - Today I finalised writing my proposal, this involved what I will research, the production plan, my rationale and important information on my short film. I was thinking and feeling confident about my idea and my proposal as now I have a clear knowledge of how the film should look and what is needed to create my project. This was a good experience as everything is clear on the project and I now have an understanding of how the final overall project should look. There is nothing else I can make of the situation as I have written what is needed to create the film. I could have gone more into detail in some topics to make sure there is a clear understanding of the short film for instance the secondary target audience and the job role I want to use in the project. If this rose again I would do the same thing in writing my proposal on key areas of my short film.
09/02/23 - Today I completed my target audience research primary and secondary. I am feeling confident with the research I have gathered and feel I have developed an understanding in what my target audience should be for the sports genre. I feel the experience was good because I managed to create an exact target audience and figured out which groups are more likely to watch my short film. What I can make of the situation is who my target audience is for my short film by resourcing secondary and primary examinations. I feel I could have also researched the secondary audience more to look more in-depth at who they are. If this rose again I will follow the same method of starting off primary research and then look into secondary research to see if I am correct.
21/02/23 - Today I completed my influences and inspiration research of Rocky, Million Dollar Baby, the fighter and creed. I am thinking and feeling confident and happy with what research I have achieved on looking depth of technical aspects on how the film was created. This was a good experience as it gave me more ideas on how to technically create my short film. There is nothing else I could have made of the situation and done as I feel I have researched what technically influenced my film and narrative. If this rose again I will do the same method of thinking of films that influenced my narrative and look at the scenes that inspired me technically.
07/03/23 - Today I completed my action research this was looking at the different aspects of creating a film and focusing on the skill I want to develop in my FMP which was camera work. I was thinking about the different types of resources I should use to get the best amount of research on each subject. The experience was good as researched to a high standards all the aspects needed to create a film. There is nothing else I could have made of the situation or have done as I have researched the main aspects needed to create the film. If this rose again I will follow the same steps of researching the main aspects of creating a film.
09/03/23 - Today I completed the pre-production elements needed to film. I was thinking and feeling confident and happy with the document I have filled out as they are all needed before filming. The situation was good as I have all the documents that are needed for filming. There is nothing else I could have done or made of the situation as I have all the documents needed and have resolved all the problems before filming. If this rose again I will follow the same steps of filling out the documents and resolving all the issues before the production days.
13/03/23 - Today was the first day of filming, I began by filming all the scenes that take place in the gym the training and the two dialogue scenes, using different camera angles and movements like over the shoulder shot and tracking. I was feeling confident and felt filming was a good experience as when playing back the footage we had filmed the problem with the shakiness in the handheld shots was overcome by using a smaller tripod and the shots were also in focus and the framing of the characters was nice. I feel in the situation I could have incorporated more camera movements however I feel happy with the angles we used to film. If this rose again I will use the same technique of rehearsing setting up the shot and filming as I am overall very happy with the footage we filmed.
14/03/23 - On the second day of filming today we filmed all the scenes that take place in Frankie’s house her arriving home, on the phone and watching an A level revision video. When playing back the footage I wasn’t happy with the location the scene was filmed in and feel the footage filmed needs to be re-filmed after completing production as I feel the posters in the background take away from the scene and is a distraction to the audience. There is nothing else I can make of the situation other than re-filming the clips filmed. If this situation arises, I will do the same and re-film the shots as I am unhappy with the outcome.
15/03/23 - For filming today on the third day I decided to film the character Mia's dialogue in the phone call scene for this I filmed one shot a static mid shot so when editing and playing the film to the audience the scene doesn't overcomplicate the audience with different angles and movements when playing back the footage overall I am happy with the outcome and feel the experience when well. I feel to make the situation better I could have filmed different angles to see which one worked best other than keeping the footage to the same shot.
16/03/23 - On the final day of production I filmed different shots at the train station one of the characters Mia and Frankie at the platform and one of just Frankie at the train station this gave me two different footage options to use when editing to see which one worked best. After I then filmed interior shots of just Frankie on the train for the end of the film. Overall I am very happy with the outcome of all the footage and faced no issues when filming.
22/03/23 - Today I completed the rough cut draft edit for the FMP for this I edited together the footage in the order the scenes are in the film this highlighted what I need to improve on in my final edit and what is needed to be re-filmed this also helped me be more detailed in my final edit focusing more on the audio, colouring and lighting. Overall I was feeling very happy with the edit and feel ready to move on to the last edit the main problem I faced was matching audio and having the correct lighting so the shots don’t look different. For this, I used the software primer pro.
23/03/23 - Today I completed the reshoots of the shots that needed to be re-filmed these were the shots filmed at Frankie’s house I re-filmed this is because the footage I edited within the rough cut was out of focus and the setting was a distraction to the scene when watching the film I used the same shots and dialogue but just changed the location to a plainer background to allow the audience to focus on the characters acting. When watching the footage back the shots were in focus and the framing was good this meant I feel confident and can move on to editing the final short film.
30/03/23 - Today I completed the final edit of my short film. I was feeling confident with the outcome as I was proud of the rhythm of the clips with none of the cuts feeling jarring I also liked how the different types of shots worked well together when playing back the edit. Overall the editing was a good experience I feel the colouring and the sounds in the film have been improved in my final edit by them now being edited to more of a high standard. I also incorporated the new re-filmed footage which improved the film allowing the audience to focus on the actors, not the background. I found colour grading and correcting the footage was the hardest experience due to the continuity of the clips. What I could of also done is added credits at the end of the film to make the project look more complete. If this rose again I will follow the same steps of creating a rough edit and the creating the final edit after, this is because this allowed me to focus more on different aspects of the film like the sound and cutting other then looking at the edit as a whole.
24/04/23 - Today I presented my PowerPoint presentation on my FMP. I was feeling confident and felt the experience was good with how I explained each slide of the different sections that helped create my final product from the research and the production outcomes. I feel what I could have also done is gone more into detail about the way the project would be exported to cinemas and streaming platforms explaining more about the Mp4 format. If this rose again I will follow the same steps of creating different PowerPoint slide to explain how each section helped create my final product.
This now means I am ready to evaluate my project.
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