The meeting reflections

After every Unit, it's a good Idea to reflect on all the work that's been done as it helps to see where you've gone wrong and what you can improve and also it's a representation of the quality of your work. I'm going to assess myself in stages so that my reflection can be detailed for my understanding. Idea Development:  This stage of the process has always been the easiest part for me given that I'm creative and love coming up with new stories and ideas. However, being too creative is also my fault. I feel I didn't think about actuality...

Forever in Days (Opening Scene)

Live every moment, love every minute. A tale of life and death and two souls caught in-between......

Research and continued story development.

To come to a conclusion of the tale of my film I drew inspiration from some of my favourites which have tugged on many heart strings. The fault in our stars which debuted in the summer took the world by storm with the reluctant Hazel Grace and the adventurous Augustus Waters. This movie inspired my piece in so many ways which I shall state. - The Normal boy meets girl/girl meets boy didn't feel so typical in this film. The circumstances in which they met were far from ordinary. In fact it was by chance which makes the journey towards their...

Forever In days (Post Production)

I always felt Post production was a breeze but today I found I was wrong. After feeling successful with filming, I learnt that my sound had a lot of background noise which would irritate the audience and following my review with simon it was clear that I needed to demonstrate more effort where sound is concerned. I also noticed you never really realise what you've filmed unless you planned well which I didn't. When I started to edit, I realised I didn't have much coverage despite filming 70 clips which is why PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL and a team...

Forever in days (Production Process)

Production was difficult for me because I was basically a one-man team. My friend hardly had experience in camera work so the most she could do was hold things and help bring me things I needed for the shoot. I had to be on top of sound and visuals; and concentration on two things at a time can be difficult for me. The first hindrance was lack of cast. I had looked on casting call pro and received confirmation from my desired cast but as the day drew closer towards filming I was getting excuses that weren’t going to help me. My male character...

Forever in Days - Tutorial and Feedback with Steve Coombes

(Unfortunately I couldn't find clip art with a male teacher lol) Not too long ago, we were scheduled tutorials with Steve in which he gave us feedback about our scripts that he went back to read. STORY & STRUCTURE    "In a sense, this is a Director's script. Full of nice and considered detail...However there are anomalies in both time and place." - S.C. At first I was a little confused by his meaning but he went into detail stating that at times their speech was modern and estuary in nature and at other times it was as though...

Forever in Days - Pre Production (Characters and Cast)

Pre-Production is a process that entails preparing equipment, cast and other essentials for production of a film, play or series. My pre-production process has involved most of these elements. Having finished my script and deciding to do my first two minutes, the first thing I did was search for ideal characters for my cast and locations to film in. Maryanne: She is the central character of my film and all other characters and situations revolve around her. Given that she is terminally ill I need someone with a look gloomy enough to pull it...