Prelim Evaluation - Question 4

Think about things you would do differently next time. What will you change when you do your final piece, and why?

My group next time will film in a location which we know we can use without any other people interfering. This was a huge problem during our prelim as we only used the room once which caused continuity to fail. This was because our meeting room was being used after our first day of filming. Therefore next time we will make sure our setting is the same because we want our final piece to look ruined by locations always changing. We don't want our audience to view our piece and notice that our continuity is bad. Next time we will look out for coninuity errors whilst filming so we won't have to face any problems during editing which would cause us to have to film shots over again. This way our film should have little continuity visible as possible.
We will also be thinking about our actors for our final piece. This is because sometimes our teachers we used were not reliable for filming as they were busy with their work, for example maybe in a meeting or be teaching a class. This means that we would therefore have to think about who we would use instead of teachers. We could use pupils, friends or family or ourselves in the group. The only problem with that is we would then not be focusing on our camera shots or directing, but instead consentrating on the acting produced by ourselves and learning lines. However, if we decided to keep with the teachers then we would have to discuss who we would use and what times would be best for filming. Therefore next time we would have to ask them in advance to help us then they can check if they are available, and if so then book us in on them days. This will cause less stress for the group and the staff as they will not be missing any work time.
In conclusion, we know that all the things that went wrong or were not as good in our prelim are going to try and be avoided when we take on the challenge of completing our final piece as my group want to always improve and make our films better.