Evaluation

This evaluation needs to be completed by Friday 8th December.

LO1 This learning objective was researching your

What have you been asked to
do?
What specialism did you choose
and why? How are you hoping it
will help to improve your future
productions?
What did you find out about your
specialism through research?
Which professionals did you
contact and why did you choose
them? Did you receive a reply
from them?
High Grade Tips
specialism
In this topic we had been asked to film a short film.
The shortest it could be was 3 minutes and the longest
it could be was 5.
I chose camera work as my specialism as, I have
never really learnt how to film properly. And wanted
to improve skills. This will help my future work as I now
know how to manipulate different techniques to show
the audience a key part in the production.
In my research I found different techniques and how
they will change my final outcome. I found videos on
YouTube that helped me learn these skills, I then
practised them and uploaded them to my website. I
chose to look at focus pull, crash zooms and canted
angles in my final piece.
I chose to contact a younger professional called Luis
Hindman, he works at pinewood studios creating
music videos and short films. I received a very good
reply from him explaining exactly how and what he
did to get to the place he was at today. This task
really informed me of what I would have to do later
on if I wanted to take it further and follow the route he
took.

Look to use these terms in order to improve the analysis of your own work.

Relevant and coherent make sure your research sources are not just the same as the
media product you hope to make and talk about how they inform your planning.
Sustained continue your research throughout the 4 week project and dont just limit
yourself.
Efficient production against timescales how is your planning helping you to meet your
deadline.
LO2
What techniques did you choose
to research? How will these help
you to develop your skills in this
area?
Where and why are these
techniques used?
How did analysing examples of
the technique in use help you?
How did you find experimenting
with your techniques?
Did you encounter any problems
when practicing your techniques?
How did you overcome these
problems?
High Grade Tips
For this learning objective you worked on planning
and production
I chose to research focus pull, crash zooms, canted
angles, out of focus lights, opening shot, dolly zooms
and establishing shot. From this list I chose crash zoom,
focus pull and canted angles. I chose these as they
would give me knowledge on how to start and set
new locations.
I chose to use the crash zoom when I hit the tree, I did
this to make it look like it had knocked me back off
my feet. This makes it look like I was going quick, as if I
was really scared of what was going on.
Analysing these techniques helped as many
examples only showed how to do them by using pro
equipment. And By researching them further I found
ways to pull of the shot without the expert equipment.
When experimenting it took me a while to properly set
up the shot and making it look effective. The practise
was useful as after a while I was able to pull of the
shots without taking ages each time I wanted to film.
When doing the crash zooms I came across a
problem, the problem was that when I zoomed in it
would be out of focus. By testing out different things
to overcome this I found that, if you zoom in first then
focus on the object, and zoom out then film the crash
zoom it worked a lot better and stayed in focus.

Look to use these terms in order to improve the analysis of your own work.

Considered and capable demonstration of processes detailed documentation of your

production process such as still images, and annotated screenshots of your specific
production and editing process including what and why and not just how.
LO3
What style of film did you choose
to display your techniques in?
Why did you feel this would allow
you to demonstrate them?
How do you feel the filming and
editing process went?
What do you feel you have learnt
from this unit?
How will you use what you have
learnt in future productions?
This learning objective was researching your
specialism
I chose to do a horror film as I couldnt come up with
any ideas. In the end I came up with a first-person
chase scene. The story of the short film I did was bad.
But I think the camera work and use of techniques I
used were good. As filming was my specialism I will
only be graded on that.
I think the filming went well and the editing. It was
hard filming as I only had 2 hours after getting home
to film before it got too dark. I was bale to do the
editing quickly as I worked on it at college as well as
home.
I have learnt how to properly plan and set up shots.
Before this I used to just come up the shots and angles
on the spot. After this I feel a lot more confident about
planning my future projects.
This project will help me in the future as I will be able
to take the skills I learnt and put them into future
productions. It will also help me with my time
management as working alone I have to plan
everything.