Evaluation

Introduction
In this blog post I am going to evaluate my five minute single camera production. The questions I am going to analyse are;

• What is your five minute single camera production about?
• Who was your target audience? was this successful?
• How well did each person fulfill their roles within the group?
• Where there any problems? If so, how did you overcome them?
• What were your strengths and weaknesses?
• What improvements did you make and why?
• What will you do next time?

What is your five minute single camera production about?

Our five minute single camera production is a psychological thriller genre film about a young girl who is suffering depression and questions the moral/quote "Is blood thicker than water?" The main protagonist (young girl) talks about her traumatic experience which occurred within her family, by using a non-diegetic voice-over soundtrack which was extracted from her vlog which shows her making at the end.

Our film will be in a non-linear (non-sequential) order because the plot will not go in time-chronological order. Our film will include use of flashbacks of the turning point/problem which occurs in the film.

Who was your target audience? was this successful?

Our target audience was originally aimed at 18+, but it changed to 16+ as we had to change some scenes due to ethical issues. The new target audience age is now 16+ and it is appropriate for the film now as we used the techniques, characters and the mindset of a teenager to help portray the message/story of the film. This was a successful effect to attract the right target audience as they can find it relatable.

How well did each person fulfill their roles within the group?

I feel we all fulfilled our roles appropriately and all took charge and responsibility for tasks which play to our strengths to help achieve a successful production piece. We also carried out good communication, as we helped to update each other on any missing or absent information to help us keep on target for our grades.

We did this by splitting our tasks into four sections (pre-production, research, production and post production).

I carried out the pre-production tasks by structuring our information and posting it into the appropriate blog posts. My team members helped us all to fulfill these tasks by carrying out the research behind the information and passing it to me through emails, images and blog posts.

Neepa carried out the research and gathered our physical equipment, like characters, locations, props, filming equipment, etc), to help us create our five minute single camera production. She was assigned this role as she had access and the contacts to help us get the props we needed for our production. The rest of us members helped to put in our input and ideas on the kind of locations and characters we wanted.

Marian then carried out the production tasks, as she has strengths such as ideas and creativity to help film the appropriate scenes for our one minute single camera production. We as team members helped to give input on what we think may be effective or appropriate for our film.

Shuab then carried out our post-production tasks as he has the skills and knowledge for the editing software due to previous experiences. He carried out the editing tasks for the film, by sorting out the technical features for our sound and visual scenes. We helped him as a team by again giving our input and opinions on what sound tracks or effects that should put in/used.

Overall, I feel we worked efficiently as a team as we all completed tasks according to our strengths and we maintained efficient communication.

Where there any problems? If so, how did you overcome them?

The problems which occurred within the production of our five minute single camera production was that our original characters became unavailable, which caused a problem as we had to find back up characters in a short time.

Also, our original location became unavailable, which caused a problem as we had nowhere to film. We managed to resolve the problem by finding a back-up location quickly and efficiently.

Finally we had the problem of changing and tweaking our storyline due to ethical problems and restrictions of equipment. We resolved this problem by getting together and re-evaluating our original storyline by tweaking it before recording/production.

What were your strengths and weaknesses?

The strengths throughout the duration of making our product was that we managed to keep on track of tasks, completed tasks to the best of our ability and according to our time-frames, kept good communication and worked well as a team.

I feel these were our strengths as it helped us to create a good five minute single camera product to the best of our ability and according to our deadlines. Also good teamwork was a strength as it helped us create a product that we were all proud of and according to what we wanted.

Our weaknesses in the production of our work was that we had a few absences and unfortunate weather problems, but we managed to resolve them and work together to help fulfill the roles or tasks which were missing.

What will you do next time (improvements)?

The changes that we will make next time are that we will complete all our pre-production tasks before we start production to ensure everything is completed on time and in order.

Also to improve our next product, we will ensure that we constantly update our diary log weekly, to ensure we stay on top of tasks and records.

Finally, to help improve the quality of our film, we will try to get hold of equipment such as microphones and lighting, as we had slight problems and interference with our sound quality when we was outside.