Location
I decided i wanted to create my film at home as it was easier for me to do this than travel to liverpool each time i wanted to film. I finally decided on doing my filming at The Severn Valley Railway in Bridgnorth which is a historical railway open to the public. When filming I had to think about the risks of filming in public including our safety and not knowing when people could just walk infront of my shots and me wanting to film without being in peoples way.
Research
From the final outcome of my film i decided that i had not researched enough and i do think this had an effect on my final film. If i was to do it again i would 100% research more into films that are already out their on Triptych, as i watched only a few of these before making our mini brief project. I feel i also should of watched animal point of view videos to get a feel of how to make them as watching some in hindsight i could of used the camera in different ways and got a better final effect and outcome.
Storyboarding
With my storyboard i only wrote down a rough idea of the timeline i wanted to shoot, i think i should of thought more about involving Triptych shots at this stage as my filming could of been more successful and it would of made my editing more successful too. However from planning and storyboarding my idea, i do feel like i got almost every shot i had planned and it helped me plan my day and ordered what i wanted to shoot.
Schedule
As this was an individual project i was keen to get it started as i didn't have the pressure of having to wait for other group members. It also meant i could fit it round my own individual commitments and i could do it when it suited me. When filming because it was in a public place this meant i had to throughly plan what shots i wanted and had to gain permission for some of my shots so i had to be organised when doing this. As i had to tell the person i gained permission off exactly what i wanted to film when and what time. I only could film the main part of my movie on one day as the train was expensive, i had gained permission for that day and the trains were only running regularly through the half term. I could do any external bits on a another day which i did do. I am also really pleased that i planned, storyboarded and filmed early on in the two weeks we were given as i had a fair few technical problems i had to overcome when it came to post production.
Sound
Over the top of my film i wanted to add sounds effects, and keep some of the sound from my videos as it was useable. But as i struggled with some of the editing i only had time to quickly put a overlay track onto of my film. Unfortunately when i came to export my film i found that it hadn't transferred any sound from my editing package and i could not work out what had gone wrong but i knew i had to get my film ready to upload on youtube. This is one of the main things that disappointed me about my film, because it really let it down. If it had sound i feel it would of been more of a complete piece.
Editing
I decide to edit my movie at home with a free trial of after effects as it was easier for me than to commute to Liverpool. I did have my fair share of technical problems when it came to editing including uploading my film clips on the camera to loosing all my editing work at one point. i do think i over came most my problems successfully either by working them out myself through googling and watching youtube clips or dropping an email to my lectures for help.
Further Development
If i was to develop this project further i could imagine Alfred having his own series of 'Adventure' around the countries historic places and would make a good youtube tourist channel. I do feel my film was missing a point of view camera effect and this could of enhanced the journey he went on and i do feel i could of had more Triptych parts to my film but i wanted to do the few i did well and not loose the over all narrative of my film. I feel also my film missed sound and this had a massive effect on the final outcome which was unfortunate.
I do feel i was extremely organised and i stuck to my schedule and got on well with filming and editing and overcome any problems i had in a systematical way and I'm generally pleased with the outcome of this project.
Overall i am glad i tried working with an animal with my film as in my final documentary projected i proposed the idea of using animals and this has given me a chance to try it and for me to realise its definitely harder than it looks!
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