Assignment 1 Evaluation

 For this assignment we had to create a short 90 second film to enter in the DepicT ‘Can You Do It In 90 Seconds?’ contest. We were put into groups and then we had to decide on a topic for a short film, after that we had to start with the pre-production work which included storyboarding, listing the different shots, risk assessments, talent release forms and production schedules. After completing most of the pre-production work we had to start filming. As most of us did not want to have big parts in the film we asked friends to take part and we did all the filming and directing, although we did all have a small part near the end.
 I think overall that our film wasn’t the best and it could have been better, although what we managed to produce in the end wasn’t completely terrible. We could have made it better if we spent more time working on the shot list, storyboard and production schedule so that we had a better idea of what we needed to shoot and when, as we struggled with recording certain scenes and had to make small changes to our pre-production work at the end to make it all tie together. I think that we filmed some scenes quite well, including the main parts of the two death scenes, we made sure that the identity of the killer was kept a secret till the end with careful camera angles and cutting scenes at the right moments.