Task 4- Final Evaluation

My work has taken its time to do but in all I am pleased with the video.

Before I began the filming it was the pre- production.
In which I was preparing all the paper work for the time I would be filming.
This is an extremely important process especially when you have to fill out health and safety hazard forms. This was the most important information needed. I didn’t have actors in my video so it was not as bad as some of the others would have had. The only problem that could have occurred would be members of the public getting in the way.

When I began the filming I did it in two different locations.
My first location was in the countryside which was at times difficult because of weather conditions. But I feel the filming its self was very good and I enjoyed creating shots. For one particular scene, the first a view of the countryside on a hill was the most difficult it took 5-6 takes until I felt I had got a good shot. Judging and wanting to change from the start I feel is a good thing. Because you can not tell if it could have been better and if there was anything you could have added?
My second location was in Crawley town which at first was a bit of a problem. Because I wanted to film lots of cars and noise of traffic but where I was filming nothing was happening so I had to change location. This wasn’t hard because not far there was a set of traffic lights with lots of traffic coming by. So I managed to set up there and I got my favourite takes in a few shots. This I was happy with.

When it came to the editing process at first I thought it was difficult.
Once I had imported my video to I- Movie it became slightly difficult.
I became annoyed with how basic my work was and didn’t know what to add to it?
Once I became more happy with the tools you can use on the file it became easier. I started to add in titles over the work. Also at times during the work you will notice I have used faders when going from one scene to another and when it finishes I fade it out. At the end I was happy with the editing. When I created my DVD Menu it was simple add I liked it. Transferring it from the computer to DVD went well and was ready for showing.

My exhibition had some issues. It was shown on a portable DVD Player in the memorial gardens in Crawley. But due to it being a very cold day it had its difficulties. The table I showed it one was frozen so I had to place the DVD Player on a folder. The viewers were watching it standing and done so two at a time. Then they filled out the questionnaires.
In the end I was slightly disappointed with the exhibition and it could have gone a lot better.

In final words the work was a good start to my first real project. I hope my viewers felt it was experimental?