Evaluation of my final Film.

For my final film in DVP, my group and I created a short film illustrating a relationship suffering from domestic abuse. However, the roles have been reversed where the man is the victim rather than the woman. After watching the final film I can say that it is not perfect but I am quite proud of it because it succeeds in the narrative by showing a toxic relationship that is ruled by a lack of understanding, communication and physical abuse, the shots flow quite well for most of the film and some shots (the glass shatter) are quite powerful. While the editing is done well for the middle portion of the film, the beginning section needs to be refined more but this could be easily done with a little more time and maybe a re-shoot if absolutely necessary.

Final Film editing rushes.

I was generally quite pleased with the final edit of my group's film although the editing and timing of some shots could have been refined a little more at the beginning, along with making the final shot last a little longer for the big plot twist/ revelation. I am really pleased with how the middle part of the film turned out as the order of shots created a clear narrative, the timing was perfect as it created tension and the shots flowed well together.

My Career Aspirations.

While working on my project for DVP, my passion for cinematography and directing has only grown stronger and has made me want to strive to get better, to produce greater quality content and to test my boundaries as a film maker. This project has taught me how to properly utilize a more professional camera and sound equipment and to create something with minimal dialogue and non diagetic sound in order to mainly focus on shots used, editing and the actual story itself.

My Final Production.

When filming my final film one thought came to mind. "God damn its cold today!" The final film took 2 days to shoot with most of it being indoors in my flat while the start of the film was shot in a park on the coldest day of the year so far. While filming in doors, the overall experience was quite fun and friendly yet professional as everyone did their part for the production with little to no problems. The only problem we had during production was when we had to film at the park because of time restraints due to the fact that daylight was fading earlier and everyone was slowly freezing to death as we tried to get as much filming done as possible before it got dark. Despite nature trying to wreck the shoot, we managed to get good footage while everyone's spirits mostly remained high.