The cameras and editing software becomes easier to use after a certain amount of experience and by using them for short tasks such as the rape awareness advert and underage drinking film. t the start of this year we had to take an 'MOT' type test for the use of camera software, which shows if we know how to use the camera and apple macs well or not. Passing this test, I feel comfortable in using the mac's to edit and cut a film to a standard of high enough quality.
Whenever I use this software I feel more confident and also learn something new everytime which makes the work more exciting to complete.


We have copleted many tasks throught the past couple of months, this is so we feel more confident as individuals when it does come to our final production piece at the end of the year.


The first task was that of the competition about underage drinking for the alcohelp company, and producing a film for the target market of young people about the effects of alcohol and underage drinking. I explained the film previously in my blog and have learnt a lot about mise en scene from this task the most as it had to be realistic in order to be believed by the target audience. I think my group and I worked well as a team as we split the planning, filming and editing up eaqually in order to get the best quality film.

The second film we produced was a swede of a film trailer for a popular film. I was in a group of four and our task was to watch trailers of recent films, and use this to produce a 'copy' of the trailer. Our group decided on 'Run Fat Boy Run' as our trailer. Again, it taught me a lot about the amount of planning that had to be done in order to produce a successful film. Even though we was given a short space of time to work on this production, we still had a chance to work on the macs to edit the trailer to a high standard. This short trailer is more humorous than the others we have produced, but it has still shown me how much effort needs to be put in, in order to get a good quality end product.

The latest filming we had to produce was a music video. I presonally felt this was the most challenging film of all. The song we recieved was Money, Money, Money by ABBA. We had to incorporate the iconic images of money such as diamonds and pearls. We brainstormed our ideas and started to create the film. The loation we used was the drama studio, which had a plain black background in order to create a video as if it was a 'show style' scene. We had to make sure the lyrics fitted with the lip syncing in order for it to look like a professional music video. We had to edit with much care so the lip syncing was perfect. Some obstacles that occured when producing this was that we did not have enough film, therefore we had to use some of the scenes we filmed more than once, the learning curve for me during this was to film as many scenes as possible so we have a choice when it comes to editing. I think the outcome was better than what I had expected and I am pleased with the result of it.

These mini production projects have all been leading up to our final production, so we understand and feel confident when using all software in order to produce films to the best of our abililty. The main thing I will make sure to do when producing a film is to plan well, which includes thinking of the best mise en scene which makes the film more realistic to the audience and edit the film to make it more exciting to watch including variations of camera shots and movement. I am determined to use all time to put in the most effort possible.