Sgt. Blackburns' story evaluated

1. Evaluation for Preliminary task
2015

2. Filming
At first, due to a very limited amount of time to film inside the classroom it
proved hard to produce some viable content as the room was also very
clamped and was hard to fit a tripod in. However after getting used to this
and starting early it was actually quite easy to film there. And with all these
complications that transpired it made it very difficult to employ match on
match, wide 180 degree shots and various specific angles.

3. Other difficulties and what went well
• As this was a one-man project there were some
difficulties in filming and editing, however the
risks and effort paid off well in the end.
• Costumes served their purpose very well, when
the room wasn’t being barged into by students or
other teachers filming went smoothly and swiftly.
It was enjoyable to play both the hero and the
villain, the protagonist and the antagonist.

4. Equipment and Editing
• Use of the microphone was tough as there was no one to hold the
microphone but that was dude to this being a solo project. The
tripod was very customizable in regards to height, angle and
sturdiness. The camera provided a high definition, helping me
achieve 1920x1080p easily.
• Despite an accident in backing up content, editing went very well
and with Sony Vegas Pro I was able to edit comfortably and make
the transitions along with audio and video crisp.

5. Characters, plot and planning
• I would of liked to go deeper in terms of plot and the characters it
revolved around however with limited people there is only a certain
amount of story that something can entail without becoming boring. This
is why I decided to keep it short and stick to two characters rather than,
say, 5.
• The project was originally planned on a piece of paper but was typed up to
also make a digital record of it, later on a storyboard was drawn up to
further explain in detail what would happen in the story, how it would
happen, and how it would be filmed.

6. Post production and future projects
• Due to filming in short intervals rather than long it was quite easy to select
the parts of raw footage that I wanted to use and refine into the final
product. This could have been improved by having more content to pick as
there was little choice in some scenes for angles.
• In the future, I would prefer to use a story based around a single character
to make it easier to film and also go more in depth with that one
character. What I would do differently however, is that I would find an area
to film where there would be no interruptions as by doing that the
production and filming time would be drastically lowered.