Documentary: the film and a self evaluation

This is the film we made

Unfortunately I had to reduce the quality of the video, to be able to upload it here, because the size of the file was too big. 

The editing was done by Aaron, with Richard helping him, in the decision making about the structure of the film.

I proposed to decide all together which scenes to put into the movie, because we all had an equal part in the making, and then they would make the final edit, but unfortunately nobody agreed with the idea. 

So at the end unfortunately I couldn’t  have any part in the decision making about the final content of the movie and I couldn't even see the movie before the presentation in the class.

I’m happy though about the respond of the people we have interviewed. They have been very friendly with us.

It gives the idea of a community when the people talk about their positive and negative opinions about Farnham. It shows that they actually care about the place and the people where they live.

If I have to be honest I don’t like the final edited version and what they have decided to put or not put in the movie. I think it’s a bit of a mess. Even the quality of the audio and the darkness of some pictures it’s bad.

I think It’s a shame, even because I often proposed during the shooting to filming in a place with more light or to start shooting earlier in the day to have more time and more light, but no one in the group agreed with my ideas on that.

It has not been easy for me to work with my group, because our different opinions, different life background and our different personalities.

The lack of communication within the group has been the more difficult part for me.

We should have talk together more about our ideas in every part of the process, from the pre-production to the editing. 

I think that that has compromised the result of the film in particular.

Even the fact that some components in the group were mentally stuck in their roles in the film, didn’t helped I think. It kind of created a barrier from let everyone feel completly free to always share their ideas. 

Actually at the beginning I even proposed to share our roles, with everybody deciding things together, but my group mates didn’t agree.

I have to admit that the tension that I created, because of my strong disagreement with the behavior of some group mates, didn’t make it easier to work.

I knew that it would have been a challenge from the beginning. But I’m proud of having been able to go through this challenge and finishing the movie.

I consider the final result, the film, a failure, but the process of making it has been very formative.

I learned a lot about the filmmaking process and how to deal with colleagues in a film crew.

In the future I will try to not make the same mistakes again.

I even learned new technical skills, like how to use a movie camera, how to edit with the Premiere Pro software, how to use proper a microphone and I improved my interview skills.