Evaluation of Artefact

Contents of the Evaluation for the Artefact

I believe my research process has been effective. This is because I have used a variety of sources and techniques to get as much varied information as possible. For example, my interview with Hugh Mann of ITBL Productions gave me insight into the production process of a film so I can plan for it, while the survey with Rob Speranza of the SYFN answered my survey and gave me concise qualitative data that can be applied easily. Both methods of research form an industry professional are effective as I got a varied look at what I needed to do, and so got a decent understanding of it. However, I would ideally interview both professional s if I were to do this again, so I could compare my answers while getting more information in general to use.
Analysing short films allowed me to research for myself what each film did right and wrong for me to use and build on for my planning short film (e.g. The Expert using a small room due to small budget, but with mainly close ups on cast and decorating the room to compliment it's size it became an effective choice which I can apply to location shooting by choosing specific parts of streets, different times of day to shoot etc.) But as I was analysing the information for myself, with no outside help, I may've missed certain aspects pf the film that could've been useful, so this was effective but not completely so.
In order to gain more concrete information I used the Adobe Premiere Pro Workbook to learn production techniques (especially editing, as it is an area of personal interest) which can be included in my storyboard and considered while writing the script to make the best plan for the film possible.

My planning has helped with my study as it forced me to be quick and concise in my analysis and finding of texts to make the production as efficient as possible, which also improved my analysing skills as this I needed to retrieve the information as quickly as possible.

The progression of the project through the different planned stages has helped me reach my conclusion to my project, as doing tasks such as time management and location scouting helped show me the large amount of tasks that all need to be completed to plan and create a short film. Research showed me that there a lot of things just in production techniques that need to be considered that have a large effect on the narrative of a short film, which were considered for my storyboard (e.g. zooming and tracking and what effect they have, when to cut etc.).