Reflection

Looking back at our project we can clearly identify areas where we could have improved our film, that is not to say we are unhappy with the product but, as is the nature of things, will never be completely satisfied with it.

In particular the dubbing and vocals are a key area that we would improve, leaving the process until relatively late meant we were not afforded the opportunity to pick and choose and trial the audio as we would have liked. As a result there are several lines that appear out of sync or simply sound out of place, the line 'Gang related?!' springs to mind as one particular aspect that was not quite what we had hoped, becoming something of an in-joke in the process. The performances in general were adequate, we did not expect anyone to perform wonders but obviously with more time additional takes may have rendered slightly more real and emotive performances, on a whole however the performances were not an area that we found to much wrong in.

The editing was an area that was, for the most part, satisfactory, we managed to accomplish what we intended albeit in a slightly different fashion. With greater time and software we could perhaps have achieved something better, in particular the escape scene which could have been edited to a much more artistic degree, however it was as good as we could get using the relatively basic software at hand. The general composition was unambitious and rather limited in variety however we would not want to saturate it with to many varying angles simply for the sake of it, however a few more may have been good. With regards to post-production we failed to create the gun muzzle flash in time and this was a major disappointment and something we would certainly add in. We would also have added a greater degree of visual polish through colour correction and perhaps more advanced use of colour grading, however we were happy with the overall visual aesthetic of the film and acheived the look we wanted. The titles were another area that, with more time, we would have liked to have incorporated in a more interesting and unique manner, however as this aspect was undertaken very late, something we foolishly failed to account for, this was not possible and we are happy with what we managed to achieve.

The camera work could have perhaps done with some work in order to steady some shots and and reshoot a few others which jump slightly, the film on a whole does not quite flow as most major pictures do however we managed to acheive a certain degree of fluidity in our composition with only minor continuity kinks needing to ironed out. We would also perhaps have used a blue screen filter for the exterior shots, this has been used to great effect in recent years, creating a moody, saturated and grim atmostphere that is visually striking, with its most notable proponent being Christopher Nolan(Batman series etc). In addition we would have liked to have used some more advanced techniques, in particular regarding the use of focus, however we never managed to get around to this and perhaps with more experience and greater expertise would have managed this.