We have now completed our Thriller opening, and I am very pleased in how it has turned out, not only the practical production, but also the written evaluations. I feel that Laura and I have put in a lot of effort over the past few months, despite the problems that we encountered throughout the duration of the task.
Our first main problem that we had was when we lost a group member due to her having an illness, and we were a bit dubious about whether we would be able to keep up with the workload, but with a lot of hard work and effort, we managed to accomplish this. I think that this made us even more determined to produce the best we could manage, as if trying to prove to ourselves and our teachers that we could do this on our own.
The next problem that we encountered was when we were location scouting, and the place where we wanted to film had issues with it and we would've had to go through a major process of getting a trip organized, if we were to film during school hours. However we got around this by filming outside of school hours, and all went swiftly, and we got the footage that we wanted.
These two, were the only major problems that we had, and I feel that if we had come across any others that it would have set back our completion of the film.
We did however have a few minor difficulties, with the soundtrack being too loud, and the voice overs not being clear enough. We wanted the voice overs to sound a bit like they were being spoken from a distance, so we used an echoing effect on them. However we did not realise that it would make them quieter, and so more difficult to understand. This is nothing major, however there is a significant difference between the two types of sound, with the soundtrack being ever so slightly louder than the voice overs. It should not make a difference to how the film is viewed, although it could be irritating to some people, and could distract their attention from the main focus of the production.
Poppy Smyth
