What has been learnt

Over the whole process I've learnt an aw full lot about films. About how difficult they are to create, in vision, produce and edit. About how much work is put into just one scene of a film. Ten seconds on screen could take an hour or two to create, depending on the nature of the movie. Ive learnt about people skills and about how important it is to have the available people and contacts for what you need to get done. I'm very much looking forward to the next film I make !

What could be improved?

I'm very proud with the end result of the film, I am  a big fan of horror movies and I think the story could have the potential to be a very successful horror movie. Some of the shots used as well as the music are very similar to actual horror films that make it into the cinema. The thing I would improve would include a team more willing to do two or three takes of shots, as apposed to wanting to be finished as fast as possible. I would have also shot the film later in the day, so It looked more like a horror film. I would have had the characters carrying props, such as sleeping bags and one of them carrying a tent. I think if these changes had all been made I think the film could have been more of a success.


If I had the option to make a film by myself I wouldn't have gone with the final idea we went with. I also probably wouldn't have done a horror film, I would also prefer if more of my group members were willing to act / communicate.

Film Upload !

This update is just a breif discription of the end product of the film. It begins with 3 protaganists walking from the station towards the camp site. It has a few P.O.V. shots from whoever or whatever is following them. After a while the three teenagers meet up with their incredibly handsome friend (me) and walk through a churchyard and towards the woods. I hope you enjoy it! I also hope It gets a few more views on youtubeafter all the hard work I put in !

Editing Session.

After getting the necessary voice recording to improve the film I first used iMovie to put the voices over the original recordings, but because of the limited and somewhat simplistic nature of iMovie , I quickly changed to the using Final cut pro. After cutting out the audio from the selected scenes I put in the new audio. It needed to be moved slightly so that it matched to when the shot cut out but over I got the voice timings to match well. After they were in the right position , the 2nd shot that needed an additional audio clip had the sound of us walking through leaves, and the audio clip did not have this. So I copied the sound of us walking through leaves from an earlier  shot and carefully put it where it needed to go. This was very difficult because make the leaves not sound like they were on a loop proved a difficult task. But I think I managed it successfully. After the editing was complete I added an effect to the film making it look darker. It removed some of the colour and helped to enhance the fact that it was a horror film. It also made it seem like It was shot in the evening. After it was finished I uploaded it to youtube , my next update will have the video in it !

Recording session.

Three of my friends kindly agreed to come round and help me re recorded the necessary dialogue needed to improve the film on Thursday. As well as my brother who let me use his recording equipment. There were three separate audio clips and each one was recorded 3 times to make sure I got the desired effect. Some where re recorded with certain lines read slower or faster and certain words pronounced with more emphasis. I thank them very kindly for the contribution towards the film.