Post Production

Post-production 

What have you learned from your audience feedback? 

Improvements from a secondary source- From our audience feedback it was far easier to take away constructive improvements which if put into practise could have vastly improved our production. Issues such as the lighting or sound could have been redone, for example in one of the scenes we see the lights completely change from off to on even though the scene didn't prompt it, we also had issues with the sound that the camera didn't have a very food quality built in receiver meaning our voices were quiet, however due to the horror movie nature we could get away with it as the ambience created by the music meant we could avoid any potential hassle with re-filming the scene or recording our voices to input over the top of our production. 

To get constructive criticism whilst in production was something we could have strived to do, we very much were set in the idea of doing all our film independently so that when we show in the production of the film it would be open to criticism. It could have been useful if we asked for an outside opinion during production as it would have given us a useful insight into something we missed perhaps some little tweak which would attract an audience or help it conform to the stereotypes if the genre. 

What editing decisions were made? How did they inform the production? 

Annotations- Post production we were very much open to improvements, all the constructive feedback we received from other members of the class were put into effect when we added annotations to the production afterwards. This was good when it came to analysing our production for our evaluation as it allowed us to spend time writing in possible improvements to our film as suggested by members of the so called audience therefore meaning we could strive for a more audience friendly production. 

How did the post-production process enhance the overall production? 

The post production process helped us to get a better understanding of the process we would need to go through in order to improve our production, the audience feedback was essential in helping us improve our overall perception of the project as it allowed us to see dimensions which might have otherwise not been seen by us. It was very effective when looking back over our work to have an idea from a group of people what aspects we could improve as it helped us keep out any bias from our improvements, the annotation process reflected these improvements as it was us analysing our own work with the feedback given to us. 

How have you developed these skills at A2? 

At A2 the post production process is very much the same, apart from the fact that we built upon the mistakes we made last time in order to improve the production. The sound was much better and more efficient this year, we recorded a narration in order to make sure everyone understands the story and in order to avoid the low volume we experienced last year when recording dialogue without a microphone. The lighting is also vastly improved, this year we used a lot more intentional shots in the dark to give a feeling that the movie would be constant, all seasons and all times as shown through the shots in the snow, desert and grass and through the light transitions from dark to light and vice versa. The skills we learned last year means we can be a lot more critical of the work we produced, the fact we had a shorter time span to create the production meant we had to be a lot more accurate when it came to filming the production, however at the end of the production task we can look back on it with glee as it turned out a lot better than we first thought and the improvements were definitely present from last year to help us create a truly quality trailer.