Year 10 Media Arts Short Film Production – Term 01 Mr. Andrews

Task 1: Self-reflection and evaluation:

Please answer each question using complete sentences, including as much detail as possible.


Discuss your feelings about the production task: Please explain your responses:
Did you enjoy creating your short film?

I enjoyed creating my short film because I have never don anything like this before - in this amount of detail. I also enjoyed working in my group and seeing how each other thinks and contributed to the story line and creation of the film.

Are you satisfied with the final result?

I’m satisfied with the final result, there are some elements of the film that I would’ve wanted to be in the film but it just didn’t work out that way.

Did your film turn out as well as you pictured?

It turned out better than I pictured it, I was seeing it as a really amateur film hardly showing any of our skills but I was proved wrong with the final result showing that it was better than I could of expected.

Would like to change or improve any aspects of your final film (storyline, shots, editing etc.)?

I would of liked to added some small things just to give extra impact on the story making that just bit more clear to the audience.

If you could start the project again, what would you do differently?

I wouldn’t change much, I really like how it has turned out. The only thing that I would do is think more carefully about the shot angles.

As this task focused on mise-en-scene and cinematography, describe:
How you used specific elements of mise-en-scene to depict your film’s genre and enhance the narrative?

We used specific props for our scene so we gave off the right theme, we used lighting and costumes.

How you used specific shot types to convey the storyline without dialogue?

Shooting things on an angle or from a certain height to show urgency and uncertainty from the character.

Whether the intended genre is depicted clearly or if this could be improved?

I feel that our intended genre is very clear.


Reflecting upon your completed task, respond to the following points:

How did other people respond to your rough-edit? Did you use their feedback to make changes to the film?

Our feedback was really helpful we used what everyone had to say which was mainly focusing the shots more.

Did your group use the planning and analysis tools effectively? (storyboards, shot lists, mise-en-scene evaluation).

I think we did because our film went exactly to plan only leaving out some things that we later decided not necessary.

Did shooting require more or less time than you thought? Why?

It required more time than I thought because everyone in my group are perfectionists so we would shoot the scenes a couple of times.

Were there any problems or difficulties during filming and how did this affect your project. (Difficulties may include; shooting, technical, time-management, teamwork, absences or editing etc.);

There weren’t any major problems or difficulties throughout the project, probably because we all had the same idea of what we were doing.

Discuss whether you undertook adequate and detailed reflection to support your work? (Look at your blogs and consider if it looks like a terms worth of work);

I think that I kept up to date pretty well on my blog I’m not to sure that they did as well but the making of the film was definitely a group effort.