Production Reflection

1. STAGE 5
PRODUCTION
REFLECTIONS
Thomas Haase

2.  This proforma is to record how you worked on your production
 You should complete this each week during production
 Consider all relevant areas that you covered that week
 Think about what worked/what didn’t work/how you can improve
and actions for the following sessions/weeks

3.  This week I started by completing my ‘Initial Reactions’
PowerPoint.
 In this PowerPoint I talked about my ideas I could use for my
short film and made a mind map of how they could play out
through the film. My first ideas was to make the genre a
horror/comedy, however I later changed it to horror/thriller.
 I made a mood board of the main ideas and features that would
be in my film, for example I am going to include drugs, a knife, a
watch and a chase.
 I started to then make my ‘Research and Experiments’
PowerPoint once I had finished my first PowerPoint.

4.  This week I was finishing off and completing my ‘Research and Experiments’
PowerPoint.
 First of all I did my primary research, which meant I had to make a survey on
SurveyMonkey regarding my short film genres and ideas to see if it was a
good choice and to see which gender and which ages like which type of film
etc.
 Next I did my secondary research which was researching statistics of movie
genre preferences from both genders and different ages, from various
websites, such as Reddit and Participations.
 Then analysed these results and identified my target audience due to which
age group and gender liked my genre choice.
 Using my target audience analysis and BBFC Guidelines, I chose my film
rating and discussed my audience appropriate content.
 I then analysed three professional products and discussed how they used
lighting, camera shots and music in their productions.
 I also talked about my experiment filming, editing and audio productions and
reflected on them.
 Finally I discussed the constraints on production and what was limiting me to
do certain things whilst filming.

5.  In this week I completed the PowerPoint ‘Planning and Pre-
Production’.
 In this PowerPoint I completed the story development, which
was the basics of my story.
 I also made a structural breakdown table, showing what will
happen in each scene and the visual and sound notes I will
include.
 I discussed the visual planning by talking about lighting, setting
and how the mood of the scene will be shown in the setting, and
I also made a concept board to show the main features of my
film.

6.  This week I was finishing my ‘Planning and Pre-Production’
PowerPoint. I completed a shot list to help me when filming.
 I also filled out a production group and cast information table,
and filled out other tables for location information (and backup
locations), risk assessments, contingency planning, production
schedule, call sheets and what props/costumes I will be using in
my film and how I can transport them from one location to
another and what settings I will use and the items I will use in my
settings that would be a main feature of that scene.
 Finally I discussed what digetic and non-digetic sounds I will use
and how I will be able to get these sounds.

7.  In the final week (after filming over the weekend) I spent all week
editing my short film, using Premiere Pro.
 I downloaded some sound effects and music from YouTube using
KeepVid.
 The first day was mainly making the sequence and putting all the
clips together and in order. I cut down certain clips, using the
razor tool, to make sure it looked more professional.
 The next days I added sound effects and music to certain points
in my film, making sure they fitted with the right moment of the
film.
 Finally I added in audio and video transitions and effects, and I
also edited the colour correction and change etc, to give the
scenes more a certain mood/feel to them.