Evaluation of my college FMP

1. Evaluation
RESEARCH
The research that took place before the start of the project had me
explore the current direction of the action thriller genre. Because of this
I was able to pinpoint a reliable theme for the trailer. With a good mood
board, I was able to inspire a believable theme for my project.
By researching existing products and annotating movie posters, though
admittedly to less detail than I had hoped, I was able to understand the
basics of what goes into an action thriller poster.
I had looked up some action thriller trailers to see what expected of an
action thriller trailer and molded planning based on what a regular
action thriller looks like to appeal to a certain target audience.
I wished I had spent more time reading about the action thriller but
from sources such as google, and Instagram I was able to learn the
basics of what is expected of me in this project.
The most successful aspect of my research was the mood board because
of the variety of themes I was able to emphasize in the piece. After
making it I was sure of what sort of mood my project was going to give
off, what I was going to use and what not to use etcetera.
FINAL PRODUCT
Having completed my project’s movie poster and trailer, I can
confidently say I was able to stick to my plans and research. From the
mood board, I picked what I wanted to use such as the wraith eyes
which I did and combat scenes which I was going to use anyway.

2. Having reflected on my project, I realize I could have spent more time
working on the color filters of the shots to add to the mood. But the
change from color to no color as the pupils in the eyes roll into the back
of the main character’s head add to the effect of a paranormal power.
Having proposed an action-oriented piece, I have managed to deliver
well whist also matching scenes with a copyright free soundtrack I found
off YouTube. No harm was done to any actors because any dangerous
stunts were done by me, and there were no dangerous stunts other
than running into a wall so there was negligible risk of injury across the
project.
My final product’s movie poster is something I am immensely proud of
in terms of effects and the super imposed imagery of the main character
on a screen of fog. Despite this I had trouble figuring out where to put
text and whether I should put it high or low.
PLANNING
The main successes of my planning have been the ease of referring to
plans when I need to. An example of this would be my script which I
used a lot during production of the movie trailer. As seen through my
use of the direction of the shots in coordination with the desired
soundtrack, my script was extremely specific in what I wanted. Only
thing I could have done is spend less time on the script because it took a
lot of my time.
With a script written I was able to organize my actors into their roles
very well whilst explaining what the trailer is of and who the characters
are. It also allowed me to pair the soundtrack to the shots without too
much thought of where everything is supposed to go, I could just have a
shot and know where I want it.

3. I was able to get photos of shot locations, to give actors a better idea of
where to meet and what the scenes will look like. It also helped me plan
scenes. I would have benefited from more shots and locations, but I
have managed well enough with what I have.
PRODUCTION
Production of the movie trailer was very tricky as actors were often busy
with school, college, and work so it was hard to get everyone together
to record a few shots. But regardless of numbers I was able to get shots
even with just one actor available. Camera men were also tricky to find
at times because people who have any sort of interest in camerawork
live far away, though we were able to find a friend willing to help. When
that friend was unavailable, my friend and I set up a tripod in one
location and from another we tied a phone to a stick which we trapped
in the handle of a nearby dog bin so that we could have two shot
perspectives.
Editing the movie trailer gave be nary an issue besides certain tools on
Adobe Premier Pro that I was unsure of going into the project. Learning
how to use certain tools and effects will surely help me in upcoming
projects as I have grown more confident in editing and matching sound
to shots.
Creating movie posters was something I was unsure of going into this
project because I was never confident with Photoshop. But after about
ten minutes of playing around with the buttons I was able to start
creating a piece I am immensely proud of in the movie poster. This
movie poster was comprised of two images of myself, one of me facing
the camera, another with my arms slightly raised looking up as a
background specter. To make the specter I took out the color and added

4. a lot of blurs. This adds to the horror aspect of the movie as it creates a
sense of mystery and unease with the audience.
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
I had faced a lot of technical problems such as my camera’s stabilizer
running out of battery, so we had to record by hand. This made for
slightly shakier video but was easily fixed by using Adobe Premier Pro’s
warp stabilizer.
Another technical issue I had run into was videos not uploading to one
drive due to corruption which is a problem I had faced in other projects,
but I was able to fix this issue by screen recording the videos on my
phone and sending those separate videos to my one drive as fresh files.
This allowed me to save time as well as stress in re-recording shots I had
already done.
MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS
I have faced very few management problems during this project as
actors have listened to my directions very well and listened to my
choreography very well also. Some actors were even able to help with
shot locations which was an excellent help.
In some cases, managing a group of people has proven to be difficult
through getting everyone together and ready to record at a certain time
in a certain place through mixed A-Level/College schedules whilst
emerging from a global pandemic. But there was little fuss over times; if
someone could not be there then we would shoot another scene.