This is the opening sequence we made as a group which consists of me (Vithush), Ashad Khan and Shehryar Sheikh. It took us over a course of a few weeks to start and finish our film and during that process i have learnt a lot such as editing, camera work, storyboarding and real-life situations such as scenery setting. During the planning we started to search for places to shoot and some places were off limits preventing us to shoot in those areas so we had to change our storyboard along the way however we got most of the places we wanted. Filming took us a course of two days to shoot and we planned to have more than enough footage to help us in the editing part and we were happy with the amount of footage we had. When it came to editing we didn't have a clue however with a bit of guidance and help i got the hang of it and found it easier as we went along. We over came some minor problems that caused us to stop editing for a few lessons however after this problem was overcome we carried on and finish before the deadline.

I was proud of the final product and thought we made an great opening sequence. However after this process i think that we could have done better because after i edited for the first time i found area that would have made the sequence better, and i thought we could have thought more on lighting as some areas are unprofessional. I thought that the music track suited the sequence as it took us a long time to get it correct.

Feedback for our opening sequence

Evaluation question 7

Since my preliminary task i have learnt a lot as that was my first time using the camera and editing. When planning the preliminary task we never gave it a lot of thought and looking back i think that we scratched the surface of what we could have done but learning from those mistakes i now know that planning is key to what the movie will look like, the better the planning the better the movie. For our second project we took around 2 weeks preparing details and knowing what we will do before shooting. For the preliminary task we never went out to see sight and places to shoot and again we learnt from those mistakes, we got permission from various places to shoot and we dedicated a day for scene searching.  The roles where well thought out this time for the full project as we got two characters that will represent out film best. When it came to the shots in the main task we took time in the storyboard to get the basic shots we were going to use however when we went to shoot we used far more than we planned which was good as we thought on the spot.

For editing our preliminary task was a first time experiment, we had never used a mac or i-movie and with the limited time we had we couldn't go into detail. In the full movie we took the time to chose a better program and learn the programme before we used it, with the help of the tutorials we got the hang of the project under a week. The tutorials and the teachers helped us with the different programmes such as live type, we made an effort with the title sequence in this task however in the preliminary we never took the effort to do so. The feedback for the main task helped as we took it seriously and listened to the feedback and it made our work better but in the preliminary task we never had the time to comment on the feedback.

In the preliminary task we never worked as a team because i was mostly left to do the work while the others left me and so in the editing suite i was never shown the video but in the main task all three of us listened to each other and got a film that suited all three of us, we were all happy and never had an argument. 

Evaluation Questions 6

Evaluation Question 4

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Evaluation Questions 2,3,5

Evaluation on Prezi

Evaluation question 1

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Individual Response to group choice

I liked the idea of the storyline we will be using for our opening sequence as my ideas were included and we thought out the storyline well before we made the final decision. As we go along i hope we make a few minor changes to make the storyline better.