Light Sphere Production Welcomes You

Welcome to our groups Advanced Portfolio where we will post regular updates at different stages for our 5 minute comedy film. We hope you enjoy our blog and find it a accessible blog and easy to navigate your way round.

Week 11- Atul Sharma

This week we have started our evaluations. All group members will have to this section of the project individually. In the evaluation the following four questions must be addressed:

-In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

-How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

-What have you learned from your audience feedback?

-How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Editors Journal- Atul Sharma

Editors journal

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Week 10- Atul Sharma

This week we aimed to complete our personal journals.  Syed completed the director’s journal, Chris completed the camera journal and I completed the sound and editors journal. The journals show all the thought process while completing our production. We also highlight any issues that occurred throughout our project and how we resolved them.

Post Production Questionnaire Result- Atul Sharma

Post Questionnaire Results

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We instructed our participants to view our short film production on our blogs or YouTube. After watching our short film they will be able to complete the questionnaire. We had 20 participants for our questionnaire as our group believed this the correct amount to get most effective and realistic results.

Post Production Questionnaire- Atul Sharma

Post Production Questionnairea

Edit Decision List

Edit Decison List

Video Upload on Facebook- Atul Sharma

The print screen shows our final short film production being posted on Facebook. Social networking websites such as Facebook are great for feedback and creating awareness for our short film. 

Meeting Minutes- Atul Sharma

Meeting Minutes

Final Draft of Film

First Draft of Film

Week 9- Atul Sharma

During this week I edited the footage. Video editing is the process of manipulating and rearranging video shots to create a new work. Editing is usually considered to be one part of the post production process — other post-production tasks include colour correction and sound mixing. I also created a table for the log rushes and edit decision list.  Once I had finished editing I showed the footage to my group members and target audience. They gave me constructive feedback which would make our production more professional and comical. After the appropriate changes were made it was time to add sound effects and the credits.  We researched into other comical short film sounds and were made of the codes and conventions which we could implement in our own production.  Finally we created a DVD copy by using iDVD and we also uploaded the short film to YouTube. In order to gain more feedback we uploaded the short film to Facebook and shared the link on Twitter. The vast amount of positive feedback we received meant we have successfully created a short film which was enjoyed by our target audience.

I also created a post questionnaire which will be handed out to our target audience. Due to targeting a younger target audience it was only appropriate to keep the questions simple and easy to complete. 

Log Rushes- Atul Sharma

Log Rushes

Production Schedule 2nd Draft - Atul Sharma

Planning and Research

Week 8- Atul Sharma

We spent this week filming our short film. After going through the script with the cast and rehearsing the scenes we were confident to start filming. As we required using the main school corridors it was only appropriate to film after school. This meant we had extra time rehearsing, which allowed our cast to be familiar with their lines and roles. As this was the first time we were filming, we had to learn how to use the camera and other filming equipment. However Chris was quick to learn and we used our time most productively by getting the main footage done.

The second day of filming went much smoother. Everyone knew their roles and was the cast showed more confidence while acting as they were more familiar with each other and the crew members. We also had the opportunity to redo sections from the day before as the footage was not to the high standard we had set ourselves.  In total it took just over 4 hours to get all our footage and rehearse any scenes that the cast were confused about.  

Recce Pictures

Week 7- Atul Sharma

As our concept and script is written for our short film, the next step is to make a storyboard. A storyboard visually tells the story of an animation panel by panel, kind of like a comic book.

The storyboard Syed created conveyed some of the following information:

-What characters are in the frame, and how are they moving?

-What are the characters saying to each other, if anything?

-How much time has passed between the last frame of the storyboard and the current one?

-Where the camera is in the scene? Close or far away? Is the camera moving?

Creating a storyboard will helped plan our short film from shot to shot. We can make changes to our storyboard before we start filming, instead of changing your mind later. We were also able to talk about our animation and show our storyboard to other people to get feedback on our ideas.

Chris created an equipment list of our production. The purpose of the equipment list is to be aware of all the resources we require throughout our project in order for our production to be successful.

Syed also completed the SWAT analysis. This is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and Threats involved in our project.

Strengths: characteristics of the project team that give it an advantage over others.

Weaknesses (or Limitations): are characteristics that place the team at a disadvantage relative to others.

Opportunities: external chances to improve performance in the environment.

Threats: external elements in the environment that could cause trouble for project.

Analysis of Title and Credit Sequence- Atul Sharma

Analysis of Title and Credit Sequence

Week 6- Atul Sharma

This week I analysed other short comedy films title and credit sequence. I used YouTube to analyse the credit sequences. By doing this research made me aware of the codes and conventions that we will need to follow in order to make our production as professional as possible. Also I was able to gain ideas on how to challenge specific codes and conventions.

Syed created a Health and Safety Risk Assessment table. This was to make the actors and production team aware of any risks that may occur while creating our short film production. We briefed our acting crew about the health and safety risks that they may encounter while filming.

I created score notes for short film production. I listed all the potential sounds we may use for our production. I shared the sounds with my group members and asked for feedback. We also asked our target audience for their feedback on the sound we had chosen.

We also created Location and Actors release forms which allow us to use the footage without any repercussions.  Also I would help us void with any problems of using the school premises outside school hours.

Chris created a budget for our short film production. This allowed our group to be aware of how much our group can afford to spend on each aspect of the production stage.

Location Notes- Atul Sharma

Location Notes