Our idea was a magical tape that infected people as soon as they touched it, making for a deadly weapon against all of humanity. We started by looking at other videos about surrealism to get an idea and get inspired to create an awesome idea. Looking at surreal artists and filmmakers like Salvador Dali gave us an idea of what we needed to do to produce our surreal film. At first, we were having some trouble with coming up with our own original idea and trying not to copy from other sources. We all came together to create an idea using our brains.
Our planning documents enabled us to plan out what we would have to do filming wise and would enable us to be more time-efficient. We probably needed to have less detail in our scripts because we wrote too much in the script and we didn’t have enough time to film our surreal film. We used a kind of scriptwriting software called “Celtx” to write our script and make our storyboard.
The kind of technology that we used in our production was basic cameras, adobe premiere pro 2020 (editing) and scriptwriting software like “Celtx”. This technology was very important in our production because it enabled us to produce a film of high quality. If we only had basic editing software then we wouldn’t be able to do much-advanced editing. If we only have our computer cameras then we also wouldn’t be able to do much either.
Some things that went well were that we were able to finish our production to the highest standard that we were hoping for. For example, we made sure that we checked our film many times and get feedback on what we had to just increase the “watchability” of the film and make it more entertaining.
Somethings that didn’t go well was the time that we had. We had very limited time, so we weren’t able to complete the scenes that we had. For example, in one of the scenes, we needed a good scream with a video of birds flying away over top. Without the time we just had to work with what we had to produce this particular scene.
We could have improved our use of technology by learning how to use the “advanced features” in “Adobe Premier Pro 2020” and other brightness features in the recording aspect. We learned different filming techniques and how to properly position a shot. Using trial and error and looking at the shots we have filmed we strengthened our filming techniques. One thing that we would do differently next time would be to spread the work across all of our group members. This was because in editing one person had to do everything and the others just sat and didn’t do much.
We used a kind of editing software called “Adobe Premier Pro 2020” to bind all of our videos together. We used the “Ultra Key” function to use a green screen for our video effects. We used the silhouette function to create a cloudy effect on the edges of the screen, making the film more surreal. We used special effects downloaded from YouTube to make our film more surreal. Something that went well was that we learned lots about the editing software that we used and about special effects. We would have probably watched more videos about the software and asked for help.
I think the best aspect of our production is that our film turned out really well in the editing phase. Some areas that needed to be improved could be the actual length of our film. I learned about the different features that “Adobe Premier Pro 2020” has to offer.
One thing that we would do differently next time would be to spread the work across all of our group members. This was because in editing one person had to do everything and the others just sat and didn’t do much. We could do this by planning out the work and dividing it up better. We could also make a checklist or a backwards plan to show what we needed to get done in the end. If we did this then we would have less stress and we would have more time to fix up any other issues that come up during editing or if we needed to film any other things last minute.