My partner, Jordan, and I’s task were to come up with an idea to create into a documentary.
We came up with our idea by taking a video game, Fortnite, and making it comedic and easy to follow. We did not take much inspiration for the film, however, we did watch skit videos on YouTube to help create our film. We had other ideas for the film such as following someone else for a day in the life type film but we ended up going for just me and Jordan in a Fortnite day in the life because it was easier and only needed 2 people. Most people found our idea funny and half liked and disliked the idea. I think if we did give the idea more time to develop we could have had some better ideas or just added on to our script in general.
We used a camera with a tripod to get started with our filming straight away and used our script which we created earlier on Celtx. We worked well on our use of the cameras and tripod, however, we did not have any extra audio devices which had an effect on our final product. We also needed to make sure we thought about our angles which also had an effect on the final product
We both had input on our editing project, however, I did most of the actual editing process because Jordan was away. We used transitions and audio effects in premiere pro to emphasize the video. We used some audio websites for music and other sound effects. Our editing went very quickly and smoothly making the process really easy. Again, we would definitely next time use microphones and also make sure we have time to edit together.
The best aspect of our film is that we stuck to our main idea and theme our whole time and made sure it stayed like that for the whole production process. Our main improvements that need to be made are our audio technology and timing. I learned that it can be quite easy at times to act and perform a script that you have gone through with the person you are working with and make changes as the production goes on. Next time we must make sure that we have set aside time to edit with both of us present and to have better use of audion during the main production using additional microphones for better sound quality and to improve the quality of our overall film.
