In Evaluation of our film ‘Reminisce’ we were pleased overall and were pleasantly surprised with how smoothly it turned out. However, we have learnt a few nee things, and if we were to make a film again, we’d alter our approach now based on experience.
Firstly, at times the sequences didn’t flow together very well. We didn’t make enough of an explicit distinction between the shots in reality and those that were flashbacks. If we were re-creating this, in order to make this better we could have used some different shots, maybe some close ups of the actors that looks as though they’re thinking back.
Secondly, we think that if we made a new film we’d try to use a tripod, as opposed to a hand held camera, to give the shots more stability and to make them look more professional, as a couple of them are slightly shaky in places and in one silhouette shot a bit of the wall can be seen because the camera moves slightly, which is a problem that would have been eradicated had we used a tripod.
In terms of our editing, we think overall it was mostly all smooth, and flowed nicely. Maybe we could have added some more effects to help with the distinctions between reality and flashback. Also, we’d revisit the shot with the gun, as that was a bit too sharp, it didn’t flow well and looked out of place, so we’d have another look to see what we could’ve done to make it seem smoother, although maybe it being too sharp could’ve drawn a shocked reaction from the audience that we were looking for.
