A Summary of Problems our Group has Faced

As a group we worked, I thought reasonably well but there were certain times where we faced problems. The first problem we faced was the fact that me and Jess were the only ones who were close friends so the fact that we had to keep meeting up was quite awkward for us. Despite this, after working together for a few weeks in lessons we started to bond and we started to feel a bit more comfortable with each other so by the time we had started filming we were fine with going round each other's houses to have meetings and organise everything for filming.

The second problem we faced was with the editing. Me and Jess missed the lesson where everyone learnt how to use the editing software, so Efosa had to go through it with us again, which delayed us in terms of our schedule. For a couple of lessons we had to work a lot quicker than the other groups which was quite stressful for us, but once we had got over this we were able to work at the same pace as everyone else. 

Another problem we faced was the fact that on our opening sequence, the dialogue was between Jade and Efosa but after our teacher had watched it she advised us that Jade's accent took away from the genre of the opening and she thought it would be better if we re-recorded it and made it fit the genre better. We stayed after school and recorded my voice over the top of the footage, which I feel was a good decision and has improved our piece a lot.

Finally, we also could have organised our time better. If we had a list of what we would be doing in each lesson and we had to meet each task, we would have been much more up to date and we wouldn't have had to worry about who was doing what, and where they were doing it. It would have caused a lot less confusion and our work would have been done a lot quicker. 

Feedback

Yesterday, we created a showcase for all of our Opening Sequences and got feedback for each others by filling in evaluation sheets which included things we thought were good about the opening, things they could improve and how well they showed the genre and audience for the film. Everyone's films weren't quite finished, this exercise was simply to help us understand ways in which we could improve our films and make them as good as we possibly could.

We had to stand up in front of our audience and say our films name, and our personal group had to explain that we hadn't yet added our sound to the movie as it is still being made.

After the audience had watched our opening everyone gave us our feedback. Most of it was generally positive, but a lot of people gave us really helpful constructive criticism which will help us vastly improve and make our opening more interesting to watch. For example someone said that they thought it was a little over edited that made it difficult to concentrate on the actual story line so we can change that and make our opening better.

The exercise was extremely helpful and we are now able to improve our work in the way in which the audience would like it. I would recommend this exercise, as it has helped us to see how other people view our opening and how we can improve it.