Evaluation
In this evaluation I will be explaining the development of the
pre-production work and how it helped us essentially develop ideas for our
final documentary. I will also be explaining how the research that we gained
helped understand the components needed for success is about space and the
mysteries that it holds, basically explaining the obvious with in depth detail
and precision. I critically explained how space functions through time and the
key factors which make it such a fascinating topic to discuss. Before we began
filming the documentary we came as a group and designed a few mind maps, this
allowed us to craft new ideas together to form the documentary, the ideas
consisted of stars, asteroids, planets etc. This generally provided us with
options which allowed us to progress further, as well as how we as individuals
would contribute towards the documentary.
Once we figured out how the documentary would essentially
run due to the mind map, me, Max, Ali and Emmanuel decided to choose certain
roles which we felt comfortable pursuing, the roles consisted of director,
actor, camera man and sound man. Since this was originally Max's idea he was
the director/producer plus the unique skills he possesses in CGI made the
decision all the more easy. I personally decided to be the actor of the
documentary because I felt that I suited the role of presenter due to my body
language and voice. Ali decided to pursue the role of the camera man due to his
successful work in photography & film, his we felt this would ensure
successful shots throughout the documentary creating vast amounts of excitement
for the audience, and Emmanuel pursued the role of sound because of his skill
in editing music tracks, we felt that this would enhance the creativity of the
documentary making it much more enjoyable to watch due to the rhythm, which evidently
builds up the anticipation.
With the roles decided we were all set to begin researching
the chosen ideas from the mind map. We started off by locating suitable
websites in order to gain the necessary information on space, we found a few
websites which had information on space. All these websites had information on
space. However there was one website which provided information which we
specifically needed, this website consisted of the moon, asteroids, galaxies,
planets and gravity, the name of this website is called "Documentary
Heaven". Specific details were shown to us on how they function in space,
this helped us essentially find our way us come up with unique questions for
our questionnaire (survey) which we would portray to the people.
Once the secondary research was officially complete, we
moved on and began creating the questionnaire to deduct primary research. From
the help of secondary research it made the production of the questionnaire so
much easier due to the fact that it provided us with the correct knowledge of
space, and also the responses from the website evidently show what kind of
people were interested in the topic. Basically the responses consisted of
curious teenagers aged 15-17 and adults aged 25-30 (from this knowledge we
tried to balance the age in between); this helped us in terms of actually
locating the correct audience to fully enlarge the success of the documentary.
In the questionnaire we decided to figure out a few key factors in order to
have successful results in order to identify the target audience. Age (to
figure out whether or not the product is suitable for certain ages), gender (to
figure out what particular age prefers this topic), culture & ethnicity (to
find out if people around the world or different countries are interested) were
all considered and added, this enhanced the questions because it gave us a
better understanding of the audience and enabled us to progress forward with
the documentary. Interview questions were also created as an alternate form or
primary research. However, we decided to use this as well, we interviewed a
science teacher who provided amazing facts about space, this gave the
documentary a sense of professionalism because brilliant knowledge and optimism
provided.
In my opinion I think the documentary turned out fantastic,
because it had it all; excitement, anticipation, fun and great visuals; but
there are certain parts of the video which I was particularly proud of. I'm
really proud of the fact that the documentary contains high quality shots, with
immaculate angles to emphasis it, such as the actor explaining key bits of the
documentary along with the CGI implemented in. The CGI was a real winner in
this documentary, mainly because of the smooth motions throughout the video,
when mixed with the actual footage it provided much more excitement because of
the uniqueness. I'm also very proud of the music that we used in our
documentary, because of the fact that it gave the video so much life and
enhancements by essentially giving the documentary more rhythm as went on,
allowing the video to become very watchable and entertaining.
Some enhancements are definitely needed for sure. Some clips
in the video lacked great quality compared to the rest, this was due to the
colour correction on the camera; it made the shots look really bright, which is
quite a let-down because some scenes looked amazing due to the balance. None
the less it didn't really affect the video too much. The audio could also use
improvements especially the voice over, it was really quiet at times, and the
music overlapped the audio due to the increased volume. Especially when the
drone crashed as I was doing a voiceover; it was almost impossible to hear what
I was saying due to the static and mixture of audio. Another setback was
definitely the interviews, the information was really good, but the interviews
were just continuous, with no cut outs or filler shots making quite difficult
to watch without wanting to skip to the next scene.
Once the documentary was edited and rendered we uploaded it
on YouTube and embedded it on our blogs, this allowed me to receive helpful
feedback from my peers. Overall they said the advert was really good and
creative, however they said that it could really be improved; they considered
the following: colour correction, more shots that vary, quality of some shots
and the volume of the audio. I believe that the feedback provided would really
help me with future projects.
Next time we film and edit we should definitely focus on the
colour correction of the shots because it would make the video seem like it was
shot around the same time. We should also increase the volume of the voiceover
in general, so the audience can understand what is going on in the scenes. Next
time we should make sure to improve the co-ordination and order of the clips,
this would allow the video to make more sense, plus adding a few filler shots
or cuts to the interviews would definitely be a beneficial move, as it makes
the video seem much more professional and exciting. These additional
corrections would enable us to produce a more professional video.
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