Initial Planning

Our initial planning was for the 'failed project.' Within this we created a mind-map of general ideas, release forms and a script. In our case, translating the script to screen was proven to be very difficult. With a group of untrained-unpaid- actors and a three month old baby the process caused for a very stilted and unnatural performance which was ultimately our failing point. 

 Our mind-map allowed us to visually see our ideas on page, helping us to create the image of how we wanted our film to look. Through discussion we were able to decipher exactly what we wanted to put into our final film. Another downfall on our part was how we got too carried away with the in-depth story. This was a five minute, low budget, film- something we tended to forget. As mentioned, it was this failing that helped us in creating our final piece that we are proud of. We were able to see which aspects we wanted to keep and what appeared scary or effective. Less dialogue alongside more intricate camerawork and editing was what we found worked best in our case, as well as the planning in this project carrying us forth into the next; hiccups and mistakes are a part of every task and through  our planning and production we were able to take a step back, look at the bigger picture and create a better film. I also learnt about screenwriting- having taken a futurelearn course in screenwriting for this specific cause, as well the real-life planning of certain films i.e. release forms and directing. 





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