'DANK' - One Minute Film

Pre-Production:

• Me, Chris, Luke and Skylar thought of a genre we were going to choose to base the short film on and in the end we decided on a thriller. 
• We then thought of a concept to go through for when we were filming which was a drug deal between school students.
• Roles were then allocated to each person: Me- Drug dealer, Chris- Cameraman/Student, Luke- Witness and Skylar- Cameraman/Drug buyer.
• Skylar wrote out the script so we add dialogue to our film whilst I drew out the storyboard for character placement.
• Chris and Luke made the props (money, drugs and knife). For the knife we used scissors, the drugs we used a plastic toy and the money we rolled up pieces of green paper with a rubber band.
• The location of the film was then located within the St Marks grounds and we used the strip next to the 6th form block and the boys toilets in the music block.
• Then we chose a film and production name and had to pitch our film to an investor to get the go through to begin producing.

Production:

• During the production process, we set out with the camera, tri pod, and props to go out and start filming.
• We used various different camera angles for the film such as standstill on the tripod, 1st person angles, hand held use to enhance verisimilitude and distant shots.
• All lighting in the short film was natural lighting as we didn't have better equipment to use lighting for effect. Although, in the toilet scene, we used the light switch to create a darker atmosphere.
• All scenes were filmed in order of placement as the locations were filmed in order of where they took place.

Post-production: 

• During the post-production process, we used Final Cut Pro to put our film together and make the finishing touches.
• As our filming exceeded the limit, we had to cut some of the scenes to make it shorter but only resulting in it being 1 min 28secs.
•  Also we added a soundtrack to the film to it in with the atmosphere of the short film, intensifying the feel of each scene.
• Finally, we added a mini credit scene to highlight the name of the film to the audience.

WWW:

• The music fitted in well with most scenes
• First person use of the camera was very effective in creating verisimilitude
• Powerful use of the soundtrack
• Variety of camera angles/shots worked well

EBI:

• As we didn't have much time, we couldn't get rid of the muffled effect due to the wind so we couldn't hear everything properly.
• If we managed to add a full credit scene at the end of the film.
• The camera remained focused throughout the film as not everything was clear to see/blurry.

Final Reflection:

• Overall, for a first attempt at making a film I think it went really well. So far it isn't as challenging as I first assumed. Everything was done in a very serious manner considering topic we chose and we hardly came across any flaws that couldn't be solved easily.