Evaluation of Keepsake – Carrie Deans

In the process of making this short film I have learnt many new things. In terms of pre-

production I feel like I performed fairly well and completed all the work to the deadlines and

tried my hardest on them. I storyboarded all of my ideas clearly and thought out where

would be best to film our short film and the health hazards that came along with this. When

it came to the production of our short film I feel like I was a very active member of our

production group. I took on a few roles in producing our short film such as being on sound

and acting in it. I found that to be an active member in a production group and in producing

a film you have to be very dedicated to it and turn up to all shoots and try your hardest if

you want good results. As far as post production goes it’s just as much work editing it

together than filming the footage. I feel like I have become very confident in using Adobe

Premiere. In a few of our shots the sound was a bit low and the camera work was a bit shaky

and I’ve tried my best to make this not very noticeable.

Overall I think the technical quality of my final edit is ok. You can watch it in HD on you tube

but when it isn’t in HD the quality isn’t that good. The lighting in some scenes is quite low

and dull which I think is something that could be improved on. The quality of editing

techniques could be improved. It is a bit jumpy in parts and cuts too quickly. In some parts it

is very obvious that it has cut so abruptly and ruins the smooth running of the short film a

bit. I haven’t used any editing techniques in my film such as dissolves and split screens in

fear that it’d make it cheesy. There are a few unnoticeable continuity errors such as seeing

the director’s arm in the mirror in one scene.You will only notice this though if you’re

searching for mistakes and negativity.

The sound is mostly clear throughout the film but in some parts of the film the speech is

quite quiet and you have to really strain your ears to hear what is being said. I personally

think that this is because the sound engineer is stood to far away. And also in another scene

the ambience sound is so loud that you can’t hear anything but that. Over all the sound is

average. The editing of the sound is good and is in sync with the film. The soundtrack is well

edited and clear. And sets a mood for the film, slightly creepy and odd.

In making the film I have definitely acquired some new skills. For example- before I began

the editing of my short film I found it really difficult to be able to sync the sound to the

video. But now I find it really easy. If I were to take on making this film again I would do a

few things differently. For example- I would improve the sound and make sure that the

ambiance sound isn’t so loud, so maybe change locations on the outdoor scenes. I would

also make sure that the camera work isn’t too shaky and make the cutting smoother. The

last thing I would change is the lighting as I feel like it’s a bit dark and not very clear. Overall

I would say that my film has turned out reasonably well.