Evaluation Questions

Questions for evaluating your animatic:

- What did I learn from my research into animatics? What are they and why are they used?

I have learnt a huge amount from my research into animatics. Firstly i learnt what they were as i had no previous knowledge of what they were. I had seen one before but didnt know what they were called or what they were used for. I know that an animatic is a series of still images edited together and displayed in sequence. They give a better idea of how the scene will look and feel with timing.

- What are they key conventions / form of an animatic?

Often storyboards are animated with simple zooms and pans to simulate camera movement.These animations can be combined with available animatics, sound effects and dialog to create a presentation of how a film could be shot and cut together.

- What are the benefits of using an animatic in my planning for the thriller title sequence? Who will see it and why? (link to audience research)

As mentioned previoulsy it helps us get a sense of timing, whether were running over or too short. Its also a satisfying feeling seeing the first stage of the opening sequence being created and it makes you even more eager to get filming. Some feature film DVD special features include production animatics.

- How did you plan your animatic? what did you need to consider in doing this?

Our group started of by agreeing on the shots we wanted, then we proceeded into drawing our storyboards. We all drew an individual one and match up all the similarites and altered any differences. We had to decide whose storyboard drawings were the clearest and best represented our image of the film. We decided that Dauud's storyboard was the best artistically so we decided to use his.

- Which programmes did you use to create your animatic? How did you create the sounds?

To create the animatic we used the MAC. iMovie and iphoto was used to create the final animatic. After scanning the storyboard and cropping each individual image we put them in iPhoto and dragged them to iMovie and started our creation. Most of the sounds that we used came from the archive provided by the software. However some sounds had to be recorded manually. We obtained sound of shower spraying water, keyboard tapping and a man sighing.

- What challenges did you face when producing your animatic? how did you overcome these?

The toughest challenge i faced personally was getting the additional sounds that we required to complete the animatic. It was frustrating as it took a great deal of time and effort to gain what was 30 second of sound overall. However I was determined to have an accurate animatic as it helps a great deal in the shooting of the film.

- How did your focus group / audience respond to your animatic? www / ebi?

On the whole they understood what the animatic was trying to convey. They were surprised at the level of the drawings, they believed that they were perfect in displaying emotion and actions. the feedback we received their main point was that would like there to be more images included at they believed that some gaps in knowledge were missing. Furthermore they would have liked dialogue between the two characters right at the end, this would have just made it a more realistic.

Questions for evaluating your shooting script:

What did I learn from my research into shooting scripts? What are they and why are they used?

A shooting schedule is a project plan of each day's shooting for a film production. While doing research i learnt how important a shooting schedule is to the overall organistation of a film. It is useful at every stage in order to evaluate whether your falling behind and also if all the props needed are on set.

- What are they key conventions / form of a shooting script?

The key conventions of a shooting script are;

• Location- Address and what room
• Time- Including day and hour
• Props- Everything you are planning to use to set the mise-en-scene
• Equipment- the components that will help us capture the shots

- What are the benefits of designing a shooting script for my product? Who will see it and why? (link to audience research)

Overall organisation improves massively. Without one our group would be lost lost and would rely on constant communication to make sure we knew when and where we had to film. It can be said they need a lot of time and work but it is worth it because the amount of time you save after is invaluable. The only people that will see the shooting script will be the members of the group to make sure that we all have an understanding of when we are filming

- How did you plan your shooting script? what did you need to consider in doing this?

After much discussion we agreed on the dates we were able to shoot our opening. Our teachers kindly composed a template that we had to fill in. We proceded to completing it and adding all the vital information. We made sure that there were no schedule clashes with the locations such as our school. We found out that we were able to film on these times which help us greatly.

- What challenges did you face when producing your shooting script? how did you overcome these?

The main challenge was making sure that every single detail was included in the shooting script. There were occasions in which i forgot to add vital information and had to go back in order make it adequate. On a group level i say the days we chose had to suit everyone and that was difficult as we all have clashing schedules that doesnt help.

- On reflection, www / ebi? What might you need to change in your revised version? Why?

WWW
Agreement on the time and location was done quickly and without arguments
Grasped the basic requirements of a shooting script
Worked in cohesion to make sure that we realised when information had been left out

EBI
More detail required when it comes to transportaion of equipement and who is carrying what
Every member of the group have as much input as the others
be flexible on days and times as it is important that we work as a unit in the production process.

- How will you now improve your finished piece, based on what you have learnt from completing this task?

I will take my first draft shooting script and attempt to add more detail and information. Im happy with the structure and layout of the shooting script. I believe that adding that little bit extra will fill the group with more knowledge come shooting day.