Preparatory Group Task - "The Package"

"The Package" is a preliminary practice task we filmed in school in order to get used to the camera and editing software available to us. The process of filming itself was fun, but the editing got a little stressful due to the fact that everyone in the group had different ideas about how to present the work. The theme music used in this feature is original, which certainly improved the overall ambience. Additionally, the sense of self-irony created by the use of certain sound effects towards the end is, in my opinion, an especially high point of this film. Conversely, the framing of some of the shots is uncertain or over-focusing on something unimportant; in future, more care needs to be taken in terms of weighting and depth. Furthermore, the importance of ambient sound was made apparent to me thanks to this work; the scenes where there were several layers of sound effects were significantly more effective than those with only the music or dialogue present. Lastly, to aid continuity, it is obvious that the more shots are taken on the day the better. This also allows for any mistakes in filming to be cut out and replaced easily, without the hassle of having to reshoot certain scenes.

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