Looking back at our Childrens Film

We had to look back at our childrens film and analyse the good things about it and things we needed to change to make it better.

3 things we would like to change are:

•  The sound throughout the film, worked quite well, but could have been better by flowing more and blending in with the scenes.
• It was easy for us to make out the story line, but it may not have been as easy for others to follow and so we could have made it slightly easier to understand.
• We used a lot of the same transitions, and so it would have been more interesting to use a varied type.

3 things we like about our childrens film:

• We matched the sound to certain moments in the film, like the laughing of the bullies and also the shutting of the door, which were exactly in time.
• We feel as though we framed the shots well because we included all the props, and the settings in the scenes, making it easier to understand where Betty is.
• We shot appropriate material to the certificate and rules set by the teacher.

This is the link to our childrens film and blog below:
http://52longroadchildrensfilm10.blogspot.com/ :-)


The group who watched our chidren's film told us three positive things about our childrens film and 2 negatives.
The three positives are;

• All the shots flowed well and were edited together nicely
• The mise-en-scene was well created
• The music was good and linked well with the genre and plot

Two things to improve are;

• Transitions between music clips
• The quality of the opening sequence as it is a bit blurry

The things that we have highlighted in red are things that we believe we really need to improve. The group that looked at our childrens film also though that the sound needed to be better transitioned and we thought that we still thought making the plot easier to understand would be an important point.
The things that we highlighted in green are the things that we believe to be most important positive notes on our childrens film.

What we need to do to improve with our thriller project
After looking at the points we made and feedback from another group, we have decided that the best way of improving is to spend more time editing the clips, so that wecan make things flow better and the sound can be mixed better by fading in and out so that it isnt as jumpy and switches all of a sudden. We must make sure that to make our new projects story line is easier to understand by not changing the setting too quickly, as it will make it simpler for the audience to follow and understand as to where the character/s involved are going next.