My First Film

Evaluation:

In my short film "The Awakening", there are many aspects that could have been improved, given time. However, there are some parts of the video that I managed to successfully edit in certain ways.

One example of an improvement that could have been made is that I could have made the storyline more clear for the audience. The overall idea of Danielle waking up after taking a nap outside, and her friend, Charlotte meeting up with her could have been portrayed in a much more clear way. Also, the Long Shot within the film is not extremely noticeable, due to the fact that I zoomed out slightly as the shot took place. Having considered these possible improvements, I know how to make my next video better.

However, when editing, I found an effect called the "Dream Effect", which I found to be quite relevant to my video. This effect made the outer layers of the video slightly blurry, as if the close up shot was the point of view of someone waking up themselves. Also, I managed to add music to make the short film more interesting for the viewer, and faded it out at the end so the sound didn't abruptly stop. Knowing this, I can conclude that the effects used in my video were successful.

Overall, in the post-production of my video, I managed to use effects and edit my video quite well, yet in the production of the film, there were some errors that could have been rectified. I now understand where I went wrong, and where I succeeded.