Evaluation Pt. 1

Question: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
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This is part one of our evaluation of our title sequence project,in this audio we discuss what we believe we have learnt from filming our preliminary task to now finishing our final task.

Group

Filming journal summary

Due to our film being an independent film we left a lot of our filming to convenience hence why we had a very unstructured and arbitrary meeting schedule. Luckily for us we were able to find locations such as Goals where the boys would get free access into on Tuesdays however, this also limited us as it meant we had to wait an entire week to film there again. On top of this we were also lucky in the sense that all the boys played for football clubs including Kallums younger brother who plays the younger Jack. This was advantageous as it meant we were able to collect footage of football matches with our actual actors without having to worry about costuming or props as it was all already there as they played their matches. This also had its limitations, we faced a lot of difficulties trying to film these matches for instance at Kallums little brothers match we didn't have parental consent from all of the parents therefore we couldn't film. Also at Jacks match he ended up getting injured less than 10 minutes into the game so we weren't able to get much footage. One thing I am proud of is that we didn't need to use any existing footage and every scene in the title sequence we filmed ourselves however I will say that in future I would definitely not rely on leaving things to convenience as things may not always go to plan.

P.S.

For our evaluation we chose to answer some of the questions as a group as we feel like we could all make different contributions when answering the questions as we all we had different roles in which we learnt and discovered different things. I will mark the ones that we did as a group by adding a caption that reads group and mark those that I did alone with a caption that reads individual.

Filming: Day 16

In addition to the scenes we shot at White Hart Lane yesterday we  also filmed younger Jack looking at a poster of White Hart Lane to show that it was his dream to play there growing up.

Filming: Day 15

As filming is coming to a close, we have just been filming little details that'll help establish the narrative. Yesterday Jack and Kaan went to White Hart Lane to film jack in front of the gates. This will establish the setting and the stadium where jack will now be playing with his professional team. We took over the shoulder shots so you could see jack looking up at the stadium gates.

Filming: Day 15

Today Kallum filmed younger Jack watching tv in his living room. He was watching a football match and was cheering as the team he supported scored. This was to show that Jacks enthusiasm for football and as a little boy he'd watch so fixated on the game and wishing he would be playing on the field too. 

A problem we faced with this is that our protagonist is meant to be from a poor background however Kallums house possessed features such as a flat screen tv and expensive furniture so it isn't convincing at all that Jack is from a working class background.

Title Sequence: First edit

This is the first edit of our title sequence. I like the cinematography as i feel there are some elements of rawness which is the type of ambiance we are going for as it is a kitchen sink drama and we are trying to achieve a high amount of verisimilitude. 

However a criticism is the lack of titles which we intend to add in later. It'll help in creating a house style for our film. Another criticism is that it lacks in explaining the narrative which is essential for our title sequence as it is, as well as being a title sequence, meant to show the beginning of our film. 

As you can see it is very short. We need to film more scenes, preferably football scenes and images that will help in understanding the narrative.