Our first major project was the children's film which was hard to be creative as we only had basic knowledge of the software on the computers and had to make sure the film suited a specific audience which meant we had certain guidelines. However we were allowed some creativity as we had the choice to film with the cameras or use I-Stop animation. The children's film allowed us to be creative because we created our own unique characters such as the criminal who was the main bad guy.We built up a profile of him to try and make him seem scary to young children. we created a completely new narrative which suited the genre and included the conventions of a children's film such as bright colours, lots of characters and a simple narrative to help appeal to the chosen audience. The use of I-Stop enabled us to make our own costumes and didn't have restrictions to locations or storyline. One way it was hard to be creative was the fact that it was just an opening to a children's film so it was very condensed and our couldn't fit in all our initial ideas.
The thriller was our next project and we were given the camera's and were allowed our own choice of thriller. We used our improved skills to develop our thriller by using new camera shots, effects and sounds to show off our new skills to make the audience more interested in what is going on and to impress them and we had more freedom with the genre than children's film as we could pick from sub-genres like psychological thrillers or actions thrillers. We could not be as creative as we would have liked to, as we were new with the cameras for example, in our thriller we tried to do an establishing shot but we were not stable enough with the camera so it looked poor but we had still improved from our children's film and were able to be more creative. We were able to use our extended knowledge of mise-en-scene to create better costumes and lighting, like using lights to draw attention to what is happening and using dark areas to build tension. I still think that we couldn't unleash our full creativity because as with the children's film we had to match conventions like how we had to use a lot of dark colours and low lighting. We were restricted to props and costumes because we were doing a live action film rather than animation, this meant that we could only use the props that we could get our hands on.
Our final task for the 1st year was a lip synching task which we had to do to prepare for the music video task. Again the creativity was restricted because of the time we had to film this task as it was only a short clip of the chosen song. We still managed to be creative because we were able to pick costumes to fit the genre of the song and to help the audience recognise the artists. We used our developed skills to edit and create a short music video for the task using Final Cut which allowed us to mess around with effects and prepare for the music video task. This task was specifically to practice lip syncing and to match up timings of voice and camera shots which meant we had stick to certain tasks so couldn't be as creative but we didn't need to be because the audience was our friends and classmates.
The Music video was done in the 2nd year and was our final task so we had all the software and the cameras at our disposal. We had full use of Final Cut which allowed us to add transitions and different effects into our music video to show off our advanced skills and create a final piece of coursework. We were more creative because of camera angles and shots for example the low angle shot used in our video to make Joe seem larger and more of a threat. In this task we were also allowed to film at any location which meant we could pick a location which suited the song and we weren't made to stay in the college. We had a small choice of songs to pick from which meant we couldn't be fully creative until we had been allocated the song. Once we had our song we could be as creative as we wanted because we could put all our ideas together. In the music video we had a choice to include a narrative and characters because we were filming the whole music video which meant we had more time and didn't have to stick to a guideline. The music video tested all our skills because we had to use Final Cut and Photoshop to create a digipak and link the products together. Overall we feel our creativity has developed due to the fact that we are aware of what needs to be included in our products and that we have a broader range of skills.
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