Short Film: chopped

The original script we were going to use was my script about the guy at the dinner and the waitress loses her finger. Problems arose and we were not able to use that script because of location problems and not being able to get actors for the characters we had. 

So our process started with me writing the treatment for then story and then eventually writing the script for the film. We then chose this script for the project. As we started to try and find locations and actor, we soon found out that we could not use the original script. We then changed the script, got actors, found locations, and made a story board. On the weekend we filmed at someone’s house and got the footage we needed. After looking at what we got, we realized there was not enough dialogue for the film so we made even more changes. We had decided to make it into a silent film so that the small amount of dialogue would make a little more sense. As we did the editing, we researched silent films on our own and applied what we learned to our film. We eventually had a final product and we were finished. 

My role in all of this was that of director so I was in charge of the film so I needed to help with everything. I learned that being the director can be stressful when you have as many problems as we did during this project. I am glad we had all of these problems because I learned a lot about what not to do next time.

 For this film we use Final Cut Pro to edit and a 70D DSLR. Professionally I think this film was not to bad, it was short but I think the quality makes up for it. We all worked well together and figured everything out as a team and eventually had a final product. 

There are not to many things I would do different because while doing this I learned a lot. First off I would have gone with a different script and figured out if I could actually carry out the script before we decide on it. I would also plan out more in general, we had to do a lot of last minute decisions and I would like everything to just work smoothly, but that never happens in film making. 

There is a lot I would do the same, that being, I would have the same people in my group, we all work together well and we all have our own pros and cons. I really liked our editing style and I would like to do more with silent films, they interest me quite a bit. I think I will do much better doing the next project, this was my first real project this year and now 

I'm back into the film making mood and want to do more with film this year. This also makes me excited for making our feature film. in conclusion, I think we did a very good as a group for what we had to deal with, we took something very unorganized and not planned very well, and turned it into something.... better.