MDA1300 - 'The Gift' - Short Film Brief

Here it is, 'The Gift' out final five minute short film based on Sofiane's story.

The main problems during production were the fact that after getting off to a really organised start, we let standards slip and due to a lack of communication over christmas, fell far behind on schedule.

thankfully, we picked things up a bit, then, unfortunately, on our day of filming, our actress (who we had found on gumtree.com) cancelled an hour before the shoot. At the time I was devastated thinking the project must be over before I feel it had begun for me (as editor, I had only done small jobs before the shoot, such as writing the synopsis and getting hold of some props; on the actual shoot I helped out with lighting and setting up the equipment). thankfully, after a week extension, we were able to find an actress to play the older sister.

I feel that the shoot went very well, as we had planned for it so well beforehand, and were able to refine these plans in teh extra week.

Once editing, I noticed a few problems with footage, such as framing issues and some continuity discrepancies, but I feel tha tI worked around these the best I could, and I am proud with how the film turned out.

I was also interested to experiment with the montage in the middle of the film. I had initlaly planned on using a splitscreen (under instruction of the director and producer), but upon making this, I felt it didn't fit with the slow song, and that the gradual fades would be better, so I consulted them, tried it out and they agreed.

Overall, I am pleased with how the project went, and I enjoyed trying out different editing techniques within the film.