Seminar 4 - Screening and Feedback

This seminar was when we showed the rest of the class our final fine cut for the documentary project and got feedback on it from Chris. Jay and myself were quite confident that we had put in the time and effort into making our final product, even though we knew there were one or two bits that we just couldn't change with our technical skills on Media Composer. Watching everyone else's films was also very interesting and useful to see how our group told the story compared to others as well as seeing techniques we hadn't thought of.
When we showed ours, Chris liked the way we told the story through the structure of the narrative, as well as the placement of the majority of our cut-away's, and how we moved from place to place.
The flaws with our film were the opening sequence of interviews went on a bit too long which caused us to lose the interest of the audience, as well as the audio mix over one of the cutaways. Also there was a cross-fade transition which really didn't work with the rest of the film, as well as so audible sound edits.
After viewing everyone's films the session ended and me and Jay stayed behind to listen to Chris' feedback again and edit what we could to improve the quality of the film.

Listening to audio feedback whilst continuing the final edit.

After doing everything we possibly could and watching through the film one last time, we decided to export it for Vimeo, ready for submission at the end of the year.

http://vimeo.com/87181203

The Movement - Nathan Harkin Jay Burgoyne from Nathan Harkin on Vimeo.

This first task has been very challenging but enjoyable and gave me my first experience of editing footage that I have never seen before and try to make an interesting and professional film out of it. It also allowed me to really get my teeth into the Media Composer software and start to become comfortable from the transition from Final Cut. I am thoroughly excited for the next project we will be given and I'm looking forward to apply the techniques I have learnt from this film, to the next one.