We were told to KISS our work - Keep It Simple Stupid. This basically means we had to keep the plot and camera angles simple, and not to complicate things.
As we were not told specific roles, it gave us all a chance to familiar ourselves with the camera equipment and the editing software. This is the time where we could all understand everything and not make mistakes in the future.
Handles was a big factor that we did not use. And as a group we realized you do really need them, without handles it made it 10x harder to edit in the software and were lucky that we got every shot, just about! This didn't give the audience as a viewer any chance to understand the storyline because it was so fast-paced. Next time, I shall make sure that I leave at least a ten-second handle before each shot, since we've have an hour of tape available anyway.
One other factor that didn't go to plan was the recording of the conversation between person A and B, we filmed the characters whilst the other character was talking, so it made it look really unusual, but luckily we filmed the whole of the conversation either end, and it just meant we swapped it around so the person talking was on-screen. So we got a positive out of a negative and i feel we worked well to overcome the issue.
Titles i felt worked fine, we were told to keep it simple and i did just that, as i edited first, because i am keen in editing and have my own software at home, Sony Vegas Pro 9, i stepped up and made the title and introduction, i felt i did a fair job, adding the ghostly white underneath the first layer of text really made it feel like a Film Noir thriller.
Overall, and in conclusion, i felt myself and the group did a very good standard of work and we will move onwards from this and learn from the mistakes, having the characters talking on screen and leaving enough handles.
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