film opening review;

My film opening is completed, edited and submitted!

Some positive aspects of the process were how it cut together and fit very nicely. I was pleased with how I managed to get the whole film to move exactly in time to the music and/or sound effects. The photos of the letters and the recording of the clicking sounds of them were done seperately and I was unsure if this would work out but I'm impressed it did. I was also happy with how the fishing scene turned out because the props used were so tiny and it was difficult to get them to line up without moving between photos or without the blutack showing. After a few takes I had it looking smooth and effective and I liked this scene a lot.

I was satisfied with most the sunset transitions that I did, but because I did this in an editing program, photo by photo, it took me quite a while per picture and as a result I didn't get quite the effect I was after. I felt it was too jumpy and that made it less beautiful. If I had more time to do it again I would make more sunset shots so that the sunset was more seamless and polished. I also needed to pay more attention to lighting, because when the pictures were put on to the backgrounds there were subtle colour/shade differences between frames because I hadn't properly taken this factor into account. I needed to put a set flash on on my camera instead of leaving it on automatic, and I needed to avoid the sunlight hitting my props.