Pitch Notes | Simon and John

My View
Mid September we came into class knowing that we were going to be met by two film makers that were associated with the Strawberry Fair short film competition. After arriving we quickly learnt that they were film reviewers as appose to film makers which led to confusion and that one of the gentlemen had co produced a film and nothing more. Moreover the day went rather quickly although Simon listened and carefully deliberated his response I found myself disregarded by John and my idea was quickly shunned as John thought that the basis of a documentary is entertainment and making someone laugh as appose to fulfilling facts and telling the viewer information.
I found the day to be interesting and although some good feedback and improvement ideas were pitched by Simon, John was more critical and found more fault in both of our projects.

The Facts
As a pair me and my project partner Sophie went round to these two men including our teacher Tom for feedback throughout the double periods we had. We were given a broad range of feedback.
Points to Improve
We were told to make the project more consistant and to improve certain parts that were mentioned so that it made more sense and is laid out in a more narrative oriented structure.
Although positive constructive feedback was received we also received waves of negativity across the board especially John who went out of his way to personally attack one of our ideas shooting it down because it was not entertaining enough and featured more facts rather then bits that make people laugh. 

Getting Sounds: 10th November

This lesson we spent our time finding atmospheric sounds that we can use in our film, moreover to enrich the film and overall improve the sound quality.

Trello Planning: Pre Production

Trello planning schedule for pre production stages.

Rough Cut Feedback

·      Include more cutaways - I was told that the project was not fluent enough in the cutaways it had and that it needed more of a narrative story behind the people being interviewed.

I 

·      Cut down footage - The amount of footage that was included was overwhelming for example you get lost in the amount of content that people were saying.

·      Interview more people - I was told to include interviews of a more broad spectrum for example interviewing people from different cultures and upbringings.

·      Include more of the music in between clips - I was told to consider using music in the background to set the scene moreover tell a more foreboding narrative behind an already articulate infrastructure.