The Night Before (60 second evaluation)

The Night Before (60 second evaluation)

I enjoyed the experience while filming the short film very much so as it was highly exciting to see something I have wrote to be presented in film format for the first time ever.

It started with the writing of the script and the storyboard, which was done by Jack, and me, which was a very cool experience. However we had issues printing of the script on the day of filming due to technical issues that set us back quite a bit and limited the time in general to film on the first day. On top of that the location that we would have liked to use for the film (the library) was too busy to use for the recording of the film so we had to relocate to a picnic bench outside the college which made us have to rethink the camera angles that would be used in the final cut.

On the second day we did the filming easily as we were 100% certain on what we needed to do for the film. We mainly used a point of view perspective for the film, as it would give a sense of a real conversion that would happen to anyone. We then edited the film in final cut were we cut down the majority of the shots and made the film about 60 seconds long. In conclusion I feel that it was a helpful experience that was a very enjoyable thing to film, edit and I can’t wait to film another for my coursework!

In this task I was told to evaluate how I did in the 60 second film we made. This is what I did. This is important because it shows that I can evaluate and discuss my film in depth and appropriately.

Opie Task Evaluation: Tom Millett

Opie Task Evaluation: Tom Millett

This was my first ever experience with Photoshop and I am happy with the result overall. At first, we created the hair layer using the loop tool to create the hair for our Opie design. I had then realized that I had started editing the photo on the wrong layer, which had made the photo itself have rather dodgy looking hair and questionable highlights from the hair highlights layer. This was because I had to erase my real hair from the photo due to me creating the hair on the photo layer instead of the hair layer by accident. I did then fin the rest of the task fairly easy afterwards; maybe apart from when I had to draw the outline of the t-shirt, which was a bit for me as I am sat in the corner of the class and have a lack of width. This made it tough for me to outline the neck of the t-shirt. I did feel that at times I was lagging behind in lesson due to my previous errors also.

 

However I am happy with the final result to be completely honest. There will always be a first time at everything and I didn’t expect to be the Photoshop Picasso in my first lesson and I am pleased with what was produced at the end.

I feel this was a good starter lesson for Photoshop as it was a basic, fun activity that everyone could do and I am looking forward to more advanced lessons in Photoshop. I found the lesson interesting for starters like myself and enjoyed the task at the end of the day. I found the help very useful to get me on track to finishing the task!

In this task I was told to evaluate my performance in the Opie task that I was given. This is what I had to say. It was important for me to start with this task as an introductory one as it introduced me to Photoshop and what you can be able to do with it.