Overall, I am happy with my finished film. I feel that I have created a good film that even though it may not be relevant to the subject of war as the poem is, the fact that I have reworked the words of the poem to tell a completely different story. I am happy with the majority of my shots as I feel they were well framed and also my editing too, but I wish I filmed on a DSLR instead of the Sony EX. I think because of the shots where the murder takes place, I initially planned to have it be fast paced and have a more handheld feel. But due to the size of the camera and the fact I couldn't move much in the flat as the rooms and hallways were small I was unable to do this.
I am happy with the music I have used in my film. I feel they are good pieces of music that accompany my film well for the scenes they are pieced together with. If I could have made any improvements, it would be that I could have hired a composer or musician to score my film. Maybe if I did this the outcome might have been even better music wise.
Another aspect of my film I did not like was the fact of how far off from the poem it is. I did mention that I was happy with how I made it different from the original piece of work, but at the same time I don't feel that my film is a good adaptation of the poem. The project was to adapt a poem to a film in what ever way you want, but still, I wish I had some elements in my film to at least reference war or World War 1. If I did this I would do something more thought out than just including poppies, for example I could have replaced some sounds suitably with war sounds (e.g. the stabbing could have a gun shot sound).
I am most happy with my background research and planning as I feel it is the most I've done on an individual unit on this course. Originally it was one of my weak points but I feel that I have improved a lot with it, but there are still parts I can improve on that I will work on in future units.
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