Assignment 5.2 – Amanda Kezia Tanderitz

From my studio, the film called as “True Friend or Fake Friend” by Peiwen Wen was very interesting for me. Just from the name you would know what the story is about. Everything about the film was delivered very well. The film is very easy to understand and very simple. A film that shows two ‘friends’ who live together as a roommate but with different ways of living. One loves the house to be clean while the other one does no respect her roommate hard work in cleaning the house. This film has also showed how the process really save a lot of budgets. I can really see that the location used are exactly the place where Peiwen is living. The camera which gives a very good quality also looks like do not cost any money as from the angles in the film showed how they have used one camera or maybe just two cameras. The actress of the film which played by herself has also proven how this film is a microbudget as well as her friend who played the role as her roommates. Overall, this short film has truly saved so much budget but showing the best result for people to enjoy. The dialogue, sound, and camera are really enjoyable to watch.

Next, the film made by Xinran Wang, Reconciliation has also attracted my attention. A story about a girl who gets pressure from her mom. I think this topic is very sensitive yet powerful to young adults. Nowadays young adults might experience this a lot which mean this film is very easy to relate and interesting for young adults. From the film, I can also see how this film was made by microbudget. The film shows a few scenes where she is in her room or in her house which proves how she has saved money for the location cost and she used public space such as the beach which I think it was very smart. the beach shows how depressed she is and lost. The quality of the camera is also good and sound as well. To conclude, Reconciliation is a story which everyone can relate and very touching. It has also successfully proved that microbudget film can be great too if a lot of effort and creativity being put in.

The other studio is the poetic video studio. I have seen a few videos from this studio and there is a video named ‘Where It Went Wrong’ made by Abi Upson and Bri Richards which attracts my attention because of the style of the video. Throughout the video, it was a black and white screen. In the film, they used an angle as if it is what the girl is seeing which is very creative. Also, just like the title of the film, this film basically shows about the problem that this girl has with her boyfriend. They have made the boy into such a bad boy character and treat his girlfriend very disrespectful and dangerous. I do not know what poetic videos are supposed to be. However, I am assuming that this video is supposed to be a video that shows some artistic, or poetic. And I also think that this film has successfully shown the artistic and poetic kind of story and style.

The last film from the poetic video studio is the one titled “Echo” which made and by Lu Galante, Emma Kennedy, and Liam Johnston. This film attracts me because of the name. Echo can be related with sound and thus make me wonder how it can be made into a film. After watching the video, I am not sure what the storyline was but I love how dramatic the dance is and the music used for the dance. Even the camera angles are just so satisfying to see. This film shows the mysterious which make me as an audience to be curious. Overall, this film has also shown the poetic side.

“UNREQUITED”

The process of this film was really fun and challenging. I had so much fun for the behind the scenes of this film. It is a mellow and sad drama but during the shooting process we laughed so much. During the process, I had my tripod broken which unable me to use my phone as the camera but luckily it still could be used for my camera which also give extra advantage such as better quality of videos. Through this process, I had learnt a lot of things while having fun. I had learnt how to be creative, careful, and enhance my editing skills. The editing part was one of the challenging yet fun to do. I had a lot of things to edit for my videos and I overcame it. Now, I feel more confident with the lessons I got.

Through my short and microbudget film, I really hope everyone like it despite the budget it has taken and the standard of everything. I would say my film was a completely micro-budget film as it barely spent a money. If I were given the chance to continue this microbudget film, I really would like to explore it again. There are still a lot to be improve such as the ending of my film. Many audiences could not understand the ending of my story though I have tried to change the editing quite a few of times. I would also improve on the camera angles. My film was about video-blogging film so the angles were mostly medium close ups. However, there were some parts where it became super close up that almost cutting out the objects that need to be inside the frame and this makes it unclear to the audience. Thus, I really would like to change it for better understanding for the audiences. Furthermore, in this studio, I have learnt a lot of things but there were some challenges such as during the pitching of the film. At that time, my film was still very raw and messy. The editing was not completely done but luckily the story and the tense was already there. One more thing is also about making the film exactly like the script I have made. Due to having unprofessional artists, it was so hard to make it the exact scene as the script. Moreover, the editing was also one of the most difficult parts. While doing my first editing, I had found out that I could be seen at the background of the main character. It was my mistake for not checking right after the shooting process. It was also impossible to retake that part as my country was having public holiday and my artist was not around anymore. Luckily, after trying so hard to edit, I had successfully covered that part though it was not perfect or I would say still messy. Other than editing, having perfect audio was also hard. The rooftop scene was quite windy during the shooting process and there was also background sound of the mosque sound at that time. The audio was very windy that I could barely hear the dialogue. I have tried to use my phone as the audio recorder but it still did not work out. Thus, we have to wait until there were no wind for us to start and take the screen. At the start of the process, my camera holder was suddenly broken too. I was very shocked and hopeless but after doing a little bit of fixing, I could use it for my camera. Overall, the process was fun despite the challenges and from this studio, I have received skills for microbudget film-making.

safety report : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1he_RwEC7ttNDWEO6U7JWjsnpMu3nlFcj