What Targets will you set yourself for G324 next year?

Explain how you are going to make progress next year-
Next year I will hopefully be able to expand my knowledge of filming and how to make our filming look even better than we have done this year. I want to find out about different shots we could use besides the basic shots that we have used this year. I would love to find out the different ways that advertising could change everything about a film and how it pulls it's viewers in. We want to make sure that our trailer is filmed quickly so that we can work quickly with the editing so we could focus on more of the work on our blogs.

What would you have done differently and why?-
The opening two minutes that we have worked on as a team this year turned out a whole lot better than i could have ever imagined. I was really impressed with the quality of the acting and editing and even the camera angles and lighting. We didn't always catch the deadlines that we were supposed to but we got everything done in the end and in the best of quality that we could. If I had to do something differently I would have made sure that we had enough planning for our project before we begin to actually film it as we only had two days of filming so we had to rush in to the filming without any real planning that we could go from. I would also change the fact that we didn't represent the stereotypes of our teenagers as strongly as we could have.

What are you aiming for to do in your next production to improve your film making?-
I liked the concept of the opening we did this year which was simple but effective. The cost was very low due to the props being, thankfully, very inexpensive. Billy made our Ouija board and the face paint, fake blood, candles and matched only cost a few pounds. I do agree that the monsters make-up should have been covering a lot more like down his face and his clothes should have also been out of shot but thats another thing we can work on.
I hope, for next year, that we can include some new shots that we haven't used before in our upcoming project to make things in our film a little more interesting. A shot that could be over a period of time could be an interesting shot to use because of the timing process. Using new and improved shots could also help us to achieve a better grade.
Using Adobe Premier Elements 10 was a good move for our opening two minutes as the editing was very smooth and it was just what we wanted for our final cut so we will definitely be using it for our next project. It did take quite a while to learn how to use the software but it was completely worth it for the brilliant outcome we received. Learning some new techniques would be great in preparation for our upcoming project so we could make our trailer look better than our opening two minutes.
We deliberately had a lack of digetic sound as it creates a large amount of tension in the film as a lot of horror films tend to do. We also had limited dialogue to create heightened tension in the film which a lot of horror films also include. For our project next year i would love to include a personalised soundtrack for our film. I had the idea of having a recorded version of The Teddy Bears Picnic but a slower and creepier version would be suitable for a horror movie trailer or including a soundtrack that hasn't been used as much and can be manipulated to how we want it to be.

For next year I would love to create a horror movie trailer because i adore the horror genre and it also seems the easiest to film. I also have a few ideas that could be potential projects for my group and i to pursue for next year.