Reviewing The Production

My group decided to ask people for criticism on our short film today. We all agreed to ask someone. I decided to ask my sister to review my short film. I choose her as she has prior experience with media studies so I know she has some expertise on the subject. Additionally, I asked her to review some of my projects in media studies last year while I was in AS level. I was nervous to show her my film still as I wanted it to be good. I was also excited as an improvement for the film is a crucial aspect of this project. I showed her and she seemed pleased with the result in general. Of course, there needed to be some tweaks to make it better. One thing she said could use some work was the audio. I agree with this and acknowledged that it was an issue before. The issue is the mix between ambiance noises in the background and the character's dialogue. The dialogue needed to be heard and prioritized over all the other noise. However, this issue was a bit of a complex one. Voiceover was the obvious one and was the one she suggested. I had to ask my teammates about this and it is an option we had to look more into. I asked her if she could guess what the story was about by watching the film. This was to know if the theme was conveyed in a non-confusing/irrelevant way. She said it was fairly clear which was a relief. I will have to continue gathering critiques another day.



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