Film Evaluation

SDP has by far been my favourite unit of the course so far. I have really enjoyed working independently and I have really surprised myself with my time planning. At the start of the project I made sure that I had made an extremely thorough time plan as a guide to follow religiously. I feel that I have been successful with this as I have found myself constantly busy and for once, on top of things!

This unit has been a great experience for me to work in film, something I have always wanted to do. The project was exactly as we were forewarned it would be. One minute you are stuck for things to do and the next minute rushed off your feet without enough hours in the day. This part of the ‘Painting for Inspiration’ project has been fantastic for my professional practice as it has really revealed that this is something I would love to pursue. Although independent throughout, the tutorials with Bunny have been a fantastic help and a great guide. I feel I have learnt a great deal more actively participating in the design process and seeing an entire project through.

Working alongside the Film course has been fantastic getting to know new faces and names. Everyone within Film is very friendly and approachable and I think I can speak for everyone within ‘PFI’ that we were warmly welcomed by them. There is a great sense of teamwork and everyone is willing to help each other out and open to suggestions to improve ideas and develop them. Everyone seems really passionate and extremely hard working which was really inspiring for me.

I was more than happy to have received the ‘Situation Group’ as my film as during the pitch there seemed to be a great team behind it with a lot of brilliant ideas. Working as a collaboration made me learn a lot about team work and it was really nice having another person to confirm things with and luckily Ruby and I worked as a really great team, having very similar ideas about what we wanted. I felt lucky that our director and producer were so welcoming as I have learnt that is not always the case! James was very clear with us throughout and I learned that communication is key, especially when we had so little time to pull it all together.  Working on set was a really exciting time, as we got to see all our hard work from pre production come together in front of us. We learned that patience is a very important part of film, but for me, it was all worth it in the end! Seeing a project through from start to finish has been a really rewarding feeling and I am extremely happy with the final outcome. This unit was a fantastic opportunity to see whether this is something I would like to do full time and has lead on to gaining some fantastic work experience working on a feature film in London this summer.  I can’t wait to see the Film when it is finished and I am really looking forward to hopefully working on the grad films next year.