Construction post 10: Looking back - reflections on our final outcome

You can watch our final sequence below:

I think that our sequences fits the brief. Excluding the idents and the institution titles, our film opening sequence is 2 minutes 9 seconds long. I personally believe that the target audience for our film is evident through our characterisation or Craig.  Our film opening follows the conventions of a typical film opening of the British indie genre.

Looking back:

• I am delighted with our final sequence, especially with the aesthetics of the footage from the lake and the go-pro videos.
• I enjoyed working with my group to come up with ideas for the narrative and creative shots
• Filming and directing at the shoot sessions was fun
• I was comfortable with editing our sequence but I wish I had more time to experiment with more techniques
• If I had more time, I would fix the grading discrepancies so that they are all the same
• I would have added more animations to the titles

When we showed out target audience the final clip, many were impressed by what we had created. They found the storyline intriguing and the narrative easy to follow.

In terms of the LGBTQ community, a few did not immediately understand that the main character was a closeted gay person but others did catch onto the use script that we had specifically written for the voice over and noticed the significance of it. However, I do not think that this plays a major role in our film opening as, like other films, the narrative will explore his sexuality and his relationship with David in more detail during the middle of the film.