Working in Unit D - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages I managed to make the story projected from the boy’s point of view. I learned a lot about good direction while editing the movie. I particularly noticed how the characters’ motion or speed of motion in the frame produces rhythm in the movie.

One of the main things that I learned in this term was sound recording and sound designing. While doing editing for sound, I noticed how sound can be manipulated to adjust the story’s mood and create the atmosphere in the movie. I realized that sound works as a tool to amplify the audience’s understanding of the character’s situation. I found out that I needed to learn a lot about the aesthetics of sound and improve my skills in this area in particular. Therefore, I started reading books on this subject. To incorporate sound in my movie, I went through the collection of sound effects from the library, but they all seemed quite artificial. I would rather record natural sounds for my films. To achieve that, I went to a specific location and recorded the sounds that were required. The results were quite naturalistic as I had anticipated. Although I did amalgamate some sound effects from the library, for most of it, the sound has been recorded by myself. To keep the atmosphere from becoming too noisy, I made very careful and optimum use of the sound effects. I believe that quite often, silence works wonders and proves stronger in generating the required effect than sound effects do.

In addition to that, I did not use any music in my film. This was one decision I took that I am sure was right since the main theme of my movie was anti-war. Through my film, I tried to show how painful experiences people go through as a result of the war. I wanted to make the effects of war the focus of the audience’s attention rather than making them feel sorry for the characters. Had I used music, it would have made the audience quite sentimental and concerned about the characters’ situation which was not my objective. Besides, the harmony generated by the use of music would have been quite inconsistent with the anti-war theme of the movie, therefore, I chose not to use the music.
Working in Unit D:

We had already formed our unit by the time, the first term ended. So we knew the members of our unit before the start of the second term. We all were close friends with one another, so we chose to work together. Our friendship helped us a lot in the unit. We felt committed to delivering our best in one another’s movies. As soon as we finished making the script, we started over with the schedule. As per the schedule, Shin’s and my movies were to be made in the last because both of us needed to shoot at night. Everything went perfectly fine during shooting as we helped one another. In one movie, I was AD. Whenever I found some free time during shooting, I approached the camera group for assisting them. Any group that required help in any way was given due help during the shooting. Everything was everyone’s job. No one would restrict himself/herself to his/her duty. Any gap anywhere was filled as soon as it was identified. The strong teamwork that prevailed throughout the filming helped us mostly finish our work well in time except once when we ran out of time because of make-up that took too long to be done, which was quite unexpected! We became more careful after that and managed to complete the filming within time as planned at the outset. The strong sense of unity made working in unit D extremely joyful for all of us.
Conclusion:

The second term was a great experience for me and I learned a lot in this term. I played a whole range of roles in this term that include but are not limited to cinematographer, camera operator, gaffer, first AC, and first AD. I had an opportunity to work in other roles and practice different areas, which is quite beneficial for a director. I tried to deliver my best this term. Accordingly, I got a good result at the end of it. My cinematography and camera operation was appreciated. Critics liked the movie I directed. Overall, I received positive remarks in this term, unlike last time, which essentially tells that I have improved in the skill of filmmaking in the last seven months. Still, I need to improve my skills in a lot of areas of filmmaking. To achieve that, I need to read and practice as much as I can. As I mentioned before, this is only the start of my journey. ...Download file to see next pages Read More