Short Film Thoughts

This past week, we had to create a short film to show the class. We were able to chose any genre that we wanted and the filming process was very open to our imagination. My group and I decided to do a Western short film since it wouldn't be too hard. No one had any prior acting or filming knowledge, so we wanted to go with something simple that is also effective. With the film being fairly short, we thought that doing a standard western standoff would be entertaining. We looked at videos online of western standoffs, so that we could get a general understanding of what is needed to make successful film. 

The filming process was very interesting as no one had prior knowledge of what to do. Doing a Western film was not the best idea since we weren't able to shoot in a desert area and lacked an accurate costume and props. I ended up being one of the main characters, and the one to win the standoff. I wasn't very sure of what to do while shooting, so some of the shots don't turn out the best. After shooting all of ours shots, we did some very basic editing. We combined all the clips and added the classic western style music and a gun shot sound effect. Overall, the film turned out better than I expected, but I don't think I would want to do this again as I am not a good actor or creative.