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Film Production Student's Journey

1) The document discusses a film production brief that was open to interpretation and had few rules, mainly avoiding drug use, swearing, and nudity. 2) The author decided to collaborate with a peer, Jordan Streete, to focus on their strengths - the author on cinematography and sound, and Jordan on editing. 3) For this final production, the author wanted to improve on lighting and Foley effects. He and Jordan chose to make an action/drama film exploring complex characters in difficult life situations and meaningful themes like alcohol abuse.

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Film Production Student's Journey

1) The document discusses a film production brief that was open to interpretation and had few rules, mainly avoiding drug use, swearing, and nudity. 2) The author decided to collaborate with a peer, Jordan Streete, to focus on their strengths - the author on cinematography and sound, and Jordan on editing. 3) For this final production, the author wanted to improve on lighting and Foley effects. He and Jordan chose to make an action/drama film exploring complex characters in difficult life situations and meaningful themes like alcohol abuse.

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Natapong William Collins 972377@henleycol.ac.

uk

Evaluation
In the brief:

At the beginning of this final unit, I was all given a brief for what we had to do for our production. The
brief was very open to our own interpretation and was very open to the range of videos I could make.
The brief simply states that I am “required to produce a visual product which meet professional
standards”. It goes on to talk about the use of a client or entering the finished film into a completion
would be favourable. There was not many rules I had to follow but there were some guidelines that
had be followed. The main request was to not reference drug use, include swearing and strictly no
nudity. With this in mind I began my rationale. In my rationale I reflect on my past units. In the past I
have really struggled with juggling work and my production and have been affected because of this.
One of the main point that I talk about, is about me working on this final production with my peer
Jordan Streete. I had never properly worked with him before, and I found that his experience and
efficiency in editing would be a great mix with my strengths. In the past I have set up camera, lighting
and also acted as a cinematographer for Jordan in past productions and so it seemed like a logical
move to work together on the final project to create a film where we could both be more focused on
our own specialism. I can edit competently but I am nowhere near the level that Jordan has advanced
to and so with him editing I can stick to Cinematography and sound and have more time for my work.

Due to me collaborating with Jordan, I wanted to take the time to work on Foley and Lighting for this
Final production. In the past couple of units I have not had time to create Foley sounds and have the
time to properly set up lighting, due to editing and work taking up so much time. So for this Production
I have made it my mission to really try and get these two key elements into Jordan and I’s film.
Natapong William Collins 972377@henleycol.ac.uk

For Project concept Jordan and I both made a decision to make an Action/Drama. For our last units
we both made very different films. Jordan made a drama about a deaf man trying to get medicine for
his sick mother; my film was an action/drama about a man getting revenge for the death of his
girlfriend. Between our two films we had learnt a lot about the Action/Drama genre based media. We
decided that we wanted to expand on this except this time try and really target some very meaningful
and darker themes. We really wanted to create some complex characters who are in the lowest places
in their lives. This was to create not only empathy for the characters, but to also allow them to have a
very clear character arc and development throughout the film. A subject that I really want to cover is
alcohol and substance abuse. I have a close family friend who was an alcoholic for 30 years of his life
and now after 2 years of sobriety he can finally see all the things he had done, and how bad his
addiction really was. There are still so many people in the UK alone that are struggling with alcohol
and I believe that telling a story about a man who has lost everything but when it really matters he
gives his life to save his last friend.

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