Personal Project

Over all i am happy with the out come of my Cookery video, and feel i achieved what i set out to create. The main things i liked and thought worked were:

-The Cook
Toots was really good and even though she had never done anything like this before she was better than i could have asked for, after a brief discussion about what she had to do and how, she took to the role wonderfully and keeps the audience interested even adding in little unrehearsed tips.

-The Location
Charlton Court turned out to be an ideal place to shoot it, with a good layout to accommodate for the variety of shots i planned and wanted to get.

-The Music
I think it's the perfect type to have used as its a good tempo to be talked over and to fill the image when theres no dialogue, it also helps to make the film feel as though its progressing.

The main things i think could be improved are:

-The Lighting
i think if i had lit the scene myself and had a more even/brighter lighting it would have made the overall image better. If i had used a Three point lighting technique i would have been able to achieve this, but due to lack of availability and time i wasnt able to sort this out.

-The Camera 4JbyS4eYLIaRsAb_6bTeCw
Using a higher quality camera would have benifited my end pictures, such as a Z1, But then again this would only have had real effect if the lighting was too improved.

if i was to do this project again the main thing i would change is: The menu, i would have picked something with little less ingredients as i dint have much time to show each one, and some of the more intricate details that went in to the prep, although they weren't vital, it would have been nice. As my first finished edit for this film (and the one i was most happy with) was 11 mins long.

Overall i am happy with the finished edit and think it is an interesting, and easy to follow recipe. i think that anyone who watches it will be capable of following it and giving cooking a go, regardless of their skill/knowledge of cooking.


Here is my Finished cookery video: