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Evaluation
Introduction

What is my assignment about–

My assignment is called ‘The art of being alone but not lonely’. What this means is you being alone does determine  that you are lonely instead you are finding who you are and becoming confident in that. The elements that make up you becoming yourself! My project is a documentary with elements of a short film in it. I done this as with this kind of layout my project would become more home felt and personal. I do not have a specific target audience as I believe that everyone should hear what I have to say and everyone be able to use it effectively however one characteristic that I want my audience to possess is to be opened up to change. In order to successfully finish my project, I made a set timetable and a website to place all of my information on in an organised manner so that my process can be seen throughout the weeks. 

Ideas and concepts

The first way I developed my ideas and concepts was through YouTube. I began to watch and educate myself of the definition of these two words: alone and lonely. As these where the theme in which my project would be based on (depicting the difference between these two words) I made sure I had a clear understanding of them. To do this I decided to write 3 mind maps which were labelled 

-Alone 

-Lonely 

Alone but not lonely 

This would help with building the structure of my video. I decided to surround these words with other words and phrases that relate to the meaning that I found when researching for example lonely had words like Unaccented, ghosting and distant attached to it however alone had words like peace, learning and freedom. Another example of the way that I developed my concepts and research was by using a storyboard. By mapping out the scenes , this enabled me to be confident with my final piece as the rough cut (which is the storyboard) led me on to knowing what exactly needs to go where in my production for example what kind of shots I would need (high ,low , middle ) or what heading pages need to go where.

Another way I gathered my ideas was going through TikTok where I found a trend called the ‘Main character trope’. This trend is based around the idea of you being the main character in a coming of age teen movie and you live a life full of interesting coincidences. I dug deep into this topic as I believed it would enhance my video as first of all I am attracting a young audience with an app that they frequently use and two; I am illustrating the link between social media and a person that can become quite toxic for you mind. This is also a topic that I touch on in my production.

Evaluating how my research supported the making and success of my project–

The theme of my work was finding ones self through you and not the things that surround you. Being content with yourself. My research helped me further my I understanding make a successful project. My inspiration for this was seeing how this kind of lifestyle changed me and many other influences that I have watch over many years. This made me want to understand the depth of this way of cleansing and why I was so drawn to it. From this I done some research on what people have to say about this and my mind was opened when I realised that being alone and lonely where actually very  words and very different to the people perceive them. Even though this is secondary research it still had an effect on me as I went to sources of primary research ( which would be people talking about it on YouTube videos of thirst perspective) to hear about it and the outcome was very beneficial to my production. I do believe that I had a good amount of evidence and real life examples to stress the fact of my theme and this supported my video in being successful as I had many aspects to touch on.

The process

The process which I had to follow to use to film and edit was Rocky at certain areas; even though I made sure to all my attention was going towards this part of my work as it is the outcome of all my research and planning.

Critical reflection–

During film and editing of my project I have a 50/50 response in the way it went. The what went wells of my project is that because I was able to plan out and develop what was going to occur at certain places, with things like a storyboard, I was able to effectively edit and produce my work in the way that I intended. However, I did come across some shortcomings.  Parts of my project in which I had trouble with was being able to get my hand on a camera. As we had to start out project later than usual in the year, I had a 2 week holiday in which I wanted to film in this time therefore I needed a camera. When trying to book the camera out and going to receive it I realised I had only booked out an SD card as there were no cameras left. Thankfully I was able to get a camera and tripod however this process took a lot of running about and to make things worse it was all happening on the last day of school.  As I recently mentioned , due to COVID I wasn’t able to go and film outside the way I planned for my first production. At that point in time, I was planning to do a voiceover over images however due to that change I realised that couldn’t happen. I then decided to film myself but also have pictures over an image as well. 

During looking up on YouTube how to use the camera in which I booked out, I came across a problem. I wouldn’t be able to hear the audio of my video until I upload it to a source in which I edit it on. To adjust to this problem I realised that I would have to film on my phone and then record the audio on a mic into Logic Pro so that it would sound more professional.  This made me feel stressed out as I had so much equipment and it was the first time me trying to do something like this. Overall after me filming the video and audio I uploaded it onto iMovie to edit and realised I had filmed vertically so I would have a black boarded around my video. Looking back at my product now , I am happy I have the boarder around my video as it distinguishes apart the ‘acting scenes’ and the information scenes in which I like the way that turned out (as the acting scenes are filmed horizontally). Overall I am happy with the outcome of my project as most of my problems occurred where electrical based, I still figured out how to conquer them.

Finished creative media outcome–

I edited my clips and audio on iMovie on an apple computer. I decided to do this because I could have multiple layers of edits in which would improve the quality of my video. I could also change the saturation and aesthetic of the clips which (in production page) I talked about earlier on. 


Considering that I wrote a script this helped a lot throughout my project as I was able to experiment with different types of wordplay and really express my emotion and understanding of this topic through my writing. When showing my peers my final production I asked on their advice on what I should change and improve on. I was told the end editing of my work needed to be fixed in and less videos should be added which I fixed by cutting out 3 clips so that the video could move more smoothly. Even though the process in filming and editing was something that I was new to, I am happy with my work as I put one and a half weeks of hard work on filming and editing into it and I think it shows!

Conclusion

In conclusion, I learned that even though I went through a lot of hardships when it came to creating this project, I still gained the skill of learning how too: plan, produce and reflection when creating an educational video. Being able to do this gave me a lot of confidence in what work I am able to achieve in such a short period of time and also made me realise that my topic is something that I should care with everyone as it is a key component to life. The most effective parts that I would consider pulled the who concept together is being able to put examples of my personal life in this production. As this is an area in my life which I am most comfortable about, I thought that by doing putting examples of my home life would make the project overall seem like something that I treasure a lot. Considering that I was initially planning to go outside and film; due to Covid I decided that it would be best for me to stay indoors. At first I was disappointed that this was the case but soon after me re evaluating my concept into something better,


Video of me talking about my change in concept
I realised that this was the better option as this relates to my theme of being sort of an introverted individual. When reflecting on my work,I realised that I could have also added some interviews into my work asking people “what they think about this way of living compared to the way that the way live now”. This would have been an easier way to construct my video as I could build the topic around there responses. However, I do think that the way I structure my video was very effective and appealing to my target audience as it is not packed with information but more interpreted in a way so they everyone could understand.

After the whole of my project has been finalised , I realised that the skill of creating something out of your own head and building spin that is something that helped me develop. During researching it also helped me to understand that their are much more aspects of my topic that I didn’t know about therefore I was also learning during this experience! Overall, my final project relates back to my theme as my theme is one that wants to show ‘The art of being alone but not lonely’ and how it can benefit your life and I honestly think I portrayed this in a fun but educating way.