1.What is your role / contribution to the film in each phase?
Producer.
2.What have you learnt in each phase?
Being the Producer, I still had to ensure that the necessary paperwork gets completed and filed in, such as camera report, etc. Previously, some group members contributed money to the budget and hence, the final budget is also needed to show them what they still owe, or should get back (if they had paid more).
Although I wasn’t the Editor (Ain) who is hitting the keyboard and staring at the monitor almost everyday, I asked her if I could watch the edit. I gave her some comments but at the same time, I try not to sound authoritative because it would make her feel as if she is a button pusher, and I respect her role as the Editor. I know my comments may not be the best or maybe some of them helped her in certain parts of the edit but I also made sure she wasn’t purely changing the cuts just because I said something. It is also important for her to communicate with the Director, and explain why certain cuts were made to clear up all doubts.
As usual, the sound was done up at the very last part. Earlier on, the edit lacked ambience sound (or had ambience of different sound levels) and a lot of sound effects like neighbourhood sounds, etc and music was still needed. I find that the type of music and the placement really affects your edit and can make it better or worse. Calvin composed a few pieces of music, and I felt some of them contained a “Malay” feel to in and suited the story since our story is about a Malay family. Music should also not come too early, if not it will spoil the mood of the scene, but it is not easy to catch the right moment!
I think that, the AFP module has made me realised several thing, most of which I would have blogged about. It helps us feel more prepared for IBP in a way, and give us a chance to see how others work and even reflect on our own flaws. Until things happen, we won’t feel that there is something wrong.
My WISP lecturer said something during the last lesson, it goes something like “In this world, there are three kinds of people, those who Question what’s wrong, those who Sacrifice and make things happen and those who just Watch what happens”. I think, from what I have learnt in AFP, there are people who belong to one “kind” mentioned above and people who crossover, they sometimes watch and question and sometimes make the sacrifice but not always. Questioning and watching shows that a person is aware of the situation, but who will be the person to sacrifice and make the change? And what will become of that person? What actually propels a person to make that change? What makes people remain “cold-hearted”? Well, I am still wondering where I belong, and I don’t feel that I have the right to comment about other people either because before we want to say something about others, I think we should reflect on ourselves first.
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