digital media film production

 Film Production 

What is design thinking? Design thinking is a tool or mindset that will get you to think about all aspects of a design before you even start to create it, it makes you ask yourself who is this design aimed at and how can I target that audience in the best way. It's important to be aware of design thinking because not only will it make the project, you’re working in better but other designers will be using it too in a professional setting as in the video it is described a standard practice for digital designers. Design thinking seems useful for projects that you are not given a very clear brief, or you're not given a brief at all, and you get more freedom to create your own design, it also seems useful for advertisement designs or designs aimed at a certain demographic.

 The process of making a film is called “production” this process is then broken down into three stages “pre-production, production and post-production”. Pre-production takes pace before the film start to be shot, so this is when things like casting righting and set design take place. Production is when the film starts being shot and is also the most expensive part of the process. Post-production takes place after the film and been shot, and this is when the final touches are added like colour correcting and editing.

 The most usual thing for me with these videos is they all seemed to stress the importance of the pre-production phase and how getting every thing ready to go before you start makes it go a lot easier, tips like scouting the location before filming and getting all the props and scripts planned out before the shoot seem like the best thing to do and will make the production stage go a lot smoother.

There are many skills that will be useful while doing this project which is why I’m glad to be put into a group as while I am good at editing, I am not as good at righting scripts, so I am hoping to learn from my group and maybe even teach them something. Other useful skills would include time management, being a good public speaker and being able to work well in a group.

 

The only thing discussed in the videos that I don’t think apply to our group project is budgeting as this is our first time recording or making a video like this I don’t think we are going to spend much money on it, and we will make it work with the equipment we have, or the college provides with lucky for us is great as we get to use expensive cameras and have access to top of the line computers.