I wanted to share my experience with you on how I filmed a ‘short film’ called ‘Meeting with Mom’

  Where I edited it – I have edited my film in Adobe premiere Pro programme. While I was editing, I have used many opinions from friends and family to get the perfect lighting, editing pace, cuts which are going to be suitable for my targeted audience and most likely be seen as a film done by a professional film producer. They have also told me what I have done fine and what I have done incorrectly, therefore I had an idea on what I should be working on. 

    Difficulties – I had some difficulties at first, as I did not have much experience in editing in adobe premier pro. However, my friend helped me and guide me on how to use it. I have used some raw footage from different clips to practise before editing the actual film. This was particularly useful as I have learnt a lot especially in terms of sound, therefore I felt confident and did not need help while editing.

  Lighting – I have used a different lighting in the scene in which the girl character says an offensive word, it was used to highlight this moment and leave it as an enigma, therefore an audience will develop ideas on why I have done it. When I was editing this scene I was expecting audience to think about this contrast between shots, this went particularly well because many of people have mentioned that they liked it, however they did not understand it at first until the end of the film thinking it was a mistake made by me or wether it was planned. Also, using a strong statement at the end of the film was a good idea as many mentioned the title “OUR ACTIONS TODAY CREATE TOMORROW”, which obviously tells audience the main idea behind the film and seen as a truthful statement to many of them.

 Sounds – I have used a romantic music in the background and chose to use close up shots of cakes when editing to show romantic mise en scene by the choices of cake accompanied by a romantic music. This went particularly well as many commented that it was pleasing to watch the scenes in the pastry.

Editing – In the scene where the guy and the girl are talking to each other, audience can see medium shots of a girl on the left and medium shots of a girl on the right. I have used it to show their conversation and show the view from the car. Shooting this scene was a bit difficult in terms of pratctical difficulties, as the road was bumpy, the camera was shaking, however it turned out good.

   In the scene where everyone is sitting together I have used longshots to show the mise en scene in mother’s house, and the close ups of cakes, to the reference to first scenes in the pastry. Also, by using a close up shot of a girl eating the cake, audience can see happiness and guilt judging by the facial expressions.

    Many have mentioned that they did not like the colours in my film, as they seem coldish, dull and uninteresting. The colours I have chosen were in cold/warm tones because the narrative is not that positive nor negative.

 Overall, I had many good comments about my film and I am very happy how it came out. I have learnt to always prepare everything before making it done.