In this making of our short film, two of my responsibilities were co-director and editor. Some problems and challenges that occurred during my responsibilities as a co-director was making sure our actors and production team could all get together at the same time. Also another problem was trying to find a time when we could film at the store for our store scene. We were all so busy that it was hard to find time where we could all be there. Our solution was to make sure that there were at least two of us there available for shooting. Another challenge that occurred during the responsibility of editing was audio. Some of the scenes the actors talked too softly. Our solution for this problem was to either re-shoot the scene very quickly or just raise the volume above the normal level. A problem that arose on the film as a whole was the weather change. One day when we were filming it was very sunny with bright lighting that we had to deal with. On the other hand, when we came back to the same location to finish filming that scene it was overcast and raining outside. The difference between he two days was the natural lighting. Our solution to this problem was to just re-shoot the whole scene so that the footage would match up and look the same. If we didn’t do so, it would confuse the audience because of the different weather/time changes.
GENRE CONNECTIONS: The connections of our genre go towards the move “Amiele”. Our genre was a romantic comedy. The movie “Amiele” had a romantic comedy genre to it. In that movie, there were many moments where the romance took place with a little humor put to it to make it more interesting and keep the audience intact with the movie. Our story is about a lonely girl who finds a guy who she likes. During the time when she runs in to him she acts mean to him on accident. She has no intent of her brutal actions on purpose. At the end of the story, she finds out that the guy she likes had a twin brother and that it was his twin brother that she was mean to. So the whole direction of our story is to make it as realistic as possible while adding the human humor to it. The humor we add to it is something that could happen in reality and look funny from the outside looking in. Our main influence for our story was the movie “Amiele” and the mistakes that all humans make. We try to show that nobody is perfect and that we all make mistakes and some mistakes aren’t what we plan. 
ACTING/CHARACTER: Our actors were better then some of the actors I have had in the past. We wanted our actors to be as realistic as possible and be normal teens. The normal teens we were looking for were teens that understood the flaws that humans make because in this short film, the main girl character has flaws that are shown through her words and actions. The successful part of our actors was the emotions that they brought to the camera. Some of the scenes took a couple of shots and re-takes in order for them to capture the emotion that was needed for that scene. Overall they knew exactly what we were looking for. They didn’t mess around and they brought their full attention and dedication to making the short film a success. What our actors can improve on is making sure they are on time. On our first day of filming, they were about 30-45 minutes late. Those 30-45 minutes that they were late we could of have been shooting instead of waiting around for them. When filming/shooting time is really precious and you can’t waste any time or else it will eat you up. A solution that can be done in order to avoid this problem in the future is in force to our actors that they need to arrive at the time announced so we can start on time and not interfere with anyone’s plans for the day later on. 
EDIT/CONCEPTS: In the editing process, I believe that a lot of the shots clash together very well. There are a couple shots that may be held for too long. In the future, a solution that can be done to avoid this problem is to know the timing of the shots and how long it takes the audience to feel the emotions. We don’t want to make the audience feel like the scenes are being dragged on forever. We want the scenes to get to the point to satisfy our viewers.
SOUND FX/SCORE: The concepts behind our sound effects to bring the emotions that the characters are feeling to the audience. We want our audience to feel exactly the same way that the characters in the story feel. That is part of what brings the reality to the film and the audience. Another concept behind one of the sounds effects that we used to bring more humor to the action and to bring the audience into the characters mind and what she/he is thinking. I feel like some of the music I used could have been better. The deadline was coming up for the film and I just went through music and tried to pick the best ones possible. I think that the ending scene and music is very well put together. I think that the actions and emotions going on in the scene match the music’s emotions. 
CINEMATOGRAPHY: I feel like our cinematography could have been better. There were some shots where the detail in the shot could have been improved. But then there were some shots where the detail and look of the shots looked very professional. Making the shots seem more professional helps bring the story together because if the shots are unclear then the audience will be distracted from the main idea. How shots are set up helps bring emotion to the screen. I believe that some of our shots came out very successful and professional looking because of the detail we put into it. On the other hand, there are a couple shots that need improvement because they don’t look as detailed. To avoid these problems in the future, I feel that when considering shots we should take the time to make sure there is nothing in the shot that would distract the audience. We also want everything in our shots to make sense and relate to the movie. Random objects and/or people in shots can throw off the mood in the scenes. 
PRODUCTION DESIGNS: The locations that we used for this film was a house, a street, a park, and a store. These locations can be found everywhere and are real. The reality of these locations was good. We found these locations to be normal and nothing was to distracting about them. We had easy access to these locations at any time which made it easier on us. The successful part about the locations that we picked were that they weren't in a place where a teenager can't see themselves being in. Another good part about the locations that we picked was some of the detail that we found in how our shots were created. One thing that I found that we can improve on and to avoid problems with it in the future was too make sure that our locations are constant. We need to make sure that if we need to re-shoot a scene, that it is in the same location so that in the edit it looks normal rather then all weird. 
