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Final Major Project - Feedback and viability

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After generating three possible ideas for my Final Major Project, I gained some feedback from my lecturers and peers to help me make an informed decision as to which idea I would like to go ahead with. I did this by creating a questionnaire and sharing it with others to gain their opinions. I have included the link to the questionnaire below.

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After gaining feedback from my peers, I evaluated their responses to help me understand which ideas they thought would be viable. I have included the responses to each idea below.

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IDEA 1 RESPONSES:

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- This idea is very manageable.

- This is a good idea, I suggest to be careful with Murder Mystery, don't get yourself tingled from everybody that comes with it.

- Good way of keeping the viewers engaged but you will need to have very good writing and time to effectively direct your actors

- Idea 1 has the most potential and most creative aspirations.

- Strengths its different and you can get a lot of amazing ideas from this. The Weaknesses of this is that it might be hard to come up with a 5 page script, with different characters. I think idea 1 is strongest idea due to the fact it is different and you can get a lot of amazing ideas from it. Murder Mystery sounds fund and enjoyable to do.

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IDEA 2 RESPONSES:

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- Colour is awesome to use in films, there's so many things you can do with it and the results can be great!

- I really like the idea and I like the originality of the concept. Due to your skills with camera, framing and composition, I think you could execute this idea well. I think that this idea would require more experimentation in comparison to the other two ideas as you may need to experiment on Avid with colour correction but this could form part of your research. Really interesting idea again.

- Very small crew seems like a good idea you will be able to act quickly but sounds like you will need a vast amount of props and costuming which will need storage and take time to source.

- Good idea, could be difficult to find props.

- I like the idea of looking at how colour relates to different emotions. 

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IDEA 3 RESPONSES 

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- I like the idea. The Foley sounds would require experimentation. I think you could make the story really simple and record the Foley sounds again in post-production.

- Yeah, I agree. Sound is known to be the largest part of a movie so that'll be cool to investigate.

- Foley can be incredible useful to creating an immersive performance but its difficult to get it done correctly.

- Viable idea, maybe try to include other sounds as well.

- I think this would be a fun and enjoyable project to do with the strengths being you can choose what ever you want to do and have some fun with it. I think the weaknesses of this would be it might be hard to find a good clip to do Foley for.

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Lecturer Feedback

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When discussing my three ideas with one of my lecturers, I was told that each idea is possible and viable to create. Whilst talking about Idea 1, which would involve writing a Murder Mystery screenplay, my lecturer suggested that this idea would allow me to look at multiple aspects of script writing and not just the script itself. Some of these would include working on Character Development, researching what makes a good script, and looking at some existing mystery and comedy scripts. Through conducting this research, this would help me to build on my knowledge and form a final idea. I was also told that I would need to write several draft scripts before finalising my script - this would help me to acknowledge any mistakes that I might have made and correct them in the following draft. 

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When continuing to discuss my ideas, my lecturer suggested that Idea 2, which would involve creating an idea for a short film which mainly focussed on using colour to portray emotions, would also be viable and interesting to create. They told me that there would be some interesting areas to research for this idea, such as the conventional meanings behind different colours, and the shades of colours, and how they can have different effects on both the characters and the viewers. They also suggested that there could be some interesting filming techniques that could be used when filming the project - which shot types could I use? Could I experiment conveying colours from different angles? For example, the colour red can often be seen as representing danger and suspense, therefore, could this scene be shot from a high angle, to add to the inferiority of the character? All of these suggestions are helpful and will be something that I could consider if I choose to go ahead with this idea. 

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Finally, when discussing my idea to overlay my own Foley sounds to a scene that I film, my lecturer suggested that this idea could be viable, however, also has room for improvement. My lecturer suggested that I could also incorporate other sounds in my film and instead focus on Sound Design as a whole instead of just focussing on Foley. They suggested that this could widen my options, whilst also exploring all elements of sound that I we have studied so far. Furthermore, it could also make for an improved end product, if all elements of sound are used together. Some of these would include Sound Effects, Foley, Background Music, Sound Libraries, Ambience, and Voice. These suggestions have challenged my idea and made me consider some different routes that I could take in order to reach my end goal. 

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