Reflecting on My Peer Review

    I was not able to film this week because I had volunteer work on Saturday and I was busy on Sunday. Therefore, I decided to reflect on the review that my peers had given me. Two members of the group that reviewed me were absent, so I only received two reviews. Both reviews said that my final task was the correct length. The transitions were clean and my titles were in the correct order. The only shots I missed were a pan, a tilt, and an action match. What surprised me the most was that both reviewers thought my lighting was ok. While editing, I personally thought it was too dark and was nervous that most of my film wouldn't be able to be seen. However, both reviewers noted that they liked the mood the lighting set. I think I will try to brighten my footage slightly through editing or by filming before the sun sets. If the darker footage looks better or the mood is shifted too much, I will not replace it.

   Another comment I got that I didn't expect was that the sound was low. One of the reviewers mentioned that they couldn't hear the voice over. When I was listening to my film, it sounded fine. Only one of the two people who reviewed it mentioned that it was quiet, though, so it may have been just them. Regardless, I am going to increase the volume of everything when I do my re-edits. The biggest suggestion the reviewing group gave me was to make the story clearer. I did expect this suggestion and I'm not sure how I am going to fix it. In retrospect, the pitch is the source of this problem. I picked a time that was hard to film at and a concept even harder to successfully convey in just 2 minutes. I'm not sure how different from my pitch I'm allowed to make my final task. I am going to be putting most of my effort into figuring out how to fix the story, as everything else I do relies on the story.

One of the peer reviews I received