Creative Critical Reflection

1.  Our film represents the presence of corruption and betrayal in many systems across the world. The detective not finding the right culprit who committed the crime represents how easily people can be blinded by what they believe to be true. Finding the truth isn't easy, and many people in power abuse this ability to hide their true intentions.

2.  Our product engages with the audience through face paced, complex shots and scenes, where characters are frequently facing the camera. There are several close ups and fourth-wall breaks throughout our film, making it seem as though the audience is included in the story being told. Our film would be distributed as either a mystery-drama or crime-genre short film, likely not to a theater but to a smaller streaming platform, such as YouTube TV and Direct TV.

3.  Throughout the project, my ability to improvise definitely improved. My storyboard and shot list were not aligned, so while lining up shots I got to experiment with many different angles and movement that I normally wouldn't have used. My broad storyboard made the process more difficult, and the shot list helped me a lot. I learned that following written plans are much more efficient than drawn out ones, as was evident with my reliance on my shot list rather than referencing both the shot list and the storyboard.

4.  We mostly utilized the iPhone 13 Pro's cinematic camera feature, which proved not to be very useful in the final product. It aided us in the quality of the film, which was however altered drastically when trying to transfer files to Adobe's Premiere Rush.