FMP evaluation

For our last ever college project for Steve, we have had to create a FMP. Now FMP can be anything from a documentary to a short film. I decided to make a documentary about healthy eating I did this because everyone knows that I like to eat loads of junk food and I also have a very unhealthy diet. I did this documentary because my Tutor thought it was the strongest idea out of my other three ideas.

With the project I could have had some help from a girl in my class called Sophie, but I chose not to because I wanted to work by myself which my Tutor thought was a big mistake. One of the biggest things with my Fmp was trying to get hold of people to interview. Every time I sent an email to someone they would not reply or were busy. I do admit I could have spent more time on the project at times I became complacent and thought what is the point and it showed in the video a little bit.

With my Interviews I managed to interview my mum because she is interested in the whole subject and I managed to interview my friend Fraser. I interviewed Fraser because when he left college he started going to the gym and started to get fit. I interviewed him because I wanted to see if he felt different and see if it made him feel better within himself as a person.

One mistake I made with the Fmp was when I interviewed my mum I filmed by a window so the lighting was wrong. One thing I found annoying was when I was editing on the computer the lighting and sound effects seemed fine and when I came to the showing it on the big day the documentary was very dark and grey and the sound seemed out of place at times. However on the computer the documentary seemed fine. Alot of people thought the documentary was rushed and thought not a lot of effort went into it. While we were watching it my Tutor looked like he was going to cry. A few people thought my interviews were good but thought that my cutaways and use of music were pointless and were just there to fill the time. One thing a lot of people picked up on was when I was doing my video diaries was that people thought I filmed them in a day but I didn’t. I filmed two the same day because my Tutor spotted the same bottle of Fanta in a shot twice so I didn’t get away with that.

 

I think if I had come into college and not took a lot of time off from my project, it would have been a lot better and not rushed. I might have actually got a good grade. The first time I showed my FMP I didn’t pass but then my tutor said film your mum again but in a different setting so I filmed by a computer. With all the months we had to film FMP my Tutor gave me loads of advice but  I didn’t listen as I thought I knew it all and would be fine. It didn’t work out like that whilst at college he told me to get cutaways in the café. I didn’t do that and even get an interview with Debbie which I wish I had done because it could have been funny.

One thing my Tutor did say which I suppose is a good thing, he said it was very me and at times he thought the random cutaways were funny but as a project he thought it was a mess and said that it looks like you haven’t been here 3 years. That hurt a little but I am glad he was honest with me. Most of the students who saw the project agreed with Steve, so I took that advice on board when I filmed my mum again.

One thing I would change about my FMP is coming into college when I was meant too and learning things that could help. With the documentary I would have also filmed an interview with a doctor and filmed cutaways of healthy food posters. I would have also put more music into the documentary music that actually made sense. With the documentary and I would have used some archive footage from the internet of fat people eating junk food and the effects it can have on your body.

With the final outcome with my documentary I was pleased with my end project. I know that I lot of people were not but at the end of the day I can’t change it. One of the weirdest things with the Fmp was knowing it was going to be my last ever project for college after 3 long but good years and some friendships I know I am going to have when I finish college.