I began Habit as the Sound Operator, which meant my job role was making sure the sound worked on set and recording the sound on set using a boom microphone. In pre-production my job was to find music tracks and sound effects the sound effects had to be in the theme of a college environment and the music had to be eery and horror-style. After we began the production I switched to being the camera operator for the production as it was best for the team and for the better of the end production. This role meant I set up the shots and talk with the director about how the shots should look and record the film.
Success of Final Production/Cut Films Relevance
The overall final production came out not so bad. After having to switch actors we managed to get it all filmed in one day, but the rushed filming didn't come without consequences, we had some continuity errors because of the non-linear filming.
After the video was put together with all sound effects, music and screen effects the final product looked a whole bunch better. The video portrayed smoking effects in a more original way than most anti-smoking videos, at first it doesn't make sense as an anti-smoking video but once the video is over it makes complete sense.
The success of the film to the Cut Films criteria is very well done. The research is shown with some of the voiceovers in the film that talk about Dopamine. Before doing this I had no idea what it was but after researching I learnt what it is and how it is a big trigger in smoking and the effects of stress. The planning is shown with the shot lists and storyboards, this shows we went into the production with a visual plan and didn't wing it by just taking a camera and pressing record.
The technical expertise of the film is very well done with a few minors in places. The framing of the film is done well but a couple of shots could of been tightened more to lose the dead space around the subject.The acting was very well done, although the character has next to no lines the feelings of the character are portrayed greatly by the actor. The storyline is structured well but I think some of the voiceover clips are misplaced slightly which make it feel odd.
The film doesn't have an impact on me because I don't smoke and have never considered it so it doesn't make me not want to any less. I do think it is attention grabbing though, if it was on TV and I was flicking through and seen it mid way through I'd want to watch to see what it was. I think the film is original because it shows how smoking can effect you in a different way to most other videos. Most either show a family falling apart or what you're putting into your body when you smoke, this one shows how it can effect you mentally and in a stunning horror style.
I think the message of the video is shown clearly because of the voice overs, without the voiceovers the video just shows a person going insane from a cigarette but with the voice overs the story is well told and gives facts about the smoking effects.
Audience Feedback
After the creation of the video I posted it on my Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QNBl-kPQ18
Then created an 8 Question Survey for people to answer after watching the video:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6Q9FM82
After waiting a day I checked the survey results, we had 12 responses. All results came from males, the ages all ranged between 13-20+. 11/12 of the survey participants were non-smokers, 7/12 of them knew some stuff about how smoking effects you mentally and 11/12 of them thought the message of the video was shown clearly.
Conclusion
In conclusion I think we made a very well done anti-smoking video that came across well with a global audience.
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