The Conversation (4 Hour Challenge)

Process: I think this footage was fairly successful in the end for a film that was written, shot and edited within roughly 4-6 hours. In the brief we were given, the only rule we has to abide by was that the film had to be called 'The Conversation', so one instance that we could think of where a conversation could affect someone's life is in a break-up, something that almost everyone can relate to.
Problem Solving: The main problem we had when shooting was that some of the shots that were initially taken were out of focus so had to be re-shot, such as the shot where the 'love letters' are burning. Also, we had initially planned to put a voice over over the top of the main character's internal monologue, however we had not given ourselves enough time to record this, so we had to discard some shots that didn't make sense without narration. Another problem we had was that some shots were slightly over exposed, se we had to alter aperture and shutter speed to resolve this.
Justification: We made this film because it was simple to come up with a narrative, and also could all be filmed locally, so was easy to produce.
Recommendations: If I were to remake this video, I would include a voice over, because some of the best shots we had taken were meaningless without narration, because anyone who viewed the film would be confused by these shots, but if we had included them we would have had an example of a long take and match on action. Also, I would have trimmed down some of the shots with cuts, because some of them feel as if they drag on for too long, but otherwise I believed this task was quite successful in challenging us to create a short film in a short time frame.