Creativity

Whilst making our short films we come across some things that limit our creativity. Below is a list of the possibilities that could limit our creativity;

Cast - Since this is an A-Level production, the level of acting ability available to us will be limited because we only have amateur actors that are willing to work for us.

Genre - In our case our genre is a psychological thriller. In order to fit into this category we have to follow certain codes and conventions to make it a believable thriller. This however, limits our creativity because we have to follow certain rules in order to make it work.

Time – We have only had six weeks to work on this project so we do have a time constraint on what we can do. We cannot involve scenes in our project that would take too long to achieve or waste any time on difficult complex ideas.

Our Group – This is not an individual project so we cannot have all our ideas put into one film. Since we are working in a group of three it is important to listen to the others and take in their ideas as well as your own because it is a joint effort. Since you have other people to work with, when discussing ideas, it may come down to casting a vote to see which idea the majority rules in favour of. This way it is fairer, but it does limit your own personal creativity because other members of your group may have a different opinion on it.

Money – This is an indie film funded solely by the members of the group so our ideas are limited to what we can afford to do. For example, the day we had to travel to our location (Felixstowe) my car was low on petrol so we had to all chip in to get there and back. If money was not an issue we could have driven to a further beach location such as Lowestoft for a better change of scenery.

Digital Technology – The camera’s we were given to film with were very small, compact ‘Flip cameras. Although this is very handy to take places due to its size, it was also very difficult to see what we had shot due to the size of the screen. If we had a bigger camera used for shooting movies for example, the quality of our shots would have been a lot better. This includes the zoom quality and sound quality.