Silvertrail
Personal Credits:
1ST AD, EDITOR, COLORIST
A short made to a university brief requiring developing a narrative centered around two characters set in a single location.
Reflection
In pre-production, I took on a range of responsibilities beyond my role, from managing time and coordinating meetings to handling the casting process and overseeing equipment. While I worked to maintain communication using tools like WhatsApp and Milanote, the workload felt unbalanced. During production, I served as 1st Assistant Director, ensuring smooth collaboration between actors and crew, managing the shot list, and helping with technical setup.
In post-production, I handled both editing and color grading, which was challenging due to poor lighting and corrupted footage. Despite these setbacks, I delivered a rough cut using the best available takes. The film successfully integrated British cringe humor and absurdism, immersing the audience in its dreary UK setting. However, redundant sound design, flat dialogue, and a lack of shot variation left the characters feeling two-dimensional and the film thematically underdeveloped.
From this experience, I learned the importance of proper data management and refined my post-shoot workflow. Moving forward, I plan to work more closely with directors during the writing process to avoid stale dialogue and ensure a more dynamic narrative, while emphasizing the need for a proactive producer to support a smoother production process.
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