Short Film-Kasunduan [Oath]--English Project

During the past few weeks, we have been in action and in doing a project that was tasked for us in English. In this term, we have been looking at film studies and how films have many aspects similar or in fact the same as those in a novel, per see. However, unlike the studies that were done in the previous year, we then quite quickly began to look at shooting our own films. This was done in several weeks that included the planning, filming and post-production. A challenge was set for us with not only filming but also with the subject that we needed to interpret. In the previous term, we looked at Shakespeare, specifically "The Merchant of Venice"; a 'retelling' of the 'court' scene was needed. This perhaps could be from the idea of the court scene, the values that it possesses or other aspects of what it was.

We have created our film with such topics in mind. Yet, we have altered to our view of what the court scene can be-- taking inspiration from great movies such as "The Godfather", fragments from "John Wick" and a few other films from our country to make the movie scene. The idea of "oaths" was taken quite greatly from "The Merchant of Venice". This is seen clearly in the stakes of the "oath" implemented in our film. In a sense around midway through the film, an actual court was "set". The film created was about an oath of two siblings. A sibling which has helped the other to get back into the family[Mafia family] after marrying someone who was not to their class. However, in doing so agreement was done and the agreement proposed anything is possible for the other to do. This then becomes a problem as a family was at stakes. What can be done?

In the filming of this movie, we have used several camera techniques. Some of the camera techniques that used [not in the Film Techniques rubrik] were "Eye Level" and "Over The Shoulder" angles. Such techniques are seen throughout the film and were used quite commonly as it has progressed. Though we have successfully created a film, there were problems along the way.  The weather was one of them, lighting was different at times; many takes were needed for a few scenes and problem with a few dialogues and shootings. The biggest problem however was the sound, the wind was quite unpredictable and has affected the audio quite a bit. This was a bit hectic in the post-production and it may be the aspect that I would do differently if this was done again.  I learnt a lot in terms of a fragment of the movie industry. How arduous the process of creating an effective film is, however, I loved it, it was something that I enjoyed doing.