Film Noir Project Evaluation

1. The conception of the idea for the final product.
2. The pre-production stage.
As the sound manager, my role in the pre-production was to create a list with all the sound effects needed and start research/create some. I had some good ideas at the start of the project for some sound effects when I made the list of sound effects that I would need. I thought about creating new dark background sounds to match the Film Noir genre. I had already found some gunshots on the internet and was going to look for more. I made them listen to Jeff who told me he had better ones that we could use since he already prepared for this project. For the background noises he had already made his own mix which I have to say sounded awesome. But in the end, I didn't contribute a lot other than that at this stage of the production since the list was done, background noises had all been already done by Jeffrey and already some sound effects had been done by both Jeffrey and I. Overall my contribution in this stage was rather satisfactory.

3. The production stage.
This stage was rather easy and I was in charge of holding the microphone while listening with earphones how the sound was like through the mike. If something didn't sound correct I had to tell Jeff so that we could reshoot or change the shot if the actors were too far away and nothing could be heard. during this stage, I have not been a drag to Jeffrey and the rest of the crew and handled the microphone pretty well with only minor problems that occured. My job as the sound manager in the production stage was well done.

4. The post production stage.
In the post production stage not much contribution came from me as Jeff insisted on doing almost everything and all my suggestions were rejected. So since I didn't have a lot to do, I made sure that the little I did was done right.

5. The success of the product.
The sound overall was really good exept for some parts where the dialogues went from soft to loud (its hard to notice) but other than that it was well done. No feedback about the sound were given that could improve it (yet). I won't critisize what Jeff did with the sound but instead critisize myself for not insisting on doing the work myself and letting the director do everything.
I don't deserve good grade for what I did in terms of my role but I hope to get a little credit for the little I managed to do which were done good such as a few sound effects with the phone and computer and the narration and the voice recording that was also done well which in the end didn't cause much problems to the editor.