What i have learnt from the foundation portfolio

From making a thriller trailer, i have learnt that it takes a lot of time to make a film. You need to put a lot of effort in to make a really good product. In the foundation, we put in a lot of effort but it was very rushed as we were still thinking of ideas and trying to organise the storyboard.
I also learnt that the white balance i an important aspect of filming as if you dont adjust it, it can ruin your entire film.
Also, i think that you should try and complete filming in the shortest time frame possible. In the foundation, we filmed our enitre trailer in one day. This helped us a lot as we didnt have to try and make the hair or make-up the same. However, this is going to be a problem as we are now making a short film. I will suggest that we try and film the film in a weekend, as the weather shold be relatively the same and no one would have done anything drastic to themselves.
Another thing that i have learnt is the planning of the storyboard. It takes a lot of time to do and needs to be very accurate. During the thriller, we didnt get a chance to make the animatic as we were so busy trying to film. This put us at a disadvntage with the other groups as they had furthered there planning and research stage while we were behind.
Researching other films is also ver important. During the thriller production, we never did any individual research, it was only in class. This time i am going to research a lot more films, so that i get a better idea of the three genres that we can choose from.