1. Media – video evaluation
Our initial idea was to make a short video of a doctor giving an aggrieved parent bad news about
their child. We chose this as it would be short but a lot of emotion could be shown through it and it
could involve a variety of camera angles such as over the shoulder and editing techniques such as
match on action.
Our group was split up successfully as the pre shooting work was done efficiently all group members,
during the shooting of the video every group member had a specific role (two actors, two people on
the cameras and a director) and while editing we worked as a group.
If we worked together again I think I would give each person different roles at each section to see if
we could work even better and get an even better end result.
The production paper work I found most useful was the treatment as it gave me a general over view
of what we were trying to shoot and what we were trying to achieve. I think the production paper
work that needed further development was the storyboard as it didn’t illustrate as clearly as it could
have done what shots we wanted to include and how the story line should be shot.
Our idea of having two people talking over a table didn’t change however the subject matter did
change from it being about an organised assassination to a doctor giving bad news to a distressed
parent. We changed to this as we thought we could get more emotion portrayed through the
camera therefore making the video more interesting. Also we were shooting in a well light white
walled room which didn’t seem like the sort of place that an organised assassination talk would take
place. However the set did look similar to what a doctor’s surgery would look like.
Our technical skills of the production were good overall. We shot with the correct light balance, we
used tri pods to keep the cameras still, we followed the 180 degree rule, and we used a variety of
camera angles such as over the shoulder a tracking shot and a close up. We edited using the match
on action technique on the opening of a door. Next time both camera operators should account for
the overlap that the camera shoots.