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Evaluation 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this
product?

2. How did you manage the
group dynamics?
As everyone in my group already had experience with working collaboratively and
we already knew each others main skills, it meant we were quick in setting up a
good group dynamic. For instance, my main skill is directing, while Andrew’s is
editing and Sam’s is writing and drawing up the storyboards. This allowed us to
work collaboratively together as we could all contribute ideas from different
perspectives.
Managing the equipment was also a fairly easy job as we all trusted each
other, which meant when the equipment was just being stored at someone’s house
we knew it was safe and would not get broken while only under one person’s
supervision.
Managing the equipment when actually shooting I thought would be quite difficult
as we are teenagers and I assumed there would be some arguments over who
would film which bits, but it turned out to be fine as we all took a professional
approach to the way we worked. We shared the camera equally, or if one person
thought a shot did not look right they would say so and then show how they think
the shot should look. The main sharing was done between Andrew and I as
obviously Sam was one of the actors as well.

3. How did you manage
deadlines?
At first the deadline seemed like a long while away, however this was during the
post-production stage where we were still waiting for a response to the email we
sent out about location. Unfortunately the original location we emailed did not
reply, and the second location that we emailed when we did not get a reply from
the first one said we could not shoot there.
This left us having to scrounge for time as there was only a few weeks left to film
and edit everything. Luckily one of my connections pulled through last minute so
we could get the car warehouse where our film is now set.
Aside from this little hitch we had no problem with meeting deadlines. I think we
were lucky that all of us are quite experienced people in our fields, so we managed
to make up the time we may have missed using our experience to our advantage.

4. What did I film?
I filmed the opening the section of
the sequence using a steadicam.
The actor opened the door and I
walked in with it slowly, panning
the room.
I think I did this shot well except
for for the fact I went too close up
the shelf and did not spend enough
time looking at the computer
screen.

5. What did I film?
Another item I did was setting up all
of the screenshots. This involved
making two fake Facebook accounts
with the two characters in the title
sequence and creating posts
between them.
The screen shots I took of the
Facebook account I set up were high
quality and they looked fine. I think
the mistake we made in editing, was
making the time they were on screen
overly short.

6. What did I film?
I also filmed clips of the section in
the computer bay. These are two of
the clips that I filmed.
I filmed the opening shot of this
sequence where it pans upwards
from black. I also filmed the shot
where I focus pulled the camera from
behind the phone.
I think these shots are quite
creative, as they show unusual
perspectives and interesting
transitions.

7. What did I film?
It is hard to write about which
shots specifically I filmed as all
filming was split so I am only
writing about the significant
sections I filmed.
I like the shot in the top image as it
seems like it tracks through the
wall.
Also I am fond of the second shot
as it is kind of dark, and it makes
you think somebody is following
Ollie.

8. What did I film?
The last shot was done as a
collaborative effort between
Andrew and I. This shot was the
one that we dollied using a
skateboard.
Andrew would be using the
camera on the skateboard while I
slowly wheeled it down Sam’s
body, and then when we reached
the feet (as seen in the image), I
would then pick up the
camera, and bring it to Elliot’s face.

9. What did I film?
S Note: I also filmed other sections in the warehouse and
public area, but I thought best to only mention significant
or important shots that I thought were well composed.

10. What did I edit?
In editing we all ended up taking different roles, I did most
of the sequence edit (actually putting the clips in order to
form the story), while Andrew worked with effects and also
the titles itself. Sam mainly worked on the sound edits and
syncing up the music to the clips.
We all took on every bit of editing, but we all mainly did our
individual bits. When we edited we were in the same room
as each other anyway, so we still were able to input in what
someone else was doing.

11. Evaluating efforts
Without sounding totally pretentious, I would say a lot of the
camerawork I did was very good and quite creative. Some
shots might have needed work on getting the perfect frame
but that is why we cropped them, and altered in editing.
In regards to editing I would also say the initial sequence
edits I did were also up to scratch, however obviously by the
end like any production we decided to fine-tune the cuts to
make sure that they were perfect.

12. What health and safety
problems did you solve?
The locations we were using did not really pose much
threat. We would have been under the same health and
safety conditions anyone at that location would usually be
under. I think the only problem we might have had is if
anything had happened to one of the cars in the warehouse.
You can see by the risk assessment sheet on the blog, that
all of the risks are very minor and they are mostly just down
to the fact that there could be electrical faults, but we made
sure to not put any liquids near any equipment and to make
sure we knew where everything was at all times.

13. How did digital technology enable
you to develop creatively?
In an ever developing world, there is a multitude of
technology we can use to help us develop creatively. As we
have use of communications via social networks we are
able to communicate with thousands of people at once who
could be our target audience, which means we can get
responses quickly.
Having an advanced editing program also allowed us to
develop more creatively as we could apply different effects
like colour correction so we could give the shots and the
film, that certain feel we wanted it to have.

14. Are there examples of the
technology preventing your creative
flow?
I guess the main examples of technology preventing our creative
flow would be when we are in the editing suite and the computers
we are using don’t have enough memory to render our view
previews which freezes the program. This leaves us sitting there
wondering if we have lost our work or if it will just un-freeze and
return to us.
Another problem is when we needed to access items on our
‘Media Facebook’ group we made and the phone internet is
playing up on set so we could not find what idea we had written on
the group.

15. What technology did you use
during your research stages?
During my research stages, probably my most valuable
resource was items such as ‘YouTube’ where I could look up
clips that other people have made at this age, and relate our
clips and other things too them. You can also use related
videos on ‘YouTube’ to get inspirations for items in your own
video.
Except for that one ‘kubrick’ shot we used, all the rest of our
shots were totally made by us, and not inspired by another
media.