2. How many mistakes did you make?
• When recording our preliminary task we encountered little
problems with the recording, easily doing our match on
action shots. While in the heat of all of this though we
forgot about the 180 degree rule. However, we realised this
mistake quickly and made sure we adjusted our filming to
correctly do the 180 degree rule.
• We found some difficulty with setting up the over the
shoulder camera shots finding it hard to set up the camera
to record over Gabs’ shoulder to record me. This was due to
us not leaving enough room for the camera and tripod.
• When editing our preliminary task we found difficulty to
render the video and upload to our blogs. It took us
multiple attempts to render successfully yet still our audio
cuts out at the very end of the clip.
3. How did you manage the group dynamics
and collaborative natural film making?
As a group we were all able to work really well together, being quick, efficient
and effective. It didn’t take us long at all to decide Jess would do the
camerawork while me and Gabs stared in the prelim (we did this with no
hassle). When we started to record we got everything done very quickly and
hardly needed to retake shots. We all looked at the footage to make sure we
were happy with it and the angles. After this we went on to edit our work
with Adobe Premiere, this as well as a group we picked up on very quickly and
we all took turns editing and agreed with the turn out. I showed Gabs and
Jess effectively how to use the software as in the past I have edited with it
and they got the hang of it really quickly. We finished the whole of our
preliminary task in two lessons which we felt was a good task to have
undertaken and we believe we took it on well.
4. How did you manage the equipment?
We managed the equipment well and effectively, Jess used the camera and
tripod for the main shooting but me and Gabs had a go with the equipment
before hand and checked we were happy with the recordings. We were all
able to use the equipment and new exactly what to do due to being taught in
a previous practical lesson although when starting to record we had a very
slight problem with inserting the tape into the camera. To record the first
scene we used the breaks on the dolly and used the handle to pan me
entering the door at the start – this was done easily without any trouble. We
then had no issues putting the equipment away.
5. How did you manage the deadline?
Originally we were given no deadline but we
completed the task very quickly and effectively
anyway as it took us 2 lessons. I feel as a group
we managed our time very well.
