Question 7

Pre – production – During the preliminary task I decided that we should have our opening scene in a house, we all agreed because it contrasted with our film. We decided to film at Leanne’s house who was a member of our group because she lived close to the school, until we realised she was going to Amsterdam for an exchange programme. This was a problem we encountered because we had to find a backup location. This was a big problem because we couldn’t film in my house or Grace because of the distance away from the school. The solution was resolved because Leanne came back in time for the main task. The key lesson learnt was that in the future I should always have in mind of a backup location just in case. During the prelim task we needed cast to act in our opening scene. I suggested we needed at least 6 cast preferably 3 males and 3 females. A Problem encountered because some of our cast were also acting in other groups so we had to find a way of fixing the problem. In our main task I organised the time and day that our cast would be available, this was effective for us because it meant that our cast would act for us on this certain day and time and also at the meantime be filming with another group. At the end we managed to have our 6 casts. The key lesson learnt is that I should be organised and construct my actors and be aware of the time and day they will be available. Production- As a group we decided that weather would pay an important role in our film because some of the shots were shot outside. If the weather was bad we would have to leave out the shot because of the surface and the camera. In the main task I decided that we should beforehand check the weather for that day and see the if it was okay to carry on the outside shot. Luckily the weather was decent and we could still carry on our shot outside. The key lesson learnt was that to be prepared and to be organised instead of waiting for things to occur then trying to fix it. The variety of shots were a problem during the prelim ask because of the location it was set in. for instance in our opening scene we wanted to start it with an establishing shot of a bedroom. This could not happen because the bedroom was too small and we could hardly fit the camera in. In the main task I decided that we should change the variety of shot and instead do a wide shot. This worked well and was actually theoretical better than having to do an establishing shot. The lesson I learnt was to be creative and also have other alternatives if things didn’t go to plan. For our prelim task we needed equipment’s to merge in with the shots we needed. We needed equipment such as paper, mugs, pens, kitchen appliances etc. There were slight problems because we couldn’t purchase the items or did not own them. In the main task I used my initiative and bought some equipment’s such as an alarm clock and pens to help bring realism to the opening scene and make it look more convincing. The lesson learnt here was to use my initiative and be aware and to also take actions. Timing was very important because we had to finish each shot at a certain time. This was because we used the location in one of my group’s house so we had to finish on time to pack up all the camera equipment and bring it back to the media department. In the main task we had a better story board so we could easily be aware of how long each shot would take. This made things much easier for us and in the end all our shots met the deadline. Post production& feedback In the prelim we didn’t know much about sound like whether it should have been copyright free or not, but in the main task we knew what websites to download the copyright free sounds from. The key lesson learnt was by listening and learning from our teachers and being knowledgeable. The feedback given to us in the prelim were not taken into action. Some of us were not listening to the feedback or did not understand how to improve the work. But in the main task we took the feedbacks more seriously. We incorporated feedback from Stewart, our media supporter who gave us important feedback which everyone took serious and also improved in their work. Stewart also gave us feedback about music choices because some sounds did not fit in with the match-on action so we took the constructed criticism and chose the right sound. In the prelim task we was doing stuff without thinking and jumping into conclusions with a lot of faults and errors. This feedback was vital because there were some errors like the camera shots, sound and continuity that we didn’t recognise but adjusted it and made it better.