Prelim Task - Post 8 - Production report

Overall, I believe the shooting of the preliminary task went well, even though there were some difficulties we had to over come when editing and filming.

In regards to filming, the problems occurred with the camera not fully functioning when we filmed out first couple of shots, as the battery was near empty and would record any footage to the tape,
we changed the battery and the issue was overcome. Also, the camera and tripod was an issue, the tripod itself had a few flaws, one of which was that there was no way to secure the positioning of the camera as that part could not tighten, therefore the person filming had to hold the camera steady on the tripod.

Along with these issues, during the day of filming, one of our actors was ill and was unable to come into school, so our set camerawoman had to step in to take her place. Because of this we had to get another couple of media students to help us film the shots we needed that day. This however meant that one person in our group did not participate in the filming of the task, meaning we had to explain a lot of what we had filmed to her, in terms of the timing, the schedule of filming and the ideas that we had during the filming itself.

When editing, we worked well as a team, although with the editing only one of our group could do the work, which I ended up offering and doing, however I had help from my group to set out the timing of the shots to capture and had input when we had finished capturing and setting out our film, with the overall editing, such as transitions between some shots which needed improvement as they didn't flow, and the credits. In regards to the rules we were given, we did not break the 180 degree rule, however we did break the 30 degree rule, but with the editing done, we overcame this issue, and included a number of camera movements/editing techniques, such as Match-On-Action, panning and tilting.

While I am overall pleased with the footage, there were some issues with sound, because of the nature of the classroom, a reflectively empty one that was large, there were noises which we did not want to be as loud as they were, such as the squeak of the door opening. However, in editing, this was overcome. We could have improved if we had a working bridge-plate, thus allowing the shots to be more steady and less shaky, but I think we did well with what we were given.