Teamwork during
Pre-Production:
During the planning process, our group worked fairly well together,
though there were some issues. The biggest problem we encountered was the time
each of us could put into the activities, though we split up the planning and
got it done. Each of us had our own task to complete, though we did do a few
things together as we needed more input on a few of the tasks. Another problem
encountered was incomplete planning. Some of the planning wasn’t completed when
it was supposed to be and therefore we had a longer amount of time planning,
which cut out some filming time. Though we encountered these issues, the
planning templates on Blackboard helped considerably. The templates were very
useful and we used all of them during the process, especially the shot list
template, which proved to be extremely useful during the filming process. We
filled out each template effectively prior to the filming process and they were
all effectively filled out. Our group did work fairly well in class, though
there were some instances where we could have gotten more done. Each group
member had a set task to do during class and for homework. Though each member
had their set task, Maddie didn’t do some of hers, such as the Femme Fatale
character profile. Our group could improve our time management, by splitting up
the tasks a bit more and getting more work done during the lessons. By doing
this, we would finish the planning earlier and be a lot more organized with it.
Teamwork during
Production:
Our group used the production templates quite a lot during the
filming process. The one that helped the most was the shot list, which we
referred to a lot. The shot list listed all the shots we had to complete to get
the movie finished and was a very helpful tool in the production. The prop list
and shooting schedule were also great, as it told each member of the group what
they had to bring for the each lesson and what days each member could film. We
encountered a fair few organisational issues during the filming process. These
problems include, members not co-operating or contributing, props not being
brought in and costumes being forgotten. When the members didn’t co-operate or
contribute, a lot of our filming time was cut off, meaning we had to speed up
the filming, which affected our project. Also, when props or costumes weren’t
brought in, this meant that we couldn’t film what we had planned to do that day
and therefore had to either move onto a different scene or shoot small scenes
that didn’t require what had been forgotten. This, again, cut out some filming
time. Our group didn’t complete all the shots in our planning. Some of the
shots were changed to suit the location or because we found them more suiting
and some shots were not completed because we didn’t have the correct amount of
time or we didn’t realise they had not been shot until after the filming
process had concluded.
Discuss your individual
feelings about the rough edit:
I am satisfied with the final result, though some of the footage
could have been better. Some of it is shaky and a lot of it was unusable,
though we did find the good shots out of it all, some of them still could have
been a bit better. There were also a few shots where the sound wasn’t very good
and a few where there were some things in the background that shouldn’t have
been there. There was also one scene that we didn’t have the correct costume
for. The rough edit doesn’t meet the time requirements. We thought it would be
longer. As we planned for only the introduction, we planned what we thought was
necessary but it turned out there wasn’t enough. To improve this we could add in a few more shots and in the
future we should plan more shots. Our film does require some additional shots,
as the film wasn’t long enough. We also definitely need to reshoot a lot of the
footage, as some of it was shaky and some of it, again, had things in the
background or we didn’t have the correct costume. I wouldn’t change too much of
my film, though I would change some of the locations we filmed at and a few of
the camera angles we used. If I could start the project again, I would plan
more then we did this time and I would also try to be a lot more organized when
filming so we could get more done and so we wouldn’t have to reshoot as much as
we do this time. The planning took longer than I anticipated and so did the
filming. The filming took longer than I expected as sometimes the group wasn’t
co-operating or we couldn’t film the scene we wanted to that day. Because of
this, we didn’t have as much time to edit as I would have liked. I believe I
undertook a fair amount of detailed reflection, though I do think I could have
done more than I did. I could have posted a few more reflections as I didn’t
post some a few times for the appropriate week. I believe I have enough
evidence to support my work, through the reflections I have done and the
planning I have posted.
Overall I am happy with how the project went, but I do believe there
could have been a few changes made to the process, co-operation and finished
product.
