I found this unit much different from before, it was much harder for one and I found it much more difficult to keep organised. When we did the documentary project we would have frequent meetings and a written schedule to follow. Whilst we did have meetings and talk constantly on the group chat we made I still kept losing track of what days and times we were filming, maybe next group project it would be a good idea to make a group calendar on google which we can all follow.
What Went Well - Me, George and Gavin have all worked together before, therefore rigging and de-rigging sets was quick and smooth. The graphics work well with the channel and help define its brand. We all shared responsibilities, whilst Gavin worked mainly on the edit we all had a go filming, George and Jack less so but that is simply because they were on the other side the camera. Jack filmed the live interview. Our group dynamic was great, whilst sometimes it dissolved into a case of the giggles which got annoying during filming we worked well together and when discussing ideas produced some good ones.
What to Improve on - our live footage was terrible, I think our first live broadcast being outside a busy hospital with a tight time deadline made us feel rushed, we didn't take things into account such as George being almost twice our subjects height making the framing difficult, the audio was bad as well because of being right next to the road and buses and cars driving past.
The script also could have done with some work, I think we were so keen to emulate film riot that we tried to fill it with jokes and that was to the detriment of the total project.
We had to re-shoot multiple times, things that could have been caught on the day, our organisation needed much improvement as well as filming days would fall on days where either Jack, Gavin or me was working.
I think the fact we had such a short deadline made it much more difficult to find, shoot and edit a story, this is great practice for the future however and whilst we made many mistakes on the way I think that is a good thing as we will learn from them and (hopefully) not make them in the future.
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