My assignment was a documentary and the topic of interest was Skateboarding, I chose this because it is a very interesting topic and i felt that this would be successful due to the knowledge the group has of skateboarding and its history, also we had skateboarders in our group to help us with the actual footage for our documentary.
The first day of filming, we filmed for 45 minutes with us getting a lot of footage for our introduction and just general stock footage clips. We decided to film in the local park because that was where the skateboarder was comfortable with filming and also we didn't have to travel far so it was easy and convenient for everybody and simple to get the footage and easy to carry the equipment, also the park where we filmed was quiet and large so when we did film footage we didn't get interrupted because it such a large area. This made the intro and the stock footage clips look even better because it was just us and nobody else. I think that a lot of the documentary is successful, such as the background music that we used, the interview we did and the stock footage we found I also think the clips we filmed of the skaters, when it all merged together it looked really good, well thought out and professional.
We found difficulties due to some people not being in to film or work on set, so the people who were in had to do more work than what was expected, we had to adapt to the allotted amount of work given to us, this was a problem and difficult because we couldn't film some days, I feel this could have been done differently with some people taking more responsibility, due to this we had to give job roles to different people and make it work, we had difficulties during filming when some of our crew were not in or available we had to ask someone to help us, or make do with what we had, which was very tricky when trying to film in some locations.
I feel our film making process came along well, soon as we got the brief we knew what we had to do in terms of where to film and how to do it. I feel this is what made our documentary successful due to everybody knowing what they were doing on set. When everybody was in to film I feel we worked really well as a crew and a team helping and coordinating each other when filming or doing certain jobs. I feel this was a very successful part of the making of our documentary. Although I feel it was successful I think that the Director should have given job roles out and done a bit more to try and help us understand what we will should have been doing and he should have took control, because of this some of the crew were doing 2-3 different job roles at a time including editing, filming and hiring equipment which seems very unfair on certain crew members. I feel this could have been avoided by the director taking charge of his crew instead of letting someone else do it and having a bit of confidence with his crew. In addition to this, during some parts of filming I had to take control and lead from the front as Director which I didn't mind doing, but it wasn't my job to do at the start.
Our performance on set and when filming was good and bad depending on the crew's motivation, sometimes we would be very prepared to film and some days not as much and I feel by not always being prepared it cost us a lot of time when filming which could have been put into filming better scenes or more time into the editing phase, what I did on the days when we wasn't as prepared I took charge of the crew and coordinated them a little bit better, by doing this I feel we actually finished filming faster than if I didn't take charge and appoint myself Director also I feel we got onto editing quicker. During our next film making project I would like to change things after last time by taking control of situations a lot more and helping the team during there individual roles.
When we started to film, we started with the Introduction we had many ideas around the group with how we can actually start the Documentary, we then decided that a simple but effective Medium shot would be good for the Introduction, I used this due to it being a very easy and simple shot to achieve yet it makes the intro looks professional and worthy of watching, also due to it being so simple yet affective it makes the intro look very classy and 'clean cut' which I think is an important aspect to how the documentary looks. I feel a complicated shot may not always be appealing towards an audience, so that's why I felt that a simple camera shot may be affective for the opening.
During filming, our team didn't agree on whether to keep the interview in the documentary although it speaks about Skateboarding and other topics, it's very tongue and cheek after I explained this would be good for the interview and the documentary they understood my reasoning and let me edit it in. This was a prime example of when our team and listening skills came into play and were very good at discussing situations like this and come to a logical conclusion. Our listening skills when filming the documentary were I felt, really good and when a problem or topic we wanted to discuss arose we dealt with it thoroughly.
During filming I felt that when crew members weren't helping the team or doing any certain job they could have asked what they could've done instead of standing there and watching us, I felt this was a flaw in our teamwork and next assignment I film on I will try my best to eliminate this from our working environment. This was a big problem with our organisation skills especially, I feel I should took responsibility a bit more and told or at least helped some other crew members to decide on what they have got to do.
This has been my analysis of how I worked on set, I have wrote about things that went well during filming and pre/post production and I have also wrote about flaws when we was filming, and how I could improve them. I have also been very critical in this analysis which I feel is very good and very professional.
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