I had quite a lot of difficulty shooting the ‘what’s in the box’ film over zoom because it was the first time I had ever tried shooting something using this medium. I am not particularly proud of this piece of work, but I am glad that I have now learnt the gist of shooting over zoom, as it is something I will have to be used to for the coming months. I think I found it most difficult to shoot over zoom because I found it very difficult to communicate with my partner due to bad internet connection. This was a definite hurdle for us, and impeded our quality of work, because it was extremely difficult for the director to articulate exactly what shots they wanted. Although this lead to a very disjointed and badly shot film, I am still happy that we both had the learning experience of navigating the difficulties of zoom. I hope that next time I use zoom to shoot something, I can possibly utilize it to boost the quality of my work, rather than impede it. I haven’t quite figured out how I can use zoom as a resource, but it could be a great way of shooting something with an extremely low budget. A realization that I came to while completing this task, was the importance of remaining calm when technology is frustrating, which is inevitable and bound to happen again. Despite this film not being something that I am particularly proud of, I think that it is more important that I have learnt to navigate shooting through zoom. Hopefully the next film I make using zoom will be better thought out and higher quality. In the future I would also like to use technology as a resource; enhancing communication with other group members, rather than hindering it.

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