Last week we made a Long shot, now we had the challenge of making a short video. There were a big number of limitations in this task, which required us to think outside of the box and plan our shots carefully. Likewise in Week 6’s workshop, we faced similar challenges due to conflicting ideas within the group. However I came into the lecture late and quickly took the lead as I questioned how their original plan was relevant to the ideas and constraints of the task.

Once we got going into the shooting, the creative side of me really wanted to shoot at different angles. However I failed to understand that the shots could not be edited, and one had to lead to another. My group members also told me this, but at the start I failed to understand why I could not do it. The poor communication was my fault on the most part, but we quickly recovered from it and did most of the shooting on time. If it were not for my persistence in taking multiple shots at different angles on the same scene, and simply just read the task properly, we would have managed to complete the task with the ending credits.

We did end up shooting the whole story on time, but we forgot to do the ending credits. The video is meant to viewed in silence, and so we made sure there was an emphasis on exaggerating facial expressions and body language.

link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Hk4O15HfQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Hk4O15HfQ

Overall we had a fun time shooting this video, and we have a better understanding of our strengths and weaknesses. I have plenty of things to work on, such as reading the task, but I am slowly getting better at it.