Initial Plan
For this exercise I intended to use an interview (initially just an improvised dialogue) as a way to facilitate practise with audio mixer and camera. I decided to follow this course of exploration because I feel that it would be beneficial to get more experience in recording and editing audio. Conversely, the skills I wanted to explore will hopefully be pertinent in terms of either drama or documentary production. Obviously in this plan there wasn’t to be all that much camera movement but I did attempt some over the shoulder shots and close ups. In terms of coverage I knew that I was only going to have one camera for the shoot so in editing I’m not able to cut between different shots. I planned to shoot some B-roll such as close up of hands and other things to hide any jump cuts I would have to make in editing.


Production
During the shoot a number of things became apparent that I hadn’t initially anticipated. One that I should have been more wary of was time constraints and not rushing when shooting. It was difficult to direct people, ensuring they were comfortable on screen whilst also focusing a shot and exposing it correctly. Beginning this semester I had this same trouble with shooting quite hastily. In recent weeks I had started to curb this and take more time to frame and ensure the shot was composed properly. With the introduction of sound recording, a larger crew and actors I regressed to my slapdash behaviour. I haven’t yet seen the footage I shot yesterday but I do feel that there will be some underwhelming shots.
Due to my inexperience at directing actors and lack of script, dialogue often descending into obscure tangents. Unfortunately, a lot of the interview descended into black humour and although in other scenarios I would have loved the direction it took but in this instance I feel it is somewhat inappropriate. This has taught me to ensure that I choose my talent wisely and to be present as a director. In this instance I left too much creative control to the actors and the direction that they took wasn’t exactly what I hoped for. This is a not a fault of the actors but more a reflection on my inability to articulate was required from the exercise and their role within it.

Post Production
As I have mentioned already I haven’t watched any of the footage yet I have a feeling that there is only a small slice of what was shot that I can use. At this stage I’m not sure how I intend to edit the footage, and I believe this stems from my somewhat vague plan for this exercise. I hope that the audio recorded yesterday is of a high standard however we did experience some difficulties with the mixer. If the audio of his a reasonable quality I will have at least fulfilled an aspect of my plan for this particular exercise.