Our second class on Friday, 28th of August, was dedicated to learning the relevant technical skills (the very basics at least) for our shoot on Monday. This meant covering the EX3 camera, lighting and the sound recording equipment. While I am not camera operator I had the opportunity to sit in on Jen teaching Amber and Irene about the camera which was really valuable.
I really appreciate the effort Jen went to go through the equipment so thoroughly with us. This was/is her role as technical director, but it was still very generous of her to spend so long doing this. As I have previously mentioned, I was initially concerned with how the varying levels of skill in our group would affect the group dynamic and each individual’s responsibility. I knew this could be a positive thing, as it was yesterday when Jen who has a lot more experience than many of us helped us build our skills. I now feel confident that we can be relatively efficient in our shooting on Monday, which will also help us seem a lot more professional to the actors present.
On a separate note, I am finding it difficult, particularly this week, to delve into my thoughts and mind enough to create a substantial and deep reflective writing piece. I don’t think or expect to have constant revelatory reflections, I just fear that a lot of mine sit on the edge of being too descriptive or obvious. I don’t like having to force reflection and write words just to reach the word count. Admittedly, I always end up (naturally) going over the word limit in my rambling, which genuinely isn’t forced but may seem strung out. It’s not that I don’t want to or can’t reflect or even do need to force it, it’s just difficult to find the motivation to begin the reflection process.