Film/TV Analysis Reflection Four, Question 8

Please insert the link for your Lenny ex2 here. (use insert link tool)
List the things that you learnt from this experience – this could be things that went well or not so well.

Unfortunately, I am not able to insert my Lenny video, although I was an editor, I was not the member of my group that saved our final draft to my computer.
Things that I learnt from production and editing of Lenny were very beneficial.
I think I was first and foremost most surprised about was the idea of how long it really took. I know this is an obvious thing to say, but my experience on sets is minimal, so everything is new to me.
In it’s completed form, the Lenny film was not a long film, and yet the filming of it lasted a fair amount of time – and in all honesty, our planning was rough – our whole production was very rushed.
Planning is everything. If you go in blind, you may as well go home!

Another major thing I learnt was just how important communication is. Everyone needs to be willing to listen to each other and work as a team. Nothing will get done otherwise.
In our Lenny we had to deal with people in the background – unplanned people that is – and due to our time constraint, our final shots included these people.
One thing that became clear through the editing and viewing of the final product was that we need to be careful of extras on set. We have to be careful they do not ‘hog’ the screen, or detract from what is really happening – what is really important.
In our case, a person was in the background of a shot that was meant to be focused on Lenny and Sharon. Instead, this person who was unlocking their bike, became the major focus of the screen.