I was meticulous in my planning for my scene recreation from Gossip Girl. I had written out a shot list as it had appeared to me and story boarded each shot. I was determined to get the framing of every shot as close as I could to the original within the designated time frame. There were three of us to get through and as usual we were running behind schedule. Therefore when it came to my turn, I was a little flustered. Again I found my brain scrambled as I attempted to refer to my shot list. As this has happened previously and I suspected it would happen again, I kept a copy of the scene on my phone to refer to. At first this was helpful in determining the camera movement and the delivery of lines but eventually my shooting order was thrown out. On a few occasions I would capture a close-up of an actor saying a particular line only to call cut and then realise after watching more of the clip, that I needed another line. Whilst this experience with shooting was unique in that I could refer to a clip, I would not attempt this method again. I think I will fare better in the future to follow a lose shot list. Furthermore, there were some shots I only got a few lines for when I had wanted to shoot the whole scene. However, I was persuaded against this by other students growing a little impatient. Recently I was given some advice by a T.V drama director. She told me that as director you should do what you want. If you want to run through the whole scene on a close-up then do it. After all, this will provide me with more variety in the edit suits. After relaying some stories of painful class exercises in which students had failed to stick to their roles, she gave me some incredibly valuable advice. She told me that if while ever shooting I feel unsure or my whole shot list goes out the window, I should always appear to know exactly what I’m doing. If I appear confident and assertive, no one will ever feel the need to offer their opinions or attempt to over shadow my role as director. I will definitely take this advice on board and apply this to my future projects and exercises. To me this advice was invaluable and something that I will carry throughout my media making.