While I didn’t have a full rough cut to show to my table today, I did receive some valuable feedback, critiques on where I am planning on taking my portrait and some valuable advice for my overall piece.
One of my main concerns for my video was the difference in camera quality between the two angles I shot. This was because I used a secondary camera I had at home so that I was able to have two different angles during my interview in order to keep the viewer interested. One piece of advice I was given in order to disguise the discrepancy between the two was the strategic use of cutaways so that the quality difference wasn’t completely noticeable by immediately having such a high-quality shot next to the other. Another suggestion I was given was the use of a black and white filter over the poorer camera; which brings me to my second point- over-dramatisation.
Because the topic of this video, anorexia, is such a heavy subject as it is, it is important to keep the video as light-hearted as possible, without making light of what Mia (my subject) is talking about. That is why the use of a black and white filter seems somewhat labouring the point to me and why others in the group advised against this suggestion.
The way I opened the interview, by having Mia talk about what one of her earliest childhood memories are and a bit about her name, received positive feedback. This was due to the fact that no one quite knew what the interview was going to be about and that was what intrigued them in the first place- where this short interview would take them.
Overall the feedback I received from my peers has really helped me realise how I want this portrait to look and the best way I can do that.