This week we finally got to apply all our skills by interviewing our test subject through to editing and uploading a copy onto youtube, in order to create a comprehensive VPW to assist in our final project.

Before the test interview began we were able to book a room in building 80.  Upon arrival the room was quite small and crammed but was the only room we were able to book in the available time slot. We experimented with moving the subject around, with the intention of creating a dynamic shot but wasn’t quite successful due to the constraints of the room. For next time it would be good to go location scouting so understand the dynamics of the location.

We started by setting up our equipment; tripods, lighting, camera and audio, testing each stage before our test subject, Sammy, arrived. From previous tests we were able to do these steps efficiently as everyone knew their role. We made sure format the SD card, experiment with the 2 point lighting and its heights, test audio quality and levels, setting white balance, iso, aperture, turning on focus features and the zebra display.

Things we learnt is to record background noise, making sure audio recording are on different tracks for easier post production manipulation, checking equipment and charging them, location scouting and consistent group member input and communication.

We then put all the information we gathered for our VPW into a Microsoft Sway . This was quite useful as our whole group had access making information sharing accessible. The Sway is also easily formatted, can be edited with ease and learning from previous semester VPW, sway wasn’t too file heavy.

We then reflected on our process using zoom meeting, outlining the best points that fit the ILO. This was helpful because it highlighted the importance of creating a VPW, told us how important experimentation is and weakness points in our group.

Overall, throughout this assignment I learnt a lot about the production side of media making and the importance to plan, document and experiment.