At the start of this week our group was able to hop on a zoom call to discuss our assignment with the ILO and weekly written reflections to guide our discussion. The shortened ILO for this assignment was to produce a professional short documentary that captures the nuances of a creative process and addresses the pitch deck. We were able to discuss the ways in which we did this by talking about the process of picking our participant, location logistics, how we were able to get our a-roll and b-roll footage, post production- paper edits, logging and our individual edits. As well as how our mistakes helped shape our learning and improve for next time. 

I believe that teamwork was the most important learning lesson that came out of our discussion especially when we had to do our individual edit. Even though it was done independently and we were able to individually show our skill and vision, we all helped each other out on how we could use different techniques to fine tune our work, eg. fixing the echo in the room or the colouring of the video. At the stage of the call, we were still working on our individual edits and refining them as much as possible in order to share with each other and get feedback. 

When we did get our individual edits done, a comparison doc was made to share the edits and feedback was given, the strengths, weaknesses and any extra notes. This was especially helpful because it gave a 3rd person perspective on my own edit. I was able to refine my individual edit using the feedback given: adding credits and trying my best to  improve the audio quality. It was also positive to see the strengths in my work. 

Going into the editing booth on Thursday was when we got to sit down, watch through the edits as a group and discuss what we liked about each person’s edit. We found that this was the best method instead of getting one person’s edit and making that the final chosen edit without any further refinements. This allowed the best parts of each person’s video to be included and a group effort instead of an individual one. The editing suite also helped us listen to the sound using good quality speakers instead of just our headphones, emulating the theatre that the video will be exhibited in. Furthermore, the piece of feedback that stuck out to me the most from Seth was to get straight into the story, have a b-roll shot that bookmarks the transition of the mini-story before the a-roll audio comes in (eg. B-roll of April flick through her notebook followed with a-roll of her talking about it). This allows audiences to see what the participant is going to talk about before the participant talks about it and therefore peaks the audiences curiosity. As well as, in a mini-story within the overall story, b-roll footage can have longer screen time and we don’t have to always flick back to the a-roll footage. 

Overall, we have worked really hard to get to the point of exhibitions. We just need to tie up a few loose strings; finalise our group edit, write the written justification on why we picked each media making evidence and prepare materials for the studio exhibition like the blog, thumbnail and the posters and flyers. In regards to individually, after attending the exhibition I will write my studio reflection.