Due to health reasons and inability to access the normal amount of resources and technology, this past week has been an interesting test of my abilities to operate under restricted conditions. When approaching Assessment Outcome 2 of Translating Observations we were tasked to interview a subject utilizing the technology and practical skills shown in class, due to an unexpected turn of events on Monday I was unable to interview my initial subject or rent the equipment on that day meaning It wasn’t until Thursday that I was able to finally rent the equipment and begin approaching this task which required us to conduct an interview, paying close attention to detail on the filmic potential of the shot to compliment the topic being discussed as well as highlighting our skills with operating the Sony EX3 cameras. Unfortunately both the Boom microphone and the camera itself had some issues due to undesernable reasons with the audio not coming through into the camera and the camera itself not being as easily navigable as per usual due to my foolish decision of resetting all presets in order to resolve the first problem. All of these issues really tested my skills with problem solving and I think given the circumstances the outcome achieved was to some degree the same as my initial vision once a new topic and subject were chosen. What i have learned from this experience is to spend much more time earlier on preparation as to account for hindrances such as sickness or inability to access resources within time constraints.

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