In the first part of this semester when we
were told to make a documentary during which I was the director of my group and
I believe I handled myself well and did my best. I think with this project I
could only plan so much as the interviews were ever changing and there was so
much to shoot around the city. My role was to control the story and the
artistic side of the film. When it came to the story I could only control that
in the post as the interviewees gave unexpected answers to our questions. I
think I could have been more rigorous when it came to the shots on this project
but with me as one of the two camera operators it was hard to control both
cameras. We crossed over and had our own twist when it came to angles but the
cameraman always asked me whether I was happy which helped a lot as I could
decide whether to re-shoot. When we filmed the interviews I had full control
one of the cameras was static and the other made sure we had cut-aways, which
we ended up not using because they were too shaky.
Cinematography was always my favorite part
of filming; it is like painting a picture. During the second semester our brief
was to make a drama with three or less characters. As I was the camera-woman
and was able to have the artistic freedom with the shots and take as many takes
as I wanted as every shot could be crafted this was very different to
documentary we had more time and everything was less rushed. We filmed in one
room instead of doing it across one city. My storyboard I have prepared prior
to the shoot even though it was not looked at helped me visualize what I wanted
to achieve with each shot.
Research
What I did
pre
Evidence
The production
Evidence
Post
evidence
What I wish I did better
Conclusion
