We were given a week to shoot our footage, on school or off school to get to grips with the camera's. All that sir asked was there be certain elements in it, like:
- Interview
- B-Roll
- Talking Heads
- Establishing Shot
- Soundtrack
- Voice Over
Then here is the class evaluation of our work:
The main problem we discovered while filming was that myself and my group had trouble with focusing the Cameras. Many of the shots we thought were fine actually were slightly out of focus, normally highlighting objects in the picture not needed. One main error that was pointed out by our peers was the interview with Mrs Kearsey. We hadn't noticed whilst filming, but it was something behind her that was in focus, while she was slightly blurred out, because the camera screens are so small it was hard to notice this WHILE filming and correct this error, so in future when we go to film our short we will get an exterior monitoring kit in which to view our recording.
Another thing our peers noticed was the music wasn't fitting, bur as we were going for a slightly mocking documentary the music fitted our satirical comment on how serious documentaries like to be, some peers enjoyed this technique but others found it unnecessary and out of place. This was mixed opinions so I feel not everyone got the message of that it was slightly mocking.
