Group: Feedback From First Shoot

• Our first filming shoot was a good experience for us as a group. The main benefit from the shoot was that we got a sense of what we wanted to include in our video, and were able to plan shots out effectively, and collaborate as a group to decide upon what our narrative will contain, and how it will all piece together as a whole.

Strengths:

• We got some effective shoots from the shoots, and now have a rough outline of our narrative, with some ideas with what we can film next time, and what shots we will film on our next trip. We have also got enough filler shots to use from the trip, and we are confident we have an effective and strong opening to the video that will fit in nicely with the music.
• From the shoot, we also took a variety of photos which we believe are good enough to be able to use in our print work. We have decent location photos which can easily be manipulated to fit our poster or digipak, we need some photos of the characters in the video now, and then we will have enough to edit together and begin working on the print work.

Weaknesses:

• The weaknesses from our first shoot, was the availability of the people involved. It was difficult for us to find a day or time when all members were available while simultaneously filming on a day where the weather was decent enough.
• We also had the problem of deciding on what would work when we filmed, and how we should do it best. We struggled to find the best locations, where it was quiet enough to film and also a good location to use which would be effective in our narrative.

Improvements:

• The improvements we plan on making, are ensuring that we film the majority of the day so we can make sure we have enough clips to use when it come to editing. We will also re-film a lot of the clips from different angles with different movements, to be able to cut between the shots.
• We will also make sure we have a more detailed plan when going to the location, and being confident with the places we visit, knowing that it will look good when we go, and fit in well with the narrative.
• We have also planned to go on our next filming shoot on the weekend, to have some of the performance filmed. This will allow us to begin editing a lot of our footage together in the following week, while also being able to start on the print work, as we will also photograph during the day.