Preliminary Task: Filming - Self Reflection

We recently finished filming our preliminary task. Some things went well and other things didn't go quite as well. We have decided to reflect upon these things so we know what to do and what not to do when filming the main task.

What went well?

• The filming in general didn't take as long as I expected it to.
• We worked quite well together and didn't argue about anything.
• We came up with a rule to wait three seconds after the camera started rolling before we started acting. This fixed the problem of timing the shots.
• The shots look quite professional, especially the over the shoulder shot and the close up shot on our feet.

What didn't go well?

• We kept messing up the timing of the shots at the beginning.
• I walked into the door twice when filming the first shot.
• We had to change one scene because I kept laughing (although this may have also been a good thing because the new shot added another angle which wasn't going to be used before)

How can we improve?

In the future we will make sure that everyone knows what they are doing and how to do it (e.g. camera man needs to know how to operate the camera and what angles to film from). Another good idea would be to pre-plan the story and camera angles.