Reflection

I believe Emily Fichna and I worked well together, she did a great job with the sound (as it was hard to not get atmosphere sound and focus on mine and Leighton's voices), she also came up with helpful suggestions in editing, such as how long a certain should be and showed me some techniques such as how to render particular parts and how to export as a WMV.

Moreover, I believe my part in this project was massive! As we only had 2 people within our group, I took most of the responsibilities. I found the subject, did my background research on the subject, also I did research on Participatory documentaries, which helped a lot with my vision on how the film should look and sound like. I organised the group, told what was needed and when, I booked out the equipment, I organised extra crew, I told the whole crew what I wanted the film to look (framing o the camera and the lighting(reflectors)) and sound like (boom pole, how it should be held to pick up great sound and stay out of shot). I created a checklist of what was needed to be filmed, asked and protected(safety precautions) I presented and interviewed Leighton. I also edited most of the film and I also did the voice over and some cutaway camera work.

The organisation for the project was well structured and we completed the project well in front of the deadline.

If I had to change anything, I would take up Debra's advice of Moving shots work with moving shots, and still shots work with still. Not together. It would of produced a much smother film. Also I would gathered more relevant cutaways. Moreover, I would recorded the voice over with a K6 Mic instead of an Edirol R09 kit, as it doesn't pick enough volume, and I would of had more people in the group, so it would of took pressure of my shoulders.

However, overall, the project went perfectly to plan and was excellently within the time limit.