Group Based Targets
Being in a group is good to make an effective project with a lot of pressure divided into multiple people instead of one person having all the stress to bear.
Since this was our first project, we were unsure of how to layout or plan or how to stay organised effectively and efficiently but it allows us to learn how to improve for our next project and remove or minimise our main issues that occurred during our production.
Coursework
Coursework is important for our overall grade and because we share some of the coursework posts we need to complete it means that we need to rely on each other to complete them before the deadline. A small part of coursework involves doing work about planning and organisation about our project, we were unsure of how to complete this task because it was difficult to plan ahead when we had other work and obstacles that prevent us from completing our tasks on time.
We would need to distribute out work and research to each group member to suit the members that have the suitable skills or knowledge for the task to ensure that the coursework is completed correctly. Effective distribution is also beneficial because it reduces the chances of a group member feeling overwhelmed with work and stressed throughout the production. We need to keep the morale in the group high to prevent group arguments or disagreements and this can heavily affect the group throughout the project
Team and group work
One thing we will need to improve on for our next project will be communication. Communication is key in group projects because it can greatly impact the productivity and production, if a member of the group doesn’t understand something or disagrees with something then the issue will need to be addressed with whom it involves so it can be resolved. We lost our main actor due to a complication with communication which led to a great need of an alternate method to complete our project. To do this we will need to ensure that this inconvenience does not happen again. We will need to check and ensure that the actor or actress we choose for our project is or will not be preoccupied at the time of our production creating process.
Another vital area of group work to work on is the motivation and morale of each team member. If a member feels down, demotivated, frustrated, stressed or overwhelmed then it can lead to heavy self-doubting and/or decrease in productivity and it can lead to a team member falling behind in work or dropping out of the group if they feel uncomfortable. All issues involving the project must be addressed and dealt or assisted with to allow the group moral to stay high and any feelings caused inside or outside the group can change impact the rest of the group.
Organisation
Organisation is key in group projects because it means that time, money and/or events can be laid out in the future to suit each team member but for the future project we will need to thoroughly discuss our plan for the project to ensure that it is completed in time for the deadline. A lot of the activity that we had for our project was done towards the last minute because we were unsure of a lot of areas in the project that we wanted or needed since not every member was available at certain times and this meant that there was a lot of stress caused due to panic about not completing film in time for the deadline. To allow us to reduce the amount of stress caused by the project we will need to improve our time management.
Another way to improve our organisation for our next time is to keep regular communication within the group and this includes sharing ideas and feelings about something related to the project. We need to check that each person is free for a specific date in advance instead of making plans one or two days before the actual day of activity and this is needed to have some time in between the time starting the plan and the event to allow plans to be altered if necessary, this also allows easier productivity for individuals because it means their external plans won’t need to be changed. Pre-planning can mean that if someone does drop out of the group then there will be time between the planning and the deadline to re-evaluate the situation.
A factor that impacted our organisation was the distance of our different settings and the locations. We weren’t always able to reach our locations because Worcester Park was a long distance from Epsom or Banstead, this means that next time we film we will need to choose a setting that will suit the whole group.
To do our filming, we needed to wait until it was dark outside to have the correct light in our scenes. To improve our productivity and to use our time more effectively, we will need to plan to do work based activities during the time we have when it is bright outside instead of procrastinating and/or getting distracted.
Technical:
Editing
Editing is a large area of our project because it is what allows us to put the film together and edit it. To help with the editing process for our next project, we can enhance our knowledge on the Adobe software by experimenting with the different functions available for us to use. We can also find ways to learn how to use it properly since not all members know how to use the Adobe programmes as much as other members, this will allow us to provide editing ideas for the person in charge of the editing stages of our project.
Lighting
We will need to improve on our lighting for our project because it was difficult to control for our scenes, this might still include using natural light as our main lighting. We could do this by adding more torches or other light sources outside of the frame to make allow the main image to look clearer for the audience.
Audio
During our production, we were using the microphone from inside the camera and a small attachable microphone to get our sound in our scenes. Later on we started to use a more professional microphone that allowed our audio to become a lot clearer in our project. For our next project, we will need to use this but to use it properly we will need to make sure that there are no sounds coming from elsewhere like there was in our original audio.
Camera
We were using a professional camera that is capable of capturing high quality video and images and it has multiple functions that we were not able to use in our production due to lack of time or lack of knowledge or practice with these functions. To enhance our project we can use more functions in the camera to allow our project to look more realistic and/or appealing to the audience.
Setting
Settings are difficult to find for specific needs during the pre-production stages of the project. This is because the area will not have the right characteristics that are required in the film, there is also problem with lighting and weather since the weather will determine how damp, dark, dry or bright the environment is and this can. The setting can greatly impact the continuity of our shots because it can seem bright in one shot but dark in the next one and this can make our film less realistic for the audience.
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