Evaluation • Production

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Overall, I'm happy with the way our final video came out. Due to extensive planning, when it came to filming we knew what we wanted and needed to get. I think that writing our script quite early and completing the pre-production side of it early on in the project really helped us because it gave us lots of opportunities to make changes and check through what we had done. 

What went well?

  • I think filming went well for us. Sammie made a good connection with the location and the owner of the farm so he was more than happy for us to go over these and film multiple times. We had planned out exactly what we wanted so we were prepared when we went there. 
  • I feel that editing the video was a strong point for us because we were all equally involved and everyone had the chance to share their opinions on what we wanted. We took on the feedback we were given in our viewings with Helen and our versions of the documentary are very different. I think we all made the effort to work as a group and not go off individually which worked well for us. 


What didn't work?
  • Working in a group was challenging as everyone works different and at different speeds. We had to overcome some obstacles in our group but through talking to each other this was resolved. We found that we needed to communicate with each other more and make sure that all information was passed to each member of the group and not just between two of us. 
  • When it came to giving each other roles in the group, we had originally decided that I would be the director, Becca would be the Director of Photography and Sammi would do sound. When it actually came to filming, we all took on different roles that what was originally decided. Becca and I ended up both filming and me and Sammi sharing the role of the director. I think next time we should establish or different roles in the beginning and stick to them.




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