Tuesday, June 30, 2009
{ 10:46 PM }
However, despite how accomplished we felt about our first round of filming, it was not up to the standard we wanted. We were only allowed a handycam for our first round, as the teachers did not trust us with the professional video cameras. This caused our footage to be of considerably poor quality, and the audio was also lacking in sharpness, resulting in a poorly made film. Our actors were also comprised mainly of our team members, with teenagers of 15/16 years of age taking up the roles of adults. The only team member whom did not act in the first round was the director himself. This was also extremely problematic, as the film turned out to be like a kid project, instead of a quality film that we wanted.
This led to our second round of filming, but this time, we were allowed access to the professional video cameras and the boom mike, which significantly enhanced our footage and audio quality. It also allowed us acces to changing the 'high-tech' options during the process of capturing the footage, thus making it easier to create more sophisticated filming effects. This time, we were also able to get our teachers to take up the adult roles in the film, making the film far more authentic than before. I would say that this is an extremely positive change from the first round of filming.
Labels: first filming session, Problems, standard