"A Sweet Surprise"... The Making of!

This weeks lesson involved us putting all our planning and preparation into practice... despite the terrible acting on my part (I never was destined to be in front of the camera) our film worked considerably well. There were a few hiccups along the way, there always seems to be when some form of technology is involved, but overall Lauren, Katrina and myself worked very well together, and "A Sweet Surprise" was formed!

We had already planned our film, which involved a chance encounter between two girls who had once been separated 10 years before, and we had our storyboard, script, treatment and placards at the ready. After we had got over the initial "giggles" of Katrina and myself being filmed on camera, as well as the excitement from Lauren, who was shooting, we commenced with filming.

Everything seemed to be running smoothly until our technical hitch. Through no fault of our own, the camera decided blur, resulting in our film looking like an extra scene from the Blair Witch Project rather than the story of two innocent girls. However, this was soon sorted in a very technical manner - zooming in and out again... always works! So, we carried on with filming until we had a finished product.

In all honestly, the film appears to be a lot better than i had anticipated. Look through the dodgy acting and we have included a range of shots from close ups to full body shots, as well as smooth transitions (from the help of placards in places) from one scene to another.

I have learnt that the need for planning is vital in production. Without our story board and script we would have been lost in a tornado of shots and angles and transitions, but this wasn't the case - to our delight! Furthermore, our story line could have become quite difficult to get the grasp of as on the outset it did seem quite complicated, but keeping the filming simple ensured that the story line wasn't lost in the hype of filming.

Overall, i feel our team worked well together and in the end, we kept to our planning and produced a film, what more is there to say!

x