evaluation of AS

This island represents my experience of AS.

• How re- taking the year gave me the chance to be more focused and produce a better product in the coursework.
• This also gave me an advantage in blogging, to use it to its full capabilities and evaluate my work better.
• Though i put exams and pressure in the bad box i felt that i dealt with these problems in a calmer and more systematic way which would aid my end result.

Evaluation of filming process

Our group consisted of Dylan, Catherine, Jennifer, Paige, Ismail and Matt. This presented a problem because their were so many of us in the group. We decided to do two meetings and split group and give each of us the chance to experience a diffferent role in the filming process. The film would be a short 5 minute clip of a meeting. In the first meeting we had Catherine, Dylan and Jennifer as actors, Ishmail as the camera man and Matt producing. This meeting focused on an investment scam entrapping the main protaganist Dylan and Catherine, Jennifer the scammers. The script was made in collaboration by Catherine and Matt with creative input from the whole group. In the filming we used a tripod to ensure continuity in the cinematography. In evaluation this extract was pulled off successfully, however the group as a whole could have done more planning in the beginining and tried to co ordinate cohesively as a unit. In my responsibilities as producer i should have taken a greater control of procedings and a script on time.

In the second extract the meeting was a drugs deal. With Ishmail and Matt as lead protaganists, Catherine directing, Jennifer as camera women and Dylan as producer. Due to the lack of time and overall lack of imangination and creativity this was less successfull in its purpose. In evaulation this taught me a lesson in time management and producing a quality product consistently. As a group this was less successfull because not everybody had a say in procedings or input. In my responsibilties for this extract i only put in a limited amount of effort, in the future for development personally i should try to be more consistent under pressure. Using technology in this task i learnt i needed to practice more with a flip camera, filming a extract. With the editing process though i do no how to use imovie i need to practice that as well so not to forget components.

starting yr 13

I have now moved into yr 13 doing A2 coursework, as a practice exercise we were set the task of filming a short sequence of a meeting of our choice. To do this we were given a kodak flip camera and a tripod and a set list of shot types, mid shot, close up.
The groups turned out to be a lot larger than previously thought, this was a set back as we had to film to meetings. In my group our first one was a scam investment meeting. This worked well because we had the right setting in school and a mix of girls and boys. The second was just two boys, with this cast we decided to do a drug deal.
The shot types we used were:

• Pans to the left and right.
• Tracking shots.
• Mid shots.
• Close ups.

The picture to your left is the newer version of the kodak flip camera used. We also used a tripod to create a smooth transition of action in the sequence. This camera is perfect for this as it has mobility. 

We were given clear safety instructions to keep within school grounds and to create a hazardous situation. In our group we made a story board of the action and one of the benefits of doing two sequences was that everyone experienced two roles in filming.