Individual Analysis - Chelsea Clark

Individual Evaluation

During the process of making these two film projects I had many roles. In the first project (the preliminary) I did mainly the paperwork side. I gave my input on what ideas I had for the chosen task. The chosen task was to film a short sequence of shots to show someone opening a door, walking across the room, taking a seat opposite another character and a few lines of dialogue. I cam up with the idea of a counselling session as it fitted right into the criteria.  I wrote and equipment list, shot list, contact list, location report and drew out the storyboards. I made sure I did all this before the filming took place so the group all knew what we were doing whilst filming. Without this paperwork complete, we wouldn’t have been prepared enough to carry out filming as we wouldn’t understand it, by me completing the paperwork; we were prepared enough to complete filming.

In the main task, I again also had many roles. As a group, we decided to spread out the paperwork between us. With this I completed the paperwork I had been set to do, this was: contact list, storyboards, location report and equipment list. During the filming, I took the roles of camera operator and director. These were very difficult roles as I had to guide the crew and cast through each shot and had to make sure that the camera was in a good position and that every shot had everything in frame. I also helped the group towards the editing of this sequence and had my input on the end result. I helped with the synchronising of sound and video input and towards which order the shots would be placed.

From these two tasks, I have improved my camera skills and my confidence when taking charge of a film set. I had made many mistakes during the process of production but have learnt to correct them. I think that I could have been more organised in the future when preparing a film sequence as I lacked behind on these tasks. I believe that the two film sequences have gone really well and the end result was more than what I expected.