Team working

This session, of all others, was probably my favourite one. In this workshop, as obvious, we had to work in groups.

Firstly, we were given hypothetical scenarios, where in groups of four or five we had to collectively make very harsh decisions. A film crew, capturing a nature documentary were suddenly stuck in an underwater cave. The cave was flooding with water very rapidly, due to a harsh tropical storm. With rescue on the way, we had half an hour to discuss who should be rescued and in what order. Collectively, we had had to make these decisions, but how to decide was a major problem. Subsequently, we were unable to find one way to decide and instead made a decision based on several aspects: age, health condition, pros and cons, experience etc. Of course we all had trouble agreeing on everything but were able to come to a conclusion at the end.

Secondly, we were put into much bigger groups for the planning of a short film with 2 short sequences.

First sequence: People in a hospital waiting room. The point is to build tension.

Second sequence: A man running whilst listening to music. The point was to express energy.

So, in groups, we began by discussing what roles people would want to do. I was given the role of director, I wasn't to comfortable with this, but I knew that in order to improve I would have to put myself in situation that may be uncomfortable for me. As a director I was responsible for the shots that were going to be used. I worked closely with:

• Storyboard artists
• Director of photography
• Location scouts
• Producer

What I love most about this task was, the fact that we were able to work in a bigger group. As a director, I think i did good, but not as good as I wanted. I think that, the way we worked as a group was in fact great as we communicated with each other in a near professional manner and were able to produce this to a this film in 45 minutes. Once finished, we had to present this to Helen and I described the type of shots I was going to use and how with the help of the director of photography. We were praised by Helen for our work. 

Before the session finished, we were given Assignment 4. For this assignment were asked to film and edit, a short non-dialogue film of not more than 10 productions shots of the interaction between 2 characters and the exchange of an item. Again, this was done in groups of 4.

Click the link below for the video we made:

Poloporter

I find this film to be a disaster. We wanted to create something dark but with a funny outcome. The idea was, that this guy could teleport and scared this girl just because he wanted her polos. I say this was disaster because no one assumed a proper role in the production, we were all just throwing ideas and ended up with this horrible piece of work. The music that was put over the film was also horrible. This was a major eye opener for me and an example of what not to do in future productions.