What went wrong in the rehearsal and needs improvement – w9/10

Facing technical issues as lighting and sound, we learned here that little things can happen without any prediction and back up plans are crucial. Even small details as reserve batteries and the use of light fill or not makes a large difference both in production and learning Film-TV 1. Lighting the actors faces were so important to get the master shot and have continuation of light, and keeping the shot’s color balance to warm. However, the most interesting and challenging aspect of teamwork that we have had to face in the pre-production is the human nature of helping each other. Since week 2 this has been in focus from the tutes about NOT entering each other’s project tasks as this can lead to accidents with equipment and also ruin the build up of crew hierarchy. Keeping on to roles and not intervening into each others tasks as a skill is fun but also means a lot for project management seen in a whole. The problems rose when we wanted to help Vanessa with the camera, help Goi with sound and help me with directing. When we did this altogether some tasks got left out and we also lost a bit of time even though we went trough it all. Also, for collaboration a rule was set ‘Never say no’. When saying just ‘no’, this leaves group members out and limits the right to speak up. After putting this rule into practice, the collaboration has grown and the group operates more organized and professional than ever before. Discussion on technical issues, framing and acting were from then on also put to the side and more silence and order got created giving us more time and space to shoot.

Serendipity, serendipity, serendipity and serendipity. The right spot for location has been a challenging task, and having no experience for this kind of film making, the thought was to have it in a dead end of a lane. While doing the paper work in the pre-production for this, the more Film-TV 1 introduced about the camera kit the more suspicious we got about the lane. Not knowing that many Australians that owns a home, we decided to split the shooting into two sections; the action and outdoor scenes in the Collaboration Lane 112 of Lt La Trobe Street and the main stages of scene 1,2 and 3 in Goi’s apartment. Everything happens for a reason, and so does the change of location.