Originally we started in a group of 4. Neil, Charly, Yasmin and myself. We later split in two: Charly and Neil, Yasmin and myself.
We conducted all the necessary planning and filmed the footage for our production.
We experienced many difficulties both between the groups combined effort and with the technical aspect.
The footage we originally filmed was too dark and came out grainy because of this. Yasmin and myself took from this and made sure we had sufficient lighting, hence the decision to film in daylight. We also chose a quite remote location originally,so Yasmin and myself found that an easy to reach location would be a lot easier for re shooting any footage that didn't come out how we wanted it to.
We also found that with members of the original group participating in the acting we could not evenly spread the contribution of work with regards to filming and editing. Yasmin and myself decided for our production that we would take turns in filming and editing, and that we would listen to each others idea to bring together what we believe is a better production. We found because of our improved communication we found it quicker, simpler and easier to plan, conduct our filming and edit our work.
Within the original group it was sometimes hard to take into consideration everyone suggestions and allow fair contribution with using the filming equipment.
As a result when we split, Yasmin and myself assessed whether we could use the original footage filmed as the larger group but found that because we had not used the camera, and had acted and controlled lighting, we could not submit the footage as our own. We both also wanted a higher quality level of footage. We took this as an advantage to come up with and produce a better production we could say was 100% ours.
I think the group splitting was a valuable experience because both me and Yasmin found that communication, patience and consideration were important personal attributes we needed to successfully create a media product. It also gave us more Independence when it came to using the media equipment which was valuable in the sense that we both learnt how to use a camera and how to edit. I think that this helped us because we helped each other.
We took from this experience positive advice and conducted our own in a similar way, for instance using a focus group (our class) to evaluate the Title choices.
