After the process of planning, filming and editing it has been good to practice filming this documentary for our further final documentary we shall make. It has also been helpful to work in groups, to give an eye opener as to what the rest of the year will be like.
Me and my partner Helen, planned the mise-en-scene and cutaways, but then due to technical difficulties, things evidently did not go to plan. This also shows that for the final task we shall be much more prepared and make sure our filming skills are on top form.
The music he choose, was a last minute occurrence as this was rushed and not a lot of thinking went into it, therefore the outcome was that the song choice of "Heard it through the grapevine -Marvin Gaye" which is apparent has no relevance to the topic of "mobile phones". Additionally to the fact the song choice was irrelevant, also as we edited the music to become quiet as the documentary could allow to play over, the volume was not turned down enough making it difficult to hear the dialogue, and also becomes distracting, also there is no fade at the end of the video as it creates a jumpy frame and doesn't seem as if the video is over. This is something we shall remember for our final documentary.
During the filming, we did not follow the codes and conventions directly, as the archive footage we filmed was hand held, as this becomes shaky and looks very unprofessional and careless. Linking in to camera work, it is apparent that the positioning of the interviewee was very off, as the rule of thirds was not intact, this goes against the codes and conventions. During filming, it is also apparent, that the mise-en-scene of the interview is misleading, as signs in the back such as "Sentence" and "12.Lit" distracts the audience as it clearly has nothing to do with the documentary.
Over all, the experience of the preliminary task was very helpful as it shows what mistakes we carelessly made, and have now picked up on for future references,
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