MDA1300 - Camera Brief

This was our first brief, based on the camera task in which we had to 'produce a single shot that presents a unity of action, and creates a sense of completeness'.

Unfortunately, we misunderstood and overcomplicated the brief.
The task could have been completed in one shot, as a 'story' can be told in a single, unmoving shot. By including characters, movement and props (the book) we raised too many questions, meaning that the 'single shot' wasn't simple enough; the shot needed to be a story within itself and the actions and characters meant there must be some sort of back-story; Who are theses people? What are they doing here? What is the book and why does she want to read it?

Regarding technical problems, there was a lot of accidental background sound (mainly because we used the camera mic, not the boom mics which we learned about in the sound workshop in the second week) and there were also framing issues (due to the floor surface, the shot was slanted).

Despite these issues, I enjoyed the fact that it was the first time I had worked in a group with new people, from the course, and it was a nice opportunity to get to know people and get more used to working in a team with others; something which I both enjoy and feel like I hadn't been able to do enough in my previous studies.