Overcoming problems

This coursework wasn't without it's problems and we did come across quite a few which we had to overcome. One of the main problems was that after we had filmed everything and sat down to edit, we realised that we didn't have enough footage to bulk out our trailer. I think that this was down to poor planning as we hadn't thought about our animatics as much as we could have. However, we were able to overcome this problem because even though we didn't have time to re-film anything, we did manage to film a few more shots that we could use and also edit the other shots that we didn't like as much. For example, when Mia walks in and sees footprints on the floor, it wasn't obvious enough what she was looking at as the footprints weren't detailed enough. In the end we cut scenes up to make it more clear that she is looking at them. I think that the new editing works well because not only does it make the scene more sense, it also makes our trailer look more professional as it has faster cuts. 

Within the group we did experience some communication and conflict problems where we would all seem to agree on something and then a week later we were all disagreeing with something that we had all agreed with previously. This was a hard problem to overcome as it happened a lot, but in the end we would work it out. I think that this was a good thing really because due to every single one of us being quite headstrong, it meant that everything was thought about really carefully and we got the best out of what we could do. 

When we were creating the gif. files we did forget how to do it since doing it with the music video so we had to re-learn how to do this. Also when we did make the animations, they didn't always run smoothly so we had to edit them again in Final Cut Express which was very time consuming. In the end it was worth it as they look good in our trailer. 

All in all, I think that we could have planned our trailer in more detail to prevent us from not filming enough footage. Also on the day of filming we did end up rushing towards the end of the day to get it done because we had gotten lazy. In the future I will know the importance of planning and over filming so that our work can be even better.