Final Presentation
Here is my final presentation -
I have handed in my updated CV as a hard copy because of my personal details.
Team work
I think the best thing we done well together as a team was enjoyed ourselves. I enjoyed my teams company and we all got on well which made working as a team much easier. I felt very comfortable and could say what I thought about a shot or an idea because I knew it would not be taken personally and my idea would be listened to. There was only one issue whilst filming and that was when we were filming the statues. I was filming and knew we wanted a shot of all of the statues standing together but did not think you could fit them all in by doing it from the side, so decided to try to film from straight on, but there were cars in the way. Richard came over and said he did not like the shot and I agreed, but did not know where else to put it and he had not suggestions. Emma had been walking around the statues and came over to say I could fit them all in sideways instead of getting the cars in the shot so I moved to do this. Richard was unhappy because he had told me he did not like the shot but I did not move it, because we both had no suggestions but Emma did have a good suggestion so I moved the camera. I told him this and he seemed to be back to normal soon after. We had a few problems with the camera but we all had a look at them and between us we fixed them. Whilst in Tenerife, Emma and I shared everything and us four were almost always together. This gave us quite a good team spirit and has made us close friends. We had to take it in turns using the cameras and editing software and if I done this again I would defiantly want more cameras and editing software. I could have helped Jake out with the editing of the beauty of Tenerife because there was quite a lot to do. I think I shared the camera responsibilities well and made sure we were out the door on time most mornings. When walking up Mt Teide we had to work as a team to make sure everyone was OK. Emma had hurt her leg so we all walked at her pace and I kept checking how she was and calling for breaks. When we were half way up I was starting to struggle with the pace because I am use to walking at a faster pace so I walked off for a bit. This was not very ‘team work’ of me and I probably shouldn’t have done it, but I felt like I needed to walk fast for a while or my legs were going to seize up. Overall, considering only Jake and Richard had worked together before, I think we got on extremely well and completed our tasks as a team. I have enjoyed working with this group of people and really hope to work with them again in the future.
Here is our beauty of Tenerife video -
Learning Development and Creative Work
As told in my presentation, I have learnt how to create a time-lapse and am much more confident using the D90 and capturing fast movements steadily. I had not used one of the lenses we rented out before so learnt how to use this and when it was an appropriate time to use it. When filming, I began to think more carefully about the shots I took because I realised it was somewhere new and pretty so I was just getting average shots so had to think more creatively about my shots. I used the Marantz to record atmosphere sounds and had to really think about where to place the microphone because most of the places we needed to film had other sounds we did not want to pick up. I have a huge knowledge on world issues which I have been talking to others about. I have mentioned a few of these in my daily blog posts and they are things I did not even think about before I completed this work experience. For example, I knew it was better for marine mammals to be in the wild but I did not realise how bad it is for them to be in captivity. They get skin infections from being kissed/touched too much and their life span is cut by over half because of the stress of hearing the noise from various places such as the audience or water filter. I learnt many world issues which have changed my views and made me realise how few people know about these issues. My communication skills have improved by putting my view across in terms of ideas of shots and coming up with an idea. This improved throughout my work experience and I became much more confident talking to new people and made some good friends and contacts. I enjoyed getting to know people from different places from around the world and learnt how different things were in Holland than England from the Dutch people there. All I learnt in Tenerife is transferable so I can use my new knowledge and skills in the future.
Contacts
Dan Barnes – Graphic design – It is always helpful to have someone with a good knowledge of programmes such as After Effects and Photoshop to ask for help with if needed for future projects.
Joe Fox – Zoologist – Is interested in creating Wildlife documentaries in the future, could use his knowledge of animals and my media skills in the future.
Jorn Martens – Falcon trainer – Birds are my favourite animal and it is good to know someone who works with them. Could create a documentary in the future.
Johnny Bradford – Graphic Design – Again, it is good to know people who I could collaborate with in the future. Johnny made a book in Tenerife which is going to be published so I know he is a hard worker and his work is to a professional standard.
Ed Bentham – Founder of the AWF – If I want to work with the AWF in the future, I can get in contact with Ed.
Agata Paraszczak – Zoologist – It is helpful to know people who are going into the wildlife industry because it is something I want to be part of.
Johnny Rickard – Presenter – Hopefully I will be able to film Johnny interviewing his next celebrity.
CVTV project
I was supposed to be filming a variety of interviews with C-list celebrities for a show reel for Johnny Rickard. This did not go to plan because I was supposed to be filming two out of four days but both of the interviews I was meant to be filming were cancelled for one reason or another. One of the interviews is being rescheduled for next week so I will hopefully be filming that. I helped put up the set last Thursday which was quite difficult because we had to hang black material over boards double the size of me so we used chairs to reach up and pass the material over. Some of it them fell down so we had to put it up again ready to be selotaped in the morning.
