Unit 2 Part D

Working effectively with others

Commitments - Turning up in the morning every day during my half term was a commitment. I also had to edit a certain clip after the first day of shooting so that we could project that on to the wall the next day and use it when shooting one of our scenes. This was a commitment as if I didn't commit to doing it, I would have let down the crew and our vision for that scene as we would have had to do it another way. 

We realised on our fist shoot day that we were shot of a pair of red contacts, as the ones we had were only one day use so we would have to go buy another pair for the next day. As I was the closest to town I committed to go buy it before we were scheduled to meet at our location to start filming. 

Below is evidence from the group chat. 

Communication - During the shoot I had to communicate with the first AD in order to know what shot we were doing next so that I could productively mark the clapper eliminating confusion in the edit. I also had to communicate with the cameramen, both verbally and non verbal as they would assist me in placing the clapper in the right position, so that it was in focus and could be seen. 

Here is me with the clapperboard

Co-operation - I co-operated with all crew members, especially the sound recorder as after the shoot he took home the sd card with the sound files to label, add more foley sound and brought it back for me to log and save in the respective folders on the computer that I'd be using to edit. I also had to co-operate with the director, in order to make sure that the edit matched majority of his thoughts and vision for the film. 

Feedback
Getting feedback was important both on the shoot days and later on when I was editing. On the shoot days I would get both verbal and non verbal feedback from both Francis and Kelsie our cameramen. This was so that the clapperboard was in shot and could be seen. Our mentor and assistant Bradley gave me feedback and taught me new things to do with the clapperboard. As he told me about false starts that happened a few times. This helped me do my job as clapper loader better. AFS stands for After False Start and was used when we had already taken one take but it stopped before the actors started acting due to the camera shutting down or a similar issue.

During post production, I received feedback from Ryd who helped give an outsiders perspective as he didn't read the script or wasn't a part of our planning and production stage. I also sent rough cuts and drafts to Owen our director and Alex our sound recorder who gave me feedback that helped make the film. 

Self Evaluation
While editing I was able to self evaluate my role as clapper loader, as I noticed some shots were blurry on the clapper board. The lair was dark and as a result in some shots when holding the clapperboard you couldn't see anything at all. There were also some instances where I had marked the take wrong, however I made a note of this on my production schedule so it didn't cause too much confusion.