Brexit
Project Brexit - Review
Group C1 - Brexiteers
The main challenges of this two-weeks project were how to concentrate such a hard subject (Brexit=UK leaving the EU in June 2016) into one minute, and how to work efficiently in team.
To surpass the first challenge, we had to understand the latter.
We were lucky, our group worked very well as a team and everyone respected each other’s opinions, so the brainstorming sessions were very fluid and productive.
During the storyboarding phase I assumed control, although the first draft was sketched during a meeting with all the theme. Starting from beginning until the end, I was taking notes and quickly drawing choices and decisions while the other colleagues contributed to it with ideas and opinions. After the meeting, with more time, I designed a more perfected storyboard, communicating the idea for each shot in a clear way.
We shot the film in approximately 4 hours. Since I wasn’t an actor, and was the one who better knew the sequences and shots (since I had done the storyboard), I assumed the producer/director’s role managing the shooting session, while Lewis was the cameraman. Everyone else was very professional and enthusiastic too.
The editing was mostly done by John, who knows the software better. Me and Harry helped him making decisions during the editing.
I'm quite happy with the result, because we worked well and made the best we could in the limited time available. However, I wish we had more time to develop the storytelling and even more time to present it in the outcome!
It was fun and I learned when to follow my instincts - some of the images, such as the cupcake drowning in “blood” with an english flag, simply came to my mind during the shooting and I openly suggested it - and when to leave space for other people’s inputs - such as in the editing, when John came with the solution for a sequence I wasn’t quite satisfied with.
Group C1 - Brexiteers
The main challenges of this two-weeks project were how to concentrate such a hard subject (Brexit=UK leaving the EU in June 2016) into one minute, and how to work efficiently in team.
To surpass the first challenge, we had to understand the latter.
We were lucky, our group worked very well as a team and everyone respected each other’s opinions, so the brainstorming sessions were very fluid and productive.
During the storyboarding phase I assumed control, although the first draft was sketched during a meeting with all the theme. Starting from beginning until the end, I was taking notes and quickly drawing choices and decisions while the other colleagues contributed to it with ideas and opinions. After the meeting, with more time, I designed a more perfected storyboard, communicating the idea for each shot in a clear way.
We shot the film in approximately 4 hours. Since I wasn’t an actor, and was the one who better knew the sequences and shots (since I had done the storyboard), I assumed the producer/director’s role managing the shooting session, while Lewis was the cameraman. Everyone else was very professional and enthusiastic too.
The editing was mostly done by John, who knows the software better. Me and Harry helped him making decisions during the editing.
I'm quite happy with the result, because we worked well and made the best we could in the limited time available. However, I wish we had more time to develop the storytelling and even more time to present it in the outcome!
It was fun and I learned when to follow my instincts - some of the images, such as the cupcake drowning in “blood” with an english flag, simply came to my mind during the shooting and I openly suggested it - and when to leave space for other people’s inputs - such as in the editing, when John came with the solution for a sequence I wasn’t quite satisfied with.