Reflection Film Pre-production

The Recovery Project


The seven final groups have been selected for our film reflection, I have chosen to take part and work on Andre's idea of how your memories are precious things to hold on to with three other members, Ulysses, Dowan and Chole. We have all spoken about the different roles we would like to take part in, I have chosen to be camera operator/production editor, the reason behind my choice of role is I enjoy using and finding new ways to set up or position an image to help portray a scene in a specific way. Along side that I am very keen in developing my editing skills and believe that this particular project will help me find news ways to showcase it.

As being camera operator for the first part of this project I wanted to look into the key responsibilities that I would have to undergo when perfoming this task and found a helpful piece written about it which include;

• a good sense of visual composition, perspective and movement
• physical co-ordination and strength
• ability to combine creativity with technical skills
• precise attention to detail
• effective communication skills
• ability to collaborate, and to work as part of a team
• diplomacy and sensitivity when working with artists and crew
• knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures.

When filming a past project I found that i really enjoyed on set observing the natural surrounds and coming up of ways we could use it in the film to add production value to make it seem visually interesting. Especially the fact this current project is the sole purpose of the film and paying attention to small detail could be a key area.

We had a small quick meeting just to discuss about our roles and things we should be looking into and anything really that could help bring the film together nicely. I looked into frame rate of a camera just came across it and thought i should write down a few notes that might be helpful for future references.