Production Practice

So this year in 'Production Practice' we've had the opportunity to make 4 films which I've found extremely exciting and thoroughly enjoyed learning the new skills. Unfortunately I only have links to 1 video currently but I will update this post as soon as the others are uploaded onto YouTube. 


People On The Move
We had to create 2 minute film about a journey, ours was about a missing jigsaw piece. In this film I didn't get to gain much experience behind the camera as I was acting in the film but I did get to do point of view shots which made me realise that I would enjoy to gain more experience of filming. 


It's Liverpool
The second film we had to create was as an entry into the 'It's Liverpool' competition aiming to show off one particular landmark or area of Liverpool. After a hectic last minute rush to film it all the day before it was due, we did ours on the Anglican Cathedral. In this film I gained more filming and editing the film which I was really happy about. Although I was less ecstatic about climbing to the top of the tower carrying the heavy tripod!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlUmpUoECvA&feature=player_embedded
Personal Profile
The next film we had to produce was a short profile on a person with an interesting story to tell. My group decided that we would do it on my mum, Julie Fadden, as she has an interesting job running a housing company. It was a real learning curve for me as I conducted the whole interview myself involving me to set up the camera and microphone alone and even getting my dad to hold the boom! I found the interview process highly enjoyable causing me to think that perhaps in the future I would definitely like to conduct more interviews with people. 


Factual Short
The final film we had to make was a 3-5 minute factual film on something interesting. After a lot of chasing people up we were lucky enough to be offered the chance to produce a film about Tai Chi with a very captivating woman leading the talking. Due to last minute change of hearts we could only have one contributer which was disappointing but I felt that the film was still very interesting.