UNIT 2D - Working Effectively with Others.
In total there were 20 students on the BFI course, after the first day we were spit into two separate film crews.
I had never met any of the people in my group before, so I had to build relationships with each crew member individually.
We all quickly bonded as we learnt more about each others personalities and backgrounds in film. We employed a good system when it came to discussing our opinions and views which was that we went around the table letting everyone have their own say on the ideas.
This helped to keep everyone happy, as all of the decisions became the product of a collaborative effort. This is how we worked, as a collaborative team.
We applied the same principle when it came to our filming days, we never rushed into a decision without consultation with each other, so that everyone could share their opinions.
The role of a Director is to take everyones views into consideration, but ultimately they need to decide what is the best choice for the project.
Problems and how we dealt with them:
All of our major issues occurred on the second day of filming, as we had to work with an environment which was constantly changing. Some of these issues included:
- Cyclist kept on riding though our location in front of the actors which made that take unusable. This made it increasingly more difficult to get all the shots we needed as we found ourselves needing to redo the same thing 3 or 4 times over. We manege to overcome this by using some crew members not needed at that moment, for example our editor, to stand at one end of the underpass and to try and ask people if they would mind waiting 2 minutes for us to finish the take we where doing.
- Our screen monitor on set was not connecting to our camera correctly and was really temperamental and prone to glitches. This was a problem because it meant that I as the director could not view the shot as it was taken. For this problem I worked with the cinematographers to let them take the shots they where happy with whilst I focused my attention on the quality of the acting and making sure that it was to a high standard.
- Another problem we faced, similar to the last problem, was that our camera battery which was losing charge very fast and we only had a limited amount of them to use. We took fairly obvious action here by turning the camera off at times when we was not using it - but even so they where not lasting as long as we needed. I dealt with this issue by making trips on my skateboard back to the 6th form to put the old battery on charge, and collect a fully charged one to take back to the set. Although this would not usually be seen as the role of the director to be a 'Runner', I wanted my crew to know that I was prepared to do anything that was needed to ensure that we succeed.
We overcame all of the problems we faced by working as an effect team, and deciding collectively what the most suitable solution would be for each issue as it arose.
I had never met any of the people in my group before, so I had to build relationships with each crew member individually.
We all quickly bonded as we learnt more about each others personalities and backgrounds in film. We employed a good system when it came to discussing our opinions and views which was that we went around the table letting everyone have their own say on the ideas.
This helped to keep everyone happy, as all of the decisions became the product of a collaborative effort. This is how we worked, as a collaborative team.
We applied the same principle when it came to our filming days, we never rushed into a decision without consultation with each other, so that everyone could share their opinions.
The role of a Director is to take everyones views into consideration, but ultimately they need to decide what is the best choice for the project.
Problems and how we dealt with them:
All of our major issues occurred on the second day of filming, as we had to work with an environment which was constantly changing. Some of these issues included:
- Cyclist kept on riding though our location in front of the actors which made that take unusable. This made it increasingly more difficult to get all the shots we needed as we found ourselves needing to redo the same thing 3 or 4 times over. We manege to overcome this by using some crew members not needed at that moment, for example our editor, to stand at one end of the underpass and to try and ask people if they would mind waiting 2 minutes for us to finish the take we where doing.
- Our screen monitor on set was not connecting to our camera correctly and was really temperamental and prone to glitches. This was a problem because it meant that I as the director could not view the shot as it was taken. For this problem I worked with the cinematographers to let them take the shots they where happy with whilst I focused my attention on the quality of the acting and making sure that it was to a high standard.
- Another problem we faced, similar to the last problem, was that our camera battery which was losing charge very fast and we only had a limited amount of them to use. We took fairly obvious action here by turning the camera off at times when we was not using it - but even so they where not lasting as long as we needed. I dealt with this issue by making trips on my skateboard back to the 6th form to put the old battery on charge, and collect a fully charged one to take back to the set. Although this would not usually be seen as the role of the director to be a 'Runner', I wanted my crew to know that I was prepared to do anything that was needed to ensure that we succeed.
We overcame all of the problems we faced by working as an effect team, and deciding collectively what the most suitable solution would be for each issue as it arose.
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