Construction Post 7: My Personal contribution to the Shoot Sessions

Our Group Photo Taken on a Shoot

I feel like I personally contributed greatly to the success of our shooting sessions. When shooting the bullying scene at the lake, in every version of the scene, I played the male bully and when shooting our interior shots in Craig's home, that was in fact my home. This meant that I had to do some of the set dressing myself before everyone arrived on Sunday, as we had building work being done on the house and thus my room was otherwise extremely messy and dusty from the builders. When shooting at home, I was often in charge of the camera and I also sought to be involved in the directing and sound when I was not acting in the park. I also really wanted us to get a GoPro involved, even if it was only for a couple of shots at home, which I was able to achieve and I believe these two shots are of high quality.

Me as a bully in aglet

In hindsight, I wish we were able to have gotten an actor to play the male bully, as I really would have enjoyed helping manage and shoot the continuity sequence of the bullying. However, as we were not able to get an appropriate actor and I was the only male member of the group, I was forced to have an attempt at acting as the male bully in the shot. Overall, I really enjoyed shooting our media project and I can't wait to utilize the skills I learnt in future projects as well.