Whilst I think we began with a strong idea, looking into homelessness - a very big issue in our local area - I concede that we also spent a little too much time trying to completely focus ourselves on what angle to take. Partially, this was because of organisations being unwilling/able to help us by providing us with information and interviews - this is especially true with the food bank angle which I think would have been very effective and easily filmed with the right access. I also think that by focusing solely on homelessness we were able to tackle the large issue with a varied approach but this also meant that we ended up looking very in-depth into the issue which made choosing an angle even harder as we realised the true depth of the subject and the amount of information we would have to pass onto our audience.
Role choices were allocated to reflect our strengths and personal previous experiences, (Victoria is an enthusiastic and resourceful researcher and Danny had directed a previous project we'd worked on as a group.) However, as the project progressed our group began suffering from a lack of communication and leadership. This affected us quite dramatically as we progressed towards shooting - forcing us to need to reschedule an interview and impacting us more and more as we tried to edit but without vital shots. Despite this setback, our group managed to rally and acquire the missing shots/interviews etc. In future, I think that making sure everybody knows what their role is and the responsibilities that they have will help us to work stronger and more productively as a team.
Originally, our entire program was supported by a blue bar on the bottom of the screen, along which was placed our astons and rolling text. However, a (bewildering) last minute editing problem meant that whilst these were still present on the timeline and the software was aware of it, it was not being shown on the preview. Even with the help of our technician this problem was not able to be fully fixed within enough time. Obviously this seriously affected the overall look of our piece - making text harder to read, removing certain specific details and taking away from our original design.
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