12 March 2009

The mad rush of last minute work began today. Shun and I continue to edit the documentary, as we have been instructed to by the girls. Shun and I looked closely through the rubric and found that there was lacking in our footage any sign that we knew anything about music, foley, sound design, dialogue, silence, etc. The only part we had was the dramatic meaning of sound effects. Therefore, Shun and I borrowed some equipment and headed up to the ninth floor to shoot a short clip talking about music.

This was in response to feedback Ms Wong gave us. She decided that we needed to check the rubric more carefully to ensure that we knew exactly what the documentary was that we were trying to put together. Therefore, we are spending valuable editing time trying to conjure up footage that will put our documentary together.

I have to say that our filming was quite successful today, however. We overcame major challanges. I couldn't quite spontaneously improvise lines convincingly, so we wrote up a script which was held just under the camera lens so I could read the script but look like I am staring at the camera. The footage was good, but I spoke a little quickly, so we may redo it.

We need editing time. The plan is to shoot as much as possible on Monday, and edit after school and during lunchtimes at top speed and try to get the film in before the Thursday deadline.