Issues

PROBLEMS!!!!! 

Obviously, during our process of making our media texts, we came across a range of problems that either delayed our schedule and slowed down our progress!!! 

1. THE CAST!!! 

So the cast that we asked to help us out were not always available, this caused an issue as for we would have to go on another long search to find another actor/actress who was willing to be fully committed to our media productions. 

2. Time 

Regarding the fact that media was a main priority, I must admit that our group got caught up in other subjects and social life. Exam season was around the corner which again delayed our progress, my group members attended work and also went away for weekends. Even though we missed allot of our schedule time we still managed to pick up the pace and get straight back into what we wanted to do and kept it in the scheduled deadline. 

3. The Day

Since we started filming around November, the day was short which limited our time for filming outside to get a natural ambient light. We would have to either leave school early or do it on the weekends. This problem occurred but we managed to get the outside shots earlier in the day. 

4. The Equipment

Nothing worse than the camera running out of battery or even forgetting a certain prop. This did not occur much but it did delay on some of our filming days and limited our filming times. We managed to put this behind us and added more filming days.

5. The Software

ADOBE PREMIER PRO, I am angry. 

Adobe Failed on me and my team mates at least 3 times, it was confusing and hard to deal with, our files got corrupted and messed up which meant we had to start all over again. Since I am rather computer savvy I have used other programs before and so I decided to change the program to "Sony Vegas" which I can personally say, WORKS LIKE A CHARM. So simple and easy to use. 

6. Setting Availability

Filming in a member of our teams flat caused some issues. It was not always available which meant  we couldn't always film at certain times that we scheduled. No worries! we got passed this as managed to film allot during its availability by planning before what we wanted to film.