This week in class, we were given time in the second half to have a bit of pre-production planning with our group, mainly to brainstorm ideas and to ensure that we were suitable prepared for A3 filming next week.

My group decided to do a talk-show cum Q&A set featuring a panel of 2 and a host on stage with one or two pre-selected audience members to ask the questions. Our topic of choice: Memes. Because everyone was fairly passionate about the topic and exceptionally well- versed in it, brainstorming was relatively easy. We managed to come up with a rough script, and a general direction/vision we were aiming for with this recording. Crew roles was easy to divide because everyone knew what they wanted, which left very little to fight about. I decided to be DA this time.

Every group was given about 20 minutes to refresh or get familiar with the equipment relating to their assigned roles. Because I was DA, I didn’t have a specific equipment to familiarise myself with therefore I took it upon myself to float around and get to know more about the control room stuff as I had no prior experience with or in it in A2. I got to play with the vision switcher a little bit and would be open to trying that out for the next assignment. I also stuck around to hear what Ed was explaining with regards to the graphics side of things. Because this was a role that wasn’t previously needed in assignment 2, it was interesting to see what exactly and how exactly it worked in relation to the entire production.

Coming out of the class, I did not personally have a task to prepare for next week although I’m sure once filming is a go, I would be running around like a headless chicken.

It will definitely be interesting to try a different role this time and I am quite excited for A3!