In this class, we got a glimpse at a messy creative process lead by Robin playing the part of an arrogant director. It felt like a situation that could be a reality out in the field, so it was an interesting learning exercise.
I was a camera operator, so I did my best to capture what the director was describing. I had some ideas of my own on how the scene should be covered, but I thought that if everyone was giving the director advice it would get very annoying very quickly for him. As he was the director, decided to trust his judgement and just make sure I did my job. In hindsight, if anyone was going to give the director coverage-related advice, it would be the camera operator.
Afterwards, we started getting ready for our big group filming activity on Friday. There wasn’t much we could do at the time other than distribute roles.
Our director Tyler had an idea in his head for the shots we’d use, but I was struggling to understand his explanations as he talked us through it. He proceeded to draw out his ideas but the drawings were also very difficult to understand. I had a similar problem conveying my ideas when I was a director in the previous week. I could take away two things from this. Firstly, I need to reach a higher level of familiarity with film terminology to be able effectively communicate with my fellow film crew. Secondly, it’s very important to be able to draw good looking and clear storyboards. This is something that I will practice.
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