After some heavy consideration, I have decided to scrap my hospital shoot entire and instead redo my entire segment in the library, as per my original plan. This was because of 3 main reasons:
The first reason is because I felt that the quality of the shoot wasn't good enough, such as the technical aspects. I felt that the sound wasn't clear, the lighting was too dim, and I could have done better camera work.
The second reason is after discussing with friends about their own segments, I realized mine didn't exactly fit in with the rest. I confirmed this after discussing it with the people who's segments were before and after mine, more on this later.
The final and what I believe to be the most important reason is that it doesn't accurately represent my life. After all, this project is about showing our daily lives and how we normally spend it each day. So, if I had decided to use the hospital shoot as my segment, it wouldn't have accurately represented my life. While it would've been unique, it still wouldn't fit in. I had referred to the Global Context of 'Identities and Relationships' because this segment is supposed to express my true identity and relationships between different people.
This brings us to the re-shoot of my segment in the library. Once again, I didn't exactly follow my storyboard. Instead of filming the canteen and gymnasium, I decided to focus solely on the library since it is what I normally do. For the equipment, I only used my phone's camera. While not the best , I believe it my phone has a quite decent camera. I was able to record at 1080p at 30fps, and even 60fps if I wanted to, but I didn't because I wanted to make it look more cinematic. This was something I learned from an online tutorial. Since I wasn't filming action shots, 30fps was the better option. Another feature present in my phone's camera is video stabilisation, making pan shots and moving shots appear smoother.
For the shoot, my plan went like this:
Film myself walking to the library from first person perspective, show the 'Library' sign, focus camera on watch to show what time it is, enter the library and store bag in locker, take laptop, go upstairs, film what was going on in the library that time. I may considering taking additional shots another day, but these shots shouldn't add any new action that would otherwise conflict with my existing footage.
While I was inside, I had to pause the recording to ask my friends who hung out there for consent to film them. Most of the time, they didn't mind. I ended up getting the footage I wanted, and footage of what usually happens around me in the library during lunch time.
A few days after I finished my shoot, we had to discuss with the people whose segments came before and after our own. After talking around class, I learned that the Benson came before me, but he was absent that day, and Joey came after me. I discussed with Joey about how our segments would have linked together. I learned that her segment started with the camera facing to a clock, and mine ended with me walking away from the library. We decided maybe not to use a transition between our segments. We also agreed that we both weren't using subtitles or music.
In addition to filming our segments, there was some discussion about editing. I had decided to help Minkee with editing since we both aren't using Final Cut Pro unlike the majority of the class. I'm also considering making the intro and credits sequences for the entire film, but I'm still not entirely sure. Maybe if nobody else decides to do it I'll step in.
Overall, I'm pretty sure my shot shows my average life truthfully and accurately.
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