What worked?
Our initial pitch went very well and I was thrilled to hear that mine and Jason's idea was runner up to Steal the Style. I feel we came up with a fun and original idea that could easily appeal to our target audience and I feel that we communicated that very well with the panel.
I feel my VT team worked together very well and we all had a good work ethic and chemistry that made the VTs come together so well. Even though we had a small disaster with the Old to New VT, we came together and fixed the situation very quickly and it came together very well.
I feel I was an effective sound operator, and I was able to capture a good amount of crisp and clear audio for Bonnie's interview VT. My sound editing also turned out very well and I am glad I was able to cut to the music as well as I did both in the VTs and in the gallery at the vision mixer desk.
The editing process also went very well, I was able to complete my fine cuts fairly quickly meaning that I had plenty of time to make minor tweaks in the build up to the live show.
Considering I have never done it before, I believe I took to the role of vision mixer very quickly and I felt very comfortable listening to the director's instructions and working the desk.
I feel the course as a whole worked very well together, I worked with people I have barely even spoken to and I feel a lot more comfortable in asking others for help and feedback on my work.
Cutting the credits to the music was perfect.
What didn't work?
Sometimes during the rehearsals and transmission I feel I let my nerves get the better of me, which led me to over think at times. This caused me to slip up in the last rehearsals and in the transmission, though not always noticeably, I was well aware of these mistakes and they were all avoidable.
As aesthetically pleasing as it turned out, I think that I could have done more with the Old to New VT. I feel the mockup looked really good through the aspect ratio effects I had used but we did not carry that through to the actual VT to avoid distracting from the clothes. Looking back, it would have worked well to reinforce the tone of the era we were portraying in the film.
I feel that my edits were fairly disorganised as well which made the editing process more laborious than it needed to be - I could have organised the footage a lot better.
I also think that I did not record as much audio as I could have, for example, it would have been nice to use authentic camera shutter sound effects but I instead opted to add them in post which detracted from the authenticity of the VT.
What did I learn?
Of course the most significant thing I learned from this unit was vision mixing. This was entirely new skill to me and learning it was one of the best experiences I have had on this course, not only because I enjoyed it immensely but also because it has opened up a potential career path that I had not previously considered.
Working in a live studio environment was also a very new experience for me and I learned to work in such a large team, both before and during transmission. From working on the VTs I had to liaise with the director, crew and producers to record sound and edit the VTs and in the studio I was under the instruction of the studio director. This gave me an insight into what it is like to work with a larger team than I am used to.
I believe that I learned to deal with stress a lot better, especially when I was in the gallery. I knew throughout the entire process that one mistake on my part could negatively affect the outcome of the live recording, but I did not let that get to me and even when I did make one mistake I carried on like normal and finished the show with flying colours.
What could I develop?
I would like to look more into vision mixing so that I can delve more into the vision mixer role as a potential career path.
I could also develop my organisational skills when it comes to editing. I was able to organise the footage for the interview VT, but when it came to the Old to New VT, I was a bit lazier and just added the clips as they came, so by organising my footage better I could be a lot more efficient with my work.
I also feel I could be more ambitious with my colour grading as the VTs both seemed fairly tame in this respect.
Conclusion
On the whole, I am very pleased with how this project turned out. I was initially dreading the idea of going into a live studio but once we got into it and started working as one big team, everything fitted together so nicely that it became a joy to be a part of, and I regret that it is now finished. Looking to the future, I am finding that offline editing can grow boring after a while and vision mixing seems like a fun and exciting alternative that I want to look into as I head into the industry.
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