Despite being the editor for our client project, I had involvement throughout all stages of the production process; and in this report I will try and evenly discuss both my unique role as well as my other involvements and how they came together to teach me lessons and introduced me to new experiences. Preparing me for a career in the professional corporate video industry.
Throughout our shoots on location; easily one of the greatest challenges we and to rise up to as a team related to the issues brought about by exterior on-location film shoots. Our first couple of shoots were a learning curve in respects to how weather and environment can affect our shoot. For example, on day two of the shoot we carried out multiple interviews. However due to the rain we had to use an umbrella to protect the camera from water damage. None of us considered the impact this could have on the sound quality and as the rushes entered the editing room it became clear only a small amount of the audio was salvageable. The rest had to be scrapped; leading to setbacks in our shooting schedule. In retrospect a way to resolve this issue could have been ensuring that the subject and mics
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This sort of meeting would be commonplace for any project in professional corporate video and allowed me to earn a greater understanding of the sort of comments and notes that a director or client might make on an edit in my professional future. As Charlie mentioned, it is important to regard these notes with the importance they deserve to make the best video possible that we can be proud of; but it is also important not to take them to heart or let them affect your own confidence in your skills and