Evaluation

For this task, we had to film a news report in three different locations; A quiet outside location, a quiet inside location and a busy inside location. Our task was to film two people reading the news report in each location and then look back on our footage and change the things we thought needed improving.
Roles: I was in charge of the sound, Amica operated the camera and India and Amy were the news readers.
Location one
Our first location was in the car park outside our classroom. We used a boom mic to record the sound. When we looked back on the clip, there were a few major things wrong with it. Firstly, the sun was very bright and was creating quite a noticeable lens flare. There was also visible equipment in shot, such as the sound kit and the tripod bag. We didn't notice this until after the filming. As for the sound, the wind was very loud and you could clearly hear the traffic in the distance.
The next time we filmed in this location, we made sure we faced away from the sun so there was no sun flare. We also ensured that there was no equipment in shot. Another thing we did was switch to tie mics instead of the boom for better sound.
Location 2
Our second location was a quiet inside location in an empty classroom. We set up the news readers at a table and made the camera the same level as them. We used a boom mic for this location as well. When we looked back, we discovered that it would work a lot better if we used tie mics as the news readers voices would be louder and clearer. So, when we filmed again, we did everything we did last time except we used tie mics instead. The audio was a lot clearer than it was before.
Location 3
Location 3 was a very busy and loud corridor. We used a boom mic and set the camera up outside a toilet. We realised afterwards that this was a mistake as people kept getting into shot. The boom mic was also a mistake as it was recording everyone else's conversations as well as the dialogue we actually wanted to record. When we filmed here a second time, we made the change from boom mic to tie mics and made sure we filmed away from the toilets