Problem solving
- 2. Problems I have come across • Sadly, I broke my DSLR camera over lockdown, this became a big issue when I had started my first part of filming but not the second part. To combat this issue I used my phone instead, I couldn’t afford to buy a new camera and at the time, didn’t have access to a college camera. Over all, this wasn’t too much of an issue as the quality of my phone is still great. But, sadly, it uploaded in a different view style (so one part of my production is portrait and the other is landscape).
- 3. Problems I have come across • On the first day of the second part of my production is started raining fairly badly. I had looked at the weather forecast in my planning and to my understanding it wasn’t supposed to rain but it did. Luckily I had a contingency plan in place and had enough time to film it a few days later when the weather had cleared up. In order to not waste time I started further editing my first part of production.
- 4. Problems I have come across • Another problem I faced concerned post production. Some of the footage I had taken was lit poorly and looked grainy. In order to try combat this, I used various lighting and contrast effects to try and colour correct my mistakes. I don’t think this was too successful but it definitely looked better than it did before.
- 5. Problems I have come across • Another issue I came across was loosing my SD card during the first part of production, I later swapped to my mobile phone but this was an issue as I couldn’t upload my footage onto a PC and I couldn’t access a camera shop/ or afford to buy an SD card. Luckily, after doing some research about the camera, I discovered that my DSLR had a function in which I could share my cameras images onto my phone. This helped so much and saved me some valuable time that I could have lost.
- 6. Problems I have come across • In the second part of my production, I had planned to make a “third eye” make-up look. I ordered some water paints and when they arrived I tried to practice using them and they didn’t work at all. This worried me as I couldn’t afford makeup but, luckily, the model told me that I could use her makeup and my sister gave me some to use to. The makeup I was given to use, ended up being very effective and I’m really happy with the outcome of all the makeup looks.
- 7. Problems I have come across