Preliminary exercise

When we was first told about the preliminary exercise I was excited because it was very basic so gave us the chance to use our imagination and be creative whilst we were planning for the film. We all thought it would be best to do a crime related film like 'The Bill'. We went through different idea's such as an interview with the police but in the end we decided to do drug dealing as it was more original. We all looked at a clip of Kidulthood which helped us use the right language for the script and gave us different ideas.
When i first heard that two members of our group lived in Bridport i thought it was going to be tricky for us all to meet up out of college and film but it was easy as we all made decisions well and planned everything like transport. We finally decided to film in Bridport at St'Marys playing park as we thought it would be easier. I think the group worked well together as we all shared responsibilities and organised our roles well. I had never worked with anyone in my group before so i was quite nervous to see if they were open to new ideas and if we could share equal roles but it worked really well. My role for the film was cameraman when we first discussed this I was excited and scared as i had never used a camera before so it was quite daunting at first to i would be filming the whole thing on my own, but everyone was understanding which was helpful. Amy's role was scriptwriter, Tom's role was editing and Holly's role was director. I think we all worked well with the roles we had.
When we first decided on the location where we were going to be filming I was really nervous as I had never been there before, but Amy and Tom reassured me and Holly it was easy to get there as we both live in Weymouth and had never had to travel there on our own. The location sound like a good match for the theme we wanted for the idea of two people meeting in a park, dealing drugs and having a small conversation.
At first I thought I was out of my depth as i had never done media or used a camera, but it was easier then i thought it would be as we all worked well with each other and helped each other out when needed. Also the amount of work that needs to be submitted for the final piece was a shock but I'm sure it will be easier then it seems as we go along. I'm glad we did the preliminary exercise as it showed us how it was going to be for our final piece and gave us an idea of what idea's worked well and which ones didn't. Hopefully the things we have learnt from the preliminary exercise will show in our final piece.

Risk assessment
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ae7NwO2383ICZGN2cTdwZzRfMTVjY25wY2ZnNA&hl=en_GB
Risk assessment 2
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ae7NwO2383ICZGN2cTdwZzRfMTdjZ3NxcWZmOQ&hl=en_GB