Consider the Consequences

For our media Task we had to created a video, showing the consequences of underage drinking. Our target audience was 13-18 year.

I worked in a group along with 4 peers, each of us had a fair input into the production work load.
As a group we planned our video and the different locations that we would set our video in and talking about who was going to be in our video. With all the different ideas and the different views within the group, we had to take some decisions to a vote, but everybody was happy with the decisions made.

After our planning was completed we then went out to find our actors and go through a stage of asking for their permission to leave school from their parents. Although we was only going over the road health and safety was key, we also had 2 staff members with us at all times.

We filmed our video on 1 day because our schedule was very constricted with bad weather and the availability of our actors, I felt that this meant that we rushed the filming as to have enough time to edit it before our deadline. However i still think we had good ideas with good steady camera angles and a wide variety of shots that created different atmosphers.

From doing this video I learnt that you can never rely on the weather and not have a backup if it goes wrong. Also I learnt that you need to be able to chose people in the video who are going to be available when you need them, a lot of our time was wasted because we did not have the right people at the right time. I also feel that 2 many people in one group just cause conflict, as everyone has different ideas and deciding the best one can be difficult, maybe 3 to a group maximum, preferably 2, however this increased the workload per person.

I am pleased to have experienced producing this video because I learnt alot from my mistakes and what to expect and what to adapt in the future when making a video.