What I Learned from assignment 1c

What I learned, from shooting on film, for assignment 1C is incorporating time into production and being more cautious with what needs to be shot. When working with digital, one may be able to take as much time as they would like to take as many pictures as they would like. But, contrary to what the Rolling Stones may have said, time was not on our side. My group and I had to make sure we took the pictures that we needed, but made sure that we had incorporated time to make sure that our pictures developed. Also, seeing that the we had a limited about footage space for the pictures we needed to take, we had to be cautious, with each and every shot.

Our group had four people, four shots each, and (for each shot) three takes each. So, we took 48 takes total and we only had 20 plus spots available on each role. So, my group and I had to make sure each and every shot was well thought out and close to perfect as we could get it. With that, for me, having digital cameras (both picture-taking and filmmaking) for most of the stages of my life gave me the benefit of having the actual image immediately, where with the cameras we were given for this project, we didn’t have the instant gratification of seeing the pictures, right after week took them. All we had was the camera’s viewfinder to help set up each shot, and we all hoped that by the time we got the pictures back, that they had turned out ok. If they turned out great that there would be a sigh of relief, at least from me, but if there were any that sucked, there would be some swearing made, as we would get ready to make some more.

                I had realized with this project that I had taken advantage of digital cameras, and wondered how much of pain it was to take pictures for digital cameras came into play.