Presentation....

To be honest there is not much I can say about our presentation. We were unable to get a camera, so we just made do and tried to create something worth boring the class with. However it wasn't comprehended that it was only a test shoot we did at home. We recieved the comment "well its not for me to be honest girls" before we could even break down what we'd shown and "no one cares how hard it was" after trying to explain the primitive methods we used to create the piece, we didn't say it was hard, just explained how we did it and why we did it in such a crappy way-due to lack of equipment.

Any constructive criticism would have been very helpful really, I think I can speak for the whole group in saying this project is very daunting as many have NO idea about film making as It is rather a specialist subject. Any advice would probably lifted the little confidence there is between the group. To be fair Dennis was helpful, and I did try and take in what he said but it was hard when everyone is sat there bored waiting for you to go away. I did ask around afterwards as to whether we were confusing or did not explain our concepts well, but even the most honest and brash of my friends said it was easy to grasp. Grace and I were satisfied with the TEST film we had to show, a result of no equipment to film with, no studio to film in( and I know it was explained we should book the studio well in advance but what if we had done so and couldn't get a camera?Its a waste of everyone involved time, makes us seem very unorganised reducing the chance anyone will work with us again and not to mention would piss off many who are desperate for a slot. With 3 studios and 3 year groups all after the studio and the cameras being a rare thing- everyone is tearing their hair out.) and no model as there was no definite date for a shoot.

Basically we left the presentation feeling very vague and confused as did many and it does beg the question what do our fees pay for? We can't get equipment, studios and everything we've done has been off our own backs, it feels like there is a lack of direction a bit. We finally got our cameras today....Grace and I had such a strong sense of what we wanted and I think we are now just going to go for it.

There is no way we would submit the clip we showed as an example of one type of shot we plan to use for about 5 seconds, it was a make shift piece. The presentation left me personally feeling completely deflated and questioning our idea. It was very depressing

Oh well.

But on the plus our presentation was strong and our ideas were overall liked, Dennis said if we get it right, we will "nail it". Which is cool.