Production Assessment 1 - Making a cup of tea

For the production module we were set an assessment that we had to film a process. It had to be less than 90 seconds and it had to make sense.  The main point for this assessment was to practice our composition in our shots, but we were also marked on our editing as the clip had to run with a good pace. 

My assessment 1 ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wJpJNqto8

Notes taken from the lecture are as follows;

Making a cup of tea

Making a montage is all about the close ins – think action and re-action!

What props are needed?

Mug, tea bag, milk, spoon, bin, table, kettle, person to make the tea.

Film the following from an observational POV. Therefore, watching the actor collect the props from their set locations and performing the process.

Establish space and location – what space do you have?     Suggest the process should take place on a table in the middle of the room to allow the camera to be positioned.  Allows more room around the subject so you can shoot from front, back, sides, angular shots. 

1. Pick up kettle, carry it to sink and fill it up with water.
2. Place it back on its base and turn it on
3. Get a cup from the cupboard and put it on the table.
4. Collect a tea bag from the pot.
5. Put bag in cup
6. Get milk from fridge . Do not pour any in yet.
7. Get a spoon from the drawer
8. Pick up sugar and position it close to the mug. 
9. When the kettle has boiled pour the water into the cup.
10. Put kettle down
11. Stir the tea bag in the cup
12. Let it brew. Watch the steam and the water swirling around
13. Remove the tea bag and put it in the bin.
14. Pour in milk
15. Add sugar
16. Stir
17. Put Milk away
18. Finished!

Overall my experience in filming and editing the assessment was good. Due to the fact I was by myself I found it hard to set up shots as I couldn’t see what the shot looked like. In terms of editing I really enjoyed it, also to note we didn’t have to focus on sound. I really worked on pace of the edit, but like I mentioned before I wasn’t always happy with the shot I had taken. As I had learnt I first did a rough edit to get an idea of how long the film will be and how it would run.  For the next assessment I will work on lighting, getting an friend to act and cutting down the clip.