What have I learnt about...

Scripting
Me and my partner decided to make a storyboard as opposed to writing a script. Though we saw through what other people were doing and from what we were told that when writing a script you have to include all details including any speech or directions.
Storyboarding
When we first started we spent about 20 minites on the first picture but we learnt that the pictures don't have to be perfect and simply need to be a rough idea of what kind of shots you plan to use. You may also want to include some writing under the photo to describe whats happening in the picture or the speech needed or the location you plan to use.
Locations
That takes us nicely on to what I learnt about Locations. We found that we seem to have a lot of ideas that would take place in amazing, unique locations then we would realise that we have no access what so ever to locations like that, so we'd have to rethink.
Talent
This means the actors that are going to be in the film. We found that a lot of people in our school are camera shy (much to our surprise as there are millions of photos of them online!) but anyway, we found it difficult to get people we wanted. When we finally did find some people to cooperate we found that it's not as simple as sticking them in front of a camera and ta-da. Instead it takes a lot of different takes, from different angles with different techniques.
Organisation
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. For example we tried to film one day just randomly, but we didn't have the right props or people around. Then if we filmed a little one day we found out we couldn't use it cause the actors were wearing different clothes the next time we would try. So we organised everything for one day and made sure everything we planned and possible for that day.
Teamwork
This was something to worry about as I've found in the past that it can sometimes be difficult to rely on people. Luckily, my partener Claudia was very responsible and easy to rely on though less can be said for some other partners in our group.. Being in a pairing made things easier on both of us as well and we found it less challenging to come up with ideas as there was two of us doing it.
Editing
This was one of the funniest parts of the project although I didn't seem to learn much as I had already done a lot of this in previous years for other projects and lessons.