In this task we were given the opportunity to film a montage of our choice. It was supposed to be 30 seconds worth of footage that needed to make narrative sense and include a good variety of shots and angles. However, because we filmed so much footage our finished montage ended up being longer than expected.

Things that went well:

  • The storyboard really helped us to include a good variety of shots in the montage.
  • We all directed the filming efficiently without being overly bossy.
  • We also managed to get the camera perfectly positioned for an over the shoulder shot that could also not be seen in the camera.

Things that did not go so well:

  • We took a lot longer than expected to film the montage as although we had our story board done we did not have the shots in order of what we needed to film. This meant figuring it out whilst filming so that we had all of the parts that needed facial hair in shot first.
  • Some of the angles that we attempted to do were in very difficult positions so maybe considering an alternative shot would have been a good idea.
  • At one point in our montage we also broke the 180 degree rule.
storyboard snip

This is our story board for our montage. To open and see the full storyboard just click on this image.