The document provides reflections from Benjamin Wincup on the various stages of producing a video project. It describes facing challenges like needing to change the script when the original actor became unavailable and location scouting. Filming was rushed due to forgetting the planned camera. Additional shots were needed after editing. The editing process involved shortening the song to fit the footage. Minor fixes in post-production included adding fades and crowd noises to polish the final video.

1. Stage 5
Production Reflections
Benjamin Wincup

2. Production reflections
• This proforma is to record how you worked on your production
• You should complete this each week during production
• Consider all relevant areas that you covered that week
• Think about what worked/what didn’t work/how you can improve
and actions for the following sessions/weeks

3. Process – stage 1: The script change
• The first part of my production was
bogged down by finding an actor
and changing the script. After I
found an actor, I found out that they
were unavailable to go to the
original location for the first half of
my script, which is why I changed
the first half to be in college. I did a
location scouting to find appropriate
hallways and classrooms to film in
and around. I then proceeded to
obtain the permissions needed to
film in said locations, securing a set
for my video. All my storyboarding,
scripts and planning were set for the
original idea, so it may seem odd to
see the different first half of my
video when compared to this. It
definitely threw me off for a minute
or two while I had to think about
changes.

4. Process – stage 2: The filming
• Much like the first stage, my
filming had one major problem. I
forgot to bring in my own camera,
which was what I was supposed to
use to film, so it ended up with me
having to wait for a free college
camera. That ended up being
available in the last lesson of the
day, so some of filming was done
in a rush, but I don’t think you can
really see it in the video. Given
that I only had an hour and a half
to film, it left me feeling panicked
and worried that I wouldn’t have
enough time to film properly. I did
manage to finish filming in the day
after though, only needing one
scene.

5. Process – stage 3: The filming 2: Electric
Boogaloo
• After editing, I realised there
were parts of the changed
script that I had missed out,
such as the dancing man
walking out of the door at the
end, or the part where he runs
past the camera down the
media hallway. Those were
easy enough to shoot on the
Friday after I had shot the rest
on a Thursday.

6. Process – stage 4: The editing
• I started my editing
immediately after the
reshoots. It was easy enough,
sticking all the clips together,
but I found that the song was
way too long for the footage I
had. What I did to fix this was
cut the song into an intro,
chorus, breakdown and then
another chorus which I then
faded out. I then padded the
video out by reusing clips of
the protagonist looking
surprised. Rendered, exported
the video and then moved on.

7. Process – stage 5: Fixing it in post
• After I exported my final video,
I realised a few things could be
changed. Not much, but I think
the changes were good. I
added a fade to black and
some crowd noises at the start
and end. This was a nice touch
as they lined up with the video
and it filled an empty space at
the start where there was only
footage.