Progress Report #4 Ryhen Ann Roque

Last Tuesday, we conducted our interviews. Jeff and Jermaine went out to set-up first. Then the rest of the group followed (after classes had ended) and helped out with the setting up. For the interview, Jeff was in charge of the log sheet. Carlos was in charge of sound. Ryan and Jermaine were in charge of the cameras. I was in charge of conducting the interview. When we were setting up, it was difficult to get the right angle for the camera and lighting for the first interview because it was set up outside. The sun was hitting the windows which reflected up the interviewee. It took a while before we finally knew how to set up the shot. It was also pretty cold, but we managed to get the through with it. The people from the housing were considerate when we were filming and did not make much noise. However, we could not do anything about the sounds that were made throughout the neighborhood (like the children, the cars that went by, and even an airplane flew by). The interview took much longer than expected because we had to pause in between to make sure there was no other sounds in the shot. In the second interview, everyone knew what they had to do with setting up the equipment. It was set up pretty quickly. It went by much quicker because there was not much noise coming and going. The breaking down of the equipment was really good too because everyone helped out and it went by really quickly. This first and second interview will help us get through what we need to go through for setting up, filming and breaking down for the next interviews and shots we need to take. I learned that getting a good shot for the film takes a lot of preparation.