Light Project Reflection

This has been my hardest group project I've experienced so far this year and it's not over yet. My group has gone through very difficult situations to the point where we are constantly changing our schedule, which is very frustrating. There have been both ups and downs throughout this project, but there is one that concerns me more than all the others in particular. I feel that sometimes the group chemistry isn't there at all and it's something we have to work on as a team. I know we could work together better than the way we have been. I don't blame anyone in the group of course. I just think not ever working with each before on previous projects had a lot to do with how we communicate while on set. Like i mentioned before, constantly changing our schedule times have been a huge impact on us. A lot of our group members are involved in sports activities so we try our best to work our way around it. Although, I love how the group has been able to work through the adversity , such as our teacher actor having to leave the country for emergency reasons, rooms not being accessible for our shooting days, and a whole lot of reshooting because of lighting problems. A camera can be a really tricky thing, and that's definitely a hard lesson we have learned so far. There have been times where we set up our lights and check it on the mini screen of the camera to see how it looks and the picture seems just about right to us. With this in mind, we shoot our entire scene only to come back and see how terrible it looks on the computer. This was extremely frustrating and was a problem for several days, because we couldn't figure out how to get the right lighting on our set. Not until farther into the film, where we got the hang of it and how it was supposed to look on the mini screen in order for it to look good on the computer as well. Sometimes it's just plain and simple our faults, where we forget a piece of equipment or forget to dress for the scene. Once again, this is our lack of communication that we have to improve together. What I'm liking so far is how our sound crew is ahead on their work, so that won't be such a big problem in the future when it comes to editing all that in. Another thing I think my Dp and I should work on is how to use our surroundings better. What I mean by that is lighting wise, and how we can use the already present light and our own to make the shot even better than what it was intended to be. I hate how sometimes I find myself taking away the camera because I can't really explain to my Dp what I want the shot to look like.I need to work on my ability to be more understanding with her. Although we've gone through a lot of downs and knowing that we're probably the group that's the most far behind, I still believe that by the end of this project our film will turn out good. The way we've been handling situations like that and how our communication has somewhat improved since the beginning, I can already foreshadow a good future for us.