Emily Cheesman TV Production

  Documentary Evaluation     It would be a lie to say I had felt minimal stress during the journey of this project I n reality, there have been times when the weight of my responsibilities has felt too heavy to carry. This is the first instance in my life where I have had to generate this much perseverance every day to show up and support my team. Which is something that normally comes naturally to me. On many occasions, I have felt like I was showing up for the team, and not for myself. Despite this, I only let my physical, not mental, health prevent me from playing the active leadership role I took on. Looking beyond the challenges face by the whole team, I feel I have not only grown as a person but also as a filmmaker. This project helped me step into myself with pride and own the choices myself and Callum made in the production and post-production process when choosing the best way to tell the story at hand.     I took part in the Myers-Briggs personality ...

  Test Shoot     Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties there was some missing audio and videos from the first shoot we did. However, this first shoot became a very useful test shoot for us as we realised what coverage we needed, and it helped us discover the style we wanted to move forward with throughout the documentary.      The original shoot worked as a good location recce, previously we did not have time to complete a recce before shooting. This meant we realised the size of the house and the kind of equipment we needed to take on our second trip. This shoot also made us realised that it was hard to frame the couple in a two-shot sat in the living room due to its size. The room was quite small and cluttered meaning there was little room to sit the participants and place the camera. We knew that when going back to film we would take DSLR cameras as they created a beautiful image and were more compact so wild easily fit into the space.  ...