Issues In Small Group Film

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There was a lot that went wrong with my groups film. We started off with only three group members. I can’t say that the small group was the cause of all our issues because some great films have been made with tiny crews. If anything it was the people within the group (including me) that were the problem. We started somewhat strong during pre production. We had a script, scene breakdowns, and started storyboarding. What I would’ve liked was more teamwork. I took charge and did most of the script and all of the breakdowns. While some of the members only really made some notes on the story and characters, or even just found simple photos on google for our character ‘sketches’. I also went out and bought the majority of the props and wardrobe. I didn't hate taking charge as it build leadership skills as well as raises my confidence with taking charge in future productions, but i would’ve liked the work to have been more spread out and equal. …show more content…

The only way we could’ve gotten around this would’ve been to shoot earlier. We were cutting it close by planing to shoot during the last week before it was due, and edit over the weekend and monday before the class it was due. I think our production was moving along slower than others because the earlier mentioned problems. We probably would’ve been able to salvage something into a decent film seeing how the ultimate due date got moved to the 13th, but one of the group members split off to do his own thing, bringing the original number of members from three to

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