The final product...
This was my first experience of making a video of this type, and I felt satisfied that the footage that was captured was true to what I had imagined in terms of viewing this as a segment in a larger e-learning package - Rúadhán, my interviewee, was clear, articulate and engaging in a way that matched the desired outcome for the project, and I felt the lighting, mood and tone of the project were in line with what I had hoped to achieve. I appreciated the sunlight on the wall particularly.
It was disappointing not to have more footage to work with to display different camera angles given technical failings on the day, however, I feel the right camera failed - I found that the angle used here was true to the desired aim of capturing a sense of live conversation around a process that can be intimate and emotional, and gave a sense of what the conversation was like with Rúadhán in the moment that is an accurate representation of how he communicates about Restorative Practice in his day to day working life on our team.
I was less satisfied with both the audio (and would use a second phone and record the track separately in the future in such a project) and some of the post-editing production as despite multiple attempts to iron out continuity issues in some segments I was unable to achieve as smooth a fade in/fade out as I had hoped or to align one segment as effectively with the audio as I would have liked with respect to displaying the video on larger screens. I feel better quality video equipment would have greatly aided with this aspect of the production.
I would also have liked to have included more B-Roll footage - but was unsure how much to do so given the nature of the topic and how important it is to get a sense of the human element of a process like Restorative Practice and to feel a sense of human connection with the interviewee - I had additional b-roll footage I could have chosen to use towards the end of the video of young people walking through corridors and engaging in class activities, but I made the decision to omit this as I felt it would take attention away from Rúadhán's story sharing and communication, which is so fundamental to effective Restorative Practice. I don't know if this was the right stylistic choice for this project really, or if I was biased by my own appreciation of how Rúadhán communicates so engagingly on this topic.
All in all, it was a good experience, and gave me a sense of the preparation, logistical hiccups and time management involved in creating a project of this type. In the future I would like to invest in better audiovisual recording equipment and use more of it to allow for more variety in final product.
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