The challenges of A2 production compared to AS production.

As a group we believe that our A2 production work came with minimal challenges that we had to face compared to each individuals AS production work experience. At AS, the majority of us had either no knowledge or limited knowledge of Final Cut Pro and may have struggled with the organisation and research and planning. However, due to any mistakes made at AS and prior knowledge gained from our foundation productions, we were able to minimise the amount of challenges we faced at A2.

Research and Planning
At AS we believe that this is an element we all faced challenges with research and planning. As a collective we believe that this is an element that we initially assumed that was not important however when faced with tight deadlines and re-filming days, this was something to reconsider for our A2 production work. At A2, we do believe that we were slightly complacent and laxed to the urgency of planning however overall we believe that compared to AS we were much more organised and were able to complete our video within the deadline to a high standard. Research in both years as a whole was relatively easier for all of the members due to all having advanced knowledge on how to utilise the internet for research findings.

Camerawork
The challenges we faced I believe were more heightened at A2 due to the different camera that we used. In AS, a standard video camera was used and we needn't have done more than press record and stop, however with the DLSR used at A2 we had to make sure that each member was aware of how it operated. This, we realised after a crucial filming date where a member was not told how to correctly focus the lens to which we had to label the majority of the shots from this day as bad.

Editing
There were definitely much less challenges faced at A2 when it came to editing compared to the amount of challenges at AS. There was a very limited, if any, knowledge of Final Cut Pro at AS meaning that it was crucial to be guided and instructed by teachers for specific elements such as adding transitions. However at A2 we were able to add to the timeline, cut shots, add transitions and construct the whole of the music video with little to no help. Elements of editing to which we found challenging was the constant need to render files and also an initial error which dropped frames from our sequence. Despite still constantly having to render different clips, we were able to remove the dropped frame error with the help of a teacher. At one point when adding transitions we had to gain aid from a teacher due to the fact that when we added some transitions between two clips, it would not fade in properly or was not long enough. Once taught however, we were able to continue independently.

Overall we believe that there were very few challenges that we faced at A2 as a whole and compared to the production work of AS.