Skills I excelled at?

One skill that I believed I mastered very well was being very flexible whilst holding the camera. I was able to capture certain angles whilst holding the camera firmly. This in turn produced film shots that had great quality due to no shaking or blurring. Another skill that I feel I conquered well was remembering the five second rule, which is to count down to five each time I press the record button. This ensures that there will be no troubles or complications when editing. Also we used different camera angles to emphasise certain parts of the film. For example we used a worms eye angle/long shot where we crouched down and titled the camera upwards to make the person we were filming appear larger. This in turn made the character look intimidating which is what we were aiming for.

The worm eyes shot is used in the film 300, to make the Spartan appear powerful and intimidating despite the fact the in this screenshot it is just him against a whole army. This shot gives off the illusion power and control.

Skills that I was less good at and could work on more. And which aspects of the completed film did not work well? 
One skill I think me and also my group need to work to is sticking to a solid plan. A lot of decisions and changes were made during the filming which wasted a lot of time.  If we had planned more efficiently in the beginning, a lot of time would have been saved and we would be able to go over shots that were not up to standard and needed to be redone. Also in terms of planning we did not have dialogue written down and memorised and we therefore had to make them up as we went along, this also wasted a lot of time and we realised during editing that the dialogue in the film was not the best. If we had planned what each character would say we could have used more professional and realistic dialogue for that setting. I feel that I need to work on using the 180 degree rule as that is something I struggled the do. I found it difficult to do complete the shot reverse shots whilst staying within the 180 degree. 

Which aspects of the completed film worked well?
One aspect of the film that worked very well was the shot reverse shots that we captured. They allowed the audience to watch the scene from both point of views of the characters very well. And also our match cuts were very effective, each transition into another scene or action was done smoothly and quickly. This made our short film run through effortlessly. We also used match cuts to add tension to the film, which accentuated the purpose of the plot. As our set was an interrogation room along with our prop which was a stack of money, we also used a bright light to make the scene more authentic. This is because usually an interrogation room will feature a bright light which allows the facial expressions and body language of the person being interrogated to be seen very clearly, a simple table and at the most three chairs around. This was the look we aimed for and managed to do well as we used the corner of a classroom with a table and only three chairs around it. 

What changes would you make if you were to complete the project again?

I’d manage our time better so things would not be rushed and so our final product would come out to the best of our ability and would also create a concrete plan to avoid arguments and sudden changes. I’d also try the use a variety of shots for example, the bird’s eye view shot which is the opposite of the worms eye view. This would make the criminal or the person getting interrogated look weak, helpless or intimidated.