Class Reality TV Drama

In order to gain more experience of filming and editing (as a result of the pandemic restrictions) we came up with an idea for a whole class drama. The plot, characters and filming was completed by the class. It gave us some practice of multi- camera filming, sequencing and editing for meaning and being creative when filming in a confined space which may be useful if the pandemic continues to restrict our film making. We all completed our own individual edit after filming. 

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