The risks perceived by my are listed below:
- finding a camera operator for shooting the interview planned with my mother, while I was supposed to be the interviewer;
- getting access to the Pilates studio to observe my mother’s workout;
- the longest rainy weather I have ever experienced during springtime, making shooting in the Citadel park more uncomfortable, especially for my mother;
- limited time to ensure I could learn to master well enough Premier Pro to montage the documentary – the biggest risk of all.
Mitigations thought:
- Being newcomer in Alba Iulia, I do not know yet many people. In case no one from my entourage could make decent use of the camera, I was prepared to kindly ask my father to travel from Bucharest to Alba Iulia to act as camera operator when needed.
- In case I was not going to be granted access to the Pilates studio, I kindly ask my mother to have one workout made home, based on some recorded classes.
- I found some more sheltered locations in the Citadel park, not ideal for following camera moves or for establishing shots with panoramas, but good enough to be matched with the script.
- That risk was terrifying!! There was no way mitigating it. So I simply spent many nights to follow tutorials and exercise upon their guidance.
