FP: Editing Reflection

We began this lesson with all of our chosen shots in a new project, arranged in an order that matched our storyline and that we all agreed on. Also, some of the earlier shots had been cut to length in the previous lesson. This meant that during today's lesson our task would be to cut more of the clips to length, in order to ensure that the video flowed properly and looked visually correct, as well as to ensure that we would not go too far above the two minute limit for the final outcome. This is proving to be quite challenging, as the total length of our clips (not cut to desired length) is over 5 minutes.  However during this lesson we managed to cut most of our clips to size, with only the last few shots remaining. Also, we rearranged the order of several shots, specifically at the very beginning. To ensure we didn't have two shots involving the camera moving in similar ways placed next to each other, we swapped the first two shots around so that the first shot is the forward tracking shot, followed by the static pull focus of the leaf. Finally, we decided to split the shot where the dog runs away into two halves and place the handy-cam shot of the dog running in between the two halves.

OK: Editing Reflection

On the 15th January, Our group continued to edit our rough cut, experimenting with he different effects Premiere has to offer. After placing our footage in the right order, I completed the trimming of the clips using the cutting tool, which left us with 2 minutes and 40 seconds of footage. This would further reduce as a result of effects we are going to include. After viewing the ending of our film, the group felt as if we were missing a scene that would help to add to the chilling atmosphere. This was overcome as I went back onto the D drive and looked over the footage we had captured in an attempt to see if we hadn't imported everything that was useful. After looking through the footage, I found an establishing shot that was filmed inside the building to show the detail of the 'killers lair' and so we used that was our third to last shot. After finding this clip, the lesson was coming to an end however, the group wanted to import an audio clip that we had found in a previous lesson in order to to see how the audio would synchronise with the final scenes. After downloading the audio clip from 'free sound.org', I deleted the audio from the last scenes and imported the audio clip that had been saved onto the D drive into Premiere. We didn't have a lot of time to experiment with other sounds however, the footage looked professional and the audio helped with the chilling effect. In our next few lessons, we hope to experiment with the effects that Premiere have to offer and to use different sound clips over our footage.

LH: Editing Reflection

In today's lesson we began the editing process. To begin we reviewed the footage this meant we would go through each and every one of the shots we got in sunday and choose those that we liked and would work in the film opening. Then we put these shots in to the correct order i.e. beginning with establishing shots then into the shots that show the storyline. From here we had the shots in order, so we had to begin the main editing process by starting to cut the shots down to the correct length in order for it to be within the 2 minute time boundary for the length of the film opening.

LH: Film Shoot Reflection

Upon arrival at our location in Westerham Woods, where we had decided to shoot the whole 2 minutes of footage in this day in order to concentrate on editing from then onwards. In the group we decided to share the roles, for example I had to do an acting role, this meant either Finn or Ollie had to take the cameraman role, whereas in other shots like establishing shots I assisted with the camera, for example the jib. For the directing role, we did this by discussing between the three of us in order to get the best shot possible before every shot. In many of our shots we used different camera equipment, some example are the job, track and dolly and also a small steady-cam. Much of this equipment is difficult to set up so we each had roles to do when preparing the equipment.

Prior to our filming the weather had been in a bad state, meaning that travelling to the location was more difficult than expected. The nearest road from our location was around a 30 minute walk this meant walking through mud with a large amount of equipment was a particular struggle. The next issue was later on in the shoot with the camera, due to being used for almost 5 hours it got to the stage where it nearly ran out of battery, this meant that the last shots were more rushed, we still managed to gain all of the shots before it was too late. This is likely to be because of the next problem, this is working with Howard (the dog), working with a dog was a difficult problem which we overcame by using different techniques, though it did take more shots than any others.

Personally I think that our shoot went well despite the issues we had to overcome, we managed to film the whole thing within 5 hours which shows our strong time management. Since we have returned we have reviewed the footage, I believe that what we have is of good quality.