To help improve my work and my grade I have decided to set myself specific targets to help me achieve more.
1 - Include pictures and screen shots to help explain my point of view. This will help demonstrate how I did my work and what skills it would of included.
2 - To provide more time for my work. My filming was rushed and we missed some shots out, to stoop this from happening I could of planned my work better and made more time to carry out the practical.
3 - I shall check my filming equipment thoroughly so I am sure my camera and other equipment works. This is because when I was filming our tripod broke, so I filmed the rest of our shots hand-held, so our footage was shaky and didn't look professional.
Friday, 15 October 2010
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Evaluation
From making our continuity video, we have learned a lot about continuity editing and camera shooting. We learned that continuity editing is used to make the footage more lifelike, and to make the audience feel more involved by making our editing continuous. This type of editing involves many rules. For example, whilst filming a conversation, the camera should and stay within the 180 degrees line and focuses on the person talking. The actors keep eye contact and never look at the camera. Also the two clips have to line up perfectly so the footage appears to be seamless.
In our pre-production, to make our photo storyboards we used Digital SLR cameras to take pictures of our different camera angles and shots. The cameras were simple to use and produced professional looking photos. We didn’t realise how many different shots we would need to take for a 30 second video, so the complexity of the filming was a surprise.
To get our photos onto the storyboard, we uploaded our photos from the camera using a USB cable, then inserting the photos into our storyboard. Installing photos onto a computer was easy because it’s something I have done before. The storyboard and planning helped us organise ourselves so we could shoot the video. We had everything planned out, including the script, different angles and shots, and the duration.
Once our storyboard was finished we moved onto the filming. However to be more organised we could have selected our actors before we made our photo storyboard, because we had to find our actors at last minute when we were ready to shoot our film.
We filmed our footage using a digital video camera. The video camera was very easy to use, and we managed to get all our shots quickly. Because we had made and planned our storyboard specifically, our filming was very organised. To film our shots all we had to do was position the camera, press the record button, and shoot away.
The next step in our editing was to connect our camera to our computer and transfer our footage. To do this we used a programme called Adobe OnLocation. This allowed us to record selected clips and save them to our computer for further editing. To do this we played our footage through OnLocation and recorded specific footage which we would then like to edit. We then saved our clips into a folder on our Computer. The software was quite difficult to use, but once we had learned how to use it, it got easier and quicker to use.
Once we had completed that step, we then imported our saved clips into a programme called Adobe Premier, which allowed us to edit and piece together our video. To do this we had to position our saved clips on a timeline, and then crop them so that our footage matched up with the clip that followed, making our editing continuous. However we found this software quite difficult to use until we had learnt the basic controls, from there we found it quite simple. Also we had a few errors in our editing, where some shots didn’t match up exactly, and some shots were missing, so we went and filmed a few more clips, then edited them into our main footage.
Once we had completed our editing, we uploaded our finished video to youtube. We did this by uploading our video via the youtube uploader, after we had created our own account. Once we had done this a HTML code appeared underneath our video on youtube, when we posted this code into the HTML part of our blog post, the video is now viewable on our blog. However we had some difficulty with this, we tried to copy and paste the HTML code to the text part of our blog and it didn’t work.
Throughout our task I have posted our planning and activities to this blog, I have found this useful because it describes my events in a chronological order, helping me keep track. I can also look back and review the work I have done, this way I can help improve by making it better every time.
Eye line Match
Match on Action
In our pre-production, to make our photo storyboards we used Digital SLR cameras to take pictures of our different camera angles and shots. The cameras were simple to use and produced professional looking photos. We didn’t realise how many different shots we would need to take for a 30 second video, so the complexity of the filming was a surprise.
To get our photos onto the storyboard, we uploaded our photos from the camera using a USB cable, then inserting the photos into our storyboard. Installing photos onto a computer was easy because it’s something I have done before. The storyboard and planning helped us organise ourselves so we could shoot the video. We had everything planned out, including the script, different angles and shots, and the duration.
Once our storyboard was finished we moved onto the filming. However to be more organised we could have selected our actors before we made our photo storyboard, because we had to find our actors at last minute when we were ready to shoot our film.
We filmed our footage using a digital video camera. The video camera was very easy to use, and we managed to get all our shots quickly. Because we had made and planned our storyboard specifically, our filming was very organised. To film our shots all we had to do was position the camera, press the record button, and shoot away.
The next step in our editing was to connect our camera to our computer and transfer our footage. To do this we used a programme called Adobe OnLocation. This allowed us to record selected clips and save them to our computer for further editing. To do this we played our footage through OnLocation and recorded specific footage which we would then like to edit. We then saved our clips into a folder on our Computer. The software was quite difficult to use, but once we had learned how to use it, it got easier and quicker to use.
Once we had completed that step, we then imported our saved clips into a programme called Adobe Premier, which allowed us to edit and piece together our video. To do this we had to position our saved clips on a timeline, and then crop them so that our footage matched up with the clip that followed, making our editing continuous. However we found this software quite difficult to use until we had learnt the basic controls, from there we found it quite simple. Also we had a few errors in our editing, where some shots didn’t match up exactly, and some shots were missing, so we went and filmed a few more clips, then edited them into our main footage.
Once we had completed our editing, we uploaded our finished video to youtube. We did this by uploading our video via the youtube uploader, after we had created our own account. Once we had done this a HTML code appeared underneath our video on youtube, when we posted this code into the HTML part of our blog post, the video is now viewable on our blog. However we had some difficulty with this, we tried to copy and paste the HTML code to the text part of our blog and it didn’t work.
Throughout our task I have posted our planning and activities to this blog, I have found this useful because it describes my events in a chronological order, helping me keep track. I can also look back and review the work I have done, this way I can help improve by making it better every time.
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Post-Production
Once we had filmed our continuity video, we then had to use computer software to edit and piece our footage together.
To save our footage to our computer, we used a programme called Adobe OnLocation, where we could select the footage we wanted to edit and save it to our computer so we could work on it. Once we had finished that, we imported our saved clips into a programme called Adobe Premier Pro, which then allowed us to edit our footage and put it together. The whole editing process was simple and easy to use, enabling us to complete our video easily and quickly. Once we had finished editing, we uploaded our video to youtube, so we can post it here for you to see:
To save our footage to our computer, we used a programme called Adobe OnLocation, where we could select the footage we wanted to edit and save it to our computer so we could work on it. Once we had finished that, we imported our saved clips into a programme called Adobe Premier Pro, which then allowed us to edit our footage and put it together. The whole editing process was simple and easy to use, enabling us to complete our video easily and quickly. Once we had finished editing, we uploaded our video to youtube, so we can post it here for you to see:
Production
Overall, our filming and production went quickly and smoothly. We managed to get the shots we needed in as little time as possible, and our actors were co-operative and friendly. They were professional and managed to keep in character and keep an eye line match when we were filming.
However, we had a few issues when we were filming, for example, our camera tripod broke halfway through filming, so we decided to hold the camera ourselves, this resulted in very shaky footage which couldn't be fixed. Secondly, our actor opened the door with his left hand, and then on our match on action shot, switched hands and opened the door with his left, breaking the continuity. However this was easily fixed with filming the correct shot. Finally we missed out a shot from our sequence, we had forgotten to include a cut in shot and we discovered this when we were editing, but we managed to fix this by shooting a cut in shot and applying it to our video in the editing process.
However, we had a few issues when we were filming, for example, our camera tripod broke halfway through filming, so we decided to hold the camera ourselves, this resulted in very shaky footage which couldn't be fixed. Secondly, our actor opened the door with his left hand, and then on our match on action shot, switched hands and opened the door with his left, breaking the continuity. However this was easily fixed with filming the correct shot. Finally we missed out a shot from our sequence, we had forgotten to include a cut in shot and we discovered this when we were editing, but we managed to fix this by shooting a cut in shot and applying it to our video in the editing process.
Pre-Production Task
Before we started filming our continuity video, we had to take certain steps to prepare and organise ourselves.
Firstly, we had to sketch and plan our storyboard, this included planning our different shots, the duration, and deciding on the topic of our interview. We used this drafted storyboard as a plan for one we would then make with photos and dialogue. The storyboard was needed because it helped us plan our filming step by step, so overall it made our filming faster and more organised.
After we completed our draft storyboard, we went on to make our photo storyboard. This storyboard was made up of photos of our different shots on the exact location where we would shoot our video. We chose to base our video on a police interview, where a policeman is asking a suspect about a mobile phone theft which happened a few days ago. Our photo storyboard also included the dialogue our actors would say so we had a clear plan for when we were filming, we also had a detailed description of each shot and the duration of each shot.
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