Editing

- Lesson 4 28/01/10 -
In this lesson, my group and I started editing our film to make it look better. We took all of the pieces off the video tape and captured it using Adobe Premier Pro so that we could then edit it. We cut the clips where we needed them so that bad parts aren't on the final film and so that the transitions can be made easily. We spent some time looking at the effects that we could add and we now know what we want to do with the final parts of editing we need to do. We used a variety of cuts to create a tense atmosphere in out piece, using fades and wipes to good effect as Robert and I spoke, and as he walked.

One problem that we encountered was that two of the clips have drastically different lighting compared to the rest of the clips and so looks out of place when the video is played. We tried using different lighting on each clip using effects from Adobe Premier Pro, but in the end they made it look more out of place and so we stuck with a simple spotlight to add a bit of detail to previously blank silhouettes.

Next lesson we shall finish editing and then record some ambient sound and footsteps to make the silent clips busier. We may also re-film the parts with bad lighting.

Filming

- Lesson 3 26/01/10 -

During this lesson, my group and I filmed all of our preliminary task work. We started out by collecting a camera, tripod and tape and then set it up in the L shape corridor outside of the class room so that we could video Robert walk down the corridor. The camera was set up in the door way that was in the corner of the L so that we could see Robert walk towards us and then pan with him as he walked around the corner. After the initial problem of getting the pan smooth, we moved onto the next shot. We then filmed Robert opening a door which went smoothly and then filmed the rest of our video in a dark class room. We used an artificial light source to cast shadows across the characters faces, but we encountered some problems due to it. In some clips the characters in the room are well lit, yet in others they are almost entirely silhouettes. This was because of the location of the artificial light source and so we know where we went wrong with the positioning of it as it didn't cast light on anything facing away from it.

We used the following camera techniques in the video: pan, close-up, two shot, shot reverse shot and over the shoulder shot.

Next lesson we shall start our editing and possibly re-film any bad parts from the video.