Targets

My targets are:-

• Have better time keeping; I should plan out how long I will spend on each shot using the camera.
• Learn to use Adobe Premiere more efficiently.
• Communicate better in a team
• Use more resources available to me.

Evaluation

Continuity editing is a style of editing used by Hollywood film makers to make films appear seamless in their final form to encourage the audience to engage further into a film. The main rules of Continuity editing are 180 degree rule, match on action and eye line match.

To make the story board we used a Digital SLR camera to take the shots to illustrate it.
I personally found the SLR camera easy to use on the basic level that we needed to use it on. We used functions on the camera such as zoom and playback.  After we had finished taking shots we uploaded them onto a computer using the Micro SD Card that was inside the camera while taking the shots.

Organising the film was simple in my opinion because it was not long enough to require alot of arrangements. To be better organised I could of made a plan before hand of the order we would record the shots.

It was my first time using a digital camera. I learnt about the play back function and the zoom. I also learnt you need to give the camera about three seconds after you press the record button to start filming properly as it may cut some of the recording short. To upload the videos onto a computer I had to use a firewire cable open up Adobe Onlocation and playback the video using the playback tool on the camera to make a copy on the computer.

Now that we had the recordings we had to edit them into something viewable with all the continuity edits used. I found Premiere hard to use at first and then I slowly learnt how to use it when I gained experience. At one part we had to remove the video and keep the sound of a shot so we could use another video to make the whole thing run more smoothly. We used vertical flip to make the corridor shot run more smoothly.

We then uploaded our video onto YouTube by making an account and from there it was pretty simple to upload but took a few minutes. To put it onto my blog I had to go onto the Edit HTML tab and paste the Embed code of the YouTube video onto it.

I enjoyed using Blogger because it is a fun alternative to writing essays on paper or Word. I liked the fact I could insert pictures and move them about.

Post-Production

Firstly uploading the video was time consuming as the program kept crashing and the battery of the camera continued to run out of power. Secondly, I found the editing program tedious to start with because there were so many new controls I did not know about.

Editing the match of action shot was definitely the hardest edit to do as you have to make it appear seamless to the viewer. The shot where the person walks down the corridor and comes out the other side of the door were recorded on two different angles so I had to use a vertical flip on the corridor shot. Also shots were sometimes cut short due to the tape recording so I had to work with what we had and make them flow as continuous as I could make it.

Production

I enjoyed filming but I found parts of it frustrating. For example one problem was that the battery of the hand held camera ran out of power repeatedly, we had to change the battery three times. Also while filming areas where we were recording could get busy and people who make a noise or walk infront of the camera which holds us up. I enjoyed taking it in turns to record and be infront of the camera as I learnt quite alot on how to handle the camera. I also enjoyed putting my knowledge to the test and using the different shot types.

Pre-Production Task

Before we started filming we had to do various tasks. For example we had to do a risk assessment. The risk assessment involved identifying possible dangers while recording. For example a risk could be somebody tripping over a tripod, we had to assess the chances of that happening. We then had to assess the fatality of the risk, for example could you die from tripping over a tripod? Another task we had to complete was the process of making a story board. The story board used relevant images, eg the corridor I would walk down, that were photographed by me and my group to explain the process of filming. Before we started filming we had to create a script and choose a third person to cast in the production.