Final Prisioner Clip!
When we shot the video we found using the camera was extremely easy, as we already had plenty of practice before we where given the time to shoot the video clips. Before we started to film we practiced many different camera movements and a variety of different camera angles, to find which ones would then be best to use in our video. For the video we used a melancholy garage and a back alley way, we decided that they would be the best locations as they fitted the atmosphere to the storyline that was going to be portrayed. For shooting the video, two of us filmed (Sarah and I) and two acted out the scenes (Catherine and Megan). Whilst filming we came across some difficulties, while we were filming in the back alley we had a lot of background noise such as cars and birds. They made that certain scene very unprofessional so we kept on re doing the clips again, however we actually couldn’t prevent some of the noises so in the video that can unfortunately be heard still. Another problem that kept on occurring was getting the actors in the correct places to film the clips, as when they moved the whole positioning of the camera had to then also be moved so we could get the full effect we wanted in the video. We dressed one of the actors up as a grungy man, he was all messy and un shaved to show the audience that he was not perfect, and not the ordinary man. The other character was just in a plain white shirt and dark sunglasses to fit in with the atmosphere we wanted to create. Which was sneaky, and up to no good! We wanted the audience to feel that something ,mysterious was going on so we though sunglasses would be best as no eye contact could be given from the female character.
As I've mentioned, you really need to be going into more detail in your blog - it needs to be analytical as well as descriptive.
ReplyDelete0:00 - Your opening shot is a little shakey - you could do with starting with some sort of establishing shot. The background audio is very "hissy" - there is a way of reducing this using some software installed on the computers. Also, your shot is out of focus - this is to do with the low light, mainly... You need to watch this when shooting in the future.
0:09 - I like the shot of the feet walking; this is nicely framed and the slo-mo works. The credits work here.
0:19 - You might have cross-faded here, although the continuity is odd, with Megan being in the dark and then brightly lit. Also, the pace is odd, going from slo-mo to normal
0:23 - Not sure about the music over the top of the dialogue; the vocals impact on the audio. The cross-fades are not really appropriate here - you would usually use them to show the passage of time - you would have been better advised to use straight cuts. Your framing is also a little odd in places.
0:28 - This shot is held a little too long - you might have been better to cut to CUs of Megan and the other character, to break the sequence up?
0:36 - Again, the cf here should be a cut. I like the angle - it's interesting and creates a good effect.
0:37 - The cut to a CU here is a little odd since you are alreadu in MS on Megan. You really ought to have cut to an LS; the rhythm is somewhat strange. Not sure about how you've framed this shot
0:43 - I rather like the framing here - it's a very good two-shot - although I think the high angle is slightly strange; you might have been better to make this a straightforward level shot
0:48 - The slo-mo here is good; this is an appropriate place to use cfs rather than cuts
0:56 - I like the closing shot - this is effective
In summary:
This is okay, although you've fallen into the trap of using transitions when you didn't need to - within the sequence itself, straight cuts would be better. You really need to think about the editing, since this has a major impact on the effectiveness of your project.
You have tried to use a range of shots, which is good, although you might want to storyboard your work in more detail next time. Your continuity is okay, although there are a few errors; you might want to plan this out.
At the moment, this would be regarded as L2 work - D grade - which is what I would expect a first piece to be. You will have plenty of time to improve during your next project, but it's a reasonable starting place