Filming and Editing Practice 2016

To start the year and become familiar with using a video camera and an editing suite, Adobe Premier,  myself and other students in my class filmed and edited a short story that we created.

Before this practice I had no experience or knowledge on how to create a film.  My group and I were given a list of camera shots and movements that we had to include and an order to follow.  However, we decided to use continuity.  This way we became more familiar with creating a story and order of shots.  Before filming we had to gather actors together that would be reliable for filming when they're needed.  As this was only a practice we used ourselves in different shots.

Also before this practice I had no previous experience of using a video camera.  I felt like this task was a good way for myself to become familiar with the video camera and recording shots ready for the future production of a film trailer that I will create.  During filming the shots for this practised film I was already familiar with camera shots and movements from previously creating a music magazine and having to take images of artists and analysing TV drama extracts.  However, this time I had to fit them in with a moving image instead of a still shot. 

During the process of filming these shots I used a 'clapper board'.  A clapper board is information held on a board which helps identify the shot during the editing process.  One the video camera is recording the clapper board is held in front of the camera so that the camera can read the scene and take information.  During the editing stage its easier for the editor to visually identify what scene they're about to edit and use the appropriate 'take'.

We then moved onto the editing stages of this practise where we were sequencing shots, cutting, ordering, adding music, effects and transitions.  This was done through a software called Adobe Premier where yet again had no experience of in the past.  This task was also a huge learning curve as it was very confusing and the software will be used frequently for the main trailer.  During this trailer we learnt how to cut shots down to an appropriate length and removed any unwanted footage on each shot.  This included cutting the clapper board out once we had found the relevant shot/take we wanted.  However, before this we ordered the shots to how we wanted them which we also wrote down on a sheet of paper along with what take or each shot we were using.

FINISH!!!