Edit Workshop Evaluation

I had to make a short video with the following shots; 180 degree rule, rule of thirds, match on action and shot-reverse-shot. Rule of thirds was used throughout the Continuity editing exercise. 180 degree rule was used during the conversation between both the characters. I first showed a shot of Priya talking to Rachel then switched to a shot of Rachel to see her reaction and then went back to the first shot of Priya. 

 



 In these shots, I have also followed shot-reverse. The 180 degree rule as I made sure that the camera was on one side of both the actors and I didn't start filming on the other side as the audience would get confused and it could break the rule.

 

Rule of thirds. During filming I made sure that the actor's eyes are a third way down the screen to follow this rule.

During the production the challenges I faced were to make sure the camera was in the right position so I could get the right shots. If I made the film again I would make sure I shot all the angles properly and that the rule of thirds applies to all the shots. In the post production I found it a bit difficult to edit because the software I used was a new version of Imovie. I have had some experience with using the old Imovie but the layout and different techniques of editing had change which made my work a bit harder. If I edited again I would add a few more better transitions and cut the shots a bit shorter so the whole video is not longer than a minute as the maximum seconds was 60. 

My overall strengths would be digital technology as I knew what I was doing.  During the post production and I did have help with using the new software. I also knew how to use the HD video camera and the tripod. The weakness I had was in the planning was deciding what shots to have and where to have them in the video. I also had to include the certain shots required (both the rules, match on action and shot-reverse-shot).

Shot-reverse-shot ----->

The main improvement I would give would be to make would be the production. The shots weren't as good as I wanted them to be and they needed improvement.

My Media AS video

Continuity Editing Exercise

For this piece of work I was given the basic task for creating a short 30 to 60 second scenario with the basic story line of a person walks into the room, has a conversation with the other person who is sitting on the chair and then leaves the room. I was paired with Priya Lal for this piece of work. From the basic story line of the task, we added our own ideas and expanded the story line. we changed the location and made the actors into friends in the scenario. Our story line was that a friend was running late and she called her other friend to meet her in the park to tell her some urgent news. but the friend was actually just joking and didn't really have anything to tell her so pretended as if she had forgotten. in this scenario, we had to have the following shots to show what we can do filming wise. those shots were: 180 degree rule, match on action, shot-reverse-shot and the rule of thirds. we also had to use a different variety of shots such as close ups, long shots, high angle, etc...

The 180 degree rule is when the camera is on one side of both the actors and can only stay on that side.

Match on action is the when the action happening the the shot matches with a different shot but the continuation of that action. in this task the match on action would be when Priya rides through the park gates and when she opens the other small gates. Shot-reverse-shot is when the audience is shown a shot, then a different shot of something different and then back to the first shot. The rule of thirds is when all the actors eyes are about a third way down the camera.

I enjoyed working with Priya as we got along fine and completed the work without any problems. I think the scenario could have used a bit more creativity as the story line was a bit basic. We had a bike for a prop which is a creative and a different idea from other similar pieces of work. Our scenario was a comedy which a lot more different to all the other videos made like this as their mood was either full of  pressure or a really positive mood.

The storyboard made was quite helpful as it showed me which shots I need to film, the type of angle/shot its meant to be, who needs to be in the shot and where it is located. Priya made the first half of the storyboard and I made the second. We  both worked together on deciding which shots goes where so there wouldn't be no confusion when it came to actually filming. We individually did the editing and came up with our own versions of the scenario. In my version I left out a few scenes as they were not needed as much.