Filming and Editing Journal (Week 1)

6/1/16

We began filming on the 3rd of January, We met up to proceed to a location that was beneficial to making the scene seem realistic and professional. Because I wanted the scene to seem elsewhere, there was a swamp/forest area not far from us that was perfect, the weather at the time was perfect for filming conditions that would make our scene look very well done. When we were filming we decided to make our opening more professional, that we used a variety of camera shots, We included a close up, steadicam and a point-of-view shot. Some scenes we used different camera shots n purpose for a specific reason, for example during the slow-motion walking scene we placed the camera low and pointed it up to suggest the idea of the fact that we show ourselves as a superior power. With this variety and experimentation, we believed we developed a good opening. To make some of these shots we made holes in the ground to place poles so that our cameras could record and create these camera shots, some took multiple attempts to perfect but in the end it was a success. During this process, Alex and I have a shared role within this project, We will both Act, Edit and film specific points in the opening. By doing this we will have two inputs into the opening and have the ability to have a bigger opinion on how we should create the opening.

7/1/16

Today is the Final day of recording, We used the school's 'Octagon' building to produce the scenes that required us to use the board in the opening, we used tables and bi-pods to create the height of the camera to be level with us. The main problem with the 'Octagon' is that because of its design, is extremely open, making a serious problem in terms of echo. This is where my idea of a narration comes in use instead of a dialogue.

8/1/16

Today marks the first day we begun the editing process, Alex and I collected all of the footage we captured from our phones and other devices and begun to put it together.

This image shows the session where we put all of the footage together, none of it is in order as we are primarily focusing on adding all the footage. Both us gained a lot of experience into editing when we received feedback from our success of the preliminary task from the small mistakes we made and how we incorporated them into something better.

From our last task of editing, we learnt some new features and tricks we could use to make our opening seem more professional and less of a lower standard. We learnt these tricks through YouTube videos from independent study sessions, these features we learnt were how to import clips and music from YouTube and other sources which is what allowed us to import  footage that we wanted to have in the opening but couldn't due to the fact we did not have enough resources.