In my Continuity Editing piece we had to make sure we added the following techniques...
- The 180 Degree Rule
- The Rule of Thirds
- Match on Action
- Shot Reverse Shot
Using the 180 degree rule in our piece, we thought we successfully did the technique in our footage... until we noticed the faults during editing process. We was too late to re-do the shots as our deadline was close so we had no time to possibly change the footage. We broke the 180 degree rule but managed to fix it by flipping the shots on the editing workshop. We flipped the shots when the two characters were having a conversation so they were on the correct side for the audience not to get confused. The examples are shown below...
Throughout the piece, we made sure we used the Rule of Thirds. At the start of our film, where Jasmeet was running outside, we used the technique when the camera was panning and she came closer and closer until she reached to the far right of the camera. Her eyes were level with the top line and her body was in line with the right grid, apart from her leg that joined into the center grid. We made sure we used the Rule of Thirds here, to get a good action shot. The examples are shown below...
We used Match on Action to make the piece look consistent. We used this where Jasmeet opens the door in which the shot continues to when she gets inside the room and shuts the door. This type of shot conveys a continuous stream between the two shots making it a clean scene. This type of technique can be risky as you have to make sure the character is at the exact same position as they were when opening the door or it would look out of sync in which this case, we successfully made it look accurate and realistic. The examples are shown below...
The final technique we had to include was Shot Reverse Shot. We used this for the scene where the two characters are exchanging dialogue to each other. This shot had to go from one shot of a character talking to another shot of the other character talking back to then the exact same shot that was used before. We used the Shot Reverse Shot in the dialogue of when Jasmeet says, "What do you want from me?!" and then is replied with, "You made me suffer, now it's your turn!" which is then followed by a close up of a paper with the word 'CONFIDENTIAL' on it. The examples are shown below...
While filming our footage, myself and my group found a few things challenging. The room where Jasmeet runs into, we discovered that the shots taken were a bit too dark. Although we wanted a dark and gloomy atmosphere, we had to think about the characters as we could not see their facial expressions clearly. One shot in particular was a bit too dark so we had to open a blind at the far back of the room to expose a small amount of light so you could just see the characters faces. Although we weren't allowed to change the lighting, we made it so you could just about see their faces but without making it noticeable that we changed it. Also, another challenging problem we faced was that Jasmeet had forgotten to put her glasses on as we already filmed her with them on a few days before. Without her glasses, we filmed a few shots. Minutes later, looking back at the footage, we realised she hadn't had her glasses on so we had to re-film the shots again. This definitely taught us a lesson to look back at footage or to check if we've got everything sorted before filming.
When it came to editing our footage separately, I noticed a few issues and mistakes that we made. Where we film Jasmeet opening the door to her running up the stairs, I observed the fact that she had her hands on the right hand side of the handle, and using the match on action method, we filmed her from the inside opening the door, but realised she opened the door on the left, which would of confused the audience. To of solved this issue, I still used the footage of her hands on the handle, but cut out the bit where she's running inside. I cut it to the point where you couldn't see the door, so the camera was panning her until she got to the stairs. Although we made changes here, it still flowed nicely. Another issue was that when Jasmeet is running outside but gets to the door, there was talking in the background just as she passed the camera shot. I cut this when editing which again, was very successful. In spite of the fact that the editing process was fortunate, if I had the chance to edit my piece again, my main priority to create a good piece of footage I would of re-filmed the shots again so I understood more about the basic camera angles/movements that we had to do and making my editing issue more easier so I could've had more time to work on the editing process.
The strength of my piece was the creativity and flow of the shots we made. Even though myself and my group have never done media before, we attempted to make a great piece of work which we both thought came out successfully. We chose to do a chase-like story as we thought it would add more entertainment and thriller/action. So in order to making it tense, we made her run throughout most of the shots, which would make the audience react in the same way as Jasmeet is. Producing a storyboard helped us make this aim. It gave us a headstart on where we was gonna film the shots, the lighting, dialogue, costume/accessories, etc. Before filming we made sure we went over the storyboard and discussed what changes we would make e.g. not having a character that would chase Jasmeet. If we didn't have the storyboard, we would have been confused, leading to a waste of time. Using the HD camera was another strength as it was easy to use and the shots looked distinct. This made our piece look more defined which would make a huge difference to the audience.
The weaknesses I tackled when editing, was trying to crop shots. At first I thought it was quite uneasy as I wanted to make the scene look precise. The reasons why I found it hard was because if a shot was too long, I would either not crop enough so there was some sort of space before or after, or I would crop it slightly a bit too much, making the whole footage out of proportion. As I carried on cropping other scenes, I discovered it became easier and I got the hang of it. Also, because I hadn't used a Mac before, it was all new to me so I had to remember what I had to do to finalise my piece. I finally learnt how to trim shots, adding in text, and using effects. I reckon, if I had more time in editing, I would of either added effects such as changing the colour etc. and adding in audio to make it more efficient.
Overall, if I was to do this project again, I would of filmed this more in the evening so it was semi dark, and leaving a light on in the back of the room for when she enters. Therefore, the shots would have been more clear, making it easier for the audience and making it still work. Re-doing shots is another thing I would change as there were moments where she wouldn't be in the same place as she was in another shot, for example, opening the door on the right and coming in from the left, re-filming where we broke the 180 degree rule while exchanging dialogue, and making the panning more stable as she ran/walked. Doing all of the above, personally, I think would have made our film look 10x better and in proportion.
The final technique we had to include was Shot Reverse Shot. We used this for the scene where the two characters are exchanging dialogue to each other. This shot had to go from one shot of a character talking to another shot of the other character talking back to then the exact same shot that was used before. We used the Shot Reverse Shot in the dialogue of when Jasmeet says, "What do you want from me?!" and then is replied with, "You made me suffer, now it's your turn!" which is then followed by a close up of a paper with the word 'CONFIDENTIAL' on it. The examples are shown below...
While filming our footage, myself and my group found a few things challenging. The room where Jasmeet runs into, we discovered that the shots taken were a bit too dark. Although we wanted a dark and gloomy atmosphere, we had to think about the characters as we could not see their facial expressions clearly. One shot in particular was a bit too dark so we had to open a blind at the far back of the room to expose a small amount of light so you could just see the characters faces. Although we weren't allowed to change the lighting, we made it so you could just about see their faces but without making it noticeable that we changed it. Also, another challenging problem we faced was that Jasmeet had forgotten to put her glasses on as we already filmed her with them on a few days before. Without her glasses, we filmed a few shots. Minutes later, looking back at the footage, we realised she hadn't had her glasses on so we had to re-film the shots again. This definitely taught us a lesson to look back at footage or to check if we've got everything sorted before filming.
When it came to editing our footage separately, I noticed a few issues and mistakes that we made. Where we film Jasmeet opening the door to her running up the stairs, I observed the fact that she had her hands on the right hand side of the handle, and using the match on action method, we filmed her from the inside opening the door, but realised she opened the door on the left, which would of confused the audience. To of solved this issue, I still used the footage of her hands on the handle, but cut out the bit where she's running inside. I cut it to the point where you couldn't see the door, so the camera was panning her until she got to the stairs. Although we made changes here, it still flowed nicely. Another issue was that when Jasmeet is running outside but gets to the door, there was talking in the background just as she passed the camera shot. I cut this when editing which again, was very successful. In spite of the fact that the editing process was fortunate, if I had the chance to edit my piece again, my main priority to create a good piece of footage I would of re-filmed the shots again so I understood more about the basic camera angles/movements that we had to do and making my editing issue more easier so I could've had more time to work on the editing process.
The strength of my piece was the creativity and flow of the shots we made. Even though myself and my group have never done media before, we attempted to make a great piece of work which we both thought came out successfully. We chose to do a chase-like story as we thought it would add more entertainment and thriller/action. So in order to making it tense, we made her run throughout most of the shots, which would make the audience react in the same way as Jasmeet is. Producing a storyboard helped us make this aim. It gave us a headstart on where we was gonna film the shots, the lighting, dialogue, costume/accessories, etc. Before filming we made sure we went over the storyboard and discussed what changes we would make e.g. not having a character that would chase Jasmeet. If we didn't have the storyboard, we would have been confused, leading to a waste of time. Using the HD camera was another strength as it was easy to use and the shots looked distinct. This made our piece look more defined which would make a huge difference to the audience.
The weaknesses I tackled when editing, was trying to crop shots. At first I thought it was quite uneasy as I wanted to make the scene look precise. The reasons why I found it hard was because if a shot was too long, I would either not crop enough so there was some sort of space before or after, or I would crop it slightly a bit too much, making the whole footage out of proportion. As I carried on cropping other scenes, I discovered it became easier and I got the hang of it. Also, because I hadn't used a Mac before, it was all new to me so I had to remember what I had to do to finalise my piece. I finally learnt how to trim shots, adding in text, and using effects. I reckon, if I had more time in editing, I would of either added effects such as changing the colour etc. and adding in audio to make it more efficient.
Overall, if I was to do this project again, I would of filmed this more in the evening so it was semi dark, and leaving a light on in the back of the room for when she enters. Therefore, the shots would have been more clear, making it easier for the audience and making it still work. Re-doing shots is another thing I would change as there were moments where she wouldn't be in the same place as she was in another shot, for example, opening the door on the right and coming in from the left, re-filming where we broke the 180 degree rule while exchanging dialogue, and making the panning more stable as she ran/walked. Doing all of the above, personally, I think would have made our film look 10x better and in proportion.
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