task 9 - Single camera techniques evaluation

Single camera techniques evaluation

 

As a group we decided that we should all have as an equal part in the different tasks of production, we did this as none of us had completed a media unit before and we all felt we should all be able to gain a little experience of everything in the whole task.

 

Ideas and planning

 

Once we had decided on the song we were going to use we worked very effectively as a group  to plan our video together, we all contributed to the development of the idea and at this stage we didn’t disagree on anything.

We talked about the props and scenes we wanted to show in the video and I suggested that we mark down our ideas in more detail stating exactly what we were going to do for each shot, how long approx. we wanted that shot to last, where and what we needed to complete the shot. I felt that the more prepared we were the more effectively the process of capturing the footage would go. We wanted our video to be targeted at the younger generation their fore we picked a well-known song, we decided to do a comedy version of this song to enhance the appeal of the video.

We created an a3 mind map of our general ideas, and then we branched off into more detail. We then used sticky notes under each idea, one with details of props, and one with full detail of idea and one with shot time length.

Our group worked very well together here and we didn’t come across any problems at all and every one contributed.

 

Pre-production

 

As we had already covered the information needed in a story board during our planning we didn’t need to do this as we already had the evidence. I typed the risk assessments up while we all discussed in a group what would need to be considered etc. we had to pitch our idea to the class using a power point, jade created the power point as well all as a group discussed it and had input, we all presented this to the class.

 

Production

 

We tried to plan our filming days as much as possible as we needed to bring props from home and some were quite big. I brought a scooter for a few of our shots. We all took on various tasks throughout the whole video. Each time trying to share the responsibility of each task. We would take turns using the camera to film, handling the props and keeping the area clear from the public. When I was filming on my sections I tried to include a lot of the shots we had learned about, I used close up, long shot, medium shot, tilt, zoom in and zoom out, track in and panning. I think the filming was completed very well and we were all happy we all got a chance to do it.

Editing.

Jade and I completed the editing process however the whole group had input into how the video was put together. The editing took a long time as we used lots of clips. My responsibilities during my time of editing were capturing the footage and putting it onto the hard drive, then using final cut to mark in and out of the sections of the clips we wanted to use and also placing them with the decision of the group in the right place of the song. I also sped up one or two of the clips to make it more amusing. When jade was editing the video my responsibilities were to input into the group my thoughts of how we wanted the video to go together. We watched the video a few times and were happy with the final result so exported it and added it to our blog. Again we worked really well as a group the only problem we did come across was sometimes we didn’t agree on where a clip should go and to overcome this we discussed it and compromised with each other.

 

Summery

 

I think our video turned out very well it was always a group effort and we all worked very well together. The only problems we did come across were that we didn’t have enough time to film all of the scenes we wanted to. I really enjoyed every minute of this process and had lots of fun and the end result was better than I had expected it to be.

I have learned a lot during this process, before completing this unit I had never done anything to do with media. I have now come away with the skills to confidently use a pro level video camera, the skills to capture and edit footage to produce a final outcome and the skills to work effectively and patiently in a group. I have also learned a lot about how the camera works, different types of shots and movements and how and why you would use them, different video production types and viewing platforms, and how to use video editing software to successfully produce a video.