Thursday, 23 October 2014

ME-VID EVALUATION

ME-VID EVALUATION

Pre-production skills
During Pre-production I planned my shooting script for my Me-vid production. During that time I have learnt how to make, plan and type a script and how long a shooting script should be.



What I did to include from the script was for example I started it off by doing an opening mid-shot of myself in my room then I did a graphic of my name titled Ramo in 2 minutes on the mac pc. I chose the song my name is because it ties in well when I'm introducing myself in the beginning of the video.




   

Production skills
During the Production there were shots that I had to either cut out from the script or improvise. For example I couldn't interview myself in my front room because people where using it. so instead I interviewed myself in my bedroom 



 I had to also improvise my graffiti shot because I ran out of time. Instead I behind a normal wall, inside a tunnel near my neighborhood.


During that time I learnt how to use different shots for example like a mid-shot while filming and how many seconds a shot or a clip should last e.g this shot above lasts 15 seconds 



    
      
 Post-production skills
During Post production I learnt how to edit and shorten video clips. I learnt how to use final cut express, how to sequence and render a clip and I also learnt how to use an image as a background for a green screen.




I also learnt how to make a title graphic and how to paste it on a shot. What I found easy was the Pre-production because all I had to do was plan and type my script which I found simple to do and what I found hard was the post production because the part where I had to make the text graphics was hard at first but in the end I got the hang of it.    





MY ME-VID

Friday, 3 October 2014

The Encounter final



EDIT EVALUATION

How did you use the 180 degree rule, rule of thirds and match on action ?

 I used 180 degree rule me and Rashaan were doing a shot reverse shot of us talking in the bathroom it showed the 180 degree rule and a match on action of Rashaan opening the door before we have our conversation.




The rule of thirds is where a person's eyes is on third angle of the camera 

180 degree rule is where the camera is 180 degrees from the person’s straight up shot.




Shot reverse shot is where it looks like one person is from the opposite side is having a conversation with the other person

 




and match on action is where one shot continues with the over shot. For example Rashaan pushes the door open and the shot shows him opening the door on the other side. 
  • What challenges did you face during the production  and what you change if you were to film again ?

The challenges I faced during this production were keeping the camera still while my partner was walking through the hallway. The only thing I would change to this video is to add a shot with my partner walking away in the bathroom because it would show him leaving the bathroom and me following after him. 
  • What challenges did you face during the post-production and what would you change if you were to edit again ?

During the post production I found the clip trimming a challenge at first but I got used to it by the end but the sound trimming I found most challenging because I couldn't get the sound between the shots I managed to get the sound between the shot by trimming it with the clip trimmer in me-vid.


what are the overall strengths of your work ? 
  • Why are they the strengths of your creativity, planning, research, digital technology and post production?

The strengths of my work were mostly the storyboards because it shows the creativity and the planing of my story. I went in to me-vid and edited the shots to make it look like my storyboard by trimming and shots then added in the sound and the music I was going to use.
  • What are the overall weaknesses of you work, why are they the strengths of your creativity, planing, research, digital technology and post production ?

the only weakness I faced during this production was my organisation of time management.

What overall improvements would you make to your work and why ?

I would make the video more snappy because some of the shots I did needed more work and there shots I forgot to include for example i didn't film Rashaan walking out the bathroom.