Prelim Task Part 2

Prelim Task Part 2
In collaboration with Daisy Doidge-Hill

This is the Finished Video

This was a continuation on the first prelim task we did a week prior, which we filmed a sequence. In the second part we edited the footage we took. 

We had over 30 clips, shot with different camera angles so that it followed the storyboards. 

Some of the footage were did not fit in the sequence and others were not acceptable to put in, due to mistakes in the actor’s acting. We used the storyboards so that we could place the footage in the right order; and used dialogue cues to know where to cut and place the next clip.

After cutting the specific parts in the footage, we dragged them in order of the storyboard, on to the timeline. We encountered a few problems when doing this; because there was a limited amount of footage for each shot in the storyboard. When filming we had some problems such as: actors getting lines wrong; actors breaking character; people from the outside interrupting the shot and especially mistakes with continuity.

One of these continuity mistakes was when my character walks in. I open the door and say “Do it come on!” ; when I enter it’s a long shot and then it cuts to a mid-shot and then an over-the-shoulder shot. As I’m speaking the door behind me is closing and making a creaky noise; however when it moves from a mid-shot to an  over-the-shoulder the door is still closing and does not synchronise with the door closing during the mid-shot. These were continuity mistakes that we did not think of when we were filming. If we had used more than one camera we could have filmed all three shots at once and the position and movement of the door would sync across all three shots.

Throughout the footages we found that there was a problem with continuity, especially when filming a scene over 30 times, without proper observation, there are many mistakes that can be made; this can completely ruin the continuity between shots.

  As you can see only small seconds of footage were taken from each clip to fill the timeline.

When editing we had to match on action, and cut and join clips even during sentences, in order to achieve a smooth sequence. 

After having filmed and edited the prelim task, I realised the importance of continuity and how small mistakes can affect the tension and tone of the scene. I also discovered that when editing its essential to cut on action and cut and join clips at the right moment, in order to maintain tension and create a fluid motion through each shot.