Technical Elements - Shots

As one of my many preliminary tasks created by my lecturer, to help aid me gain understanding of how to use a video editing software we composed a 'practise' film of the class displaying the many different shot types that would be conventional to witness in an actual movie/ tv programme/ documentary etc. In each of the separate takes one individual or a group of the course members would engage in a still to represent their chosen shot type - a large number of takes were constructed as thus allowed us to get the most effective recreation of that particular shot as humanely possible. After the stills had been throughly composed we uploaded them to the mac software via the video camera and opened them into an adobe film editing system. From there it was my task to essentially explore how the programme operated and to familiarise myself with the tools, most importantly as this would be where my documentary video would be perfected for my final prodject. Some of the tasks I was instructed to do included adding text to the stills, which was always inserted amongst the timeline of the video so it would effectively appear alongside the shot and adding transitions/cuts to follow in how a mainstream movie enterprise would cut from scene to scene ( the transitions was something I wasn't able to include as I ran out of time) Most importantly it gave me the valuable opportunity of learning how to incorporate a soundtrack on top of the video so they would run co-inside to one another, this was an important technique for me to learn as it allowed me to gain knowledge that would benefit me for when it came to adding music over my own documentary (something I am thoroughly planning to include) Once I was satisfied with the video I had produced I uploaded it to Youtube - the film can be viewed above via the hyperlink I inserted.