Premiere Pro labeling bins

This is a screenshot of my Bins in Premiere Pro for my Film Studies piece "want", i imported all of my records into premiere pro and placed them into 4 bins so that access to the clips would be quick and concise, rather than searching my SD card looking for one particular clip.
The bins are labelled as

• Joe Footage (all recorded footage of subject one)
• AJ Footage (all recorded footage of subject two)
• Misc Footage (footage that was not of the subjects, essentially filler footage)
• Alternative colours  (the reversed colours shots of subject one and two, there are only a couple of these shots, so rather than them be lost in the subject folders, i placed them in there own)

Health and Safety for unit 32, Bristol promotional

Health and safety was a key issue when filming the Bristol promotional, the fact that we were in a city which non of us were familiar with only added to the possible issues we would run into.
To maintain our safety whilst filming in this unfamiliar location, we grouped into teams of three or four, this was done not only to have more people filming at any given time, but also the additional benefit of safety in numbers. If we ever were to find ourselves in a dangerous situation we would have the support of the rest of our groups to rely on. Filming in groups also helps us to locate our filming locations.
Groups also help us to transport and protect our equipment, carrying hundreds of pounds worth of equipment brings its own risks, but being in a group means that whilst two or three of us are filming, the other can keep our unused equipment safe.

Loose wires and equipment also raises issues in regards to health and safety, during Filming it was sometimes necessary to lay our wires and cables, this created a danger of a pedestrian or indeed ourselves tripping over the wires and injuring ourselves. If a member of the team were to fall over some of the equipment this might not be such a big issue, but if a member of the public were to trip on our equipment than this would be much more serious. To remedy this we used tape to secure all of our equipment together, minimising the area which an accident could occur, we also had a member of out team stand next to the wires to warn anybody who passed by of there presence.

We also tried to avoid public locations during peak hours, at peak times of the day the presence of the public is to large to film, not only for access to locations to film, but also as a health and safety risk. Filming in these locations in these locations during these times would increase the risk of injury on the the equipment.

Edit Decision List for A New Wave Film

00:05 - Jump Cut

stationary close up into stationary close up of the subject lighting a cigarette (to simulate the passage of time

00:08 - Jump Cut

stationary close up to stationary close up of the subject driving

00:10 - Jump Cut

stationary close up to stationary close up of the subject talking to someone off screen

00:15 - Match on Action

stationary wide shot to stationary close up showing that she is alone in the car

00:17 - Jump cut

stationary close up to stationary close up to again show the passage of time

00:21 - Jump cut

stationary close up of the subject talking to something offscreen to stationary close up of subject smoking

00:24 - Jump cut

stationary close up to stationary close up, shows passage of time

00:27 - Jump cut

stationary close up to pan left establishing shot, gives context of location


00:31 Jump cut

stationary close up to stationary close up of the subject addressing the camera thus breaking the 4th wall

00:36 Jump cut

stationary close up to wide angle long shot of pedestrians

00:39

stationary close up to stationary close up of the subject laughing

Shot Type Explanations

Shot reverse shot -

A shot reverse shot (or more commonly known as a counter shot) is a editing technique typically used when a character within the frame is talking or looking at something or someone out side of the frame, the edit will then show the parallel of the other character or object, looking back at the first subject. From this the viewer will assume that the two are looking at each other.

180 degree rule -

The 180 degree rule is a cinematography guide that explains how two characters in one scene should always maintain the same left right visual relationship to each other. Doing so means that the audience won't become disorientated by the space of the scene. If the camera were to pass over this invisible axis, it becomes a reverse angle.

30 degree rule - 

The thirty degree rule is a cinematography guideline which states that the camera should move by a minimum of 30 degrees between successive shots of the same subject, failing to do so could potentially make the edit appear as a jump cut, which would confuse and disorientate the audience.

Cut in -

A cut in shot is the interruption of a continuous filmed shot by inserting a view of something else. Following this the scene would usually be followed by a cut back to the original shot. The cut in is typically only on screen for 2-3 seconds, but this can vary due to the films stylistic choices. 

Cross cutting/ Parallel editing 

Cross- cutting is an editing technique used in film to establish action that is happening at the same time, but outside of the current scene. During a cross cut away from one scene to another, this suggests that the two actions are happening at the same time, just in different spaces. 

Establishing shot 

An establishing shot is a shot that typically sets the location, time, and setting of a scene by showing important figures and objects. It is generally a long or extreme long shot at the beginning of a scene and gives more weight to a scene of films atmosphere. 

Match on action 

Match on action is a film editing choice where the film cuts from one shot to another view of the first shots action. 

Kuleshov effect 

The Kuleshov effect is a mental effect originally demonstrated by Lev Kuleshov, he explains how viewers derive different emotional responses from two sequential shots rather than a single shot in isolation. 

Client Feedback; Promotional Video

From the Clients feedback i know that changes need to be made to improve the quality of the final piece, the fact that four out of the six check boxes are only marked good proves this. 

Communication between me and the client should have been constant, with me providing him updates and drafts over the course of the production. The only contact i had with my client was at the initial meeting and when i handed him the final piece, if i were to re-do this piece i would have set up meetings throughout the production, showing him the progress made throughout the week, and if not meetings than emails providing him the drafts. 

The safety aspect is always tricky to do sensibly and responsibly, during the filming in Bristol, we set out in groups of three or four, whilst i could maintain responsibility for my group, there was very little i could do for the others. However if i were to re do this then i would have sat down with the full team and gone over safety precautions with everyone. 

Incorporating the clients ideas was tricky as i was essentially given free reign over the content of the piece, the only brief i was given was to provide a 1 minute cut and a full cut, which i provided. In hindsight i should have shown and explained all of my ideas in detail rather than the explanation i gave. 

Organisation Of Footage

 An example of how i have organised my footage and audio for my Promotional video is within the communal HNC One Drive account. Following our return from Bistol, we all unloaded our footage onto this One Drive so that we will all have access to everything we recorded. I reviewed each piece of footage within the folder and titled it so that i would know what each clip when it came to use them. This proved invaluable when machining my Promotional video, as without these labels i would have potentially spent hours going over every clip.

Bristol promotional video, 3 minute edit

My promotional video proved to be quite challenging, shot types, colour grading, camera techniques and lighting varied across the clips due to the fact that the entire HNC contributed to this piece. For example, one persons aperture might be slightly higher than it needed to be, on its own this wouldn't necessarily be an issue, but directly after it there might be a clip where the aperture is higher than it needed to be. This creates a contrast in quality that is hard not to notice, whilst this is a flaw in the work it would prove to be very hard to fix, each location required its own camera settings, its own lighting settings and so on.The only way i could imagine this being fixed if i were to recreate the piece would be if a small group of people filmed everything, rather than a large group which assisted me in this piece.

The fact that this piece was cut to music also raises issues with its quality, due to the fact that the music within the video is fairly fast paced, with rapid, consistent beats upon which i used as a template for my editing, the final piece could perhaps be to rapid for viewers, the audience only has a few seconds or two to interpret and appreciate the images they are seeing. whilst this is an issue, i believe that this is still true to my original plan for the video.The rapid pace and the frantic editing only justifies my idea of representing the fast pace, grimy and essentially human aspect of Bristol and our time there.

Another issue with the final piece is the inclusion of the vox pop, specifically the transition into it, i reduced the volume of the music slowly so it blended into the audio of the vox pop, I lowered the audio about a second to quickly, resulting in an obvious disconnect between the music and the audio if the vox pop. If i were to re-do this piece id extend the transition to about half a second longer, so the transition from both audios is smoother.

After showing the piece to the client he was pleased with the final piece, but also highlighted some issues within that he would like to be corrected. He explained that whilst the song did give the piece a certain energy and vibrancy, it could potentially turn off some potential HNC applicants due to its more chaotic and intimidating music. Whilst i can clearly see how this would impact with HNC applicants, i believe that this song still fits perfectly, and is an accurate representation of my time at Bristol.