Prelim

 

 

Above is mine, Beth's and Ayo's prelim video that we filmed and edited.

 

To start this we discussed some ideas that we thought would be good for a short video. We had to make sure it wasn't to complicated however showed some techniques. we then decided on a clip idea which was of Ayo stealing food from the diner. We chose Ayo over myself or Beth because stereotypically men are more like to steal or commit a crime more than women are.

 

We started this by filming Ayo walking into the building by using 'match on action' shot this meant that we had to film Ayo walking up to the door, then pause, go the other side of the door with the camera and then video him walking through that side. Whilst doing this figuring out where the camera had to be wasn't overly difficult however we had to make sure that it continuous. We also decided to use a shot reverse shot and panelling shot to show the discussion between myself and Ayo. After we had filmed the other shots such as the 180 degree rule of the food showing what Ayo was thinking about stealing. Which then led onto another match on action shot which showed Ayo running away. Once we had finished filming these shots we then uploaded it to IMovie to begin to edit it.

 

In IMovie we was able to edit our mini film to make it better. We started this by dragging each clip that we filmed down the bottom and put them in order, we did this by dragging them left and right and clipping bits out of it that we didn't want in there. After we did all this and all the clips were in the right order

we played it through and realised that whilst we were listening that we could hear a lot of background noise therefore we decided to cut out all the noise until we got to the conversation and put in background music which could fit into the clip. The music we chose was called ‘Fuck the Police’ we chose this because we thought that it fitted into the storyline as it was about what is right and which is wrong. We edited it so that it sounded like the music was coming out of Ayo’s ear phones and when he took them out the music drained out. In the beginning we added the sound in then realised that we had to mute the background noise so that it was clearer. After editing clips I saw that the 180 degree rule wasn’t used to its full effect therefore when I do my opening of a thriller I will make sure that I use it to create the right effect. When Ayo is running away we decided to add the music back in as it foreshadows that he is breaking the law and is a symbol of his character. After editing the video we put in a title page. We did this by adding in a black background and choosing a font that we thought was suitable for this clip. We then decided on the title of ‘What’s Yours is Mine’ this foreshadows the clip as he believes that if other people can have something so should he which shows a twist on what is right and wrong.