Video Evaluation

Preliminary Video Coursework
Evaluation

1. What have you learned about Adobe Premiere and DV Cameras? What difficulties did you face with the technology and how did you solve them?

It was hard when filming as you can to make sure that your shots conincided with the rules of the 180 degree rule and match on action. When we finished filming we moved on to the editing suite which I found was very complicated as it was difficult to get all the shots to match up giving a smooth flow. It was also quite difficult to capture the shots that we wanted to use as sometimes the beginning or the end of a shot were cut off but on several occasions we did not realise this until we came to put all the shots together. We also had some difficulties with our sound as we decided to film outside, which we found music would not cover. Also when we came to put together the shots of the door scene together we could not get it to run smoothly and had to simplify it so that it matched.

2. How straightforward was continuity editing? Was it harder than you thought it would be? Do you think your final product is good enough, or could it be improved?

Continuity editing was much harder than I thought that it was going to be, It was hard stringing all the shots together making sure that the shots matched eachother. Our film could have been improved as some of our shots did not match up as best as they could of especially when our actor is walking away after reciving text message. This is because out camera had the 'fade' settings on so we had to cut parts of the end.


3. What would you do differently if you were to produce another film?

I probably would not have filmed outside as the wind sometimes could be heard in the background. Also I would have found some better sound effects but this was difficult as we did not have a lot of time to find some music that matched as we took a long time to finish editing.