This is my re make of the opening from Juno, I filmed it, Marcus Borrowing acted and edited it, I think it went well because Marcus the person playing Juno was a very good actor and we worked really well as a team. We managed to only need to film each shot a couple of times because of silly mistakes and because we had written down the exact timings for everything it meant that we didn't have to do much cropping when it came to the editing because the shots were near enough the length they needed to be. When I was editing the footage I got carried away with making it perfect that I fell behind and had to continue to catch up with a lot of other media work this meant that I began to rush, which then resulted in me forgetting completely to include transitions. If I were to re do this I would work out a plan to manage my time better meaning that I wouldn't fall behind and I wouldn't forget to include transitions.
You are editing your own footage, how did the filming go?
The filming went surprisingly really well for my first time using a video camera. We managed to find good settings and we filmed the shots well leaving little editing to do. We made sure that we took each shot more than once so that we could choose the best one later instead of being stuck with only one really bad shot.
Was your storyboard accurate?
Our story board was reasonably accurate and this allowed us to have a good understanding of the shots and everything about them like the camera angle, the length and what exactly happened in each shot, we got all of this from watching the Juno opening and noting down all of the timings and details about each shot. We were also able to draw quick accurate sketches from what the scenes should look like and we noted down all of the details that we would need to include like key terms and costumes. We then then noted down what transitions linked all of the shots together and exactly what they looked like so that when it came to editing it we could see what we needed to match.
What were your strengths and weaknesses in the group?
We worked really well as a group and we got along really well which meant we worked even better, i believe that our strengths as a group were that we pay attention to detail meaning that we knew exactly what went where and how everything should look to the smallest detail possible, although this was also a weakness within the group because it meant that I took longer than expected to edit the footage due to me speaking too much time marketing sure that it was perfect.
Did you get all the footage you wanted?
We managed to get all of the scenes we wanted without having to re shoot to many of them as all we did was shoot the shots at least twice meaning that we had a variety to choose from, we didn't have to go back after we had finished and re do anything which was good.
What technical skills - camera and premiere - did you learn?
Before completing the task i was still really fresh to the editing scene, this meant that i struggled a bit to start with (finding the correct transitions) but I soon became more confident with using the software and was able to use it affectively. I learnt how to fit the shots to the screen and how to have them speed up and slow down so that they fitted with the story board and what it looked like in the film.
How does it compare to the original?
The video I created looks very similar to the original with the shots and how they were filmed, the only thing that is different is that when I was editing it the computer I was using kept repentantly crashing every time I went to save it this meant that I had to do it over again (8 times) this took up a lot of time and meant that I fell behind in my other work, and in my final piece because i was to worried about loosing my work again I completely forgot to include transitions.
What went well - What I learnt - What I will take with me to the next production...
I believe that the editing of the piece other than the annoying problems that kept happening, went really well, we had the perfect shots that we were able to take straight forward and use only having to trim a few mili seconds off of the beginning so that it looked like the actor was already walking and you didn't see him still at the start of each shot. Because we noted down everything we could in our story board it meant that we managed to find props and costumes in advance that matched the ones used for example the red hoodie and the drinks bottle.
I learnt that i really need to remember to save my work whilst im doing it so that if anything happens nothing is lost. I also learnt that making sure you have more than one take of each shot is really really helpful because it means you don't have to shoot again if your shots bad. I also learnt that to get a good shot without people obscuring the footage by walking in the way, which obviously we couldn't help or stop but we could make sure that we checked to make sure we couldn't see anyone in the distance that might do this.