The Interview
I have finally finished my project 'The Encounter' and this is the evaluation of my edit workshop which includes various techniques i have used, my overall strengths and weaknesses throughout the project and challenges i faced during production and post production.
In my continuity editing piece i had to include:
The Rule of Thirds
180 Degree Rule
Match on Action
Shot Reverse Shot
I kept to the 180 dregree rule correctly throughout my piece so that the shots would be consistent. If the rule was broken, the characters would look like they have switched positions or moved and it would just confuse the audience. For one of the main shots where the 180 degree was useful to use was in a shot with Sami where he walks in the door and looks at Selin. In the next shot with Selin where she turns to look at Sami, i still filmed on the right side of the room as i wanted Selins eye contact to look correct as if she really was looking at Sami.
While filming, i consistently made sure that the Rule of Thirds was followed and so observed each shot thoroughly. One of the shots where i have used the rule of thirds was the closeup shot of Kishen's face, where i had accurately filmed his eyes intact with what i envisioned, the first horizontal line on the grid which is lined up down a third of the screen. This also is useful to use at it can connect with the audience.
The 'Encounter' had specified to use at least one match on action shot within the edit, however i managed to include three match on action shots which i had creatively included to make it look more appealing and eye grabbing for the audience. A match on action shot is used to make the piece flow and must be edited accurately if included. This is where one shot connects with another shot and portrays a sense of movement.
The first shot match on action was used was where Selin was shown knocking and opening the door ouside of the office, to Selin walking into the office gradually opening the door. The second was filmed inside of the office and so had to match the movement of the door opening at the most accurate angle.
The second match on action was seen when Kishen and Selin are shaking hands. The shots went from a Mid shot to a Closeup shot of the two hands coming together. It had taken a lot of concentration and use of the blade tool to get the match on action to look perfect and honestly thought I had done a great job as I am proud of how the finishing shot looked.
I had used Shot Reverse Shot in the conversations of my two characters which also consisted of using over the shoulder shots to show the apect of the characters speaking. The shot reverse shots i used was in the conversations of Selin and Kishen which was located in his office.
During production we did face a few problems, in our storyboards we were supposed to do a two-shot of Kishen and Selin to portray the conversation between two people and maybe even the distance between the two, however this did not go as planned as the location we were filming in was unable to fit both of the characters in the shot. In the positions they were sat in, it did not fit the camera lense unless we placed them close together, but this was not the case. Instead we came to the conclusion of using a over the shoulder shot to solve this problem. Although the problem was not major, myself and Zahra managed to solve it quickly and efficiently.
During post production we did not face many problems, however we later realised that we needed more shots to put in-between where characters face appeared in a shot and the next on after that, and it would end up looking like an unprofessional jump cut. We realised that we had either filmed cutaway shots which would've been very useful in that situation. While editing i wants to correct this mistake to achieve the outcome i wanted, and so i went through every single tho that i could use as a cutaway just to come away from Selins face for a split second. The shot i ended up using was the establishing shot of the school which worked very well. I found it difficult to correct this mistake, it took me a bit of time but got there in the end as i was determined to make my video look, how i thought, was perfect. If i was to edit again, i would definitely consider filming more cutaways in future.
I think that a strength of my work was my creativity on the idea and music choice. It is a comedic and light hearted comedy because of the stereotypical ditzy girl that Selin brilliantly played. I think that my creative skills were shown very well considering we were given a vague brief to work with and had to come up with an idea from scratch. I also think that my work is successful because of the various use of match of action and over the shoulder shots, these helped to make my story more interesting and like how I used the range of shots to keep the audience hooked and interested.
Overall, if I was to make any improvements I would change the costume of the main character Selin to look more stereotypical and given her a blonde wing to wear throughout the video. My original idea was to have Selin wearing the wing and as she comes in, she trips over and the wing falls off. I did not go through with this idea in the end as we did not have enough time to get props and was stuck straight into the project, but would have definitely went through with this idea and it would have created great humour.
In my continuity editing piece i had to include:
The Rule of Thirds
180 Degree Rule
Match on Action
Shot Reverse Shot
I kept to the 180 dregree rule correctly throughout my piece so that the shots would be consistent. If the rule was broken, the characters would look like they have switched positions or moved and it would just confuse the audience. For one of the main shots where the 180 degree was useful to use was in a shot with Sami where he walks in the door and looks at Selin. In the next shot with Selin where she turns to look at Sami, i still filmed on the right side of the room as i wanted Selins eye contact to look correct as if she really was looking at Sami.
While filming, i consistently made sure that the Rule of Thirds was followed and so observed each shot thoroughly. One of the shots where i have used the rule of thirds was the closeup shot of Kishen's face, where i had accurately filmed his eyes intact with what i envisioned, the first horizontal line on the grid which is lined up down a third of the screen. This also is useful to use at it can connect with the audience.
The 'Encounter' had specified to use at least one match on action shot within the edit, however i managed to include three match on action shots which i had creatively included to make it look more appealing and eye grabbing for the audience. A match on action shot is used to make the piece flow and must be edited accurately if included. This is where one shot connects with another shot and portrays a sense of movement.
The first shot match on action was used was where Selin was shown knocking and opening the door ouside of the office, to Selin walking into the office gradually opening the door. The second was filmed inside of the office and so had to match the movement of the door opening at the most accurate angle.
The second match on action was seen when Kishen and Selin are shaking hands. The shots went from a Mid shot to a Closeup shot of the two hands coming together. It had taken a lot of concentration and use of the blade tool to get the match on action to look perfect and honestly thought I had done a great job as I am proud of how the finishing shot looked.
I had used Shot Reverse Shot in the conversations of my two characters which also consisted of using over the shoulder shots to show the apect of the characters speaking. The shot reverse shots i used was in the conversations of Selin and Kishen which was located in his office.
During production we did face a few problems, in our storyboards we were supposed to do a two-shot of Kishen and Selin to portray the conversation between two people and maybe even the distance between the two, however this did not go as planned as the location we were filming in was unable to fit both of the characters in the shot. In the positions they were sat in, it did not fit the camera lense unless we placed them close together, but this was not the case. Instead we came to the conclusion of using a over the shoulder shot to solve this problem. Although the problem was not major, myself and Zahra managed to solve it quickly and efficiently.
During post production we did not face many problems, however we later realised that we needed more shots to put in-between where characters face appeared in a shot and the next on after that, and it would end up looking like an unprofessional jump cut. We realised that we had either filmed cutaway shots which would've been very useful in that situation. While editing i wants to correct this mistake to achieve the outcome i wanted, and so i went through every single tho that i could use as a cutaway just to come away from Selins face for a split second. The shot i ended up using was the establishing shot of the school which worked very well. I found it difficult to correct this mistake, it took me a bit of time but got there in the end as i was determined to make my video look, how i thought, was perfect. If i was to edit again, i would definitely consider filming more cutaways in future.
I think that a strength of my work was my creativity on the idea and music choice. It is a comedic and light hearted comedy because of the stereotypical ditzy girl that Selin brilliantly played. I think that my creative skills were shown very well considering we were given a vague brief to work with and had to come up with an idea from scratch. I also think that my work is successful because of the various use of match of action and over the shoulder shots, these helped to make my story more interesting and like how I used the range of shots to keep the audience hooked and interested.
Overall, if I was to make any improvements I would change the costume of the main character Selin to look more stereotypical and given her a blonde wing to wear throughout the video. My original idea was to have Selin wearing the wing and as she comes in, she trips over and the wing falls off. I did not go through with this idea in the end as we did not have enough time to get props and was stuck straight into the project, but would have definitely went through with this idea and it would have created great humour.
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