In today's workshop we were given the task of creating an edited sequence of a character getting from A to B. I choose the roll of director as i felt it was good practice for our full production in which I am the director.
Being the director I took charge of my group of four and directed the camera man to get all the shots I had planned in order for the sequence to look professional. I made sure that the sequence had the use of a long shot, medium shot, extreme close up and pan in order to effectively convey the surroundings of the traveling character and make his journey engaging and not long and monotonous.
I made sure that throughout all the shots the character came in from left to right of the camera in order not to confuse the audience by breaking the 180 degree rule.
I felt that today's workshop was very effective as it showed I could effectively lead a group as director and get the correct result in the final sequence. From shooting the majority of the sequence outside we realized that the white balance changed allot and that the camera suffered from flare in some shots. However i made sure that I corrected the white balance in each shot and that the shot was free of flare for the clips we needed to create a fluency in the production and so it is clear for the audience watching.
I then used Premier to edit the clip I used the razor tool to trim and create a fluent sequence. The feedback that we received from Helen and the rest of the class was positive conveying how we had effectively stayed in the 180 rule, used short interesting shots that weren't over stretched in order to keep the audience attention.
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