Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Week 5

This week we were taught about the basics of editing a film. The common flaws of editing and the various techniques as well. After which, we were left alone to continue on our respective video assignment.

Evi & I finally discussed and agreed on the outline and treatment of our short video. Not wasting any time, we decided to go to the shooting location and tried everything from all the possible camera positioning, to getting the sequence proper. We also discussed about how we can tell the story better in a very creative way, without making it complicated. Evi, who will be the lead actress for the short video, realised that acting is not as easy as it looks, even just for a 4-min film. Furthermore, needing to act as natural as possible takes a lot of expert and talent as well. 

Getting back towards completing the storyboard, we decided to take still shot of all the positions that we will use (CU, ECU, POV etc). Drawing the storyboard will probably be the last resort for us at this moment. With the rest of the datelines on our pile, getting to fully concentrate on the storyboard is pretty challenging right now. 

How i wish i'm only taking video production.

2 comments:

Dr. PHIL said...

This is a tough semester and the video production only makes it tougher... for one thing, people LOVE tell the story and getting it right, but it takes time. And this is not the best semester to take time in. I am glad you went to the location and took scouting trips. This will make your production much easier in the end.

[ fz ] said...

Thanks Doc for the encouragement.