In my edit workshop session Chris showed me how to use a program called I Movie. This is an editing program which I used to edit my short media clip and this is going to be useful to use for all my other pieces of media. In this session I had to cut a lot of things out to make my movie complete I had to make sure when I was watching it everything made sense I had to merge some parts together, get rid of various clips to make my movie clip at an acceptable standard.
The camera techniques used was the 180 degree rule and this is when your filming and the person your filming is always on the same side of the camera no matter where you move it as long as you do not pass the 180 degree imaginary line which is in the middle the filming should look good. If you pass the line it will not look right for the people who are viewing your production.
Another camera technique i used was the 'shot reverse shot' technique. This is taken place when a conversation is going on and we have three shots 1.Shot is when you have the camera focusing on something 2. Reverse is when the camera is on the receiving end of the initial shot and 3. the shot is the same as the first shot. This does not only take place when a conversation is going on this could be going on when someone is looking at an object or something along those lines, this technique can tell the viewers a lot of things with in that one shot.
A camera technique we had to stick to is called the rule of thirds. This is when the camera is divided into imagery lines and the object/person always has to be a third of the way up when viewing from the camera. If you have a person with their face showing the eyes would be second from the top third line. This creates an even effect for the viewers if this was not taken place the media production would not look right for the viewers.
We used Match on action to put two pieces of media together to make it flow when shooting our video. We used it when someone was opening the door, first of all we had a clip of the person putting his hand on the door handle and then the next shot was from inside the house and the door was opening we had to make sure the two pieces fitted together to make it look right and you have to be careful when your doing this because sometimes you might not match it at the right time with the action and this could look confusing as well as messy for the viewers.
We would use the shot reverse shot technique to show that there is a conversation going on or that the character could be focusing on something and this is done by setting the first shot of the actors shoulder so you can see the object or character. We then have the second shot coming from the other end facing towards the first shot. Then the last shot is the shot we start with.
We would use the rule of thirds technique when we have a shot of someone or object. Here we would have to make sure the neck up is a third of the way up. This just makes it look more organised to the viewers. If we did not use the rule of thirds the shot could of just been on their body and that person talking, we would not be able to see the characters facial expressions we might just see their body language. But we would need to see their facial expressions so we can say it matches with the body language.
You would also include the 180 degree rule when in a conversation with someone when shooting a scene. Without using this rule it would come across unclear to the viewers. This works with a 360 circle, then you half to it to give you your 180 degrees the camera is not allowed to go across the line or the view will flip and this will not look right. So we stay on one side only of the 180 degree to maintain that correct effect.
There are different camera angles we can use for different reasons . Camera angles can give us a lot of information within that one shot. If we had a close up of someones face we can see by their facial expressions what they are feeling at that moment of time. Then we have a mid shot that shows the characters body language which could also illustrate what they are feeling. Mid shots can also show us props the character could be holding. There would be no point if we had a close up of the characters face when they are holding a prop in their hands. We use long shots when you want to see the characters whole body you would also want to use a long shot when the character is doing an action which needs to be zoomed out to see the full movement.
In this shot you can see where we used the shot reverse shot technique when Kori and Chloe are having a conversation, we use the shot reverse shot technique to show that to characters are engaging with each other.
These two shots you can see where the match on action was taking place. This is when Kori is opening the door with the key and you can see the the two shots match together to make it flow and look pleasing for the viewers.
This is where i used the 180 degree rule and this is when there is an imaginary line and you cannot shoot any shots across it. Through out the clip you can see when the 180 degree rule is working.
When filming i did come across some challenges, one of them was picking a day when everyone could film there was one day when i could not be there to help because i had something important to do but the other people in my group were available so i would say getting everyone together at the right time is one of the challenges i have faced.
Another challenge i faced was filming in tight spaces, some areas where we were filming in were too tight. We also had a problem with the actors sometimes it took a while for them to get into character which plays a big part in filming we had to keep redoing there lines until they got it right which also took some time. I also had to make sure the conversation they were having looked and sounded realistic.
When editing i sometime found it a struggle to find out which shots went together because when my group filmed it they did every ones lines at once and that made it unclear for me especially because it was my first time using an editing program. There was also a lot of shots we did not need and those shots was left on the camera so again that made it a bit harder to work with. I would change this by deleting all the shots that were not needed on the camera to prevent confusion.
The strengths in my piece of work was the part where you could see some match on action i was really impressed by that part. The group i was working in really worked hard and managed to get the filming done with in one day. The outcome of the final production was excellent and we couldn't do it without everyone completing the storyboards. I thought the storyboards were really good and well detailed and as a result of that we came out with an acceptable piece of work.
Although i don't think there was any major weaknesses throughout working on this project i could still pick out minor problems such as getting the lines right the first time round because it did take us quite a bit of time for the actors to get in character and for them to say their lines correctly or without laughing or something along those lines. Another weakness i can pick out was when we were working with the storyboards although they came out good i feel that we could have finished them a bit quicker because we was all confused what to do at one point.
I think that we could have finished our storyboards a bit quicker as well as filming taking one shot instead of 5 to 10 as it wastes time. When filming you have to think about the size of the space you are shooting in because some of that space is going to be used for the camera man we see this when there is a close up of the feet walking down the hallway.
Overall i think we came out with a good piece of work but their are still improvements that we could have made to make it even better.The part when Kori walks into the room i think that they could have had a pan instead of cutting it as i think that would look fluent.
Another production skill I picked up was using the green screen to make my work more compelling to the people who are watching my production. The green screen allowed me to place myself where I personally wanted to be which I think makes the shot desirable as it makes the viewers attached because your are sharing some of your personal thoughts and feelings with them. 
I also used another program called Final Cut Express this program is good for importing clips and editing them on. I found this program very useful as it allowed me to import and cut videos to produce my final piece. I have learnt how to rewind things from using this program as well as cutting different shots and putting them together.
