Video & Sound Production / Project 2: Shooting Practice & Editing

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25.09.22- (Week 5- Week 9)
Janaan Ahmed (0353333)
Video & Sound Production / BDCM
Project 2: Shooting Practice & Editing
Instructions

PROJECT 2: SHOOTING PRACTICE & EDITING
This project consists of 4 parts:
  1. Framing Exercise 
  2. Lalin 30-second edit 
  3. Music Video
  4. Production Shooting

30-SECOND MUSIC VIDEO
In groups of 3, we are to shoot a 30-second music video and edit it. We are required to include 7 types of shots:
  1. Wide shot (high angle)
  2. Wide shot (eye-level)
  3. Wide shot (low angle)
  4. Medium shot
  5. Medium close-up
  6. Close-up 
  7. Extreme close-up
My group members Ayshan, Laila, and me decided to choose a song that's quite laid back and chill so it doesn't involve so much dancing aha. We selected Leave the Door Open (Bruno Mars & Silk Sonic), and use a simple step from their other song Smoking Out The Window.

We learn to create a split screen on Premier Pro for this exercise. The part we selected to do our dance is marked in white as shown below:

Fig: Selected part from song

I divided all the shots into the rest of the lines and shot everything at home. We also learned how to apply LUTs and so I proceeded to add one into an adjustment layer over my clips.

Fig: Creating an adjustment layer

Fig: Progress adding LUT

Final Outcome:


PRODUCTION SHOOTING
Our class is split into 2 groups. We each will get to experience what it's like being on a production team, and have been assigned roles. My initial role was one of the directors of photography, but since some of our members couldn't make it on shooting day, I was part of the lighting team. Our shooting will follow some scenes from the trailer of the Kdrama 'Happiness'.

Fig: Shooting Brief

Shooting
After settling on our locations within campus, we got to do the shooting on week 9. 

Fig: Day of shooting

Fig: Day of shooting

Fig: Day of shooting

Fig: Group Picture


Editing
The editing is done on Premier Pro. After finding an appropriate piece of music to fit a trailer, I began to compile everything together. This included syncing the audio with the video. We were also taught to use Lumetri Scopes to do colour correcting.

Final Outcome:



Reflection

EXPERIENCE
I really enjoyed the production shooting part of this project as it was a very exciting new thing. I actually ended up enjoyed being part of the lighting team more so than my previously assigned role since I got to learn a bit about handling equipment that I hadn't used before. It was enjoyable to see everything slowly unfurl and fall into place: from our planning to shooting and editing. Overrall, I found the journey very eye-opening!

OBSERVATIONS
I tried to be patient enough to not jump straight into shooting without a proper plan during the music video part. Choosing to take some time to prep everything saved quite a bit of time and though I find it agonising to sit and plan something, it is absolutely necessary for projects like these, especially if there is field work. 
FINDINGS
I've learned that everyone in a production team has a role to play, no matter how small in contributing to the end result. There are a lot of stages to making a video, which makes planning and structure extremely important to efficiently execute a production. 

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