Editing Update No.1 UPDATED

So today marks the beginning of the editing process and for the first hour, I sat and gave some of my footage the onceover, viewing it on a full screen to help determine which clips are the best to use. I already went through my footage on the day that I filmed the scenes but this final look allows me to see all the detail on screen. So far so good, however there are one or two shots that I'd like to refilm such as some one the woodland scene as I don't feel I took enough footage of the local scenery.
Therefore, over the upcoming weekend (7th & 8th), I will refilm some of that footage.
On the plus side, the res of the shots look really postitve and I feel confident this video will help capture the mood and tone I set out to create.

An example of a shot I deleted was this one taken on a country road to Lincoln. Compared to the shot below,  I felt the camera was at a bad angle, it was a little too high whereas the other shot was more suitable to use. This is because I want the audience to know the on a journey and the shot is taken from a car window and the shot helps to establish it - we see the road and know we are on the journey with them.

 

 

Others shot I want to delete is because they were either out of focus or didn't include the imagery I wanted to use. These two shots for example, I am unable to use because of these reasons.

This shot is out of focus so I am disregarding it - it doesn't show what I want the audience to see.

This shot is both out of focus and doesn't include the scenery I was hoping to capture. The whole point of the car scenes was to show the audience the couple are on a journey whilst linking it back to my chosen genre. A typical characteristic of the folk/indie genre is that is includes a lot of countryside elements, so filming the surrounding nature was something I wanted to include in my video for the filler scenes. However, this shot doesn't establish these elements at all so I am disregarding it.

 

However, I prepared for this problem so I filmed a whole range of different sceneries in the car and there are a lot of shots that I can use. 

I particularly enjoy this shot from the way the sun flares over the camera. I feel this will add a more personal element to the video by making the audience feel like they are there with the couple. Also, because I used natural lighting instead of artificial lighting, this will add another personal touch to the video, as it isn't staged or set up - it is pure emotions and raw footage.

 

Another shot I was really impressed with was when I was filming in the dark in the car, and because the camera I was using was of a higher quality, the footage turned out really well.

The footage, from what I can tell, isn't incredibly grainy so I feel I can use this in my video as the quality is very good. Although you can't see, it is an over shoulder shot of the couple driving. I took many of these throughout different parts of the day so when I compile it together in post-production, there will be a pattern emerging as I want the audience to follow the couple from the beginning to the end of the journey.

 

Another shot I was really impressed with was when I was just playing with the camera and I got an over shoulder close up of the male's hand on the steering wheel.

I was really impressed with the quality of the shot and although I was just playing with the camera, I want to try and include it within my video somewhere, even if it's just used as a filler - I will definitely be keeping this shot.

 

This is all the footage I've had chance to fully review so far but I still need to film a few more scenes such as the photo scenes but as mentioned above I will be doing so over the upcoming weekend. 

Until next time,

                         Toni