Thursday 10 November 2011

Construction: Additional filming

During editing I had noticed where different shots could be useful and improve my documentary excerpt. So this week I have completed filming all of my footage, by carrying out another interview, filming a 'presenter' to introduce and narrate the programme, and filming a variety of footage which I will use as cutaways.

Friday 4 November 2011

Construction: Choosing and Editing Footage - November 4th

In todays lesson I have continued with the editing of my existing footage and I am in the process of planning which footage I wish to add to my documentary. To do this I am viewing my footage and pinpointing which parts of my interview would be made more interesting with a relevant visual and listing these parts in a Microsoft Word document, which is shown in my screen shot. 
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Whilst editing my footage I have found a clip which I wish to re-film but only as a voice recording. I feel that what my interviewee has said would compliment a particular cutaway shot and so I will record her speech again, but using a dictaphone for clearer sound. A still image of the cutaway shot can be viewed above, click to enlarge.

This is the chosen speech I wish to record: 'Like most other jobs here at Havens Hospices my job isn't a nine to five role. I don't come in, do it and go out again, it's with us all the time.'




Tuesday 1 November 2011

Construction: Editing - November 1st

I have now filmed my footage, however I do intend to film more next week. I am currently editing the footage I do have using iMovie, I have changed the brightness of this footage and inserted a cutaway shot. Here is a screen shot of the beginning of my editing process:

On iMovie I am currently trying out and using different tools to edit my footage. For example, to brighten my footage I have used clicked 'Video Adjustments', which then enables me to adjust the; exposure, contrast, saturation and brightness of my footage. The image below shows the 'Video Adjustments' toolbox.