Video # 4
Week of February 18th
I never posted this on my blog. It's my group's 60 second film that we created while the British kids were here. We had no British kids in our video, but I think it is great all the same.
For this project, like most, I was cinematographer (as I hate being in photos or film). It was a new experience, in a way, as we used lighting to our advantage. So, instead of just using the light that we were given in a certain shot, we carried around a very hot light and manipulated it to make our shots more dynamic. I also used a tripod, which I rarely have the patience to use...Mostly because I do not film very often...Basically, I only film in Mr. Mayo's class.
Anyway. I am altogether quite proud of the shots I was able to get, though some of them are shaky. The premise of our story was pretty original and I think that we pulled it off pretty beautifully, if I do say so myself.
While in the editing room, however, we came across a couple of obstacles. After we had titled all of our clips (there were 49 of them, I believe), we put them all in order in the timeline. Everything seemed almost done until we realized that we could not put transitions between the clips, and we had zero time left. Max, John and Ian came in after school to fix the issue and finish the editing process. I am very grateful because they pulled it off wonderfully (probably a lot better than I could have, tbh).
Do enjoy!
