Whilst you're editing...

TWO THINGS
1. Blogging - what you should be doing
There's now a checklist for the next stage on the blog (below) where you have moved from Research and Planning to Editing. For the editing stage of blogging (see page 2 of checklist), you need to post a few times a week (I suggest on the day after you have a lesson) and all you need to post are the details of your editing progress. SO, a few lines just outlining what you edited, any problems you encountered and any things you solved, parts you're proud of, things that went brilliantly - these need a quick mention. Over the editing weeks you should have a few posts per week, on editing, of a few lines or so on your GROUP blog. You can/should also put something on your individual blog as a PERSONAL response to what you've achieved/decided/problems etc but again - SHORT and FREQUENT is the key now...

2. EDITING
Don't worry about cropping audio at the moment - work on the visuals of the sequence. Later when we're happy with the visuals we can cut audio and add soundtracks so don't worry about audio at this stage please. If you do, we may need to edit/shift/cutaway etc to get visuals right for the best possible grade and if you've chopped the audio it's a problem to get it back on the timeline synchronised!

Have fun...

Spooks Sequence 3

With this sequence, you need to work out the different angles and shots that have been used in the sequence. You then need to work out a 'Shooting Schedule' for the sequence. This means, literally, a list of the shots needed, in a logical order for shooting. Have a look at the examples above from a shoot for a music video for 'It's not unusual' by Tom Jones. You can clearly see the storyboard and then the sequence the shots would be shot in.

You may need to complete this for homework. This is important as you will need to produce your own shooting schedule for your film opening so bear that in mind when you're completing the activity.

You should also be reflecting on the following questions:
1. What did you learn from doing the shooting schedule in terms of
      a. The order you might film
      b. The reasons why you would plan in advance
2. If you are going to shoot your video in a different way now you realise how you need to actually work, what can you do to improve your final film?
      ?? if you're filming the same sequence from several different angles - what could you do with the footage if you film the whole sequence from that angle/distance?
      ?? the difference will come in the editing room when you have plenty of footage - what will more footage mean for you?

Please answer these things on YOUR BLOG :)