Thinking about Our Final Values Video

This post is from everyone that commented on our blog and the video. Liz, Jorge and Alicia, Elissa, Luis and Lizzy, Ryan, Julissa, Cynthia.
The positive comments that were most meaningful to us were from Everyone. They all pretty much said the same thing in one way or another. They told us that the little sections of the flashback were really good and it worked well with the storylineThat was helpful because It let us know that the choice to do the flashback was correct. In addition, they told us that the shots of Alexis’ character where you can truly see her reaction were done well, and that helped us see that we did stuff right even though we were stressing the film wasn’t that great.
The two best suggestions we got were from pretty much everyone who posted a comment. They all told us the same thing we were already thinking about the editing and the music and that was helpful because we were able to tell that we were on the right check and we all thought the same thing. We already addressed the situations that were all mentioned.

Roughdraft two...

The reflection for the FIRST roughdraft is pretty much the same.
Our value is trying to represent doing the right thing.
We edited well for the time we had.
We need to fine tune the cuts and add some music.
We wanted feedback on whether it was TOO long and if so what they suggest to cut.
Our challenge was time. Our roughdraft could have been more refined if we had a little bit more time.

Shoulder Shots

Describe how your group planned your shots. What realizations did you make about the kind of planning that needs to happen BEFORE you shoot?
At first we had everything planned out, but we had trouble setting up the shots because we all had to think things trough and take out time.

Look at the composition of your over the shoulder shots. Did you follow the rule of thirds? Why or why not?

Yes and NO. On Jaay's footage we did, but on mine we didn't. I don't really nkow why we didn't that is just how it ended up.

What IMPRESSIONS do the over the shoulder shots create about the characters? How does this work?

That they are having a conversation that is kind of serious, brings it down to thier level.
See things through "thier eyes".

How realistic does the dialogue seem in the final edit? What challenges did you have in editing?

Not so realistic. The script was kind of weird. BUT with the editing and the conversation it looked like it was a real conversation.

Is there a dominant mood or tone to your video? What is that mood or tone? How did you accomplish this?

Yes, a casual talk between friends. One is layed back through acting other is hyper and curious.

What other observations do you have about using over the shoulder shots?

I don't eally know how to answer this one...

What other ideas got emphasized or reinforced about how to make effective videos from doing this exercise?
You get INTO the conversation, as if you as seeing it right there and then from behind the charaters. You also get on thier level.

Lifting/Extracting

A simple cut in the timeline means making a cut in the timeline itself. When cutting the other clips,the timeline will show a gap left between the two clips. A ripple delete edit is when removing a clip without leaving a gap between the clips. This can be achieved by right clicking the selected clip of your choice. Ripple deleting, the other clips to the right of the deleted clip will connect to the clips (left). Lifting and extracting are two ways to cut a clip at one time. This can be done by choosing the in and out point of the second screen of the program and select either the lift or extract function. Lifting is similar to cutting. While extracting is like a ripple delete, in terms of what happens to the clips in the timeline such as the others you had chosen. This is an example of an extracting edit.

Overlays, Inserts

This is an example of an overlay edit. An overlay edit places a clip on top of another clip. To do this, you select the area in which you want the overlay to be at, and then you drag it OVER the original clip. I decided to add the 2nd clip where I did because to me that made the most sense where it ended up. Although the clip was an odd one to edit.




The difference between an overlay and an insert edit is an overlay OVERLAYS a clip, and insert is an inserted clip into another clip interuppting the original clip without losing anything. You would use an overlay when you want a bit of an interruption, while you’d use an insert edit when you want everything nice and smooth. In this case the insert edit works better because it looks smoother then the other cips, overlay.