Week 9 and 10: Editing and The Final Edit
Week 9
This week was exam block meaning that we were busy preparing exams for other subjects. Mr Andrews assign us to hand another rough edit which was due on Monday. It is for him to look at them during the weekend and give us feedback for our editing. He also adds that we will have more things done in the new rough edit. For the rest of the week, I did not touch the film until Friday due to other exams.
Friday
Adele and I decided to meet up to go over our edits and share some footages for our documentary. So far it looked really good. However, there were some things that needed to be done such as
During editing, there was a change in the script, so, some of our statistics are gone due to time constraint. Therefore, we change the way statistics are being represented and have less animation for the sake of continuity.
Editing
There were some changes made for my edit which I will go through in detail in another post.
Weekend
Found the solution to low volume for the student interview problem but it increased the noise. So I have to balance the two out as possible.
Also, I received the feedback from Mr Andrews for the overall documentary and individual.
Group feedback:
Reflection
Overall, the things that I was proud during this week was good communication between me and my partner and the result of the documentary. However, there were many things we had to change the design which was difficult but I decided to follow those changes because those would make the final product look good.
Week 10
On Tuesday, it was the final interview for the project. Overall, the interview went really well as the professor gave us good answers for our questions but also add things that we did not expect. Full reflection on that interview will be address on another post.
For the rest of the week was editing until the due date which was Thursday for us. More detail on editing will be on another post.
Overall, I felt this is one of the best group project I have ever done due to that our communication was handled very well. I am proud of our overall project even though we went 55 seconds over the maximum time (we were not being able to cut any more clips without messing the whole documentary up).
Credit:
Stock Footages:
Title: Teen Girl Stress and Anxiety
By: David Tiberio
Use for 03:13 seconds
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5AsW9Qy9hU
Title: Free Stock Footage Smartphone
By: in stock
Use for 07: 00 seconds
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOjO-r6xTJ0
Title: College Girl Checks Phone
By: Free HD Stock Footage- Royalty Free
Use for 04: 04 seconds
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbpNxGb-GdU
Title: Scrolling Through The Internet- Free Footage
By: Sasha Bee
Use for 05: 23 seconds
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-EF8eyRFuA
Music:
Title: Sad and Emotional Background Music Instrumental | Soft Drama
Artist: AShamaluevMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ztAb7SON0
Title: Inspirational and Uplifting Music - Northern Express
Artist: Ross Bugden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDGP4rf4vJ0
This week was exam block meaning that we were busy preparing exams for other subjects. Mr Andrews assign us to hand another rough edit which was due on Monday. It is for him to look at them during the weekend and give us feedback for our editing. He also adds that we will have more things done in the new rough edit. For the rest of the week, I did not touch the film until Friday due to other exams.
Friday
Adele and I decided to meet up to go over our edits and share some footages for our documentary. So far it looked really good. However, there were some things that needed to be done such as
- Voice-overs: We decided to have an adult narrating because it gave more a voice of authority which we need. However, we will voice ourselves as a backup.
- Sound level for dialogues will be at least 8.0 dbf
- Colour correction matches
- The use of stock footages which is only 20 seconds each person so in total of 40 minutes
- Check if we did not use the same points of interviews
During editing, there was a change in the script, so, some of our statistics are gone due to time constraint. Therefore, we change the way statistics are being represented and have less animation for the sake of continuity.
Editing
There were some changes made for my edit which I will go through in detail in another post.
Weekend
Found the solution to low volume for the student interview problem but it increased the noise. So I have to balance the two out as possible.
Also, I received the feedback from Mr Andrews for the overall documentary and individual.
Group feedback:
- Colour palettes on both sections match the design suite and develop a tone for the film.
- Use of heart beat is effective
- Use of the same title cards show consistency
- Use noise reduction filter over voice-overs and interviews
- Ensure audio levels across the whole section are even.
Individual:
- Heartbeat is effective but, cuts off a little short at the start.
- No Voice-over throughout (I imagine to be recorded). Ensure levels match other sections.
- Colour palette may be slightly too dark across some sections. Create mood but ensure that the viewer can clearly see what is being portrayed.
- Overlay of selfies at 2ish minutes is good, is the strong colour difference a metaphor for reality vs social media construction? If so, ensure the voice-over explains this.
- Interview question at 3:15ish does that need to be there? Perhaps a title card or a narrator explaining that it is detrimental might be more effective.
- I am unsure about some of the cuts between the camera on each side of Mrs Cooper as the colour palettes vary and it feels a little disconcerting to switch between the two. Especially mid-question.
- Audio levels of student interviews are lower than other sections (raise these or lower others)
Reflection
Overall, the things that I was proud during this week was good communication between me and my partner and the result of the documentary. However, there were many things we had to change the design which was difficult but I decided to follow those changes because those would make the final product look good.
Week 10
On Tuesday, it was the final interview for the project. Overall, the interview went really well as the professor gave us good answers for our questions but also add things that we did not expect. Full reflection on that interview will be address on another post.
For the rest of the week was editing until the due date which was Thursday for us. More detail on editing will be on another post.
Overall, I felt this is one of the best group project I have ever done due to that our communication was handled very well. I am proud of our overall project even though we went 55 seconds over the maximum time (we were not being able to cut any more clips without messing the whole documentary up).
Credit:
Stock Footages:
Title: Teen Girl Stress and Anxiety
By: David Tiberio
Use for 03:13 seconds
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5AsW9Qy9hU
Title: Free Stock Footage Smartphone
By: in stock
Use for 07: 00 seconds
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOjO-r6xTJ0
By: Free HD Stock Footage- Royalty Free
Use for 04: 04 seconds
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbpNxGb-GdU
Title: Scrolling Through The Internet- Free Footage
By: Sasha Bee
Use for 05: 23 seconds
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-EF8eyRFuA
Music:
Title: Sad and Emotional Background Music Instrumental | Soft Drama
Artist: AShamaluevMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ztAb7SON0
Title: Inspirational and Uplifting Music - Northern Express
Artist: Ross Bugden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDGP4rf4vJ0
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