Pre-Production
Before we started filming, we drew out scenes on a storyboard. This was so we could plan out our scenes and know what kind of shots (close up, wide, etc.) to use. I wanted Juan to be sitting a computer doing something, so I drew wide, face close-up, medium, extra wide, over the shoulder, and hands close-up shots.
Production
We filmed with the iPads and tripods for this one. I made sure to keep the tripod on one side of Juan so that I wouldn't be crossing the "axis line". Crossing the line would be breaking the 180 degree rule. I kept the tripod and the same height for most of the video, except for the over the shoulder shot. I tried to eliminate background movement and such as well.
Editing with Adobe Premiere
I learned several new things with this program! The spacebar is used to play the video, and the I (start) and O (end) keys were used to trim the video and set the start and end points of each clip. I also learned about the audio and video separation of each clip. In this case, I unlinked the audio and video parts and cut the audio. This is why the video is silent. Finally, we exported it using certain settings and published it to YouTube.
Next Time
What will I do in my next video? I'd probably put music in it to make it more interesting. I'd also think about a different theme I could use. Such as walking down the hall, reading a book, playing a computer game, etc. I would definitely trim each clip to make them 3 to 4 seconds so that they don't get boring to watch because they are too long. I could also change around the order of the clips to have the establishing shot (extreme wide) at the beginning of the video. During the critiques that our class did, I received comments about that.
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