Progress Diary

In this first bit of raw footage it shows the filming of the location I was using for the location for the opening of my movie, this wasn't used because it didn't really fit with what I wanted.



This bit of raw footage won't be used because it wasn't at the right angle that I wanted for my movie also there was people in the background that were distracting and I didn't want to have to shoot from this angle again. On this bit I used some camera techniques to help make this footage a bit better but in the end it didn't effect much.



For this bit of raw footage, it's close to the final version that's being used but has somethings in it that will be different in the final version of this angle. I did change some of the settings on the camera, one of them being the ISO because it was a bit darker when shooting then I tried to change it but I kept it at the default setting because it looked a lot better.

Editing diary


For the first day of shooting I wanted to get the forrest scenes finished and shot first so it can be used whenever would fit best in my movie, this was also apart of the non-continuity edit for my movie. This shooting continued for a few hours to try and get some things that would work for my trailer that I would have to edit after recording my footage, this resulted in me filming the nearby location to show off the environment then I moved onto to filming Alex doing the things I told him, this took a few takes to get it the way I wanted it to be and to make sure it was done right.

For the second and third days of shooting it was the interview segment of my short movie, this was done in a little room used for some projects like this but also can be used as the control room for the photography studio. The reason why I chose this room for this interview was because I feel like it fits the best out of other rooms that I was going to use (in the end I decided to not use those rooms and settled on the control room), this interview consists of me (the cameraman) asking questions to the supposed tormentor about his actions and if he feels remorse over what he had done. The interview also took a few takes to get right because some of the questions and answers weren't what I needed or wanted and wouldn't be useful towards my short movie.

When I started editing my movie I decided to use some techniques that I had used previously these being cross-dissolves and dips to black. The reason for using these is because I'm comfortable with using them and feel like I can use them well enough to the intended message across to what I'm wanting to see after envisioning it in the planning stages. Another thing that I had done when starting to edit was to split up my clips and have them be in different places in the workspace area so it would be easier to find them when it came down to wanting to use them.