The Meeting

Introduction

For this assignment we worked on a project called the meeting, were two friends  Dave and Steve have a phone conversation on were to meet each other and Dave is urging Steve to hurry up to meet him for a "meeting", this then becomes a dramatic race against time for both friends to meet up, before then plans are being put at risk.  our group was then given the option  of either both the characters meet up( happy ending)or they both miss each other(bad ending).

Task

The task we were given of the meeting, in my opinion was a massive success if compared to my spaghetti hero video, the reason why it was successful in my opinion is that the whole class grouped together for the logging sheets and took less time , than what my previous assignment logging sheets were, what I personally did was mark up the logging scenes and use the A1 camera to find what I wanted  , then marked it up on the script. this then helped to collect the scenes my group wanted to put onto final cut  with the HC9 camera( and go on "log and capture" to get them. firstly got most of Dave's and Steve's conversation to concentrate on their scenes first, however their were some issues like the voices talking ahead of another voice and their actions didn't flow well, this issue was later solved by cutting areas of clips in the timeline and separating up a bit more. then we got more scenes of Dave coming out of his office and Steve running to the college(used the soundtrack eye of the tiger for a nostalgic moment). were they will unfortunately miss each other(bad ending). their were moments in the clip  were there were interruptions  and more unwanted voices,  but were easily removed by cutting areas off and lowering the volume levels.

Likes and Dislikes

What i like is the easy method , our group took to make things easier to put our clips down on the mac. however I disliked to terrible acting , which made our assignment fairly difficult to produce.

skills

The skills I have learnt from  this assignment would be, using the lock tool(to keep things I want intact). learnt how to select clips using the "shift" key for stuff like pacing clips somewhere or coping and pasting.

LEARNT

Straight Cut Pacing

what i could say i have learnt from this assignment would be my knowledge of editing. like creating "straight cut pacing,which gives a illusion of actions happening in current events,even though they are both separate scenes, i was also told that a minimum of 3-4 second of clip is enough before an audiences has time to get bored of it.
For example straight cuts are quick transitions from one shot to another, mimicking the way the human eye sees the world, but also could become harsh and even confusing when there's no the cue that suggests a change has taken place.

showing the length of clips on timeline.

Cross- Cutting

 Learnt cross cutting, were actions happen in two different places at the same time, which creates drama and suspense.  for example scenes were Steve and Dave are both moving at the same period, which keeps the audience interested on how the story should end.

Cutting on an action

Cutting on an action was a technique to show continuity within the scenes of Dave and Steve, it also gives the scenes its importance and hides  the ends of faults.

Example of cutting on  action were overlapping clips occur

Sound Bridges

 Our group created sound bridges by accident, but worked out with the phone conversation , because they both talk to each other at that same moment, and hid the editing well, but in the end we did not use it for our meeting "conversation".

example of sound bridge






None- Diegetic Music

I used a song called "eye of the tiger" to give our meeting video a creative life, which helps reinforce the story, drama, and suspense sense of continuity, this is called "Non - Diegetic Music" which is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film.

sound made by objects

soundtrack of song

voices of characters,
sound made by objects in story,
music represented as coming from instruments in the story(=source music).

Overall Experience

I felt I had developed with my group and understand the "final cut pro" more and more, with putting clips together so the sequences flow well.

our meeting video

3 shot video

our version

used a sound track by des'ree called 'kissing you' as well as some 'fade in' video editing techniques towards the song. what i like about this video we had created is how every scene were different however the music enabled the scenes to link together towards the harmonys.

My Kuleslov effect

this is my kuleslov effect which included 4 scenes, one that shows repeatedly(which is the main focus)and the others are different scenes of the graveyard,bridge and people walking

Example of a pan shot

Pan in film works by turning horizontally on a vertical axis, but the effect may be enhanced by adding other abilities, such as rails to move the whole camera platform. Slow panning is also combined with zooming in or out on a single subject, leaving the subject in the same portion of the frame,

hollywood montage wipe

Visible on screen as a bar travelling across the frame pushing one shot off and pulling the next shot into place. Rarely used in contemporary film.
180 rule

The 180° rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

:Editing Process by which shots are put together into sequences or scenes.

cross-cutting

The alternating of shots from 2 sequences, often in different locales, suggesting that they are taking place at the same time.
fast-cutting editing

It gives a dramatic effect that combines music, tighter and tighter close-ups and shortening of hot length.
continuity-editing

It’s the type of editing, which follows certain rules, effortlessly connects shots so as or give the illusion of continuity of time and place.
montage

Montage comes from the French word meaning to edit, its assembling bits of footage to form a whole.hollywood montage is described as a sequence of shots which summarise an action.Music soundtrack also builds tempo up a good example would be this rocky clip, this helps to keep viewers interested n what they are watching

Flashback

It suggests an interruption of the present by a shot or series of shots representing the past. Flash forward is the exact opposite.
energy wipe effect

A line that travels across the screen, ‘pushing off’ one images revealing another but in word form.
fade

eliminating images from normal brightness to a black screen. A fade in the opposite. Signifies the passing of time
dissolve/lap dissolve

The slow fading out of one shot and the gradual fading in of it’s successor, with a superimposition of images, usually at midpoint