Film & editing task- Doors

We worked in pairs to create/construct a short clip of someone walking through doors, this was to broaden our understanding and skills of the equipment, filming and editing process on premier pro, that can later be applied to our own music videos. 

In order to create the effect of time passing and clearly show a journey, we set up our tripod and 1100D camera in different location around college, and created juxtapositions in the edit. We had to capture multiple shots so that our video flow smoothly to create continuity editing like a journey, beginning with me pressing the button to open the door, walking through the door, then a shot of me opening the handle of a different door and exiting out of it. One thing I have learnt is that it is important to get a large number of shots to make continuity editing work well, which is something we didn't do in this video, however I can make sure I do this in the construction on my music video. 

We played around with different types of camera angles and shots, such as close ups and medium shots, to make our video ascetically interesting rather then only shooting the same shot through out, which would essentially bore our viewers. Close ups were used to focus on objects, for example the door handle, to make the audience feel like they are part of our journey, creating a relationship between the audience and actor/actress. This relationship was'nt carried throughout because there are a number of shots were the actress's face isnt in shot, hiding her identity; an example of this is when Amelia is in the lift as the shot only includes the lower half of her body. 

I think the most difficult part of this process was actually trying to fit the music in with the shots when editing.We had to alter the shots slightly using tools on premier pro to make the track and shots fit together, as after all the most important thing is that they combined well together. we also adjusted the speed of some shots, for instance when Amelia is the lift because the shot itself was very long as it took a while for the lift doors to close; we increased the speed to keep the audience interested.