Finally! I officially hate YouTube, I've been trying to upload this thing for days now, but here it is anyway, hope you like it:
The Edit - When we filmed this the group all shared a kind of hidden camera idea in their minds, it was basically the reason we came to film what we did. Previous attempts of filming involved putting a camera in a car and using it as a 'Cop Cam' - as in the style of American Police car chases. We didn't use this because although we weren’t physically moving the camera, we were moving a car, so were unsure if that would violate the brief.
In our chosen footage I didn't feel the camera placement was convincingly imitating a hidden camera as nothing obscures its visual scope or movement. So during my edit I have not tried to imply that the film is shot from a hidden camera point of view. I have decreased the saturation and increased the contrast as well as adding an effect to make the lens seem slightly dirty - these all share the same goal; to give the film a more serious meaning. I have added slow motion, but only where the main action unfolds, this is to exaggerate what happens and indicate its importance. I have also added subtitles - for two reasons, one; the audio isn't perfectly clear, however I did want to use it, but couldn't increase the verbal audio without the noise of the car also being increased. Two; it shows the character roles, i.e. the car driver has standard white subtitles, whereas the two men asking for directions have theirs shown in red, and one in italics, suggesting he doesn't mean what he's saying. The subtitles only occur until the film is slowed down, after that they cease, this is deliberate and attempts to show where the story is building, and where it's ending.
I feel that the plot is carried out well, and that there is a clear start, middle and ending. The start suggests what the film is about as it shows a police warning for car theft, then straight away a car pulls up and seconds later two seemingly innocent men appear to ask for directions. The Middle is where the action occurs, the film slows down and suddenly one of the men attempts a car theft, but fails. The ending compliments the start, as if to say 'I told you so' - the men disperse and the man drives off, then the camera pans back to the warning sign.
A full 360 degree pan takes place, but its justified as it follows the action throughout and opens and closes the film with an intended meaning, they aren't so obvious as they are broken up into multiple pans. Various zooms are also implemented, again with the same function as the pans, but camera movement also keeps the audience more entertained, so hopefully this is quite an enjoyable, at least not boring, video to watch.
The Edit - When we filmed this the group all shared a kind of hidden camera idea in their minds, it was basically the reason we came to film what we did. Previous attempts of filming involved putting a camera in a car and using it as a 'Cop Cam' - as in the style of American Police car chases. We didn't use this because although we weren’t physically moving the camera, we were moving a car, so were unsure if that would violate the brief.
In our chosen footage I didn't feel the camera placement was convincingly imitating a hidden camera as nothing obscures its visual scope or movement. So during my edit I have not tried to imply that the film is shot from a hidden camera point of view. I have decreased the saturation and increased the contrast as well as adding an effect to make the lens seem slightly dirty - these all share the same goal; to give the film a more serious meaning. I have added slow motion, but only where the main action unfolds, this is to exaggerate what happens and indicate its importance. I have also added subtitles - for two reasons, one; the audio isn't perfectly clear, however I did want to use it, but couldn't increase the verbal audio without the noise of the car also being increased. Two; it shows the character roles, i.e. the car driver has standard white subtitles, whereas the two men asking for directions have theirs shown in red, and one in italics, suggesting he doesn't mean what he's saying. The subtitles only occur until the film is slowed down, after that they cease, this is deliberate and attempts to show where the story is building, and where it's ending.
I feel that the plot is carried out well, and that there is a clear start, middle and ending. The start suggests what the film is about as it shows a police warning for car theft, then straight away a car pulls up and seconds later two seemingly innocent men appear to ask for directions. The Middle is where the action occurs, the film slows down and suddenly one of the men attempts a car theft, but fails. The ending compliments the start, as if to say 'I told you so' - the men disperse and the man drives off, then the camera pans back to the warning sign.
A full 360 degree pan takes place, but its justified as it follows the action throughout and opens and closes the film with an intended meaning, they aren't so obvious as they are broken up into multiple pans. Various zooms are also implemented, again with the same function as the pans, but camera movement also keeps the audience more entertained, so hopefully this is quite an enjoyable, at least not boring, video to watch.
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