Editing

Review of Last Week

The shooting is complete! Friday night I filmed the master shot. After weeks of planning and doing test shots it came out really good. I did run into a few problems while setting up the scene. For example, all my test shots were done inside my living room and the actual shooting location was inside a Sunday school room. Since the Sunday school room is a lot bigger than my living room I had a lot more space to work with and had to spread out my lighting a little more.

I also had to change my lighting set up a little bit. For some reason my key light was a little brighter in the Sunday school room than it was in my living room. Because of this I decided to put on the covering for the key light which I did not use in my test shots.

Shooting the b-roll was really fun. It felt a little funny and silly at first with people watching me as I filmed. The kids that participated were really cooperative. I am so thankful for that. My photographer was really good too. I've learned a lot about him since shooting this film and I'm sure people in the church will too once they see the final edit.

Here are some test shots I've done so far for the documentary. My final test shots are done in HD with a blue filter for the backlight but I was unable to post those because I do not know how to import video that's shot in HD. I will plan a date to shoot the documentary this week since Ken will be back from North Carolina. The music I was thinking about using for the documentary was the opening song from "The Office" but now I'm having second thoughts. I'll keep looking.

Summary of Previous Week

I've gotten a chance to take out the camera and lighting equipment. I'm not ready to film quite yet so I've done some test shots. I do know what I need to film. I will have two master shots of Ken talking to the camera. Everything else will be B-roll. I kindda forgot how to use the camera too so I sorta had to relearn everything. Regarding my test shots, I'm playing around with the composition of the shot to get it the way I want it.

My first test shot was reviewed on Friday and it didn't turn out so well. The image was flat and it didn't pop. Basically the shot was dull in my opinion. I've gotten some feedback and made some notes and I plan on doing some more test today. The problem was that I used a V-light as a back light which is way too bright. I'm going to try bouncing the V-light off of the wall or if that doesn't work just get rid of the V-light altogether.

Regarding Ken, I will meet with him tomorrow to discuss the story boards that I've come up with.

Final Story Board!!

I think this is it. My final storyboard. I think I'm ready to shoot.

Revised Questions WITH real answers!

I emailed a list of the questions to Ken and he sent them back with the answers he planned on using. These are the final questions that will be used in the documentary. Sorry about the final story board. I'm still working on it. I'll finish it soon.

Revised Questions

I've done a revision of the questions I would like to ask my photographer. A revised story board will be done by the end of the week. I'll have one more meeting with Ken to discuss the project and than I'll probably be ready to shoot.