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The mini Documentary edit (edit log)

  ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Edit log (the official edit) the edit has not been done yet   1.Date/programme title/location Give the details   2.Description of material to be edited and what tone/audience you are trying to reach The footage used for the mini ducumentary includes: cutaways interview with James interview with Matt and Clare interview with Shane and Lorraine  soundtrack title sequence lower thirds The documentary is mostly aimed at the local employers, but can be also watched by young people who are interested in taking part in Norwich for Jobs project.  The documentary stays informative. It contains personal opinions and descriptions of personal experiences.  3.Key edit decisions taken within that time frame and a discussion of their creative impact  While editing the whole content I had to decide which interview will be used firs, which second and which last. I had to decide what soundtrack we...

The cut aways (shoot log, edit log)

‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ The shoot log  1) Date/programme title/location:   The cut aways were filmed on write the date and locations   2) Role: That day I was responsible for the camera and filming the footage.   3) Crew & their roles:   With me there was another person who helped me with carring the equipment.   4) Key storylines captured & characters: We started next to the Cafe Britannia and we made our way down, throuht the  riverside, next to the trainstation and finally the city centre. We wanted to film very characteristic places for Norwich, which later could also been used as photographs for our title sequence. (We had to use the screenshots of our footage, because the  photo camera was already booked by another team). 5) How has this affected the overall direction of the  content? This shoot did not influence the direction of the content in any way, because we ...

The Director and Official edit of the short vieo clip for N4J (edit log)

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‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ ▲▽ Edit log (the official edit) 1.Date/programme title/location Give the details   2.Description of material to be edited and what tone/audience you are trying to reach The footage shows two different angles of James who has been interviewed. The footage is about 20 minutes long and it needs to be shorten to about 4 minutes without including the questions.   3.Key edit decisions taken within that time frame and a discussion of their creative impact  The largest and more important decision that I had to make during the process of editing was to break down James's' interview into small parts that contain the most interesting and powerful statements. It had to entertain and inspire. It also had to fit it 2 minutes where the whole interview was about 20 minutes long. It was a big challenge and it took the most  of the time. From the best answers I picked the best parts of them and then I spend ...

Shane and Lorraine (planning,questions,shoot log)

  ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Shoot log 1)   Date/programme title/location: The interiew with Shane and his mentor Lorraine at the St Edmunds Society. Person who already finished the Norwich for Jobs program give more details 2)   Role: During the shoot I helped with placing the cameras and the lights, as well as setting up the cameras and framing the interview. Therefore my main role was to check on the sound and interview Lorraine.  3)   Crew & their roles I was there with other members of the group who were responsible for the cameras, however we were missing one person.   4)   Key storylines captured & characters: The main story that we captured during the interview was the great passion to work that Shane showed us and his story of being addicted to drugs. Lorraine was very simialr to Clare, when she gave us very interesting and isnpiring answers about why young people should be giving th chance ...

Matt and Clare interview (planning,questions,shoot log)

  ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Incluce the questions and paper work  ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Shoot log 1)   Date/programme title/location: The interiew with Matt and Clare. Person who just started their new job and their boss. The interview took place at M&S give more details   2)   Role: During the shot I helped with placing the cameras and the lights, as well as setting up the cameras and framing the interview. Before we started recording I was the one resposnislbe for interacting with the interviewees and explaining to them what we are going to do. I was also giving them the documents to sign. My main role during the shoot was to check on the sound and I was also on one of the cameras, as well as my friend (he was not well that day so I wanted to help him and make sure that we get the shots that we neded to get).   3)   Crew & their roles With me there was my whole team. They were helping...

James Interview (planning,questions,shoot log)

‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ include Paper work, questions ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Shoot log 1)   Date/programme title/location: The interiew with James. Person who just started attending the sessions atthe job centre. The interview took place atthe City College give more details 2)   Role: During the shoot I helped with placing the cameras and the lights, as well as setting up the cameras and framing the interview. Therefore my main role was to be the interviewer.    3)   Crew & their roles With me there was my whole team who kept the ye on the cameras and the sound while I was focusing on asking questions.   4)   Key storylines captured & characters: During the shoot we heard James giving great ideas, that we were sure, would inspire local employers to try to help young people with finding job. His interview was perfectto use for the short video N4J wanted us to edit for them.  ...

The Title Sequence

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‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗  ▼△ During one of the graphics worksops, we were introduced to different title sequences, that we can use as an inspiration to create our own for the mini documentary. I decided to work togeter with my colleague, however I did not participate in the whole of the process, because he wanted to be the person responsible for the graphics for our mini documentary. Therefore, I focused on gathering ideas with him, creating a small part of the title sequence, which were the photos and finally, I was giving my opinion on the whole sequence, suggesting small changes to my colleague. Those are the phtos that I have taken, and their finall stage after the editing. ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗  The proccess of making those  I used the website  PicMonkey  where I was able to use specyfic filters that allowed me to create this animated effect.  First of all I had to choose a photo. Then the ...