Practical Skills Evaluation

Evaluation:

Over the entire unit my practical skills and knowledge of these skills have also increased a lot since the beginning of the year. I had some camera knowledge but only when it came to photography to it was eyeopening to learn that there were so many more techniques and skills to learn when it came to to the whole unit. So my filming skills had improved by focusing that the camera was steady when filming as it is a lot more evident when watching clips back if the footage is all over the place. 

Learning different ways to drastically change lighting in scene too was very key as I can tell throughout the entire unit, i've improved drastically on this portion because my lighting skills were beginner level, having to enhance them a lot when editing, where as know i'm able to plan around natural lighting hours to try and get the best possible lighting, as well as become more advanced with extra lighting too if needed which is very handy as well. Knowing the settings on the outside and the inside of the camera are really good skills to know too, as tech can be tricky sometimes so knowing how to use them properly is essential, especially when you require them for your projects and future projects too.

I've been able to become educated on my knowledge of the health and safety features when working with other, using equipment which can be a very handy skill as well as good to know for your own safety and other around you, which is top priority! So this skill has made more more aware of my surrounding and potential dangers you have to thing about for you and others when creating projects.

I believe that I still need to improve on my microphone/audio skills as for the majority of my projects, I used a lot of audio that was downloadable so I only got the chance to use speak audio a couple of times but even then i wasn't super confident and happy with the overall result so if i could go back and improve, it would to be more experimental with mic skills and how to edit with audio files more. However on the downloaded audio, I was able to combined different audios together in one of my past projects this year which was new for me but i kept experimenting and finally was able to do it, which was a big achievement for me and made the overall project improve a lot more.

Organised Footage in Premier Pro Evidence

Labelling throughout the editing process with multiple colours and groups to help the order of all the clips and arrange the correctly. As well as evidence of the individual shoots/clips being separated with bins in premier to make them easier to find when editing. Each clip was individually named in the order that they were filmed however they can be used in whatever order wanted. The clips are labelled by colour depending on the type of lighting used/ what makeup look was used.

Lyric to Shot

This is a plan for what I want the shots to look like when they sync up with the lyrics:

No sleeper seats, that's a mattress

No sleeper seats, that's a mattress (sleep)

You ain't stingy, split your tablets with me

You won't flinch when camera flashin', flashin' ----- I want the visuals to links with the lyrics so a flashing sequence will occur during these lyrics.

Not fake laid back, no, it's natural

And I think you made for the life I lead

I'm not fake patient, I don't fake sick

That kinda coffin don't need lean, rest in peace

Got this lust for life in me ----- I want the visuals to feature lots of colours, constantly changing to give a chaotic illusion, almost drug like.

Horny for the game, uh

First they kiss, then they bite soft, uh

Then that bitch wanna play it off, huh

Fuck it, I'm pretty still in a pit of snakes

While serpents shake some brand new scales

I need a new face, I'm tired of these weirdos

Acting familiar, took all the rock ---- Multiple different visual effects to show the decrease in their mental state as the lyrics get more and more insane.

And turned it to pop, he think that he Elvis

And he ungrateful, they don't say, "Thank you"

They don't say grace, not even for meals, not even for millions

Fuck it, I'm pretty still, look at my deal

Richard Mille, look at my ears, flooded with diamonds

Look at my skills, running through blocks like 49ers

Forty-nine diamonds, stuffed in my bracelet

That cost a whop, that cost a whopper ---- Multiple different visual effects to show the decrease in their mental state as the lyrics get more and more insane.

And it ain't new, I had a knot at John Ehret in my locker

Pretty still, it ain't no pretty pill, it's either real or real

Real easy on the eyes, green like a soccer field

Skin hot when they tried me like them poppers feel

Hands shaking, norepinephrine levels skyrocket, fuel

Rocket f-

Quit being violent with me (yeah, why, why) ---- Repeated lyrics will be mouthed out during the video to give a more direct effect on the viewer, giving more focus to the lyrics at that moment.

Quit being violent with me

Quit being violent with me

Make me violent ---- Use a lighter for dramatic effect at the end of mouthing the lyrics, used as a statement to represent the mental state during the song.

My room, my room, my room with me

Every night you were in my room

My room, my room with me

I guess I can't state my feelings too soon

I don't know you ---- At the end, lots of visual effects being used to make an insane look to the video, almost as if the end of the song represents how mental health can drive you to go insane if kept quiet.

Editing Evaluation

Evaluation:

For the editing unit overall I believe that my overall knowledge of editing history was very very bare but I have been able to change that by being educated on the many different pasts of editing such as past editing softwares, editing professionals, different types of editing and how editing as a whole has massively developed and changed over the years. As well as the history of editing, I've also been able to develop my physical skills of editing through lessons and independent learning and my own experiments when creating projects throughout the the past year. All of this can be seen throughout how i show my physical editing with screenshots. It has also allowed me to be more creative mentally as the more you use editing softwares, the more you get used to them and what features they may have so when thinking of ideas for projects it makes it easier to visualise a project if you know what type of edits/ how you could see yourself editing it. I believe this is a very useful skills that can only be created from being so hands on the your projects creatively.

I strongly agree that my experience the premier pro has increased dramatically as at the beginning of the year, i found it difficult to follow along to the simple premier pro tutorials which are seen at the beginning of my blog, whereas now I'm very comfortable with the software and love to see how much I can experiment with certain clips, from colour balance, effects, audio effects, text, overlapping and so many more.

I've become more knowledges on how different types of editors can edit the same scene and how everyone has their own way of doing it, whether that be right or wrong in other peoples eyes.  It has also made me more appreciative when i'm watching videos/movie/music videos because you can visually notice what types of edits have been involved in these projects so it makes you view creative projects in a completely different light which is a great skills to have as you can take huge inspirations from other projects. Just as other famous celebs such as Quentin Tarantino has from lots of others but one specifically would be 'Band of Outsiders'.

I believe that I could improve on my time scheduling when it comes to editing as I haven't quite got my mind around how long a project may take, so I either give myself too much time and then i'm unsatisfied with the results or the complete opposite effect where I realise I have too much to do, but then left myself with not enough time, leaving me with an project that I may be unsatisfied with again. So grasping a better timing around the whole unit of editing would be very useful to learn more about.