Whilst filming, the use of the Mini DV camera was obviously essential, but not only this, the use of simple tools such as a stand can make a massive difference to how the shot ends up. For example, if you want a sloppy, messy shot, having hand held shots would be the obvious choice as it gives the shot an almost hectic feeling. Also, the use of a mini USB cable was needed to connect the camera to a PC in order to be able to edit the shots that had been taken.
Once the Shooting had finished, and the camera was connected to the pc via the mini USB cable, editing could begin. For this we used Adobe Premier Pro 2.0, it was an extremely useful edit suite. Being as how we filmed to a shooting script, the clips began out of the correct order, however, by using this edit suite we were easily able to cut, chop, and crop video clips as we pleased and could move the clips and change the order also. After the video clips had been uploaded, we were then able to use the programme to cut out the original sound and place in the actual music, this meant we could cut the clips accordingly and synchronise it with the music.
Difficulties:
Whilst filming our clips, I found it difficult to get all of the actors organised. I only played a small role in the video and therefore took the opportunity to use the camera and film the more central characters. However, this made me realise how difficult it is to organise everybody and make them take it seriously. Often a shot would take 3 or 4 takes simply due to the actors laughing. This was actually useful as it allowed me to see that my final video will take far more time to shoot then I first predicted. My scheduling and organisation will probably be far more effective now I have finished this task.
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