Multicam editing

In this blog you can find the work I did on how to edit with multiple cameras. My group filmed the footage, but I edited it alone

. My teacher provided a template for the blog post. 

What is Multicam Editing?

Multicam editing is the process of editing footage of a single scene or subject recorded from different cameras and angles. Showing the same scene or subject from different angles helps make the video more dynamic and visually captivating for your audience

Shooting

Our subject , a classmate, stood in the centre of the room and did a short performance. My group stood around the subject to record the performance from different angles. You can also see members from other groups because we did this lesson as a class. To make it easier to synchronise our cameras, the teacher clapped at the start of the scene. This allowed us to line up the video in the editing process and ensure that the transitions would be smooth. Without this simple action it would have taken a lot longer to sync the videos.

(BEHIND THE SCENES IMAGES): LINK HERE

Here are the raw videos from my group members:

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My editing process

• Upload the videos to the editing software (Capcut) 

• Detach the audio of the clip you wish to use in the final video. 

• Find the ‘clap’ marker on the audio.

• Line up the video files together. 

• Cut where I want the edit to happen

• Don’t delete the clip, just lower the opacity. This way it can be used again later. 

• Mute all clips except for the one you want to use.

Here is my final edited video:

Reflection: Since I was using a different fresh laptop I had a troublesome time trying to download the editing software. It was almost too late for me to edit the video since I almost ran out of time, but since the editing was somewhat simple, I was able to get it done quickly and complete the video. Since I was an actor in the scene, I was unable to record for the scene which ended in our group having only 3 raw footage.

Mini Project

 

Shooting Practice : Music Video

This post contains a mini project that helped us learn how to shoot a music video. We shot our verse as a group and then created this post together.

Lesson Description: My teacher gave each group a verse from THE BEATLE - Here Comes the Sun. We had to plan a scene which included various camera work and edits. The goal was to improve our lip syncing skills, which it later on will be use for our MV project.

PRE PRODUCTION

Before we started our production, our teacher gave the class a popular song to download and perform to so that everyone in class were familiar with the song and are able to perform well in a short amount of time. Our teacher recommended that we actually sing the song instead of lip syncing so that the visuals match up nicely with the song. Our teacher then gave each group our verse and recommended that we did a quick little storyboard for the music video. Afterwards, we were given a short amount of time to record our scene anywhere in the building.

PRODUCTION

We started by recording the scene based of our storyboard in the canteen but disliked the outcome, so we quickly came up with a different and slightly more creative shot to keep it less boring. This scene was for the first half of our verse. We did this scene by using a speaker so that both actors were able to hear the song from far away and are able to act. while the second scene for the other half of the verse was quickly thought up, which ended up making the second scene a lot more simple, and not as creative as  the first one.

POST PRODUCTION

We almost didn't have enough time to record our scenes but thankfully it worked out. After recording our scenes, we quickly went to our classroom and uploaded all our videos to google drive to make it easily downloadable to work on the post production, and editing of the videos so that our lip syncs properly matched up with the song we were pretending to perform to. This was done by using a video editing software to combine both the clips and the songs until it properly matched up.

Video:

 

PROBLEM: 

- Camera did not focus for a couple of our shots which then we had to retake more shots than we expected.

- Bad whether which blows the whole meaning of this music

SOLUTION:NEXT TIME:

- Bring proper camera next time

- Choose a better time to record our scenes, or wait out the rain

Self Reflection:

Our divided ourselves into sections that we could all work on. Nathan was in charge on the camerawork and audio work, while I was in charge of editing the videos and lining them up, and Haresha and Ata were in charge on the blogpost and the behind the scenes documentation. To me it felt like we did a pretty good job on how creative the first scene was, however we forgot to use our teachers advice of using 2 shots of the same scene so that we could switch between them to make the scene less boring. However, I think the creativity could make up for the missing 2 shots method that our teacher recommended to us. This time, we felt that we were slightly more productive than we usually are since we were able to quickly define our jobs and get to work faster.