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Reflective Evaluation

After you have uploaded your personal profile to the blog you need to write a short reflective piece about the video. Reflection is important as it gives you the opportunity to think about what went well with your video and what didn’t go so well and more importantly what you would do differently next time. This is crucial so that when you make your next video you won’t repeat past mistakes.

So make sure you cover the following points in your reflection:

What went well?

What pleased you about making the video? (Equipment, working as a team, content, script, locations, framing etc)

first time you had used this sort of software, do you think they the editing process improved your raw material, did you add any images, music, sound effects…?)

What aspects of the final video are you most pleased about? (having a blog so that everyone can see it, receiving feedback from your friends, making a comprehensive video that answers the project brief etc)

What positive feedback did you receive and how did this make you feel?

What aspects of the video production were you not so happy with? (technical difficulties, team members being absent? The weather meaning you had to alter your plans, access to equipment etc)

&ltFor each aspect of the video production that you weren’t happy with, what could you do next time to avoid it happening again?

The 5 Shot Rule: How to Shoot a Video Sequence

Professional camera people shoot video sequences. If you only have one shot, you only have two options in the edit. You either use it or lose it!

This is from a BBC Training Video. The Five Shot rule.

1. What is 'Sequential Shooting'?
2. What are the five shots you need for the 'Five Shot Rule,' sequential shooting?
3. Why shoot in a sequence?

Write the answers to these questions in a short blog post called, 'The 5 Shot Rule.'

SHOOTING TASK: APPLY THE FIVE SHOT RULE
Have a look at your shooting script, are their any places where you could apply the five shot rule and shoot a professional looking sequence?

If not chose one of these shooting scenarios to practice the five shot rule:

• Using a computer in college
• Having a drink
• Reading a book
• Listening to your Ipod
• Making a telephone call

Work with a partner to produce at least one shooting sequence. Make sure you get the five shots whichever shooting scenario you choose. Good luck.

Transforming your Script into a Shooting Script

By now you should have a pretty solid script written for your video profile. The script forms the majority of the audio for your video profile but now I want you to think of the visuals (video, photographs, graphics, text etc) which will illustrate and reinforce what you are saying in your script.

So you need to put your script into a two column table. Call column one Audio and column two pictures. Then cut and paste your script into the audio column, as shown below. For each line of your script you now need to write down what images you are going to cover the audio with, take a look at the script below.

Shooting Script for Video Profile

Audio	Picture
Hi my name is Shakirah,	Montage of shots of me, close up on eyes, mouth etc.
I am studying sonic arts at City of Westminster college.	Pan across sign outside of college. Shots of students working in classrooms and hanging out in common rooms.
When I am older I would like to be a recording artists and own my own record label.	Shots of students recording music, rapping into a microphone, shots of technical equipment, faders, nobs etc

Add in as much detail as possible to your shooting script. Try and clearly describe what your video will look like, what music you will be using, and the shooting style and pace of your video.

The shooting script will be assessed as a single criteria so you really need to put some time and effort into it and make it the best it can be. Please upload your shooting script to your blog for assessment.

Here are some links to other shooting scripts:

Example 1

Example 2

We shall begin filming your video profiles in the afternoon. So practice trying to remember your scripts ahead of filming.

Three Point Lighting

This video outlines the basic lighting set up for filming a piece to camera.