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Pre Production/Shooting
Arranging the shoot/interview capture. Before shooting or attempting to record any sort of audio with proper equipment I decided to test on my phone if this shoot and my idea could work. And after just 2 minutes of recording audio of a conversation I ran into my first major problem, a ginormous pizza oven. This was extremely loud and as the interview had to be conducted right next to it made this practically impossible. This sent me back to the drawing board straight away and I quickly realised that the audio and visuals would have to be recorded separately.
Firstly the visuals, there were four separate shoots for these. I wanted to record a time lapse for my opening sequence. The first attempt at this wasn't great. The camera was wildly out of focus and the content wasn't good enough so a re shoot was necessary and it came out much better second time around. (Photo on the left is out of focus) For the first time lapse I used a Nikon camera which although had a wider lens was harder to focus and to re shoot I used the Canon 5D which was much easier to focus and ultimately made my timelapse a lot better.
After shooting the timelapse I then recorded inside the restaurant. Still using the 5D I recorded after the restaurant had closed meaning that I couldn't get the exact shots needed as pizzas weren't being made. I ensured to keep in line with my research that a lot of the shots I recorded were close ups. I didn't need to overly worry about S.w.e.f.f when setting up the camera as sound wasn't being recorded the camera was white balanced and exposed that left focus and framing. I ensured that the framing and focus was on point.
The second shoot contained much of the same however I focused on capturing things that weren't possible to record on the previous shoot. Most notably making pizzas, the saucing, cheesing and adding toppings were top of my list. The aim of these shoots was to collect as much footage as possible as when creating a documentary more is good. The most important thing was capturing multiple takes of the same thing as from previous experience one tiny thing could be wrong and you have a very important part missing because it's massively out of focus or poorly focused. From my primary research I focused on putting the camera in as many places as possible and capturing different angles but mostly still close ups. Many of these failed but I did sample lots of different shots. Here is one shown below for example. It was an attempt at putting the POV of the camera into the dish wash I eventually decided against it as it was to risky with the water however I did attempt to create different and more interesting types of cinematography when filming this documentary. (From this clip you can also hear just how loud the audio was bearing in mind this was the other side of the kitchen)
After realising that the way I wanted to initially record audio wasn't viable I had to consider other options. A one on one interview professionally set up and visually recorded was an option however I felt that would completely be changing up the entire style of my documentary, something I didn't want to do. This helped me decide on just an audio interview sort of in voice over style that could be put over footage. For this the zoom mic was chosen and the location would be in my car which was unfortunately not the best choice but the best option at hand as time was quickly running out. This interview went well however there were some mistakes made. Most notably leaving my car on for the first part of the interview, thankfully it didn't compromise the entire thing as I switched it off however it was still a rookie mistake. I checked the audio levels with headphones and did some practice recordings to make sure they would save and record properly.
I also recorded a couple more time lapses of the cut window on my phone and that concluded all of my shooting for the project. I was happy overall with how the shooting went however felt it could of been slightly better by having more shoots.
Post Production/Editing
Here is my timeline and layout in Adobe Premiere. Firstly I cut up the sound interview to remove my questions and only leave the answers I felt worked for my documentary. My workspace is clean with all the different sections split into bins.
To start I worked on the opening sequence, this consisted of the timelapse to begin and cut that down while manipulating the scale and positioning so that the main attraction in this case the restaraunt is at the center. Following this was a short montage of different areas of the restaruant finally ending with some opening titles.
After the openign sequence the doc is cut into three different sections. Each of these contains three different answer to questions and all are linked together through timelapses. Each section has it's own different portion of video and in most cases this is linked to the footage shown on screen. Most of the shots on the timeline have a manipulated framerate. They were recorded at fifty frames per second and changed to twenty five shown below is how I manipulated the footage.
Another section of my production and editing was the outro. This also contains the manipulation of an image as it's unfortanutely the only image/video I had of the subject and I wanted the audience to be able to get a glimpse of who had been talking the entire time. This photo also proved a challenge because at first it had me in it. I used different photoshop skills such as the patch tool and the clone stamp tool.
I'm really happy with the shot at the end however it shows Michael smiling and gives the viewer a last moment of happienes and reveals the character that they've been hearing so much about in a kind and thoughful way.
The edit was difficult, mostly because of the interview being different and acting as a voicover meaning my whole idea had to change slightly and thus affected the editing process. Realistically after the interview changed to a voiceover there wasn't massive structure to the edit it involved a lot of just adding footage and cutting this down to match the voicover, there are a few sequence that I like but overall planning the edit would of been much more fruitful.
The music doesn't really play a major part however when I was choosing it I wanted to fit it to the style of a classic documentary and think I found the perfect track to do this. Nothing really much happens with the music it fades in and out throughout the piece and increases in volume throughout the timelapses. It remains running until the end which I think worked well.
It's a similar story with the interview/voiceover I added a full reverb to it in audition as it sounded slightly flat and increased the volume by around 5 decibels however apart from this and using the expository fade to bring it in and out it remained formal throughout the interview.
When selecting different shots to go on the timeline I wanted them to flow together take these three shots for example they all interlink perfectly and are displayed one after the other getting closer to the subject each time however all displaying the character doing differen things.
Great use of close up imagery and time lapse to create a sense of busy workplace, some issues with sound which could be improved by re-recording of voice over in the sound booth. Add credits, this is your work.
Here is the final export of my project.
Pre Production/Shooting
Arranging the shoot/interview capture. Before shooting or attempting to record any sort of audio with proper equipment I decided to test on my phone if this shoot and my idea could work. And after just 2 minutes of recording audio of a conversation I ran into my first major problem, a ginormous pizza oven. This was extremely loud and as the interview had to be conducted right next to it made this practically impossible. This sent me back to the drawing board straight away and I quickly realised that the audio and visuals would have to be recorded separately.
Firstly the visuals, there were four separate shoots for these. I wanted to record a time lapse for my opening sequence. The first attempt at this wasn't great. The camera was wildly out of focus and the content wasn't good enough so a re shoot was necessary and it came out much better second time around. (Photo on the left is out of focus) For the first time lapse I used a Nikon camera which although had a wider lens was harder to focus and to re shoot I used the Canon 5D which was much easier to focus and ultimately made my timelapse a lot better.
After shooting the timelapse I then recorded inside the restaurant. Still using the 5D I recorded after the restaurant had closed meaning that I couldn't get the exact shots needed as pizzas weren't being made. I ensured to keep in line with my research that a lot of the shots I recorded were close ups. I didn't need to overly worry about S.w.e.f.f when setting up the camera as sound wasn't being recorded the camera was white balanced and exposed that left focus and framing. I ensured that the framing and focus was on point.
The second shoot contained much of the same however I focused on capturing things that weren't possible to record on the previous shoot. Most notably making pizzas, the saucing, cheesing and adding toppings were top of my list. The aim of these shoots was to collect as much footage as possible as when creating a documentary more is good. The most important thing was capturing multiple takes of the same thing as from previous experience one tiny thing could be wrong and you have a very important part missing because it's massively out of focus or poorly focused. From my primary research I focused on putting the camera in as many places as possible and capturing different angles but mostly still close ups. Many of these failed but I did sample lots of different shots. Here is one shown below for example. It was an attempt at putting the POV of the camera into the dish wash I eventually decided against it as it was to risky with the water however I did attempt to create different and more interesting types of cinematography when filming this documentary. (From this clip you can also hear just how loud the audio was bearing in mind this was the other side of the kitchen)
After realising that the way I wanted to initially record audio wasn't viable I had to consider other options. A one on one interview professionally set up and visually recorded was an option however I felt that would completely be changing up the entire style of my documentary, something I didn't want to do. This helped me decide on just an audio interview sort of in voice over style that could be put over footage. For this the zoom mic was chosen and the location would be in my car which was unfortunately not the best choice but the best option at hand as time was quickly running out. This interview went well however there were some mistakes made. Most notably leaving my car on for the first part of the interview, thankfully it didn't compromise the entire thing as I switched it off however it was still a rookie mistake. I checked the audio levels with headphones and did some practice recordings to make sure they would save and record properly.
I also recorded a couple more time lapses of the cut window on my phone and that concluded all of my shooting for the project. I was happy overall with how the shooting went however felt it could of been slightly better by having more shoots.
Post Production/Editing
Here is my timeline and layout in Adobe Premiere. Firstly I cut up the sound interview to remove my questions and only leave the answers I felt worked for my documentary. My workspace is clean with all the different sections split into bins.
To start I worked on the opening sequence, this consisted of the timelapse to begin and cut that down while manipulating the scale and positioning so that the main attraction in this case the restaraunt is at the center. Following this was a short montage of different areas of the restaruant finally ending with some opening titles.
After the openign sequence the doc is cut into three different sections. Each of these contains three different answer to questions and all are linked together through timelapses. Each section has it's own different portion of video and in most cases this is linked to the footage shown on screen. Most of the shots on the timeline have a manipulated framerate. They were recorded at fifty frames per second and changed to twenty five shown below is how I manipulated the footage.
I'm really happy with the shot at the end however it shows Michael smiling and gives the viewer a last moment of happienes and reveals the character that they've been hearing so much about in a kind and thoughful way.
The edit was difficult, mostly because of the interview being different and acting as a voicover meaning my whole idea had to change slightly and thus affected the editing process. Realistically after the interview changed to a voiceover there wasn't massive structure to the edit it involved a lot of just adding footage and cutting this down to match the voicover, there are a few sequence that I like but overall planning the edit would of been much more fruitful.
The music doesn't really play a major part however when I was choosing it I wanted to fit it to the style of a classic documentary and think I found the perfect track to do this. Nothing really much happens with the music it fades in and out throughout the piece and increases in volume throughout the timelapses. It remains running until the end which I think worked well.
It's a similar story with the interview/voiceover I added a full reverb to it in audition as it sounded slightly flat and increased the volume by around 5 decibels however apart from this and using the expository fade to bring it in and out it remained formal throughout the interview.
When selecting different shots to go on the timeline I wanted them to flow together take these three shots for example they all interlink perfectly and are displayed one after the other getting closer to the subject each time however all displaying the character doing differen things.
Great use of close up imagery and time lapse to create a sense of busy workplace, some issues with sound which could be improved by re-recording of voice over in the sound booth. Add credits, this is your work.
Here is the final export of my project.
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