As documentary is so new to me, I thought it would be wise to have a go at filming and editing a set of interviews before my final short film. So, armed with my question and a camera I set about finding people around college willing to give me a minute of their time. Here is my finished product:
I learned a lot of things that I can take on board when completing my real film from doing this exercise:
- Firstly, it was quite surprising to me, how many people were actually unwilling to be filmed. This could obviously heavily impact my main product, because I am relying solely on the responses of other people to make my film a success. If I don't get any good interviews, even with the best editing in the world, the whole interview section of the film will feel like it is lacking in something
- Lighting is very important for when it comes to editing between film clips - There is just something very unprofessional looking when the lighting noticeably changes, even though it isn't a continuity sequence
- The location of the interviews is key, as for this video I had to heavily edit the audio to try and eliminate as much background noise as possible
- I got a comment that somebody liked the 'raw' kind of feel to the video, however in the storyboard for my final product, the interviews are more staged. This has made me consider whether or not I should change this and try to capture the mood created in this practise piece instead
- As I was just filming this as a test and to practise my editing skills, I didn't actually use a tripod, resulting in some rather questionable shaky camera work. Obviously for my final product I need to ensure that all the camera work is steady and professional
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