Evaluation of Camera Movement Video

Evaluation of Camera Movement Video

My camera movement video I published in the previous post was a lot of fun to make but slightly more technical than our first shots video. There were a few issues that I wasn't happy with.

• At the end of my video after it fades to black the video continues to run. This is obviously an error made by me but I'm not too sure how it happened.
• When shooting the scene where I track and follow my friend Bethany through several doors we used a office chair on wheels which I sat on and filmed. If I was to do it again I would place the tripod directly onto the chair and push the chair down the corridor for even more of a smooth and professional finish.
• I would also think about timings better at 0:22 of my video Bethany has to pause to keep the door held open so I and the people pushing me along could get through easily. This looks under rehearsed and not very slick.
• Next time I would consider using another tripod as that one didn't turn smoothly and tended to stick which ruined a few of my clips.

Strengths of my video would be:

• My video cuts between two clips. The follow and the point of view clips. I was just experimenting with editing and just trying to see what worked and what didn't. Personally I like the way it cuts between the two.
• By adding tiny snippits of outtakes to my final video makes the video fun and when I watch it back it makes me smile.
• This is a weakness and strength. My over head pan clip I really like as it is smooth. I actually used my grans stair lift to ascend smoothly down the stairs. The downside to this clip is the bad lighting. I actually filmed this scene around five times this was the only one in which the light was poor as this was the first take one. Unfortunately, this was the best quality video apart from the light so I had no choice but to use this clip regardless.
• Considering the cameras the school provides don't tend to change focus and usually just capture the whole scene as the lens sees it. I got lucky when filming the scene where I had to tilt and focus on a building as the focus change and made the clip look quite effective.

Watch my video and let me know what you think.