Classwork: 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 together. 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:

My POV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wT2QJdlSGjbNEMTrONaIN-7TTbbhKBGH/view?usp=sharing

Carrick's POV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yiB2wsqNT-jkHzgDT5IHhDIZIwnqeulS/view?usp=sharing

Jaden's POV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11CKWqL1nqOPA506LUNcQrfY_Civexm13/view?usp=sharing 

My editing process:

Upload the videos to the editing software (YOUR SOFTWARE ) 

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:

Self-Reflection:

I suck at editing. This process helped me understand the important elements of editing in a video. It also helped me introduce editing features that I'm unfamiliar with. I need to practice editing more even if it's not my task. I decided to use laptop since it's more convenient, although I find some difficulties in editing since I'm very new to editing. 

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. 

My teacher gave each group a verse from "The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun". We had to plan a scene which included various camera work and edits. The goal was to analyze mistakes that we did in this music video shooting practice to avoid making the same mistakes for our final music video . 

Here is a product of our work:

Here is a presentation of our a pre-plan and a bit analysis of how we get our final product:

Self - Reflection:

I'm pretty satisfied with how I performed in this Music Video practice, although the director initially changed some plans that results in the different meaning of the final product.