STUDIO: UKNOWN FOOTAGE

I had to do something totally different on two out of the four VT's as I knew nothing about them before receiving the footage. This was something I was very interested to try as and editor because of never doing it before. I was given a script for both, but for the last VT set at Greenfield Primary school I had to almost entirely improvise using the clips of the students answering the questions they were given. The criticism I have of this shoot is the lack of change in shots all the shots interviewing kids were from the same angle.




As demonstrated in the finished VT above I only had one shot to play with when editing the kids talking about their teachers. As a result I had to jump cut between a very similar shot of all four subjects rather than use a mixture of different shots. This is something this video from Lynda.com really helps with giving tips on how to work around shooting an interview with one camera.




Obviously as an editor this is beyond my control especially if I haven't seen anything until the footage is all shot. It is useful for future reference so that even if I'm a director I know I have to get a variation of shots for the editor to use. I know this now even more having been an editor on this project.

This is the other VT shot that I had no input on, this was much more simple in its structure and there was a script to follow. What was good for me was that the team actually went out and re shot parts of it because of poor shooting conditions on the first attempt. This allowed me to edit together nice shots with an easy narrative to follow. It did require a small amount of liaising with director and producer to make sure I was going down the right route. I was able to see the vision they wanted and implement it into a pretty successful VT.



All-round a good experience for me to play the role of editor as it gives me an insight into a role that I may or may not pursue in future. The best thing about it is that if I do take another role I can have an understanding on the needs of an editor and therefore be better at providing the right shots.