organising our footage

 This blog post consist of how we organize our footage after shooting.

The apps we used to edit are : 

 

We use Capcut to edit our video and uses Canva to edit our font and typeface . We chose to use Capcut to edit our intro , because Capcut have a lot of feature such as many choices of effects that we could use and  we could acces easily and the app are mostly free , so it is the best option for us , and we could acces capcut easily . 

we used this app as a way to control the drone and transfer footage from our drone. A problem I encounter was due to connection issues controlling the drone would be hard as there was a noticable delay which made it hard to do micro adjustments and keep the drone in a good position. To solve this problem I had 2 solutions: A I would get a controller and be able to use DJI’s proprietary wireless solution instead of wifi from my phone to the drone but that would include buying more expensive equipment. So instead I trusted the drones ability to fly and track targets autonimously but this meant I had no control over the drones actions. Aswell during the transfer of the footage the drone would often disconnect from the phone which meant it had to be reconnected to continue the download, again the only solution to this was to get a remote as it could transfer faster and would be in the form of an SD.

ONLINE

Google drive: 

Google drive is very useful to store videos as it keeps the resolution of the video the same unlike other apps which might reduce the quality of the video , this helps us to organise which clips do we use and which typeface and fonts we use we put it in the google drive , however the time needed to upload the video into the drive is a lot , which makes it longer to share videos through the files , our solution is to use other device first so that we could use time as effective as possible

whatsapp : 

Whatsapp really helps us communicate long distance , also we are used to using this app which makes us easier to communicate with each other , also this app has a call feature which helps us communicate through call so that we can have better communication between each member of the group , however when sending videos or photos through whatsapp the quality of the video or photo would be bad , so we use google drive to share the videos and other important things related to our project .

Also most of the footage is in maha's phone , because we use his phone to record and edit the video so most of the footage is on his phone.

reflection : These apps helps us a lot on doing the opening scene , because it helps us to edit and transfer video through one another , and this helps us communicate to send feedback and ideas for the opening scene .

filming schedule

This is my filming schedule which helps me to organize my time .

Scene	Date/Time	Location	People	Props	Equiptment	Other
All Scenes	Monday 21/01/2025	Maha's House	Maha (Actor), Candra (Actor), Gusde (Drone Operator), and Kenzo (Cameraman)	Motorbike, jacket, black suit full set,	Drone camera Phone Camera	During this day, Kenzo couldn't come to our set location because he was busy so we had to shoot the film with the 3 of us only.
All Scenes	Friday 31/01/2025	Maha's House	Maha (Actor), Candra (Actor), Greg (Actor),  Gusde (Drone Operator), Kenzo (Cameraman)	Motorbike, jacket, black suit full set, red food colouring for blood, Knife, newspaper.	Drone camera, Phone camera, Clapper	After what happened on Monday last week, the opening scene we recorded was not what we expected. Due to that, on this day we decided to reshoot the whole thing with a new unofficial member added to our production crew named Greg (one of our friends). We are more prepared on this day as everyone in the group can arrive on the scene.
All Scenes	Friday 07/03/2025	Maha's House	Maha (Actor), Candra (Actor),  Gusde (Drone Operator), Kenzo (Cameraman),	Motorbike, jacket, black suit full set, red food colouring for blood,	Drone camera, Phone camera,	On this day we decided to reshoot some scenes, especially the fight scene as it was badly choreographed. We also removed one actor in our film which is Greg because the scene that he was in was unnecessary. We had a few visitors during our shooting who wanted to see the process of how we film and gives us feedback on what to improve.

Recreate scene

 

Scene recreation

This post contains a mini project that helped us learn how to shoot a cinematic scene. we did this as a group

Lesson Description: My teacher told us to find a scene from a movie in our genre. Our chosen task was to recreate this scene from John Wick where he and the film's main antagonist conversed with each other engaging in a deal. 

Original scene:

Story board:

Recreated Scene:

Problems, How to solve them and What to do next time: My teamate gusde do this problems 

1) We do not have the proper camera equipment, so sometimes the camera movements are a bit unstable, making it look unprofessional. We could not solve this problem besides the least we could do was to get someone from our group to have stable hands when holding the camera. Next time we would be required to buy new equipment that would stabilize the camera when moving to create a better quality film for the audience and avoid shaking the camera.

2) The backlight when we were filming ruins the recreated scene as the original scene was in a dark gloomy weather. There was nothing we could do as we could not control the weather and we did not have enough time to find a new place to film. Next time we would need to take our time to decide which location would be suitable for the environment to match with the original film. Though the silhouetting of actors did make them seam a bit more menacing and mysterious

3) There were background noises from the area where we filmed which caused a disturbance in the audio every time the character was speaking even though we had a phone microphone near the voice of our actor. We solved this problem by muffling the audio from the video however this makes the character's voice low and unclear. Next time we would need to buy a proper microphone attached to our actors so their voices can be heard loud and clear. We also would need to clear out the area of our filming set to avoid unnecessary audio or disturbance from entering our film.

4) We had a problem with our cameraman due to his unprofessional conduct where he accidentally recorded the scenes in slow motion. Luckily we had a solution where the videos would be sped up to cover the mistake of our cameraman from the audience. However, this solution would not fully solve the problem as some of the scenes are still in slow motion to match the pace of the original audio. Next time we would probably have to switch our cameraman to someone else as this can prove to be a really dangerous conduct towards our final film.

REFLECTION:

 I learn how to edit the same and how the different camera shot effect the scene and prepareration of my big project , which could help me so that the project is good and learn from the problems we have on the scene recreation .

editing practice

Classwork: Editing Practice

This blog post contains the work I did in my lesson on how to successfully edit. My teacher filmed the footage but me and my partner (Candra) edited it together. My teacher also provided the template for the blog post. 

Why is continuity editing important?

Continuity editing includes making sure that items like props or costumes stay consistent from scene to scene. But the more important work lies in editing shots together in a way that leaves viewers thoroughly grounded in both time and space.

Different types of continuity edit 

• Straight cut (cut)

• Eyeline match 

• Shot /reverse shot

• Cutaway / Insert 

*Match cut

Footage

Here is the footage that my teacher shot which utilises a variety of camera angles and movements. The scene is very simple, it involves a student standing up and leaving the classroom. A single shot here might be quite boring for the audience, by editing and combining the shots together we can make the scene feel more dynamic. 

My editing process

Explain how you edited the clips together. Include screenshots of the editing software.  We used a lot of cuts and tools from canva.

Here is my first attempt, which had some misunderstandings with the editing app we were using as there was a lack of editing tools that Canva offers their users. We couldn't fix this issue as we do not have any other editing apps besides Canva installed in our devices.

Here is my final scene. Editing multiple clips together made the scene better because it made the whole scene understandable for the audience to watch. Without it, audience would have to watch raw footages that do not make any sense.

Reflection How will this tutorial help your project? This helps us to decide who has the best editing skills in our group so they could edit our final film. What was your biggest challenge? The biggest challenge was to learn the How will you improve your editing next time?