Video Production: Edit Decision List

The Edit Decision List is a sheet that we can structure our documentary, we can use the counter numbers to go directly to the part of the take that we want to use. This will be the hardest part because we have to look through all of our footage and work out which parts, as a group, we wish to use. Agreeing on the final shots maybe difficult but I feel our group will manage it because we have so much variety to choose from we will end up combining ideas to create interesting shot types and a successful sequence.

This is our Edit Decision List:
(at the early stages)

Video Production: Logging Sheet

Throughout the filming process of our video production. We have noted down everything we have filmed including additional bits of information like the dates of when we went and where we went to film.

In additon, to add more information we included the counter number and shot length so that it would be easy to rewind to on the camera when we needed to capture.

There is a column in the sheet given asking whether or not it was a good take or not, and instead of just writing yes or no, we added information about whether we decided to retake the shot. One or two of the takes had good and bad parts to it, so we identified them on the logging sheet so when it came to editing we can easily and quickly cut the parts that are not usable and are not very good.

This is a picture of our logging sheet:

Filming: Interview with Charlotte West (driver)

Charlotte West passed her test in October 2010. She is a relatively new driver and so this interview contrasts a lot compared with Angie and Laura. We decided to use similar framing of Laura's interview when filming Charlotte, however we positioned her in the drivers seat with her body facing towards the camera. Her eye line is three quarters the way down the screen and the frame is in a medium shot. We had to place the camera legs in and out of the car to try and successfully create a good mise-en-scene. We struggled with the unsteady tripod legs, and resorted to holding the camera to steady it.

The interview itself is good, but she does not repeat the answer in her questions and therefore it would not make sense on its own. We plan to cross cut between Laura's, Angie's and Charlotte's answers so that there is a flow of answers all connected to the same questions. Even if this does not pan out, then in our evaluation we can discuss that if we had the opportunity to film again we would ask Charlotte to repeat apart of the question in her response.

The pictures of this interview were also lost. Here is a screenshot of the framing in her car.

Filming: VoxPop - audio only

Due to weather conditions, we decided to conduct a VoxPop that could potentially be used for the audio only. However, forgetting that VoxPop's purpose is for the audience to see the interviewees this clip may now not be used. The other VoxPop we have has over ten good and usable answers for the beginning of our documentary.

We are happy to use the original VoxPop in the opening sequence, we recorded a randomly selected person to repeat the question "What do I think of young drivers?". But it did not flow at the beginning of the documentary so even though it was a good idea, it will not be used.

Filming: Interview with Laura Woods (driver)

We followed our original sketches of the framing of Laura's interview. We created a mise-en-scene inside of her car, with her facing towards the passenger seat and sitting in the drivers seat. Her arm is placed on the steering wheel to add variety to the frame.

Her eyeline is three quarters of the way down the frame, and her positioning is correct and is opposite to the interviewer.

We advised Laura to repeat the question in her answers so that her answers would make sense after editing the questions out later on.

We were happy with this interview because she gave varied answers and was enthusiastic to help us.

However a negative point maybe that there is natural light in the background but we had to film during midday because if we would have waited till after school it would have been completely dark. Also, because of the wind the air freshener is blowing slightly, but we wanted to include this to improve the mise-en-scene and feel of the car being hers.

The pictures taken where lost because they weren't uploaded right away, but here is a screenshot of the framing of the interview on Adobe Premiere.

Filming: Sound interview with Millie

The sound interview of Millie is good, the answers are slightly short and may not make sense on their own. However, we plan to cross cut answers between all the interviewees ( to do with the 5 driving questions) , so we could find a way to incorporate her short answers.

We decided to just make this a sound interview so that our stock footage and archive material can be used as the overlapped imagery and video.

Filming: Interview with Glyn the Workman (take2)

We were stuck for creating another mise-en-scene for Glyn, which could make this interview appear really effective. We decided to use a variety of techniques and therefore we have filmed him in darkness, so that we can use the audio only.

We may cross cut between questions asked on the original interview that are suitable, and link the cutaways of his van and tools so that the speech would be anchored.