Tutorial Video

For this task I was asked to create a video explaining different camera shots by using my own filmed examples and a range of cinematic examples. The video contains 10 examples of shot types and 10 examples of shot types within cinematic examples alongside brief written summary's explaining exactly what each shot type is and why it is used. This tutorial video was made for an audience of AS media students, and I feel that it effectively demonstrates different shot types and explains them well.

Throughout this task I feel one of my strengths was ensuring that everything was organised, this included making sure all video footage was shot and ready to include my tutorial straight away. I also made sure everything was labeled and in the correct place. By doing these things and staying organised it I was able to put the tutorial together in a much more stress free way than if I was disorganised.

However the production of this task didn't come without its difficulties, as it was the first time I had ever used the software Premiere Pro. This meant that one of my main weaknesses was my lack of knowledge of how to use premiere pro, by having to learn how to use the many features of Premiere Pro it meant that the creation of my tutorial was a lot slower than what it would of been if I was an experienced user of the software. Another weakness was that there was some difficulty recording the shots, in particular the 'Zolly' which took more than 10 attempts just to get a fairly average version of it. I was able understand Premier Pro however and was able to complete and fully edit the tutorial, so my lack of knowledge of the software will not be an issue for future projects being created on that software.

Overall in order to improve my tutorial I would of used some different equipment in order to capture specific shot's better than I did, for example the use of a track in the tracking shot and the use of a Dolly to capture the 'Zolly' shot rather than using a chair! I would also of used a tripod used for video to help the fluidity of the motion in the Panning shot, as in the shot the motion is slightly wobbly rather than smooth. I would also include cinematic examples of a higher quality, the majority of  examples are of a decent quality but my 'establishing shot' and 'panning shot' cinematic examples are of a lesser quality than the rest of them.