Video Essay

For this task I was asked to create a video essay showing and explaining different shot types via my own examples, written explanations and different cinematic examples. The essay includes 9 filmed examples of different shot types along with another 9 cinematic examples.

Throughout the task I ensured that all of my footage was labeled and in order and also in the same folder as my premiere pro session. By doing this it meant that my footage was always linked with the session, meaning that I didn't have to spend valuable editing time re-linking media to the session. I was also able to film each example of each shot accurately without any difficulties and was also able to explain the shot's in detail in a summary after the example was shown. Another thing I believe I did well was finding cinematic footage of each shot to put after my own examples, this created a comparison between my own examples and the cinematic examples which helped to show exactly what the shot was more clearly.

There was weaknesses within my video essay, one of these is that some of my clips involved in the Einstein Montage are not cut as well as they should be. An example of this is when the subject is running around corners, the camera is almost waiting for too long for the subject to run past, if it was cut correctly the part of the clip where the camera is waiting would be cut out and the subject would run past straight away. Another weakness and area I could improve in is that my own examples go straight into the cinematic example without any introduction, to improve this I would include a titled clip saying exactly what the film/TV show the clip had came from along with what shot the clip was showing.

Overall to improve I need to ensure that I cut all of my clips precisely and ensue they look smooth and professional. I also need to include small introductions between my own examples and the cinematic examples to break up the jump between the 2. Finally I need to ensure that some of my cinematic examples are of a a higher quality as the resolution on some is a lot smaller than my own examples.