A couple of events happened surrounding Week 6 and one of those events involved a couple of screenings. One of the screenings had been developed from my group work on Exercise Five:

It had actually been my first time watching the finished product of Exercise 5 and I have to say that it was edited in a linear and structured manner. What I mean by this is that the questions were included, giving the viewer a concise idea of what it’s about. There were a few transitions in between the questions that weren’t necessary but kind of worked. However, I liked the charm and the character of the whole video, especially when it zoomed in on Aria’s face towards the end, an indication that there was a change in topic.

This definitely gave me a different perspective as to how I would conduct interviews and the extended capabilities that I can do with them. I never really thought about shooting the subject from a further/closer perspective but through this exercise, it gave me more creative inspirations to shoot the subject in different ways.

As for the second part of the class, we took part in Exercise #6 where we were required to act out one of the given scenarios. I worked closely with Khurram and Mohammed in order to achieve ‘receiving a phone call and eventually declining the call’. That activity helped us map out the concept of continuity and the different roles that you take on when filming.

As you can see in the photos above, we composed three different shots in order to add a variety. I was the subject for this exercise however, my role as an editor was to think about the feel and the flow of this video as a whole. It helped me reflect on the responsibilities and the constant decisions you have to make when constructing a whole video.

All in all, this exercise is one of the stepping stones for the upcoming film tasks that we will encounter later into the semester.