For this video I wanted to experiment with the more traditional form of cooking video. This contains a presenter/chef demonstrating how to cook something in a tutorial format. The presenter is speaking directly to the camera and therefore addressing the audience directly. This makes for more of a personal and relatable performance. I question how important personality is in this factor. You have to get that balance between someone who has the skills but doesn’t take themselves to seriously, someone who’s reliable but relatable, someone who’s bubbly and entertaining without being irritating and annoying. I also should have paid more attention to the dialogue. When I began editing I realised that majority of the shots began with ‘So now’ or ‘Alright’, this introduction became repetitive and clunky and hindered the overall flow of the film. One of the major disadvantages of this format is the length of the films. It does allow the audience more time to cook simultaneously to the video without having to constantly pause, stop and rewind the content in order to keep up with the steps. I wanted this video to be unpolished and contain some flaws. I didn’t want the cooking process to be polished and refined. I wanted there to be some flaws making the video more human and seem achievable and realistic. However watching these full length videos can be tedious. I wanted this video to provide the audience with more detail then the others and to aid them with technical skills E.g how to slice an onion. I should have given my chef more ideas of things to speak about while she is completing the tasks so the audience have something to listen to instead of just watching repetitive action continuously in silence or with soft music in the background. They needed more stimuli like the information about the flour alternatives and substitutes for special dietary requirements. In regards to camera operation, I should have been more conscious of camera angles and movement. Most of the shots were static, maybe I should have used more movement, zooms and focus pulls. I should have used a variety of angles and shot sizes and taken more note of my actors positioning so that their actions wouldn’t block the view of the audience. Food presentation and product placement should have taken more focus. I was also unaware of the reflections in the oven that revealed more then I intended. My last major issue was with the audio levels, these varied allot between LS and CU as the distance between my actor and the camera changed. Also the sound of the bowls against my marble bench was often loud and piercing in contrast with the dialogue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wETQfiw2Oc