So here it is, the final cut of A Survival Guide to Survive The First 6 Weeks of Uni.

Initially I had no clue how am I going to edit this to make it seem like it was an interview, as due to our negligence we overlooked the part where there need to be one of us asking the question and 2 others answering it. However, I there was a clip of one of my group mates, Reza, repeating the question to himself, and I thought that would make a very good shot of somebody asking the question. And hence, I decided on that to be the opening shot for the viewers to understand what’s this video is all about and would not need to repeat the question along the way as all of us are talking about the same thing, therefore this helps to shorten the duration of the video instead of having the question being asked over and over again to different individuals.

I decided to add in some humour as well, by having some shots that were of Reza trying to gather himself before answering the question. As usual, some people might need to take some time to adjust themselves to feel comfortable and confident in front of the camera. I, myself, had problems speaking directly to the camera, and decided to make it seem like I was speaking to someone else behind the camera in stead of speaking to the camera to overcome that sense of nervousness.

After getting started on editing, I realised the shots I wanted, and slowly got a sense of direction of where I want to go with this short video. Despite it being a “serious” topic of how to survive in uni, I thought the element of humour in between shots would help lighten the mood as well as to give the viewer some good laughs. As a group that went out to shoot the raw footages, I thought we had fun too, and would like to convey that as well through the video on top of having such a serious topic.

Overall, I thought it was a good exercise for us to experiment on the Sony MC50 as well as how to use a tripod before we head out to start on our own recording for Project Brief 3. As mentioned in my previous post, there were some challenges we had to face with the technical side of things, but we managed to work our way around it and was soon enlightened on the problems we had when we head back into class. Look forward to working more as a group for future exercises and assignments as well as getting to know the camera more.