Western Pigs: Problems with footage + editing

Wow, today was a real nightmare because it turns out nearly all of our footage if not all were overexposed. It was because we didn't think about the ISO, aperture, and shutter speed settings. On one camera the ISO was set to 6400, which is far too high. I was worried that we'd have to film everything all over again because if we do it would have to be on next Tuesday which would make the schedule to the deadline really tight. It would mean that we might not finish in time and we'd have to rush through quite a few processes.

However, after working with the footage we got for a bit, it turns out that it wasn't so bad. As for the overexposure we can compensate for that by stylising what we can't do/fix. It's a bit like what artists do with their paintings. For example, if they try drawing a dog but they're not good with dog's legs they can stylise the legs via elongation and any other anatomical anomalies. If they tried to do a normal dog when they can't do the legs then it would look ridiculous because the viewer can tell that the artist was trying to draw a realistic dog but failed. We can do the same in our film.




My experiment with the footage can be improved. The noise effect will have to be adjusted to suit certain clips which are too dark and had too much noise. Some cuts are a bit long and the audio would need to be muted as we are dubbing it over later. Here the audio for the conversation scene is left on so that you know what they're saying. Also, if this edit is going to be used we'll have to think of a good way to slot in the flashbacks.

EDIT: Was going to upload the footage on here, but it takes more than a day to upload for some reason D: So I'll just put it on a DVD along with the other movies I'm supposed to be handing in.




It would be ideal to get the best footage you can on set during filming. Always adjust the ISO, aperture and shutter speed to suit the environment you're filming in and your needs to get the best quality, light, and colours. If you don't get the best footage you might not need to film it again because editing, in my POV, is a powerful thing.

Editing has the power to make film look good, make sense and can even make a crappy actor's performance ten times better. I can prove that with a film I did back in highschool. I had the worst actress ever because she was impatient with the filming process and she wasn't very co-operative so her performance was terrible. But after editing she was alright.

I think editing is like making clothes for the film. Piecing it all together, dressing it up. Emphasising the flow of the story.