Our final edited video

Today we edited the movie, to edited the clip we used 'final cut pro'. Firstly we had to drag our clip into final cut pro, and then we 'renderder' it so that it would play. After rendering the clip we got rid of the audio, and to do this we had to go onto 'modify' and then down to 'link' and then this was able to let us click on the audio and then press delete to get rid of it.  We then had to slow the moive down and reverse it, so do to this we went onto 'modify' then down to 'speed' and then a box popped up and we clicked 'revers' ad changed the speed from 100% to 50%. We then needed to cut the clip so we went to the cut icon on the right hand side, and then clicked onto the part that we wanted to cut, and preset delete so then we were left with the part of the clip we wanted. 

After doing this we decided to add another video to make it longer and it give it more of an effect. To do this we had to drag the video we wanted into 'final cut pro' and then we slowed it down they same way as before. We also cut the clip to were we wanted it to. After doing this we had to put a transformation (dissolve) into the video so that it didnt jump from one clip to another. We then added a sound clip to it so that it gave a better effect (Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head). We downloaded the song of youtube using youtube converter, after we had downloaded this we dragged it into 'Final cut pro' and then we used the 'cut' tool to cut the song to were we wanted it to play from. Then we faded the song out to make the video as a whole look a lot better.
Finally, we had finished the video and then we exported it using 'quicktime player'

However the first time we edited it, we done exactly the same and then we saved the video once we had edited it and added the sounds and transformations, but then we forgot to export it using 'Quicktime player' and therefore it resulted into us having to start from the beginning. Due to us making the video first it we knew exactly what we needed to do.

Evaluation

For this assignment we had 6 weeks to plan and shoot our own BBC 2 ident, we worked in a group of 5 and each person had a role, we all had to work as a team to produce a good outcome for our video.
I think our final idea was good and effective and was different from any other idents that i've seen. I wouldn't change our final idea if we had to do the assignment again because it worked well and i think it would make it as a proper ident if we sent it to BBC 2.
Firstly we came up with 3 idea's and brainstormed how we could produce the clips and the equipment and props we would use. We then chose our final idea after researching and looking at Youtube video's of previous idents.
We decided on the skittles idea, so we went out and brought bags of skittles to experiment with, we produced test shots of our final clip and figured out the lighting, how to drop the 2 etc.
We then made our 2 out of foam board and then painted it white to make it stand out in the colours of the skittles. After making our 2, two people in our team shot the final video... this is where our team work didn't work because two people took control of everything and produced and edited the final video without letting the rest of the team in on the action.
If i was to do this assignment again i think i would only work with a few of the people that were in my group because the others took control and didnt tell us anything. I also think we should have recorded clips of our other idea's instead of just one. We were originally going to record each one but as time ran out and our team didnt work together as well we didnt get to record.

Our final video before editing...

Now our 2 is made and painted we did a few more test shots and fixed our lighting then we prepared to make our final video...
Some of our team came into college on Friday to finish the 2, then in free time on Monday we filmed our final clip. We are going to edit the clip by reversing it in slow motion to show the effect of the skittles.
The editing shouldn't take long if our editor grasps the editing software easily.

This is the first go at editing our clip, we reversed the clip.

Creating our 2...

We are creating our number 2 out of a foam board, creating layers and sticking them together with glue to make a 3D shape of a number 2. I think we might paint the number two but if we leave it white it will stand out in the colours of the skittles.

Foam core or Foam board is a very strong, lightweight and easily cut material used for themounting of photographic prints, as backing in picture framing, in 3D design, and in painting. It is also in a material category referred to as "Paper-faced Foam Board". It consists of three layers — an inner layer of polystyrene clad with outer facing of either a white claycoated paper or brown Kraft paper.

Materials we used:

2 Foam Boards

1 Knife

1 Ruler

1 Backboard (so we wouldn't mark or scratch the table)

Idea 2 developed...

This is our second idea developed, we were thinking about getting about 6-7 people to hold some ribbon (preferabely red ribbon) and film them walking out into the shape of a two, when the two is formed they stand in that position for 5-10 seconds then place the ribbon on the floor in the shape of their two then walk off.

Test shots...

The canon camera - characteristics and properties...

The Canon camera line.
The EOS film-based line can be grouped in the three-tier level identified above: the 1 and 3 are the top-grade cameras with durable and weatherproof bodies. Then we have the 5 and 30 models that offer high-grade accuracy and features in a body that is less durable in its engineering. At the bottom we have the 300 and 3000 type of bodies that are mass-produced for low cost.
The EOS DSLR line follows the same grouping: the top-grade camera is the 1 series, then we have the high-grade models 5D and 30D and differing mainly in the sensor size and at the bottom we have the 300D/350D.
The anomaly here as in the film-based line is the '5'. It would be logical to have one-digit designation for the high-grade cameras, two-digit designation for the not so heavy-duty bodies and a three-digit notation for the mass-market bodies. The original EOS 5 for film-loading was also in the second-tier. It shared components with the high-grade 3 and 1 bodies, but the use of plastic film guide rails put it definitely in the lower-grade class. Also the incorporation of the on-board flashgun characterized the camera as second-tier. The EOS 5 had eye-control and the focus points could be coupled to the partial spot metering, elevating its status. These aspects are lacking in the 5D, presumably because the processing power had to be dedicated to the Digic-II programs and because exposure metering is good enough. The EOS 5 had dimensions of 154 x 120.5 x 74.2 mm and a weight of 665 gr. The EOS 5D has dimensions of 152 x 113 x 75mm and a weight of 810 gr. Finder accuracy of the 5D is 96% (close to the EOS 3) and better than the EOS 5 (93%).
It is evident that Canon is a master of the Lego system of component mixing and can fine-tune a camera to whatever specifications, price level and user group the model should appeal.
While the 5D feels and handles like a second-tier camera, the quality of the images is first rate and after taking more than 10.000 pictures over a period of less than half a year, the camera did not fail once. The shutter is good for 150.000 cycles and thus will still function reliable after 5 years of this use. Then the camera is surely ripe for retirement.