Unit 17- P6 SECOND SUBMISSION.

Reviewing Visual and Special Effects footage for 'The Space Guard':

Reviewing our footage:

After we had finished filming, we reviewed our footage and logged it so that we would know what each clip was and which were usable or not usable. The highlighted clips are the ones that we decided were usable, this was done so that we would find the clip that we wanted quickly when editing.

Page 1 of the the editing decisions for 'The Space Guard'

Page 2 of the editing decisions for 'The Space Guard'

Where the footage was saved:

We then saved all the files in a folder called 'Raw footage' as the edited VFX clips were then saved in the 'The Space Guard Final' folder.

Screen Capture of the folder where the raw footage was saved.

Inside the folder where the raw footage was saved, the different footage was saved in folders labeled with the date that the footage was taken. As well as a folder where copies of each clip were saved incase there were any issues such as them being deleted accidentally or them being misplaced.

Screen Capture of the inside of the folder where the raw footage was saved. 

Choosing which shots to use:

Sometimes there were more than one good takes that could be used for a particular shot of the product. So we had to review the footage and decide which of the two shots would be better. For example, for the explosion shot, (where the captain and lieutenant feel the tremor of the explosion) there were several different takes that could work well.

Take 1.

Take 5.

After reviewing the takes, we liked the way the shot worked out for both take 1 and take 6, however in take 1, there was a little audio problem as you can hear the DOP faintly during the shot. Therefore we decided to go with take 5. In take 1, there was a good amount of shake at the point of impact, another strength of the shot was that the way the actors responded to the impact was what the director was looking for. The weaknesses of the shot were that the camera was too shaky before the point of impact had happened, and the DOP talked over the shot at the end. To improve the take, the DOP needed to have a steadier hand, and not talk during the shot. For take 5, there were no real weaknesses, the camera was a little shaky before the point of impact, but it wasn't as noticeable as take 1. The strengths included the shake at the point of impact being an appropriate amount to what the director wanted, and the actors' performances were also good.