Camera Angles and Title Credits Practical

Camera Angles and Title Credits Practical

  I wanted to practice some of the camera angles that we would use in our final project, and I wanted to practice putting in some title credits. 

 I used Final Cut Pro for the editing software, and I used my Nikon D3100 for the videoing.

  These were the many videos that I took, so that I would be able to use for this piece. However, after watching them on the computer, some of them were out of focus or they just weren't smooth enough to put into. Many of these videos were of the same thing, so that I would have multiple videos to choose from and choose the best shot one.

  After watching through the videos, I chose the clips that I liked best, and them i put them altogether, I tried to choose the shots that would make the most sense in a chronological order, and these shots were all done on an impulse, and I didn't have a storyboard.

 For the editing, I used some straight cuts, and some cross dissolves, so that it would flow nicer. I used the straight cuts when I was switching angles when the girl was walking so that it seemed natural.
  The purple blocks are the different layers of titles I put in. The reason I have so many is because I custom made a title credit so that it was unique and it would come out how I wanted it to come out. I also put cross fades at the end of each credit so that it wouldn't be disjointed.

These were the parameters I used for creating the title credits. The most important thing I did was to lower the opacity to 0% so that when it faded in, it would not leave a grey marking behind. I also increased the blur, so that it didn't appear harsh when coming in, and the tracking was also adjusted a little bit larger and 9.67%.

   For this shot, I decided to do a shot on the floor with the person walking towards the camera, and the credits to the left and the right. I wanted to practice changing the focus whilst she walked forwards, so that it was a smooth as possible. During the real thing, I would have to change the focus even more accurate as there were times where the focus was off.

  Here I used an over the shoulder shot, and followed her as she walked, so this was to practice keeping the camera still whilst I was walking with her. I also realised, that when shooting these shots, the person would have to walk slower for us, but even thought she was walking slow, on camera she looked as if she was walking a normal speed. Even if it looked slow, we could've edited it to be faster in Final Cut.

Here is the finished product.

Overall, I thought that the video i made was pretty decent, but I could've definitely improved on the stability and the smoothness of the panning shots. If I had more time, I would've made this clip a little bit longer aswell.