Over The Shoulder Video

Well since we had to edit Cody's and Bree's shots because ours got lost on the tape we found some errors in their films but I think we still got the feel of the editing and we learned quite a bit from the shots. However we did learn that it takes some preparation and we have to know where to position the cameras so that they were accurate and done the right way in accordance with out over the shoulder exercise. For example we had to make sure that the cameras were not filming any shadows and that they were placed over the shoulder adequately and high enough as well. Also we made sure to include the back of the head covering about 1/3 of the screen while at the same time making sure to have a rule of thirds angle positioned on the speaking individual. According to Bree's video we realize that they did not place their shot at rule of thirds and the back of the head was not positioned good either because on the far right side you could see what was going on in the background as well. The impressions that are caused by this shot is more of a smooth conversation and I would say it draws you into the conversation as if to know what’s going to happen next. I almost am willing to call it the nosey shot because it focuses on what the two people are saying back and forth to each other. The dialogue looks rather realistic. It is not perfect but I don’t think it is too bad either. The thing that was hard to edit was the handshake because that seemed very unrealistic but i thought our edits were not too bad because i felt that it had a certain consistency and flow. I think the main mood established is done so really well by Bree's inquisitive nature and Cody's more upbringing reactions. One thing that was missing in our video was an emotional reaction without words because they didn’t include it in there but had we had it, it would have probably been in between the two "enough". I learned more on how to keep the natural flow of a conversation with nice clean short shots back and forth between two people and how a transition between shots is not good at all because it messes up the whole purpose of it. One last thing is that we had to add words in between two shots because that shot was also missing.