Task 2: Developing editing techniques - 'In Camera Editing' - DONE

In Camera Editing

What is camera editing? 

In camera editing is a technique of video production, in which the camera operator shoots the shots in the exact order they should be viewed in. I produced a short in camera editing film inspired by a famous in-camera editing editor, George Miles.

Pros and Cons of in Camera Editing:
In Camera Editing can have its advantages and disadvantages when filming different films. To begin with the best thing about doing in Camera Editing is that the process is very quick and easy. You don't have to go over the same thing more than once because you only have to film it once then your film is easily complete. However, there are plenty of reasons why this may not be the best idea to use when filming, for instance. Even though you may be able to film the scene once and forget about it, but what happens when you have made a mistake? With in Camera Editing, you can't afford for there to be any mistakes, even the slightest one. Making a mistake would cause you to start the film all over again which would lead onto time wasting. So for films that may be needed immediately or would want their film to be done easily without any drawbacks, then in Camera Editing wouldn't be an option to go with.

How did I do it?

In this task I had to produce a short clip based on in-camera editing. To do this I was in a group of four girls and every person Had their role to play. One person was responsible for the camera and the other three girls, including me, had to act in the film. Before we began shooting our film we had to decide on which angle the camera should face and weather our viewers will be able to see our faces so we decided to put the camera far away from us to get a better view.

Once we had figured out the angle of our camera we thought about the space. It was a very spacious classroom so we struggled with where we were going to have our own space and how the camera would fit us all in. In addition because there were only three people in the film it was difficult trying to use all the space in the classroom, my partner and I that were in the film then decided that we could sit at the back of the classroom this was because we noticed that more light was coming only from that area of the room.

The lighting was a very important element when making the film. This was so that the clip would be more clearer and easier to watch. When shooting our film, one of the things we found very difficult to do was to do no mistakes for the first time, which was why we had to rehearse our script more than once. Once we had practised, we went straight onto filming our short clip and because we went straight onto filming it, we had some mistakes in our clip that we unfortunately could not edit correctly. For example, in the beginning of the clip there was a part where I made a mistake by laughing and looking at the camera and in 'In Camera Editing' there is no way of editing it, what you see is what you get.