Edit Decision List

Editing the Documentary

Over many weeks on my own and in my group I helped edit the documentary to get it to the standard we have now. It took a lot of hard work and I learn't many skills doing so as I had never previously used Adobe Premiere Pro.

To import video clips we had to connect the video camera to the computer and press F5 for the screen to come up we then pressed the record button to capture the clip we wanted. It was captured in real time and when we finished we saved the clip under a chosen name.

After importing the clip it appeared on the left hand side of the screen. we then had to drag it to the top left smaller box to choose which part of the clip we wanted to use. To select the section we used the set in and set out point tools and then dragged the selected section onto the workspace.

If any sections of the video needed trimming down to make room for another clip going inbetween or because it had previously been cut wrong we used the razor tool to get the clip to the correct length required.

To move clips around the work area the selection tool was used. We could drag clips onto different levels within the work area which meant the clip on the higher level would be infront of the ones on lower levels. we used this in making the mobile phones cutaways.

To add effects to sections of clips we had to click on the effects tab in the bottom left hand side and from there a range of effects and transitions for both audio and video clips. You then dragged the effect onto the selected clip and could then play with the effect in the top left hand box. Here is a section of the documentary where we used cross zooms and fade for video effects and constant gain for audio effects.

Logging Sheet: Radio Trailer

Logging Sheet: Documentary

Filming Pictures

Voxpops

    Today we all went to birkenhead to film the voxpops for the documentary. We set up in 'The Pyramids' shopping centre and asked a few people questions on communication and social networking. When we watched them back in school we realised we had made the mistake of filming infront of a window and the reflections of people walking past were distracting.

    So the next time we came to do our voxpops we decided to go to Liscard instead. Here we asked people the same questions as before but to different people. Some of the voxpops we used as the lighting was perfect but as it got dark it meant streetlights got in the way of the shots and caused distractions so we could not use them.

 

    We went to Liscard for one more time during our lunch to get a few more voxpops and again asked people the same questions. We used one of the voxpops in our final documentary as the weather made the lighting terrible.



    The questions we asked people are as follows:

1. What ways do you use to communicate with people?

2. What social networking sites do you use?

However we only used question two in ourm documentary as the interviews with the teenagers helped answer question one for us.

Interview: Teenagers

Originally we interviewed people of all age ranges asking them the questions but after watching it back we realised it wasn't going to work and that interviewing only teenagers would help benefit the documentary more. So we interviewed Nicola's brother at her house one day after school. Then we filmed Liam at my house one weekend and then the rest of them we filmed in one of the ICT rooms at lunchtime.

The questions we asked them were:

The first two were started questions:

1. What is your name?

2. What is your age?

3. What ways do you use to communicate?

4. Do you use social networking sites and why?

5. What is your favourite way to communicate?

Interview: Barry Waring

    Today we interviewed Barry the guitarist from a local Wirral band Daywalker. We had to refilm the interview for a second time as the lighting in the shots was too dark, the second time round we made sure there was extra light to brighten it up.These are the questions we asked him

The first two were to get him into the flow of an interview

1.       What is your name?

2.       How long have you been a band?

The rest were the questions we used in our documentary

3.       What social networking sites do you use to promote your band?

4.       Do you feel you have gained a greater fan base from using social networking sites?

5       Why do you use social networking sites to promote your band?

6.       Because you’re a well known band, do you have to be careful what you post?

7.       What ways do you use to communicate with your fans?

8.       Do you think if you didn’t use social networking sites you’re band would be as well known as it is?

Interview: Jules Arnold

Today me, Amy and Nicola came into school on inset day to interview Jules the E-Learning coordinator for Weatherhead High School. We filmed her in one of the schools meeting rooms.
The questions we asked Jules are:

These were starter questions to get her comfortable on camera

1.What is your name?

2. How long have you worked in your profession?

These are the real questions

3. During your profession would you say cyber bullying has increased due to the increase in social networking sites?

4. Giving statistics, would you say social networking sites are the catalysts of all cyber bullying problems?

5. Would you say that you have had to deal with more cases since the demand of mobile phones now having social networking sites installed?

6. What procedures have to put into place in school to cut down on cyber bullying? And have these worked from what you have seen/heard?

7.What age range does cyber bullying mainly effect?

8. How does inappropriate use of social networking effect teachers?

9. Do you think cyber bullying will get worse as the demand for social networking sites increase?

10. Are there procedures within schools were by teachers and staff can notify that the child is using social networking sites in an inappropriate manner?

11. Can you give us examples of safety cautions you have to look out for?

12. Have you had any re-training since starting your job due to the increase in social networking sites increasing?

13. Have you found, that since social networking sites have become more popular, people are talking face to face less and more through social networking sites?

14. How have social networking sites befitted your job?

15. What different resources have you created for pupils in schools through social networking sites?

16. How has social networking sites allowed the school to grow?

17. How has social networking sites improved the schools image?