Test Footage

I edited together a very rough draft with the test footage and rough logo I have recorded/designed. This shows a rough narrative structure and how I may put them together when it comes to the full thing. I wanted to test the transition for the title screen and I feel like the top to bottom push transition was very appropriate but for the final product I may change the speed of it. I also didn't edit in any music for the timelapse and the camera wasn't very steady. I'm going to look for ways to keep the camera more steady and find some appropriate music or maybe even create some. This is only the rough narrative structure and doesn't follow the storyboard as much as I want it to. I also didn't make Sam follow the script as much as he will in the final product.

Shoulder Mount

Pictured below is a shoulder camera mount. I will most likely use this because it would help to stabilise the camera during the following shots which are typically in documentaries. In documentaries there is typically following shots and still shots with tripods which gives multiple angles.

I found that the footage I recorded from this wasn't very stable so I would have to be able keep the mount more stable than I did during the test footage. I also was going to include some royalty free music during the timelapse but couldn't download any in school because the audio was blocked. I also found that the lighting in the kitchen was very poor so I will need to improve on this by turning on more lights or recording in brighter daylight. 

Phone Mount

I found a tripod mount, which can hold phones on a tripod, below for very cheap and though it may be interesting to see how the camera on my phone compares with the digital camera I was intending to use.

I found that the digital camera was far better than my phone camera in terms of audio and video quality. I made the audio louder on my phone camera so that it would be similar to the digital camera and I could compare them. The quality was still worse anyway though. I will record some footage my brother's phone because it is a higher quality and more up to date phone than mine. I will then compare it to the footage from my phone and the footage from the digital camera.

Camera Comparison Test

I tested two cameras with the same lighting and audio conditions.  I found that the second camera looked and sounded better than the first one. The first camera had a faint buzzing in the background and looked better in terms of lighting

Prop Update

I am planning to create a frame with about 10-15 ties in it. This would represent the importance of some of Sam's ties to himself. This would really showcase his addiction because there would be ties that he doesn't use for their purpose. I plan to have it in the background of his interview shots and he may refer to it a few times.