On the Chopping Block

Now that we have recorded a good amount of footage, it's time to put it together and chop it up. Upon completion review, a lot of our takes were not very good. This was most likely due to us shifting the responsibility of filming between each other due to the number of people we had. Despite this, we had some very nice shots.

We had several shots of the decorations and us playing games. One of the things we needed more of were shots that would help with the flow of the video. We had a lot of takes of us going in to activities. Our issue lied in the amount of videos we had of us going out of them. These were much harder to procure because the staff would often kick us off of rides to let other people get on. As a result, many of the tales were blurry or rushed.

While we were filming, we thought that we took too many shots of us walking and talking. This turned out to be opposite of the truth. We needed more transition shots to show we were getting in and out of activities and how we did it. We had strong beginning and end, it was the middle that kind of muddied things.

I think it will be in our best interest to re-film some things. This would mean going to the park again, which is a costly decision. However, if we do shoot there again, we have more time to invite another person, this irradicating many of the issues that we had in the filming process. If we don’t do that, we may have to find another way to make the video make more sense and flow better.This may mean completely changing the location and reshooting the entire thing. If that is the case, we would scrap everything we have. This is unlikely, as we have several shots that are worthy of being in the video. It’s more small details that we need to shoot to make the video the best it could be.

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