Camera usage practice: The short life of a Kit kat chunky

This is a video of myself and my group practicing camera angles, shot types and editing in a simple video about the short life of a Kit Kat chunky. 

We used a range of shot types such as low angle shots, close ups and behind the shoulder shots, despite not knowing the purpose of the use of these particular shot types at this early stage of my media course, we knew the effects they had on a film and wanted to experiment with them ourselves. 

We also got to work with a tripod and a camera which was practice for when it comes to filming our preliminary task and our final product- the opening sequence. 

I found it quite difficult at first to keep the camera steady when filming by hand but when using the tripod it was much more easy to get the different angles and keep the shot steady. 

When it came to editing on final cut pro, we really had very little experience when it came to how to edit a short film so we all figured out how to use the soft ware and experimented with different edits such as transitions and zooms and slow motion. We ended up including a few fading transitions between shots, a filter to show a change of mood, sound effects and slow motion. 

I found the entire process of filming this short film extremely helpful in all aspects of my media course from learning the camera angles to editing on a computer software.