This is a short film that I shot over the weekend while camping. I was trying to create a narrative without dialogue, and incorporate some of the video editing techniques I learned in my last video (see previous project log post).

I shot a sequence where an actor (in this case, me) goes about making a morning cup of coffee with the items available to them. The film successfully illustrates the process, and although I wish I had better camera placement (I propped my camera on various things because I don’t have a tripod), the shots themselves turned out ok.

As far as sound goes, when I was filming I wasn’t thinking about sound at all which was a mistake. I got lucky because I introduced the location and sequence with the sound of the river, which was present throughout the entire film. This continuity of sound meant that I didn’t need to rely on gratuitous fading techniques between shots, which was nice.

One major thing I noticed in the editing process is all the assorted stuff that’s in the shots. The beer cans, the random objects, and the other things which I should’ve removed prior to filming. While they do add some hilarity to the ‘home video’ quality of the film, it would’ve been better to remove those items.

Here’s the film: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QOyFVxjXsQ4vgE0LxPQRFNEKwPeeMDc1