In all walks of life, I'm terribly messy. I never have a fixed location for , be it keys, mobile phone or even the ham sandwich I'd mislaid two days ago, (turns out I'd left it in the shed while looking for the dustpan). In fact I recently learnt out my friends have made a habit of hanging up my keys whenever they see them somewhere they know I'll never find - and I'm sure they're sick and tired of the phrase "can you ring my phone?".
Don't get me wrong, I know the vague location of what I'm searching for, I know my keys are in the house, or in the Norwich area somewhere. I just don't have the systematic skill or the magic wand to pin-point where exactly.
When I'm editing I often realise I have the same annoyance. In one project I'll have an large list of of unnamed sequences, audio tracks and lots of footage to struggle with. Finding one quick clip will become a ten minute long activity that only adds to the strains of video production. What is easily forgotten is that there are very easy techniques that can be used to enhance the production process hugely.
This process begins before you've even started filming, I mean if you begin editing a film that had no proper or methodical terms of arranging, then you're going to get nowhere when it comes to putting together the footage. I last week came across this video blog, titled Pre Production Checklist from Lambda Films, a web video company in Norwich. The video details some simple ways of developing an idea of what you want your video to look like before you've even begun shooting it. It basically talks about scripting, storyboarding and keeping your intentions clear through a brief or treatment.
Once you have a basic way of planning what you're going to film, it makes the tremendous task of going through the footage and beginning to put everything together a lot easier. Then when it comes to editing you just need to take some initiative and sort the clips into suitable bins or folders. Unfortunately this is something I'm yet to learn, only when I'm ripping my hair out through editing based stress do I think "why didn't I just rename that clip?". I can only suggest that you learn from my production hardships and take some time to prep, beginning with pre-production which will certainly assist you later on. That way you won't have your flatmates tidying up after you.
Let me know what methods you use to streamline your pre production process in the comments below! Check out this other Video Marketing blog for other helpful hints.
Don't get me wrong, I know the vague location of what I'm searching for, I know my keys are in the house, or in the Norwich area somewhere. I just don't have the systematic skill or the magic wand to pin-point where exactly.
When I'm editing I often realise I have the same annoyance. In one project I'll have an large list of of unnamed sequences, audio tracks and lots of footage to struggle with. Finding one quick clip will become a ten minute long activity that only adds to the strains of video production. What is easily forgotten is that there are very easy techniques that can be used to enhance the production process hugely.
This process begins before you've even started filming, I mean if you begin editing a film that had no proper or methodical terms of arranging, then you're going to get nowhere when it comes to putting together the footage. I last week came across this video blog, titled Pre Production Checklist from Lambda Films, a web video company in Norwich. The video details some simple ways of developing an idea of what you want your video to look like before you've even begun shooting it. It basically talks about scripting, storyboarding and keeping your intentions clear through a brief or treatment.
Once you have a basic way of planning what you're going to film, it makes the tremendous task of going through the footage and beginning to put everything together a lot easier. Then when it comes to editing you just need to take some initiative and sort the clips into suitable bins or folders. Unfortunately this is something I'm yet to learn, only when I'm ripping my hair out through editing based stress do I think "why didn't I just rename that clip?". I can only suggest that you learn from my production hardships and take some time to prep, beginning with pre-production which will certainly assist you later on. That way you won't have your flatmates tidying up after you.
Let me know what methods you use to streamline your pre production process in the comments below! Check out this other Video Marketing blog for other helpful hints.