The purpose of the editing the car chase sequence was to develop skills and understanding for premier pro editing and different techniques to edit with the software, I developed my understanding to be able to use most of the simple features of premier pro such as cutting scenes, using the preview window to drag in certain lengths of footage. 

From this task i developed my editing understanding as well as familiarity with premier having not used it before, one thing i enjoyed particularly from the experience was the effects panel and its simplicity to change a clip so dramatically, as well as the stop watch tool for key noting effects.

During production, I took part in setting up the tri-pod and getting the camera ready for filming while Audrey and Kyra thought about blocking to best setup the framing of our six shots. It took a few takes to get shots which we were happy with however after finishing there were thing which i would've changed that I only noticed in post such as the tracking shot used is quite undesirable for the given scene and doesn't fit into the scene very well. However, something that was made useful by shooting outside was not having to use a lighting setup as the sun in this instance acts as the key-light which came in very handy. Another thing we made sure to do was sound record to capture the natural ambience to simplify continuity in post.

During production, I also played a small acting role as "Mike" the dead guy which I didn't enjoy much but gave me insights to different roles within a production and how a team which can communicate well is very important. 

Once finishing all recording, I took the files from the cam-corder and uploaded them to Premier. Having previous limited experience I knew little about editing with the software so learning how to use the razor tool and equivalent hot-keys was vey useful as well as informative for future requirements. Due to the nature of the scene no VFX were used however seeing tutorials in preparation for the editing, it is something which would be intriguing to try in a future project, on the contrary SFX were very useful as they gave the scene more life when it was quite dull. For transitions, simple cuts were used as there was no reason for any fancy cuts, but J and L cuts were used to create a seamless transition effect. Once I was happy with the edited product I rendered it and uploaded it, all in all it was a great way to learn about so many different aspects of a production.

Above is my storyboard, we decided against it as the narrative would be quite mundane and the lack of action would not convey a good story, however, from making this I learnt valuable skills such as storyboarding and script writing, the making of the storyboard images taught me that it did not have to be a hyper-realistic image but something that can be understandable during production.

Today we learnt about three point lighting and it's application in media, as well as this we actively practiced using three point lighting. We learnt about the three different lights:

Key-light: This is the main light and the strongest, it is a replacement for the sun when shooting internally, The hard light will illuminate the subject but create harsh shadows.

Fill light: Fills in the shadows produced by the key light nearly as strong as key light.

Back light: Puts light behind a subject to give a 3D effect to lift off the back wall.

Three point lighting is used to create a 3D effect in the scene to "bring the footage to life", as seen in the image, the key light is used as the main light source of the scene which can be thought of like the sun. Then, the fill light is used to fill in shadows created by the key light so that the object is not too dark, at the same time it shouldn't be as bright as the key light so the ratio is roughly 2:1 from keylight to fill light. Finally, the backlight is used to differentiate the object from the background by giving a dim lit outline to help differentiate from whatever is behind.

The 180* is the "invisible line" previously mentioned which film-makers often stick onto for continuity and to limit confusion for the audience, as seen in the image on the left, the camera should not cross the line as to prevent narrative shots getting confusing with which side which character is on.