This blogpost details the work I did on how to edit with multiple cameras. My group and I filmed the footage from different camera angles but, I edited the clips alone. My teacher provided a template for the blog post.
Multicam editing is the process of editing footage of a single scene or subject recorded from different cameras and angles. Showing the same scene or subject from different angles helps make the video more dynamic and visually captivating for your audience
Shooting
Our subject , a classmate, stood in the centre of the room and did a short performance. My group stood around the subject to record the performance from different angles. You can also see members from other groups because we did this lesson as a class. To make it easier to synchronise our cameras, the teacher clapped at the start of the scene. This allowed us to line up the video in the editing process and ensure that the transitions would be smooth. Without this simple action it would have taken a lot longer to sync the videos.
Our subject , a classmate, stood in the centre of the room and did a short performance. My group stood around the subject to record the performance from different angles. You can also see members from other groups because we did this lesson as a class. To make it easier to synchronise our cameras, the teacher clapped at the start of the scene. This allowed us to line up the video in the editing process and ensure that the transitions would be smooth. Without this simple action it would have taken a lot longer to sync the videos.
BEHIND THE SCENES IMAGES ↓
Here are the different camera angles from my group members:
1. (mine)
2. (ray)
3. (jas)
1. (mine)
2. (ray)
3. (jas)
Editing process :
- Upload the videos to CapCut
- Detach the audio of the clip you wish to use in the final video.
- Find the ‘clap’ marker on the audio.
- Line up the video files together.
- Cut where I want the edit to happen
- Don’t delete the clip, just lower the opacity. This way it can be used again later.
- Mute all clips except for the one you want to use.
Here is my final edited video:
(upload it to youtube)
Reflection: Although for fun, I've edited multiple videos before this. Hence, I didn't really find anything challenging aside from having to rush during the process due to the slow internet connection. It took some time to upload the videos into the shared google drive folder that my friend made and it took even longer to download the clips. However, something new I learned from this was the 'opacity technique' that my teacher used (where you would hide the unused clips instead of deleting it)
How will this help your project? What did you find challenging? What is there anyway to simplify this process?
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