Editing Opening

We had selected the best shots of which we had filmed in London and have edited them for our opening of our CCTV Documentary using Apples iMovie.

It was important that we edit the opening right to give the audience a good first impression and an idea of what the documentary is about so we wanted it to look fast paced, engaging,exciting and straight to the point. We we able to do this by changing the speed of the clips and increasing it to 70% as well as stabilising the motion so the clips seemed more steady to make the opening seem proffesional.

One of the shots that we wanted to use for the finishing of the opening turned out a bit too shaky so we decided to retake the clip at weybridge train station, where there was an appropriate surveillance camera which moved facing the screen, making the audience feel uneasy and as if they were being 'watched'.

The opening titles were edited by using one of iMovies background effects of which we could edit onto a clip. We chose a transition called 'Lens flare', which was perfect for the ending then fades to black to display the name of our documentary- 'Caught on Camera'.

Shoot One: Filming in London 5/12/10

For our first shooting day, we decided to film in London as it is a very busy city where surveillance cameras are placed in every corner of every street.

We were able to get various shots to help our documentary opening, which was our first task to complete.

Our first location was Oxford street. We wanted to use oxford street as a place to shoot a couple of crowd shots from different angles. We were able to do this by attatching the camera to a tripod and placing it on a flat surface on which the camera overlooked the crowds.

Whilst in London, we took a look at Abbey road crossing of which a live stream footage captures peoples every movement and is shown on the internet for anyone to view.

When walking along oxford street, We came across a 'Mobile CCTV' Van of which police monitor peoples movements from inside the vehicle. We got the chance to look inside the van but unfortunatly were not allowed to film for legal reasons. The van monitored all the streets and crowds in oxford street to help prevent crime.