Blood Drive Article Review

In video production, we are going o be filming the blood drive on November 13th. It is going to be a live feed and so we won't be able to pause and get the "perfect" shots we want. We go and get the best shots we can get and work with what we can. Before we can film, we have to go look for good examples of how to film and what we should see in live streams.

In this video, they filmed all the students getting their shots and taking the pints of blood the nurses need. The story told They used various shots of students getting their blood taken and include subtitles of what school it was. When they were interviewing the person, they used the 3rd degree rule of where the person should be shot and where the person should be facing.

An element that I could apply to my own work would be how I use the camera. I won't be able to use the tripod and so I have to carry the camera in a way it would be the most stable. The way they held it was by putting the camera in front of their stomach and having one hand under the camera in order to get the most steadiest shots.

A rule that I already knew about was the 6 shots sequence. I will apply his to my own work so I can get more interesting shots of the student. It will make the story flow better and with the various of shots i will be able to get more B-roll.

What the creator id good on was getting lots of b-roll. You can clearly see what is going on and the story flows naturally. They got enough b-roll to tell the story and it al ended up fitting together. What the creator didn't do good on was putting text on the screen the information of what goes on during blood drives. I found it irrelevant because you se the text with them repeating the same thing. They should just say the information while showing students getting the shots or the information could come out while interviewing a person.

Overall, it was good video. The shots were put nicely. There was only a few mistakes but in the end the video was a success. What I can learn from this video is how I should set up my camera when filming and how what different angles I could get when I go out and film.