Classwork: Multicam editing

In this blog you can find the work I did on how to edit with multiple cameras. My group filmed the footage, but I edited it myself. My teacher provided a template for the blog post. 

What is Multicam Editing?

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. 

(BEHIND THE SCENES IMAGES): LINK HERE

Here are the angles from my group members:

1. Me :

2. Haresha :

3. Ata:

My editing process

• Upload the videos to the editing software (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. 

 ( INCLUDE SCREENSHOTS OF YOUR EDITING)

Here is my final edited video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JCe3UcbOxni1h5bHcqYCW307_Pl_xO7l/view?usp=sharing

Reflection: This project was very hard as my laptop does not have the capability to run an editing software as I often edit with my computer, to solve this I thought I might borrow my friend's stronger laptop and run a lighter editing software like CapCut instead of my usual DaVinci resolve, but it did not solve the problem as from what can be seen in the final product and in the screenshot, I could not sync the video up as the audio and the visual preview was delayed. I used a laptop because I am more familiar with desktop editing software but in this case I think that if I used my phone it would've run faster but I would've had a larger learning curve.