Logging the Footage

The first step in Logging my footage was to create a Camera log off all the footage, the original file names, scene, shot, take and a description. In the last film I found this very handy as several times I had to re-connect the media and I could easily and quickly find the original file by looking at my log. This also meant I spent this time watching every single take and familiarising myself with all the footage.

Here are the logs for the first two day shots:

Due to the fact that there was no clapper board I found it very difficult to log all the shots. I was able to listen to what was said at the beginning of takes but even then this was only on a few of the shots. So in the end I resorted to logging the shots as letters. This way I was still able to log each take of a shot and group them together in regards to their scene. Luckily for me the scene that is all letters is scene 17. This is made up of lots of clips of Luke wondering around the forest so when it comes to editing I plan to use a wide variety of shot so there is no particular ordering as such, it will be more my personal preference.