Work Flow was an entertain project to work on. I did not get to do much editing in the semester’s previous group projects so that made this one a breath of fresh air and creative freedom.

Overall the project went off without a much of a hitch. I had problems with trying to get my volume levels to cooperate as I was using my Laptop’s built in mic but in the end it all worked out.

The shots in this video were intentionally designed to be stable jump cuts. The camera is always coming from the perspective of the laptop on which I am working and is kept as stable as possible. This puts as much focus on the actor (me) in the shot as possible by them being the only thing that changes from shot to shot. The only times this set up changes is out of necessity, such as a change in setting or some action, like playing video games, would otherwise be out of frame unless corrected. This stability of shot and the point from which it originates plays up the ever looming presence of the essay the MC is suppose to be working on always lurking behind him. This set up only goes away in the last two shots as those take place after the time of the essay being due has passed.

Link and Script below:

Link:
https://youtu.be/M13asFPOh0o

Script:

(Open Laptop on desk in bedroom. I am in the center of the shot and tipe a few keys)

Me: Ok, ok (sigh) ok, three pages

(Looks at phone)

Me: and Twenty-Four hours to finish.

(Licks lips and leans in)

Me: Let’s do this

(Hold on my frozen face for two seconds then cut to me reading in bed.)

(One second later cut to me playing with a Fidget Spinner, still at my desk.)

(Cut again to me Eating a Kit Kat.)

(Then to me looking in my Refrigerator)

Me: (loudly) HMMMMMMMMMMMMM, AHHHHHH.

(Grabs milk)

Me: (satisfied) Milk.

(Cut to me reading a book in bed)

(Cut to me Reading a different book in my other chair)

(Cut to me playing Smash Bros)

Me: Screw you Bowser

(Cut back to me at the desk)

Me: Ok for real this ti-

(Cut back to Smash Bros)

Me: UGGGAHHHRRR GANANDORF

(I get up and look like I’m about to scream but quickly cut away right as the scream starts to me reading in bed again.)

(Cut to desk)

Me: Ok, for real this time. For really, really, really, real, really-

(Cut to outside, laptop is on table at Mall and I’m standing, back to the camera)

Me: Nice day out. (Audible sigh)

(Hold on this shot for five whole seconds then cut)

(Cut to the next day, I’m in bed and and the Laptop is open back on the desk. My alarm goes off and I crawl out of bed to turn it off, have a few seconds of silence before I look directly at the camera, realization hits, and I yell…)

Me: Fu-

(Cut to the surface of the desk where Carson’s hand throws down a paper)

Carson (Teacher): You got a D

(Cut to me)

Me; YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS

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