Juno Experience Reflection

This is our response to the opening scene of the film 'Juno'.
We watched the actual clip numerous of times, and then planned it onto a storyboard. We then went out to film every shot as accurate as we could. Our first shot, to achieve a steady shot we used a bike with a tripod secured to it, aiming to keep the camera steady as we moved it. Unfortunately this didn't work as well as we hoped, as there were some bumps in the road causing the camera to shake. So for the other moving shots we hand held the camera. For the still shots we used a tripod which kept the camera steady.
Besides not being able to create the same effects as the original clip, and not being able to keep the camera steady in a lot of the shots.
From this task, i have learnt that the filming process can be quite time consuming, trying to make sure the angle, frame, length, and acting of each shot was as accurate as possible. I have also learnt that the editing process takes a significant amount of time in order to achieve the right length and effect for each clip. There are many different effects to chose from, so in order to see which one was the closest to the original effect, we had to test them all.
We used many different effects using Adobe Premiere, such as basic video effects, and transitions between shots. After testing many effects we found that 'push' was the closest we could get to the original clip, so we used this numerous of times. For the video effects we used 'brush strokes' and 'posterize' creating a cartoon-like illusion, similar to the original clip.
I feel that the effects we used were very close to the original clip. However, i feel that we was limited to our choice of transitions as there was only a few to choose from, and there wasn't any similar to the original.
If we was to film and edit this clip again, i would aim for a steadier way of filming and make the shots more accurate. For example i would re-film the shot outside the shops. As in the original, as she reaches the middle of the frame the shop changes. However, our attempt of that didn't work as well as we hoped, as she stops in the middle after changing shot, instead of continuing to walk.