My mood board is a collection of photos that reflecting my ideas and themes of the film i want to produce.
My mood board photos on the first page is the set and creepy corridors, second slide is mutilation which is scary and people trying to play good and create a superior race through experiments, third page is bio hazard suits and a military theme with bio logical and autopsy the forth slide is the Denver airport conspiracy and new world order and a Nazi regime.
Friday 26 November 2010
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Prelim Post Production Blog
To edit our prelim task we used Final Cut Pro to edit it.
this is what the final cut pro editing time line look likes, firstly we had to check our work out of the server we did this by clicking on the balls arranged into a cube, we then had to put our work onto the desktop and re open it in order to edit it on final cut pro. if we save our work on the server it doesn't slow down the computer we are working on as it isn't stored on the computer, the server also insures that our work is safe so if we edit our work and mess it up we can always go back and start again as it is always saved on the server.
Continuity editing
This is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots. for example if we were to start our edit with a extreme close up of someones eyes the audience wouldn't know whats going on as it wouldn't set the scene like a wide shot of both the characters. when we were editing we had to make sure we matched on action so the transition between to shoots is smooth, and the audience doesn't notice a jump e.g. the camera could go from one end of the room too another and the audience wouldn't notice.
Logging our shots
we filmed our sequence fully in each type of shot so when it came to editing we had lots of options we could choose from for our final edit. we had to mix up lots of our shots to make them fit and the transitions look smooth we tried to match on action, we had to bins of film we had the original ones with all the shots and we copied these to the final edit bin.
Organising the shots
we arranged the shots in the way we thought which told the story best and made sense to the audience for example we didnt start our edit with a close up as we needed to set the scene with JJ walking through a door into the room it set the scene.
this is what the final cut pro editing time line look likes, firstly we had to check our work out of the server we did this by clicking on the balls arranged into a cube, we then had to put our work onto the desktop and re open it in order to edit it on final cut pro. if we save our work on the server it doesn't slow down the computer we are working on as it isn't stored on the computer, the server also insures that our work is safe so if we edit our work and mess it up we can always go back and start again as it is always saved on the server.
Continuity editing
This is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots. for example if we were to start our edit with a extreme close up of someones eyes the audience wouldn't know whats going on as it wouldn't set the scene like a wide shot of both the characters. when we were editing we had to make sure we matched on action so the transition between to shoots is smooth, and the audience doesn't notice a jump e.g. the camera could go from one end of the room too another and the audience wouldn't notice.
Logging our shots
we filmed our sequence fully in each type of shot so when it came to editing we had lots of options we could choose from for our final edit. we had to mix up lots of our shots to make them fit and the transitions look smooth we tried to match on action, we had to bins of film we had the original ones with all the shots and we copied these to the final edit bin.
Organising the shots
we arranged the shots in the way we thought which told the story best and made sense to the audience for example we didnt start our edit with a close up as we needed to set the scene with JJ walking through a door into the room it set the scene.
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Prelim Acount of Shoot day
1) our prelim task shoot took place in the film studio
2) the film studio location worked well as we could control lots of factors of continuity like background noise e.g planes flying overhead, also the lighting in the studio made it easy as it doesn't change with the clouds or sunlight unlike it would if we were shooting outside, when we went to shoot the door outside we had problems with shadows as we couldn't control our environment like we could in the studio. One drawback of using the film studio is we didn't have a door to use so we had to shoot a different door for the entering on to set.
3) My active role in the filming was i moved props around the set and set up the camera and tri pod for filming and watching out for bad continuity when shooting so when we come to edit the shoot together it will look smooth and professional. I watched out for shadows casted by the spotlights lights in the studio.
Lighting
1) The lighting we had in the studio was very good it was bright and constant, in light up the set well and it was quite hard as well as the studio lighting in the ceiling we had additional spot lights these were very bright and hot we had to watch out for these lights casting shadows that could then be seen by the camera.
2) The lighting was important to the scene as we had lots of white surfaces and glossy surfaces in our set so if the lighting wasn't set up properly these could had reflected the light back into the camera, the artificial light of the studio made the set look more real than if we were using the light from the sun outside.
3) The lighting in the studio was effective at helping us keeping good continuity.
Filming
a) when we were setting up the camera for every different angle and shot we made sure we white balanced it focused and got the correct level of zoom.
b) It was easy to level the tripod in the controlled environment of the studio as the floor is relatively flat and level unlike when we had to shoot outside of the door being opened it was on unlevel gravel so we had to bubble the tripod to make it a level shot.
c) Each time we went for a new shoot we would make the actors stay where they were going to be in he scene and then focused and zoomed and that we had the correct amount of space around our actors.
d) In our shoot we closely monitored the equipment like lighting tripods making sure we didn't have e.g. a leg of a tri pod in the shot.
e) The angles for our shoot were appropriate as we had to do certain ones like over the shoulder of both actors, close ups of both actors and a wide shot each one of these shots we made sure the shot was framed correctly by doing white balances and focusing.
f) we filmed the entire scene in all of our chosen shots so when It comes to editing we have lots of differnt options of shots to use. The story board bellow is the one we used.
g) We were careful not to break the 180 degree rule otherwise it would look as if our actors have swapped postions and confuse the audience.
h) in our shoot we tried to handle it as perfesional as we could by using industry terminology like Stand by, Standing by, Role it, Rolling, Action and Cut.
2) the film studio location worked well as we could control lots of factors of continuity like background noise e.g planes flying overhead, also the lighting in the studio made it easy as it doesn't change with the clouds or sunlight unlike it would if we were shooting outside, when we went to shoot the door outside we had problems with shadows as we couldn't control our environment like we could in the studio. One drawback of using the film studio is we didn't have a door to use so we had to shoot a different door for the entering on to set.
3) My active role in the filming was i moved props around the set and set up the camera and tri pod for filming and watching out for bad continuity when shooting so when we come to edit the shoot together it will look smooth and professional. I watched out for shadows casted by the spotlights lights in the studio.
Lighting
1) The lighting we had in the studio was very good it was bright and constant, in light up the set well and it was quite hard as well as the studio lighting in the ceiling we had additional spot lights these were very bright and hot we had to watch out for these lights casting shadows that could then be seen by the camera.
2) The lighting was important to the scene as we had lots of white surfaces and glossy surfaces in our set so if the lighting wasn't set up properly these could had reflected the light back into the camera, the artificial light of the studio made the set look more real than if we were using the light from the sun outside.
3) The lighting in the studio was effective at helping us keeping good continuity.
Filming
a) when we were setting up the camera for every different angle and shot we made sure we white balanced it focused and got the correct level of zoom.
b) It was easy to level the tripod in the controlled environment of the studio as the floor is relatively flat and level unlike when we had to shoot outside of the door being opened it was on unlevel gravel so we had to bubble the tripod to make it a level shot.
c) Each time we went for a new shoot we would make the actors stay where they were going to be in he scene and then focused and zoomed and that we had the correct amount of space around our actors.
d) In our shoot we closely monitored the equipment like lighting tripods making sure we didn't have e.g. a leg of a tri pod in the shot.
e) The angles for our shoot were appropriate as we had to do certain ones like over the shoulder of both actors, close ups of both actors and a wide shot each one of these shots we made sure the shot was framed correctly by doing white balances and focusing.
f) we filmed the entire scene in all of our chosen shots so when It comes to editing we have lots of differnt options of shots to use. The story board bellow is the one we used.
g) We were careful not to break the 180 degree rule otherwise it would look as if our actors have swapped postions and confuse the audience.
h) in our shoot we tried to handle it as perfesional as we could by using industry terminology like Stand by, Standing by, Role it, Rolling, Action and Cut.
Thursday 7 October 2010
Pre-production planning prelim
Our prelim task is going to be shot in the studio, as it is much easier to shoot in a controlled environment of the Tv studio, the lighting in their is good as well as you can control every aspect of it making it much easier to watch out for shadows and white balancing doesn't need to be done as frequently as it does when shooting in the environment. For our actors we will just try to get who ever is available on the day. We have been given a story board and script so we don't have to worry about making one we cant give it to the actors to learn as we don't know who they are.
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Introduction to Video Camera
This week we have been mainly doing video camera work and film short scenes.
1) Camera operation and functions
we used the settings on the camera like aperture which makes the picture brighter or darker and white balance to set the cameras settings to the lighting conditions we were shooting in so it could see all the colours clearly. we had to focus the camera in so after shooting the picture was sharp and we could zoom in in editing and the picture wouldn't be blurry.
Zoom enabled us to zoom in for things like extreme close ups with out shoving the camera in the actors faces.
2) Using the camera
*we used a wide shot which is when The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as possible the same as a long shot
* we also used an extreme close up to create tension in our scenes, an extreme close up is when the camera is zoomed in and gets extreme detail of the subject.
*we used an over the shoulder shot, it shows two people having and conversation we did this both of the actors in our scene so we have more options when editing the shoot together.
*further more we also used a close up of both of our actors a close up is when a certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.
1) Camera operation and functions
we used the settings on the camera like aperture which makes the picture brighter or darker and white balance to set the cameras settings to the lighting conditions we were shooting in so it could see all the colours clearly. we had to focus the camera in so after shooting the picture was sharp and we could zoom in in editing and the picture wouldn't be blurry.
Zoom enabled us to zoom in for things like extreme close ups with out shoving the camera in the actors faces.
2) Using the camera
*we used a wide shot which is when The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as possible the same as a long shot
* we also used an extreme close up to create tension in our scenes, an extreme close up is when the camera is zoomed in and gets extreme detail of the subject.
*we used an over the shoulder shot, it shows two people having and conversation we did this both of the actors in our scene so we have more options when editing the shoot together.
*further more we also used a close up of both of our actors a close up is when a certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Introduction to photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphic and picture editing tool. It enables the user to alter, manipulate and create images either from existing photos or found images.
Photoshop CS2 is the package we use here.
Last week in photoshop we learnt to use tools such as:
Marquee Tool ant the Lasso Tool - which enables us to cut out parts of our pictures both tools where effective but lasso tool was better as it lets us cut shapes and curves, it was more precise than the than the marque tool.
The Blur tool - enables us to blur out parts of our pictures and soften the lines where we inserted other layers to our background this helped make the photo look more natural and disguise the use of photo shop on it.
Clone stamp tool - makes a perfect copy of a highlighted part of the image this was useful as i wanted to copy the the helicopters and put more of them on my photoshoped image.
The Hue & saturation option enabled me to blend the images onto the back ground tone.
The Blending Tone Option which blends the background to the foreground it i very quick and easy to use.
Photoshop CS2 is the package we use here.
Last week in photoshop we learnt to use tools such as:
Marquee Tool ant the Lasso Tool - which enables us to cut out parts of our pictures both tools where effective but lasso tool was better as it lets us cut shapes and curves, it was more precise than the than the marque tool.
The Blur tool - enables us to blur out parts of our pictures and soften the lines where we inserted other layers to our background this helped make the photo look more natural and disguise the use of photo shop on it.
Clone stamp tool - makes a perfect copy of a highlighted part of the image this was useful as i wanted to copy the the helicopters and put more of them on my photoshoped image.
The Hue & saturation option enabled me to blend the images onto the back ground tone.
The Blending Tone Option which blends the background to the foreground it i very quick and easy to use.
Wednesday 22 September 2010
Basic skills camera work and compositions
Composition:
Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.
Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.
The Rule of Thirds.
One of the most popular 'rules' in photography is the Rule Of Thirds. It is also popular amongst artists.
Imaginary lines a drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You put the important things you want to capture along the dividing lines where they cross each other. The stuff which isn't essential to the image is put in the middle or pushed into the corner of the image.
Using the Rule of Thirds helps produce nicely balanced easy on the eye pictures. the rule of thirds can be broken the rules are best used as guidelines. in our scene we Left a bit to much room over the head over our actors it looked as if something was going to hit them over the head.
180 Rule
In our scene we didn't break the 180 degree rule which if broken it makes it look as if the subjects have switched positions.
Continuity Editing
we tired to keep everything in each shot the same to the others so when it comes to edit it together we can Continuity edit well, Continuity editing is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shot i.e. makes tho editing smooth and scenes look more real.
Mistakes
We made a few mistakes we may have broken the rule of thirds rule slightly by leaving to much room over the heads of our actors.
Our Shoot
In our shoot we used a few industry terms like action, roll film, rolling, cut and lead out.
action tells the actors to start to preform and every one else has to be quite until the director says cut which signifies the end of that shoot.
Roll Film is what the director says to tell the camera men to start filming and wait for the cameras to get up to filming speed when this has happened the film men say Rolling which tells the director that the cameras are able to start filming.
Lead out is the extra bit of filming done after the actors have stopped it is used when the editing is been done.
The Move From Still Camera To Video Camera
I found the move from still camera to video camera easy most the rules still apply like rule of thirds, but the video camera is mostly used on a stable platform like a tripod or dolly unlike a still camera, also on a video camera we have to things like make sure its level and white balance.
The Rule of Thirds.
One of the most popular 'rules' in photography is the Rule Of Thirds. It is also popular amongst artists.
Imaginary lines a drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You put the important things you want to capture along the dividing lines where they cross each other. The stuff which isn't essential to the image is put in the middle or pushed into the corner of the image.
Using the Rule of Thirds helps produce nicely balanced easy on the eye pictures. the rule of thirds can be broken the rules are best used as guidelines. in our scene we Left a bit to much room over the head over our actors it looked as if something was going to hit them over the head.
180 Rule
In our scene we didn't break the 180 degree rule which if broken it makes it look as if the subjects have switched positions.
Continuity Editing
we tired to keep everything in each shot the same to the others so when it comes to edit it together we can Continuity edit well, Continuity editing is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shot i.e. makes tho editing smooth and scenes look more real.
Mistakes
We made a few mistakes we may have broken the rule of thirds rule slightly by leaving to much room over the heads of our actors.
Our Shoot
In our shoot we used a few industry terms like action, roll film, rolling, cut and lead out.
action tells the actors to start to preform and every one else has to be quite until the director says cut which signifies the end of that shoot.
Roll Film is what the director says to tell the camera men to start filming and wait for the cameras to get up to filming speed when this has happened the film men say Rolling which tells the director that the cameras are able to start filming.
Lead out is the extra bit of filming done after the actors have stopped it is used when the editing is been done.
The Move From Still Camera To Video Camera
I found the move from still camera to video camera easy most the rules still apply like rule of thirds, but the video camera is mostly used on a stable platform like a tripod or dolly unlike a still camera, also on a video camera we have to things like make sure its level and white balance.
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