Wednesday 2 November 2011
MY LAST POST .......(for little while)
I have finished this section of my blog and we will be doing other work for a while. Dont worry though, will be coming back soon :)
Prelim Task: Evaluation
1) Who did you work with? and how did you
manage the tasks between yourselfs?
I worked with Nico Socratous and Jeng Au. Our planning and development was done as a group, with each of us jus filling in some written, for example Jeng wrote down the script and i filled in the technical for the storyboard. The two actors in the sequence were Nico and Myself, naturally this meant that jeng did the majority of the camera work, but when one of us wasnt in a shot we made sure that we shared out practical roles so that we all had a chance to Direct, Film or do Sound.
2) How did you plan your sequence? What
processes did you use? What theories did you try and take into account?
First of we brainstormed, which led us to an initial idea of it being serious/borderline thriller. Then Nico and myself spoke it through as if it was a real conversation, in order to get ideas for natural sounding lines. We then wrote down a script and made various adjustments as we went along.We then drew up a rough story board which was altered during the process. Our next step was to block through the movement, after this we blocked through as many possible different shots we could take. Our main priority was to block through a master shot that was natural. We then wrote down a shot list of all the shots we needed. Our main priority was to achieve narrative flow and continuity, whilst including all the shots like shot reverse shot match on action and keeping to the 180 degree rule.
3) What technology did you use to complete the task, and how did you use it?
Planning: when planning we had to ensure the we kept to the brief. We also had to make sure that with the stuff we had planned, we could achieve and finish it in a reasonably short time period. Another main concern was that we had planned sufficiently, so that when it came to shooting and editing, it should all run reasonably smoothly.
6) What have you learnt from completing this task? Looking ahead, how will this learning be significant when completing the rest of your coursework?
I learnt that planning is one of the most important things to do thoroughly. this means making sure the tiny details and all the ins and outs of your plan are as foolproof as you can possibly make them, so that in the situation where a problem does occur, you have the most organised way to deal/ work around it. Also planning properly in advance make everything easier, it means having to make less desicions as they were all made previously with good judgement rather than in the heat of the moment pressure desicions where you might not be thinking straight or about everything else and it could cause more problems.
I have also learnt if you want to have certain lighting that isnt just regular main and fill or natural light, you need to have time to play around with lights until you are happy. It is also a good idea to know what you can do in post production before you start because it might be easier, for example, to shoot in the day but put a filter on in editing to make it look like the evening.
manage the tasks between yourselfs?
I worked with Nico Socratous and Jeng Au. Our planning and development was done as a group, with each of us jus filling in some written, for example Jeng wrote down the script and i filled in the technical for the storyboard. The two actors in the sequence were Nico and Myself, naturally this meant that jeng did the majority of the camera work, but when one of us wasnt in a shot we made sure that we shared out practical roles so that we all had a chance to Direct, Film or do Sound.
2) How did you plan your sequence? What
processes did you use? What theories did you try and take into account?
First of we brainstormed, which led us to an initial idea of it being serious/borderline thriller. Then Nico and myself spoke it through as if it was a real conversation, in order to get ideas for natural sounding lines. We then wrote down a script and made various adjustments as we went along.We then drew up a rough story board which was altered during the process. Our next step was to block through the movement, after this we blocked through as many possible different shots we could take. Our main priority was to block through a master shot that was natural. We then wrote down a shot list of all the shots we needed. Our main priority was to achieve narrative flow and continuity, whilst including all the shots like shot reverse shot match on action and keeping to the 180 degree rule.
3) What technology did you use to complete the task, and how did you use it?
- Camera - Canon Legria HV40 - We mainly used this on the tripod, but had a few handheld shots, we had all the standard auto settings on and used the zoom aswell
- Boom Mic - We decided to use a boom mic as we were getting noise from the camera on our shot gun mic, also it meant the sound could be louder and clearer even if the camera was far away. we had to use the boom like a stand sometimes, because when two of us were acting we only have one person on a camera so we set the mic up like a stand
- Tripod - used it to keep the camera steady, loosen for pan and tilts. we could change the height to get different view points
- Edit suites - Adobe Premier Pro CS3, we had to capture and cut our shots. We used razor and arrow tools. I added a title and some fades, I also had to cut and time some sound, as some sound clips were no suitable.
Planning: when planning we had to ensure the we kept to the brief. We also had to make sure that with the stuff we had planned, we could achieve and finish it in a reasonably short time period. Another main concern was that we had planned sufficiently, so that when it came to shooting and editing, it should all run reasonably smoothly.
Shooting: We had to make sure that framing was appropriate and aesthetically pleasing. We had to film for editing, in other words, shooting a shot in a way that made it easiest to edit, rather than shooting some shots then getting into post-production and then having to spend ages getting a cut right because you didn't leave enough roll on for example. We also had to check the sound was working, we had a problem with this because our first mic just wasn't working at all.
Editing: When capturing you have to make sure that you leave enough roll on to cut clips precisely. Also when capturing you have to watch each clip back, because some times we had "recording errors" which meant it didn't capture the clip. You have to make sure shots don't linger too long. Our main concern when editing was to achieve continuity and narrative flow, we had to avoid continuity errors as much as possible.
5) How successful was your sequence? What worked well,and with hindsight, what would you improve/do differently?
I would say my piece was fairly successful, I believe that I fully achieved continuity and narrative flow. There were one or two continuity prop/actor errors, but to avoid this next time, we will check the whole set and actors previous positions before every shot and match them with chronologically previous shots.
Editing: When capturing you have to make sure that you leave enough roll on to cut clips precisely. Also when capturing you have to watch each clip back, because some times we had "recording errors" which meant it didn't capture the clip. You have to make sure shots don't linger too long. Our main concern when editing was to achieve continuity and narrative flow, we had to avoid continuity errors as much as possible.
5) How successful was your sequence? What worked well,and with hindsight, what would you improve/do differently?
I would say my piece was fairly successful, I believe that I fully achieved continuity and narrative flow. There were one or two continuity prop/actor errors, but to avoid this next time, we will check the whole set and actors previous positions before every shot and match them with chronologically previous shots.
It would have been helpful if we had planned quicker and more thoroughly to allow more time for production and post production as our group felt a bit rushed for time.
One of our best shots was one where my character slides a photo across a table and the camera pans with it, it looks really good because it is very smooth and framed pretty much perfectly.
We made sure that during dialogue shots we kept to the 180 and 30 degree rule.
Our lighting was quite dark, but because we had the camera on auto settings it tried to balance it and all our colours came out very dull.
Another successful shot was the match on action of Nico hitting the table on the way out of the room.
In the future I would really like to try some SFX with Adobe After Effects or something along that line as being able to do some graphical effects can come in very useful even if those effects are jus used to repair or change a clip very slightly.
One of our best shots was one where my character slides a photo across a table and the camera pans with it, it looks really good because it is very smooth and framed pretty much perfectly.
We made sure that during dialogue shots we kept to the 180 and 30 degree rule.
Our lighting was quite dark, but because we had the camera on auto settings it tried to balance it and all our colours came out very dull.
Another successful shot was the match on action of Nico hitting the table on the way out of the room.
In the future I would really like to try some SFX with Adobe After Effects or something along that line as being able to do some graphical effects can come in very useful even if those effects are jus used to repair or change a clip very slightly.
6) What have you learnt from completing this task? Looking ahead, how will this learning be significant when completing the rest of your coursework?
I learnt that planning is one of the most important things to do thoroughly. this means making sure the tiny details and all the ins and outs of your plan are as foolproof as you can possibly make them, so that in the situation where a problem does occur, you have the most organised way to deal/ work around it. Also planning properly in advance make everything easier, it means having to make less desicions as they were all made previously with good judgement rather than in the heat of the moment pressure desicions where you might not be thinking straight or about everything else and it could cause more problems.
I have also learnt if you want to have certain lighting that isnt just regular main and fill or natural light, you need to have time to play around with lights until you are happy. It is also a good idea to know what you can do in post production before you start because it might be easier, for example, to shoot in the day but put a filter on in editing to make it look like the evening.
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