Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Location Shots
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Monday, 11 November 2013
Rationale
Rationale
Wasted, our final production piece is based on a successful author named Oliver Harrow, a middle aged man who has gone through life with great amount of sadness.The story takes you through the life of the troubled writer, showing you the inspiration for his trilogy of books, The Lover, The Writer, and The Romantic. This short film reveals the true thoughts and feelings of an author who has been through a terrible experience. We take you through Ollie's life showing you how he overcame his troubles, and made the most of his mourning.
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Production Journal Final Edition
Production Journal 2013
'Wasted'
Sam Sherwood
Day 1:
Scene 1 - The first day of our film shoot, consisted of filming Scenes One, Three and a very brief shot of Oliver Harrow's House. Our set had been set up prior to day one, therefore that allowed us to prepare for the whole day without rushing first thing in the morning. From 9 til 11 we did not film anything apart from tests for sound and footage. At 11 we planned to take the crane to a large house to film the exterior. We reached our destination, however we had left the bottom half our our crane at our original set for 1 and 3. This caused delay in our schedule as we had to return to collect the other piece. In this delayed time we did however get the camera set up and ready to go, so as soon as the equipment arrived we could film. After taking many shots of the exterior of the house, we made it back to school in relatively good time. Although having to make our actor wait longer than we originally intended, our set was ready to film back at school. We took a large variety of shots from many different angles to we had a lot to work with in the editing stage, just incase we lost one of our clips that we wished to use, we had back ups!
We managed to film all of Scene 1 by one o'clock, giving us time for a quick lunch and straight back ready for Scene 3.
Scene 3 - Scene three was quite similar to scene one. There was no speaking roles in these scenes, so we managed to get it all done in very good time. Allowing us to begin recording the voiceovers for certain scenes. Again we filmed the scene from more than one angle, giving us variety and safety shots. These shots allowed us to do match on action edits throughout the film, making it more interesting and keeping the audience drawn in.
Day 2
Scene 2
Day two was extremely busy, Livvy and I managed to film extra scenes that were planned for day 3! We first traveled to Chestfield, to film Young Olly and Young Andy's argument and the car crash!
Our two young actors arrived enthusiastic and ready to go! However when we got to our set, it did take a while to express to them exactly what we wanted to do, but we achieved this eventually! The car crash scene was quite hard to film in my opinion. At times it did get confusing and we had to be extremely careful for the safety of our actors, ourselves, and the equipment. We managed to get a shot that did look good, and with some tight editing I was sure I could make it look somewhat close to a car crash!
Scene 5 was the award ceremony for Oliver Harrow, this scene did not take very long to film, however we did have a problem with the camera settings, however that was corrected quickly, I set up the lighting just to reveal the actress and the award, and then Oliver harrow, I liked how this looked on the camera and it gives a very interesting contrast to the film.
Scene 6 - Scene six was the final scene of the film. This consisted of filming the exterior and interior of Waterstones book store, and then we filmed mostly in the library. We had to round up many extras to get their book singed by Oliver Harrow. This did not take too much time, however due to the fact many people were in the library at the time, it was hard getting everyone to be silent as we filmed. Then, at 4:15, five minutes before the end of the day, with one shot left to film, our camera died! So we had to run back to our storage room, get another battery, and get the shot done. Luckily we managed to accomplish this! With a great amount of stress and running around.
Day 3
Home Videos - This may have been one of the hardest scenes to film, plainly because there were young (hyper) boys from around the age of six to ten, running around playing games, kicking balls, etc. They were extremely hard to control, which slightly delayed us, however we did manage to get all our montage and home videos filmed. One problem we did suffer was transportation of the crane, (again!)
Due to the fact it did not fully fit in our car, we had to leave the boot slightly open. There was a steep hill en route to our destination, leaving us limited choices to keep the boot shut! However one extremely uncomfortable position for myself allowed us to reach the set with all the contents from the boot!
Scene 4 - Scene four was the Television Interview for middle aged Olly. We set up a simple television set, using white backgrounds, and placing unused cameras around the set. We only used two shots in this scene, which maybe should have been increased as the scene does seem to go on for slightly longer than I first thought it would. However the is a match on action straight away. I have struggled matching sound with this scene, due to the fact we re shot it many times from one angle, and used a separate voice recorder.
Overall I believe Livvy and I accomplished a great deal of footage throughout the three days. We realised the stress and hard work that has to be put in to keep everything flowing, and that there should always be a back up plan if one thing is not possible to complete at that moment in time!
We both had a great amount of fun filming, and I think we both have now experienced all the different aspects of film making and it has inspired myself to consider becoming involved in film making in the future!
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Original Idea for 5 minute short film. Now has been modified, will be posted soon
Roughly 151,600 people die each day. There are 86400 seconds in a day, thats nearly 2 people per second. Life can be taken away at any one of these seconds, gone in an instant. One second can create eternal happiness for one, and a life of sorrow for another. It is vital to make the most of every one of these seconds, with the people you love. Before it comes clear that it is too late.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Friday, 15 March 2013
Reverse Engineering
Overview
For this project my group and I decided to remake a clip from the film School of rock. We chose the scene including many characters in the classroom with the teacher explaining and telling them how to rock. We took this original clip and broke it down and analysed all the different shots by writing up the script and putting the shots and directions next to it. The clip had to be around one minute long and we had to replicate this as closely as we could. We had to film, edit and add in any sound effects used into the film we have made ourselves. We all got given our parts in the film, and we had to change our vocals to hopefully match the way the actors in the real clip said it. We also tried to use as many props in the scene as possible, still trying to keep the small details in the film scene. Before we started filming we all had our separate responsibilities to take 20 seconds from the clip each and write down all the shots ready to go on to the shot list and script. Everyone designed a story board with drawing and detailed descriptions of the shots so that it made it easier to use when filming the real thing. We also had to take note of the depth of field whilst having the camera in manual setting. We got all the resources that we could ( drums, keyboard, tables, chairs, guitar) just to make the scene seem more realistic. We than began to film in the music block classroom because it had some of the basic objects that we needed to use. We realised after we had filmed that we had made quite a few mistakes but there wasn't much time to adjust these small errors.We realised that in some of our shots we had not had the camera on a manual setting and that we hadn't checked the white balance before filming, meaning that whilst they were filming it made the characters look like they were surrounded in white ( the look of being in heaven) which didn't match the real film. We also noticed that some certain lines from the script were said wrong, this was due to not writing the script up properly or just not reading them out correctly whilst performing. A few lines hadn't been filmed due to a un organised schedule of what we had filmed and what hadn't been done yet, therefore we ended up missing some key points that needed to be in the film, leading to having to redo them with just a simple voice over.
A remake of the scene from School of Rock, Edited by Sam & Livvy
Organisation:
At first, out team was not extremely organised, we spent a fair amount of time drawing out storyboards and attempting to write out a detailed shot list. However when it came to filming, it took us a very long time to get set up, and we spent more time talking about it, rather than getting the shots we needed to get. Overall our organisation was okay, but we could have been much more prepared regarding filming, and getting on with the work.
Communication:
Although we spent time drawing out the story boards, our shot lists were not perfect, and when we were up and ready to film, there were many disputes on what to film etc. We did not communicate well when trying to sort out what we were going to do, this could be why our final production had faults and errors, e.g Missing out clips, over exposure etc.
Technical:
Whilst using the cameras, we faced a few problems when trying to film. First of all, on two occasions our shots were extremely over exposed, leading to a huge difference in lighting in our final edit. Also, at one point we did not correctly set up the camera, so we ended up with automatic camera settings when our aim was to film manually.
Group Dynamics:
We had varied faults regarding out group dynamics in this exercise. A few people had been in throughout different times in filming, and so we had a very limited time to film this, continuity was a problem when it came to the final edit. A positive element was that everyone took part, contributed thoughts and feelings toward the filming. However this once lead to people becoming stroppy, which luckily did not fault the filming or editing. Wasting time was something that the whole group experienced. Our first few sessions on this was more wasted than used properly. We took a very long time deciding what to do, and how to set up. However after a while it was redeemed and everyone was working hard.
Friday, 1 February 2013
Depth Of Field
Depth of Field practise - The aperture is set wide open so this creates a shallow depth of field as the focus is racking from the background object to the foreground image.
Friday, 18 January 2013
The reason for the Coke can in the background bring very out of focus compared the the can in the foreground is because the aperture is set to 2.8 meaning it is a wider shot and a shallow depth of field, causing the background the become much more blurred and out of focus compared to the foreground.
Monday, 17 December 2012
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Sergei Eisenstein & Lev Kuleshov
Sergei Eisenstein
Eisenstein believed that film montage could create ideas or have an impact beyond the individual images. Two or more images edited together create a "tertium quid" (third thing) that makes the whole greater than the sum of its individual parts.
5 kinds of montage
Metric Montage - length or duration of film in a montage - clips edited together, or constant intervals. different tempo for the structure of the montage.
Rhythmic Structure - Play against the metre, could be unsynchronised with beat of the editing. Tension in sequence
Tonal Montage - Melody for emotion - using light in certain ways, different lighting strategies to change the mood etc.
Overtonal Montage - Texture of objects in the shots, what happens to the object. The effect light has on the objects and how it touches the props objects.
Intellectual Montage - The use of symbols or well known items that everyone will recognise
Lev Kuleshov – The Kuleshov Effect
The Kuleshov Effect was thought up by Lev Kuleshov, the initial effect of it is to bring out the emotions of the audience. What the audience will see is maybe an emotional scene where someone could be dying, and the camera will switch back and forth from the emotional occurrence and another person, showing a very blank face, with almost no emotion whatsoever, the camera will usually be a close up of extreme close up, only showing the persons expressions. So overall the effect is to make the audience feel involved, and become emotional towards what has happened, and think about why the person is showing no emotion.
Friday, 23 November 2012
Character Analysis
Draco Malfoy
Blond hair is usually associated with purity, confidence or innocence, t could also be associated with stupidness.
but in Malfoy’s case it makes him look cocky, self assured and smarmy
His slicked back hair signifies to the audience that he is self obsessed or concerned with looks, could make him look vain
He look because……
Villain
Sly
Strange
Different
Noble
Aryan race (pure blood)
Cold
Creepy
Devious
Cunning
Shrewd
Astute
Machiavellian
Deceitful
Rubeus Hagrid
Hagrid is an extremely positive character, he is always enthusiastic, even during rough times. He is very welcoming towards anyone and is very smiley! Also, Hagrid is almost fatherly like with Harry. He is always complimenting people and giving good advice whenever it is needed, as well as being a caring character he is constantly helpful working in the grounds of Hogwarts. He dresses quite scruffy and in dim colours which suits him as he is quite messy as well as a groundskeeper so the colours of his outfit in ways match his surroundings.
Rubeus Hagrid is an enthusiastic and cheerful character who is always thoughtful towards others and relatively fatherly towards Harry. He is constantly giving advice to the students and he is always positive during the hardest of times. Many of the students go to him for help since he is a caring and helpful person and always making them feel welcome. His appearance can seem scruffy and dirty but deep down he is soft and gentle person
Happy
Enthusiastic
Positive
Caring
Thoughtful
Fatherly
Scruffy
Welcoming
Smiley
Advisable
Fun
Helpful
Prof Dumbledore is a major character in series of films. He is a loving and wise man that helps Harry grow up. He is mysterious closed and secretive and you don’t find out about his life until the last few films after he dies. His style dress is quirky and interesting and suggests academic gowns.
Has a very big role in the Harry Potter films. His appearance is very magical and this is demonstrated by the style of his robes which includes stars and necklaces. He has a very mysterious and secretive character and you only really get a sense of what he is like in the last couple of films before he dies. He only confides in a few characters. The mysteriousness of this character has the effect of extending audience interest.
Is one of the main characters in the Harry Potter series. He is closed off secretive character but he enjoys teaching harry about the magical enters from book one and seems to think particularly fondly of him. Although he the loudest character in the films he is a very brave intelligent one who seems to put others before himself. He is a very magical character clothes and character wise. The robes that he wears especially suggest that he is a smart man and his wizard hat emphasises that he is a magical character. The beard also implies a certain level wisdom about his character and the colour contrast between his dark grey clothes and his lighter grey beard suggests that he is quite a neutral man- this could also reflect back on his fairly consistent personality.
Intelligent
Quirky
Kind
Wise
Clever
Interesting
Friendly
Old
Noble
Caring
Mysterious
Magical
Wonderful
Severus Snape is quite a major character with a dark and sinister appearance. He is shifty and deceptive, with an unsettling look.
Is a mysterious character that keeps the audience guessing whether he is good or bad. His first appearance makes him look particularly evil with his dark looks. These being his robes, hair and physical looks (pallid and sallow).
Is a dark and complicated character to understand. The way he acts suggests that he is shifty and evil person but nearer the end of the movies he turns out to be good. He seems bitter and cold towards the students he teaches as if not wanting to show his true colours.
Long black hair
Dark
Shifty
Tall deceptive
Unsettling stare
Sarcastic
Droning voice
Difficult
Snape = snake serpent like
Cold
Black hearted
Mean
Stubborn
Complicated
Pallid
Sallow skin
Bitter
Insecure
Short temper
Calm
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
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