Today we embarked on the Prelim task, in which we were tasked with creating a short film from an existing story board. My group and I used the 180 degree rule to respect screen direction and assigned each member of the group with specific roles and jobs. Two would be actors, and one would be in control of camera and the other would be director. We looked at the story board and decided that there we three essential shots we would require in order to obtain the Prelim directly to thte to story board.
When setting up the camera we decided that we would manually set the white balance and exposure in order to get a true image. Then set the marks for each actor then started rolling the camera. We took 3 takes for every angle that included a wide and two over the shoulder shots one from each subjects side. For every shot we ran through the entire story board in order to make sure we had safety shots for every part of the story board, and did not miss anything out.
We ran into several continuity issues, with scripts and actors not being able to learn lines, to combat this next time I would assure that the actors have the script before the day of the shoot, so the actors can get a better idea of the script and actually feel comfortable in performing their lines.
Each of these 12 box's also caused some serious problems. As they felt very structured and caused us to conform. When using the cameras we used tripods to lock down the image and create steady shots, although we did find that use of a steady cam might have been useful or something that would allow us to get smooth and constant shots without the structure of a tripod.
Things I have decided to do differently for the thriller task. Is decide location and sort out production lighting before the day of the shoot. I found that having to film in a very stark and messy classroom was very un cinematic and caused some problems. But these are all issues I should be able to fix in after effects with some colour grading but for the actual thriller I will try and get most of the practical lighting done in pre-production instead of post.
All in all though I feel that this was a great experience to prep us for the real thing.
When setting up the camera we decided that we would manually set the white balance and exposure in order to get a true image. Then set the marks for each actor then started rolling the camera. We took 3 takes for every angle that included a wide and two over the shoulder shots one from each subjects side. For every shot we ran through the entire story board in order to make sure we had safety shots for every part of the story board, and did not miss anything out.
Each of these 12 box's also caused some serious problems. As they felt very structured and caused us to conform. When using the cameras we used tripods to lock down the image and create steady shots, although we did find that use of a steady cam might have been useful or something that would allow us to get smooth and constant shots without the structure of a tripod.
Things I have decided to do differently for the thriller task. Is decide location and sort out production lighting before the day of the shoot. I found that having to film in a very stark and messy classroom was very un cinematic and caused some problems. But these are all issues I should be able to fix in after effects with some colour grading but for the actual thriller I will try and get most of the practical lighting done in pre-production instead of post.
All in all though I feel that this was a great experience to prep us for the real thing.
Created By Henry Russell
Edited By Henry Russell
~ Sources ~
*Henry Russell
23rd September 2015
Hurtwood House
No comments:
Post a Comment