Here is the first edit of my short film "Last chance" for my film project. I still knew I had to make a few adjustments with the colour and credits but I wanted people to get the general idea of my edit and to get some feedback.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYbWijVcv24
Sunday 18 March 2012
Saturday 3 March 2012
Lighting Seminar
On friday we had a lighting seminar on how to use lights correctly during our films and how they would improve the quality of our footage. The use of good lighting can make our film go from looking home made to something quite professional. We had a lecture first which explained some of the technical terms and showed us some examples. We were told about Coherence, Colour Temperature and intensity.With coherence we were shown the difference between hard light and soft light . Hard light is a directional light source which is more focused and brings the detail as well as casting shadows. Soft light is a omni directional light source and gives softer edges as well as shadows.
We were shown different examples of lighting that we can use and also how to adjust the lighting using gels which can balance the light source.
We also had a chance to experiment with the equipment and were given a chance to try it for ourselves. We were put into groups and with some help and advice were able to set up the equipment satisfactorily. We were given a camera to see how it looks on video and also to learn how to adjust the camera settings with the lighting setup such as the white balance and the iris . The iris controls how much light is let through the lens. The more the iris is opened the more light is let in.
The first light set up we had to do was 3 point lighting which consists of a key main light, a fill light for shadows and a back light.
Key hard light:
Afterwards we had to set up a low key light which usually just uses 1 or 2 lights. The aim was to keep the light focused on the person being interviewed in the shot and not have the background lightened up.
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We were shown different examples of lighting that we can use and also how to adjust the lighting using gels which can balance the light source.
We also had a chance to experiment with the equipment and were given a chance to try it for ourselves. We were put into groups and with some help and advice were able to set up the equipment satisfactorily. We were given a camera to see how it looks on video and also to learn how to adjust the camera settings with the lighting setup such as the white balance and the iris . The iris controls how much light is let through the lens. The more the iris is opened the more light is let in.
The first light set up we had to do was 3 point lighting which consists of a key main light, a fill light for shadows and a back light.
Key hard light:
Fill light - soft light
Back light - hard light
Afterwards we had to set up a low key light which usually just uses 1 or 2 lights. The aim was to keep the light focused on the person being interviewed in the shot and not have the background lightened up.
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Movie posters
In our seminar we discussed the stories of our films and had to quickly come up with some potential tag lines. This helps us to sell our film and by the 3rd week of the project we should know the script and the genre fully.
We came up with a few ideas and the tag line i thought of "If only you could turn back time". I thought of this because its a common phrase used when people regret something they have done or which they could do something again. This relates to our story with Andy grieving over the loss of his girlfriend. It also does not reveal the twist in the movie and can simply relate to them breaking up.
After the seminar we met up with our leading male and female actor to take some photographs. This was for the props used in the first scene where Andy is grieving looking through some photographs. After finding out we had to create movie posters as well we thought it would be a good idea to take as many pictures as possible to give us a lot of freedom with our designs.
I have not really watched many romantic films so i researched into movie posters to get an idea. After doing the research I used some of the pictures we took to create 2 movie posters.
The movie posters I researched:
My movie posters for Last Chance:
We came up with a few ideas and the tag line i thought of "If only you could turn back time". I thought of this because its a common phrase used when people regret something they have done or which they could do something again. This relates to our story with Andy grieving over the loss of his girlfriend. It also does not reveal the twist in the movie and can simply relate to them breaking up.
After the seminar we met up with our leading male and female actor to take some photographs. This was for the props used in the first scene where Andy is grieving looking through some photographs. After finding out we had to create movie posters as well we thought it would be a good idea to take as many pictures as possible to give us a lot of freedom with our designs.
I have not really watched many romantic films so i researched into movie posters to get an idea. After doing the research I used some of the pictures we took to create 2 movie posters.
The movie posters I researched:
My movie posters for Last Chance:
Thursday 1 March 2012
Possible idea for my edit
Recently I have been watching the television series 24 which has a unique way of telling a story which i have never seen before as they following a whole days event in real time. Due to so many events going on at the same time they often show conversations over the phone by showing both characters faces on the screen at the same time. This is a good way of showing the importance and the emotion involved in the situation which could suit my short film . This is also a way of fitting more into my edit without having to lengthen the film too much.
An example below
An example below
Camera practice
After carrying out the auditions we still had some more time with the camera before we had to hand it in. We decided to make the most of this time and get some practice with the camera. This was a good opportunity for us as we got to take a look at some of the scenes which would take us the longest and which we needed to get right. This was the chase scene and the car crash scene. The storyboard had our character run through the city at night through several locations and end up at the location we chose for the crash.
We found some good locations which would look good on camera but some problems could occur with them being too populated with people when we want to film. We took pictures anyway and left them as possibilities.
We found a good lane which we wanted to use and decided to film some practice shots of us walking up and down to get an idea of how it looks on camera. However we were not sure well lit the area would be at night as well as how safe it would be to work in.
Afterwards we went a location close to the crash scene to get an idea of how we would film the transition from one scene to another and also practice different techniques. We practiced running past the camera and having it follow the person as they run past and to pan around. We tried this with and without the tripod to see which was more effective. We found that the movement was a lot smoother on the tripod.
We found some good locations which would look good on camera but some problems could occur with them being too populated with people when we want to film. We took pictures anyway and left them as possibilities.
We found a good lane which we wanted to use and decided to film some practice shots of us walking up and down to get an idea of how it looks on camera. However we were not sure well lit the area would be at night as well as how safe it would be to work in.
Afterwards we went a location close to the crash scene to get an idea of how we would film the transition from one scene to another and also practice different techniques. We practiced running past the camera and having it follow the person as they run past and to pan around. We tried this with and without the tripod to see which was more effective. We found that the movement was a lot smoother on the tripod.
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