What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The biggest thing id say as a group, and as an individual that has been taught is the titling. It was said previously that the titling wasn't a very focused point of film creating in AS. We thought with this, and decided to use Photoshop to create our institution logo and titles. Alex created the logo, but I played around on Final Cut Pro with the video effects on the macs, to try and make it fit with the thriller theme.
The logo (HAM PRODUCTIONS)
was thought about with the different video effects, I took some time in the editing suite
alone just flicking through the different
effects, and stumbled onto
"bad film" which made the logo shake
and distorted. I feel this fitted
well with the theme because it flickers,
and thrillers stereo-typically
deal with low lighting.
was thought about with the different video effects, I took some time in the editing suite
alone just flicking through the different
effects, and stumbled onto
"bad film" which made the logo shake
and distorted. I feel this fitted
well with the theme because it flickers,
and thrillers stereo-typically
deal with low lighting.
The names of the actors involved looked semi professional. The theme was that the last names are highlighted in white. This makes it more obvious when it then fades out onto the film footage of outside of the station.
The text then fades out. We experimented a lot more with transitions. I really liked the cross fade because it didn't make anything look too harsh, and I liked the look about it.
But obviously, before all the editing could be achieved, we needed footage to edit!
We used two cameras, to film Holly's Dad and Alex, playing Elijah. This sped up the filming time which meant we had more time editing. However, we noticed that the DSLR camera we used picked up more noise when we uploaded the footage to the macs, but we had separate recorded sound so it didn't really matter.
Using two cameras was a great advantage for us. It saved us a lot of time. Because Alex had a camera, there was no reason why we couldn't be provided with two, so when there was the chance we seized it. When filming a shot reverse shot (SRS) sequence, it can be very difficult to capture, especially with one camera. I set up one camera focusing on our character Elijah (portrayed by Alex) and Holly set up the other one to be facing her father. Both the cameras started rolling at the same time and captured the sound at the same time too (even though we edited that out).
This was a much quicker way to deal with things, and made the acting more natural as we didn't have to stop the camera each time a new character spoke.
As for sound, we had that recording the whole time. We placed in on the desk behind the computer which was used as a prop in the scene. This was good as it was in between both of the characters so the volume was equal. We used a sound recorder, and left it running the whole time we were filming, it ended up being a 19 minute sound clip I do believe, but this was easier. It meant we could just listen to the same recording and just find what part we needed.
Using two cameras was a great advantage for us. It saved us a lot of time. Because Alex had a camera, there was no reason why we couldn't be provided with two, so when there was the chance we seized it. When filming a shot reverse shot (SRS) sequence, it can be very difficult to capture, especially with one camera. I set up one camera focusing on our character Elijah (portrayed by Alex) and Holly set up the other one to be facing her father. Both the cameras started rolling at the same time and captured the sound at the same time too (even though we edited that out).
This was a much quicker way to deal with things, and made the acting more natural as we didn't have to stop the camera each time a new character spoke.
As for sound, we had that recording the whole time. We placed in on the desk behind the computer which was used as a prop in the scene. This was good as it was in between both of the characters so the volume was equal. We used a sound recorder, and left it running the whole time we were filming, it ended up being a 19 minute sound clip I do believe, but this was easier. It meant we could just listen to the same recording and just find what part we needed.
Organisation is key. We organised our sound and video footage in "bins". A bin is basically different folders differentiating parts of the film. I found this was a very simple way to help navigate to different areas of our film. I also learned not to rename clips but to name them in the log area. This saves it from messing up with the original name and losing work.
I created a blog post for this, so if we ever needed to refer back to it - we could. It also showed my better understanding of Final Cut Pro.
Expain why you used two cameras - go into explaining S/RS and what it is and why it is used. Also, why did you record sound separately - what ads does this give you (this is what they do in the real film world - why).
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