This was created because of my story board blog and also used the camera angles from my camera techniques blog. I am also shooting my short film this way because of my imagination sequences. I explain in more detail in this blog. Also at the end where the travel happened, i got this idea from my reception theory blog about how you can repeat camera angle but change than slightly to wow my audience.
Category: Planning
Production Schedule for my Interview and my Imagination Sequences
Every time i do a new step i am going to refer back to my production schedule and see what i must do next.
Interview – Story Board
Between the imagination sequences, it’s going to cut back to the interview room looking at the interviewer and his exprestion this is going to repeat for each imagination sequence. I am going to explain this in more detail in my next blog…
Storyboard – First 3 Imagination Sequences
The first 3 imagination sequences
This is going off of my other audiance chosen effects. Just by when i asked them to answer a questionnaire and then i created a question to go with each effect. Know i have all my effect given story boards i can now start my storyboard for my interview scene.
Test shot for my Gunshot effect – Special Effects Makeup
This was because I created a storyboard with this consent so i decided to create a test shots seeing if i could create the effect.
Draft 1 \/
I had Vaseline and toilet role to create this effect I need more equipment.
Final Draft 2 \/
I had Sync-wax, makeup, thick fake blood and runny blood. With this extra equipment I was able to create a more realistic wound. I also did a little bit more tracking to create the sticky blood inside the wound, in after effects.
How I created the special effects:
I had a little bit of practicing a while ago with wax, Vaseline and some fake blood. It didn’t look very good but i got an idea on how it works. Starting this project I only had Vaseline and toilet role (Draft 1) so i practiced a little bit with that and created my first draft. I then asked my teacher if they had any special effects makeup and they gave me a bunch of stuff. I only ended up using Sync-wax, makeup, thick fake blood and runny blood.
Firstly I started of by putting some clear tape n some green fabric and then sticking that on my hand. This is so i can key thins out to create the whole in my hand.
Secondly I took some wax and made a ring around the green fabric. Then i used some Vaseline to smooth out the outer sides of the ring so that it looks like i have a ring that is sunken inside my skin. I then just picket at the inner sides of the ring to make it flaky and look ripped.
Thirdly i added some more Vaseline around the outside and put some ripped toilet role around it to look like ripped skin. This part is hard because you need to blend he outsides to your skin and it will take some time.
Fourthly I then added the Thick fake blood round the inner area of the wound, trying not to get any on the middle area of the green fabric (its okay to get some on it round the out side but don’t get any in the middle). I then added a light layer around the outside and on the flaky of skin.
Finally, i then added detail like small craves-es where the skin has torn through and added more think blood there. I then took some make up and started making my skin look swollen. You can blend the blood with the mack up to get a bruised look. I also added some normal fake book and blended that in as well.
This was manly trial and error, I wanted to create this effect without looking at any tutorials because i wanted it to look and feel real. If i would have followed a tutorial i don’t think I would be able to use this in my short film as i need to used the green fabric to make the whole. However, i am going to use this effect on someone’s head for my final imagination sequence. I now need to create storyboards for the rest of my imagination sequences and then start on my interview storyboard.
Bullet whole effect Storyboard
I wanted to start my planning with this effect because in my Script Writing Blog i was told to plan the most interesting scenes first and then wrap a story behind it. So i did this where with my first imagination sequence.
I make a quick sketch and hear is a basic idea of what i would want one of my shots to look like once it is finished. The character gets shot and then the camera pans round looking through the head wound and then the guy drops to the floor.
I will test to see if i cant create this effect, as this is the imagination sequence with the most detail. I will do the same effect however instead of doing it on someones head do it on a hand instead, to make it easier to film.
I could do with creating my first text shot. Showing if i can actually create this effect with the materials i have.
The other effects i will be creating in my imagination sequences will be really easy to create i just need to look back at the tutorials i found and follow them. I will not go wrong when doing this as i am going to follow my key points from my editing techniques blog. I loke this effect that much i want it to get it right so I am going to do a test shot/run of the editing and filming so that i don’t make any mistakes when it comes to the actual gunshot effect.
Script
following on from………….
Step Layout:
Section 1: Wide shot of clock and office
Section 2: Interviewee whats into room and glances at clock
Section 3: Interviewee sits down and introduces himself
Section 4+5: Question and answer times 4
Section 6: Goes back in time and repeats the last 2 shots
Character Over View:
Name Characteristics
Interviewer: Enthusiastic and exited to be in the interview.
Interviewee: Bored and lazy, wants the interview to be over quickly.
Script draft 1
Scene 1 – Introduction:
(attempts to shake hand, then sits down) Interviewee: (Enthusiastically) Hello again
(Clearly reading off sheet of paper) Interviewer: (mumbling) Hello and welcome to Rerun Accounting, I am going to ask you a few question about you and your passed roles. Ok?…
Interviewee: Sure, ill make sure to answer all questions as holistically as…
Interviewer: Yeah yeah whatever, trust me i don’t want to be here just as much as you do.
Interviewee: (Confused) Ok…
Interviewee: (Sigh) Right lets get started
Scene 2 – Questions:
Question 1:
Interviewer: (Slouches) Do you have any hobbies or interests?
Interviewee: (looks up) Well I really do enjoy my basket ball. It keeps me active and gets me outside, Id say i am quite skilled at it but… (Pause) yeah I’m alright.
Question 2:
Interviewer: Right ok… (confused look) What’s your time management like?
Interviewee: (Thinks about it and chuckles)
Interviewer: Whats so funny?!
Interviewee: Nothing, Nothing is. Its alright I suppose, erm… (Pause) i wouldn’t say its the best but I can get the job done. (Starts Laughing)
Interviewer: Why do you keep laughing? (confused look)
Interviewee: (Impassively) Never mind lets move on
Question 3:
Interviewer: (entreating, still slouched) What was your previous job like? Was it the Pizza delivery place down town?
Interviewee: (Confidently) Yeah it is, is was good, I really enjoyed it but it was quite boring because i was on my own a lot of the time (pause) there where always ways of making it interesting.
Question 4:
Interviewer: (sits up, confused and intrigued) Why did you get fired from your last job? I’m confused…
Interviewee: (looks down and vulnerable) I was on a normal delivery, it must have been an off day for me, and he was short on money. I wasn’t having any of it, so i… (Effects shows that he gets shot)
Interviewer: (Shocked exprestion)…
Interviewee: (annoyed) Right lets try this again… (pulls out phone and pushes button with other hand)
Scene 3 – Repeat:
(attempts to shake hand, then sits down) Interviewee: (Enthusiastically) Hello again
(Clearly reading off sheet of paper) Interviewer: (mumbling) Hello and welcome to Rerun… (camera cuts to Interviewee, with a smug look on his face. Fades out)
Final Script
I can know to start my planning. However, I do not need to do any research on storyboards, shot lists, Call sheets, production schedules, location shots, location recces and risk assessments as i have already done research of these in the past. I can now get into my most interesting imagination sequence which is the last question the gunshot effect.
Imagination Sequence Ideas
Here are some effects that i know i can recreate. This is impotent because i need to no what effects i can do and then wrap a story around them (This is relating to my script research where i talk about ”write the scenes that are most interesting to you first”) This will make it easier than creating the story than adding the effects afterwards.
Here are some Effects I have in mind (I only need to use 4):
Useful green screen tip with the secondary colour tab.
I could have this shot after a question like ”What do you like doing in your spar time?” Or ”Do you have any hobbies?”
The VFX artist uses a camera tracker plugin that works so much better than the built in After Effects effect. This will be useful if i need to track the whole scene.
I could use this effect in my short film but have it
Now i must ask my audience what effects they like the most so that i can then pick the top four and use them in my short film. Theni can start creating questions that suits the effects chosen.
Interviewee Imagination example
Interviewer (Unenthusiastically):
It says here that you use to be a pizza delivery guy for 2 months
Narrator:
The interviewee mind drifts of to a scene where the interviewee arrives at a door delivering a pizza, the costumer asks him if he can let him off 20p. He then gets shot by the interviewee
Interviewee (Gormless Face):
Well… Yeah I enjoyed it but it wasn’t really for me
(This is going to be how most of the scenes are going to go. The interviewer asks a normal question and then interviewee imagines a dramatic scenario.)
I like this example so much i am actually going to put it in my short film. I know need to do some research on muzzle flashes so that when it comes to the editing side of this scene i can refer back to this research.
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