Category: Problem Solving

Shoot 3, 4 and 5 Effects – Explained

When creating this effects i also looked back on my Losses Blog where is talk about how i can create an interesting bullet whole effect. I used this knowledge with the Shaun of the Dead blog to create a whole in a person effect. I aslo made the action sequences look over the top and not realist. I explain this more in my reception theory blog. This was to make the audience wonder weather or not the action sequences where real or fake.

Problem! – Transitions (Editing)

I came across a problem where i don’t know how to create a transition to the imagination sequences. I found this video online which will help me create some using visuals and sounds.

In Lost – The Greater Good they use sound (bass sound effect) to tell the audience that there are going back in time. I am going to use this technique when i go back in time with my imagination sequences. I could also use the technique used in Big Fish, they use bright colours and a voice over. This will be perfect for my short film as my main character is taking to the interview i will have his voice over the imagination sequences and have them bright and colorful telling the audience, from the visuals and the narrating, that this was in the past and that this is a flashback.

Shoot 1 Interview – Feedback

I asked my Target audience what they thought about my first draft and most of the comments where positive.

Question:

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Some Audience Answers:

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Some one said t was boring at the start ”Was boring at the start but soon picked up in the end” I think once he sees the imagination sequences implemented into the short film he wouldn’t find it boring a this added more to the story and it will make it more interesting.

Shoot 1 Interview – Editing

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Firstly i started off by Placing all clips into the timeline and then putting them all together to create a rough draft. Whilst i was doing this i was also sinking up the audio recording to the clips so that i have better audio. (the audio dialogue is the green boxes underneath the clips)

I also added some markers where i know where my effects need to be placed. This is to help me find where i need to place them easily without sifting through the timeline.

I also had a safety clip where if anything went wrong in the first few takes i have a good take that i can use to replace the bad take ( what you can see on the left of the time line)

The last step i did in this screen shot was a basic log colour correction. This is to flatten out all the clips so that i can easily change the colours throughout the project without doing each clip individually.

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Here i changed the colour theme to a bit darker and more realistic because this is a good way to portray comedy.

I then added sound effects to make everything feel more real and more like a short film. This is just a basic edited version but for now it works. I now need to film and edit my action sequences and place them in where the markers are.

Audio

From my reception theory blog i wanted to show the audience that they went back in time thought the use of sound.I used a warping sound effect here because it was the closest thing i could film to a travelling sound. I also added bass sound and pulsing to drag this out, making us think that the device he used to go back in time is powering down.

Problem

A problem that i faced when i just finished my interview segment is that i have broken the 180 degree rule.

What is the 180 degree rule:

”The 180–degree rule is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another. When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.”

In my project I realized that in the interview the camera angles are different and should be the same both side. but they weren’t. I tried flipping one side of the clips around but it didn’t work. So I make the shots have the same focal point and it kinda works. You’re eyes aren’t looking around trying to find the characters, I showed my teacher and he said it works in a weird way. So I decided to keep it like this and export it as a draft.

 

Ref:

Indie Film Hustle. (2019). 180 Degree Rule – Understand the. [online] Available at: https://indiefilmhustle.com/180-degree-rule/ [Accessed 10 Jun. 2019].

Problem! Matching all the shots – Colour Correction

After some planning i realized my action sequences and interview segment are going to have different colours and they arnt going to match when i put them together.

This video explains a lot about colour correction. Once i have shot all my clips and put them into my timeline I am going to follow this tutorial again and match all my clips. I am also going to make a draft edit with no effects so that I can edit those effects separately in after effects. I am going to use this im my interview and my imagination sequences (once i get to them) because colour correction can be used in all areas of my filming. Not just my interview.

Splitting my project in half

Once i started planning my interview then released that if i film the short film in order (clip to clip) this would make the project extremely difficult; as the imagination sequences are in between each question. This is because i would need to book equipment actors and locations several times.

In order to make my life a little easier i am going to shoot the interview and the imagination sequences separately. So that hopefully I can book the equipment actors and locations only twice. Having my production and planning this way made me realize this is what big movie companies do like paramount, dream works and Marvel. Marvel directors said this to the BBC “One of the most important things we learned is that when you’re shooting two of the largest movies ever made, and you’re shooting them back to back… is don’t shoot ’em back to back,” Anthony told BBC News, confirming the duo’s departure. Marvel film the entire film with each actor so that they spend less money having multiple actors on set not doing anything.

With this in mind i am going to split my two areas into two section/shoots because having this work flow means that my actors don’t need to do that much work meaning they will perform at there peak without falling at all. Also it will be less stressful for me organizing multiple shoot days. Whilst in post it will also be easier because i will be able to organize all my clips into different folders and not get confused with multiple SD cards and not knowing where to put clips. They will all be organized and ready to be cut and edited with effect ext… I will also be able to have very few big editing sessions instead of having lots of small sessions, which works well for me as i like editing in big sessions.

I now need to create a treatment as i am at 100% with my idea and i know what i need to do in the planning stages i just need to execute them now.