Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Monday, 23 June 2014
Unit - 54
1) Slender-Man
video filmed either in Barrow Gurney or lee-woods.
I’ll have one person filming
me as if it was a live documentary, and one actor that play the slender-man.
The editing evolved in the video will include static on the camera and video
effects.
2) Portal
2 short films – This will evolve a lot of green screen and time. Which is fine
because it’s Portal 2. Sound effects and voice manipulation is also something
that will be included. This video is two minutes long so I haven’t got much
time to play about with. A short idea that I have got is someone running down
several corridors whilst constantly being targeted by turrets shooting at you.
The actor will fire portals to get to places faster whilst being taunted with
sarcastic harsh comments from the A.I core GLaDOS. The short film will end with
the actor walking into GLaDOS’s chamber; GLaDOS says a ‘cliff-hanger’ sentence,
which will then lead onto a subtle black screen to then reveal the credits.
3) Haunted
house – This can be filmed at gage’s house
4) A
two minute interview about something interesting
5) Will
include poltergeist activity and a lot of see through string
6) Sit-com
– This must include Ramseys
The three ideas that I have
chosen are with video links giving examples:
The Slender-Man video:
Portal 2 short film:
Sit-com:
Final Design Idea
The film opens with the main
menu of Slender: The Arrival as if I was going to record another video and as
soon as I start click ‘start game’, it switches straight to reality of a long
shot with the main actor led on the floor asleep.
The camera switches straight
over to a close up of the main actor led on the floor, his eyes open. The
camera then opens up as medium shot of the main actor getting up and wondering
where he is.
Just after, the camera changes over to a worms eye view next to a camera and a torch looking up at the main actor.
Just after, the camera changes over to a worms eye view next to a camera and a torch looking up at the main actor.
Initial idea for story
Final idea for story
Evaluation Bradley
Hahn
Unit 54 was all about
producing a film and developing your editing skills. We were all asked to film
a series of sketches and edit them together.
Although filming can be fun, it was the editing that was getting marked
upon.
The main thing in my opinion
was the final film idea. After we made a series of sketches, we all had to make
a film that was roughly 2 minutes. I
edit a lot of videos before so editing isn’t something new for me. I thought
really long and hard about the different types of edits I could make that will
stand out.
My main film was about
slender man. I made an initial storyboard showing a rough idea of what I wish
to happen in my film, then I made another storyboard showing the final idea of
what I wish to happen.
We done research into films
by watching a presentation from our teacher of different camera angles and then
made a series of films showing different camera angles of our own.
A friend of mine lives in
Portishead where there is a massive creepy forest which was great for where I
wanted to start my film if me waking up in a forest at night.
A few mistakes that I feel I
have made was the lighting on the camera, I feel that more camera angles could
have been made as well. At the start,
the camera starts out with the forest with me on the floor and then it starts
again with me stood up already. I feel that this can be improved a lot and that
maybe next time I should add more scenes.
I learned that filming in
general is a lot tougher that what I thought. Editing wise, I didn’t really
struggle that much because I’ve edited a lot of videos in the past. Going to
Portishead filming was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed this unit a lot.
If I were eligible to more
time I would improve on adding more scenes and making the special effects for
crisp. I felt that on the last few scenes when Slender appeared, it was too
rushed and I feel I should have spent more time on it.
During the filming I felt
that it went quite easy until it was dark. Walking through the forest at day
was easy because navigation was visible. Walking through it at the evening was
quite tough because it was harder to see and I felt un easy.
Later on in my film there is
an abandoned building, which involved walking quite far and at night that was
quite tough as well because I felt tired.
Next time if I were to make a
film, I chose an easier location that doesn’t cost as much money and time to
get to. I would have focused on getting more people involved so that camera
management would be easier and better to handle. Slender is a very quiet
“genre” to film so maybe next time I’d get more actors to help me out and make
it more entertaining to watch rather than just walking around a dark forest on
my own.
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