Finished off the filming the outside shots and gathered a few more experimental shots along the way to add further dynamic in content and give us options when it came to editing.
We chose to have an early start to prevent to much interference from traffic and passers by. However cars, people, noise etc, were always going to be a hinderence in the type of locations we were filming in.
We have used HD Film tape decks to transpose the film from tape to ones and zeros, and have collated the shots, as a team, that we will run with in the editing process. These tape decks were aesthetically amazing and are great hardware if you use a lot of digital film.
We have also been given a basic tutorial on the fundamentals of Final Cut Pro. A video editing software with a relatively basic interface that appears to work in a similar fashion to any music editing software, main feeds and chained effects etc, however obviously the medium (video) is different.
- Basic video editing
- Transitions
- Filters
- Automation - over time
- Effects
- Video Processors/Generators
- .....
Will be looking at websites such as Prelinger and free-sourced material to practice and hone the techniques and skills required to produce an industry standard piece of work in the future.
Friday 30 April 2010
Monday 26 April 2010
Tuesday 20 April 2010
: Short Film - Transcript 1 - Induction-Team-Focus-Ideas
Initially as a group, we were introduced to some equipment. Tracks, dollies, tripods, "red head" lighting, wiring and its hazards, basic camera set up control and operation.
We were also shown the pleasure of a highly expensive high speed camera and and its associated software. Producing some hilarious yet visually stunning footage.
- I feel i would love to write a short screen or motion to exercise the capability of the camera as its an opportunity that may not ever arise in the future.
2 Min Short film. - 4 week team Project.
This two minute film will be planned, developed, shot edited and finalised by all three of us. - Ken
As this is a team exercise, Ken and I worked together on the last project so we thought it would be apt to take advantage of some certainty and team up again, along with Will. We all work cohesively and methodically, with the same attitude towards the pruposed project which can only work to our advantage.
After a brainstorm - these were the ideas we developed, although many of them didn't go beyond this stage.
Progression"
Focusing on a man's obsession with keeping up to date with the latest technology.
"Slayer"
A dramatic fight of equally skilled opponents as they fight over an online game
"One Liner"
A man who tells the same joke to a various groups of people. The man is a manic depressive.
"Stalker"
A Man is followed by another. The stalker is just trying to return a wallet. Twist...
- Ken
After further discussion, we opted for the stalker idea as it was more easily malleable to the brief. Focusing more on the exploration of technical aspects of film, filming and camera use, shot composition and adaption to location and adapting to the environment.
We were also shown the pleasure of a highly expensive high speed camera and and its associated software. Producing some hilarious yet visually stunning footage.
- I feel i would love to write a short screen or motion to exercise the capability of the camera as its an opportunity that may not ever arise in the future.
2 Min Short film. - 4 week team Project.
This two minute film will be planned, developed, shot edited and finalised by all three of us. - Ken
As this is a team exercise, Ken and I worked together on the last project so we thought it would be apt to take advantage of some certainty and team up again, along with Will. We all work cohesively and methodically, with the same attitude towards the pruposed project which can only work to our advantage.
After a brainstorm - these were the ideas we developed, although many of them didn't go beyond this stage.
Progression"
Focusing on a man's obsession with keeping up to date with the latest technology.
"Slayer"
A dramatic fight of equally skilled opponents as they fight over an online game
"One Liner"
A man who tells the same joke to a various groups of people. The man is a manic depressive.
"Stalker"
A Man is followed by another. The stalker is just trying to return a wallet. Twist...
- Ken
After further discussion, we opted for the stalker idea as it was more easily malleable to the brief. Focusing more on the exploration of technical aspects of film, filming and camera use, shot composition and adaption to location and adapting to the environment.
Monday 19 April 2010
Sunday 4 April 2010
Don’t Look Now! Truth, fiction and the art of story-telling.
When describing a narrative, one of the most important aspects is the point of view from which the story is told. Hence, there are two basic forms of narrative. Diegesis implies that there is a personified narrator and mimesis - that a story is told by an omniscient entity.
Another important aspect of a narrative is the mode of time-awareness which listeners are placed.
More specific narrative techniques include:
* False document is a form of narrative that presents a story as a record in some none existant document (diary, letter, video tape, etc.). This is used to create a sense of authenticity beyond the normally expected suspension of disbelief in the reader/audience.
* Frame story is a narrative technique in which a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story. The A-Plot, thus, becomes mere a link between countless subplots, which are then the real focus of the narrative.
* Metafiction is a kind of fiction, which self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction, which means that it deliberately denies the suspension of disbelief for itself.
* Pastiche is a term with a double meaning. On one hand, it may describe a respectful imitation of some other author's style of narrative (as opposed to a parody). On the other, it sometimes stands for a narrative that is "cobbled together" in imitation of several original works.
* Serial is the primary technique used in episodic media (see above). It implies that a story is divided into a number of smaller stories (episodes) but unlike a frame story, a serial may have all episodes bound together into one single A-plot.
* Stream of consciousness is a literary technique, which seeks to describe an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes.
Point of View.
* First-person narrative is a point of view for which the narrator is a part of the story (a character). He or she refers to him-/herself as "I". This is a very common technique since it allows inserting more personal feelings and thoughts into the text than others. On the other hand, it is often incapable of giving an objective view on the story.
* Second-person narrative is a point of view within which the narrator is narrating the story to another character through that character's point of view. This character (likely, a protagonist) is referred as "you".
* Third person limited omniscient is a point of view such that the reader and the writer observe the situation from the outside through the senses and thoughts of a single character, although the focal character may shift throughout the course of any given narrative.
* Omniscient narrator is a point of view similar to third person limited omniscient but unlike it, an omniscient narrator shifts the focal character instantly, without any special events causing the change of the viewpoint.
* Unreliable narrator is a narrator who tells the story from his or her personal point of view but who has flaws or makes mistakes. As a result, such narrator cannot give the entire picture of the story and his or her credibility is often put in question.
Another important aspect of a narrative is the mode of time-awareness which listeners are placed.
More specific narrative techniques include:
* False document is a form of narrative that presents a story as a record in some none existant document (diary, letter, video tape, etc.). This is used to create a sense of authenticity beyond the normally expected suspension of disbelief in the reader/audience.
* Frame story is a narrative technique in which a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story. The A-Plot, thus, becomes mere a link between countless subplots, which are then the real focus of the narrative.
* Metafiction is a kind of fiction, which self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction, which means that it deliberately denies the suspension of disbelief for itself.
* Pastiche is a term with a double meaning. On one hand, it may describe a respectful imitation of some other author's style of narrative (as opposed to a parody). On the other, it sometimes stands for a narrative that is "cobbled together" in imitation of several original works.
* Serial is the primary technique used in episodic media (see above). It implies that a story is divided into a number of smaller stories (episodes) but unlike a frame story, a serial may have all episodes bound together into one single A-plot.
* Stream of consciousness is a literary technique, which seeks to describe an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes.
Point of View.
* First-person narrative is a point of view for which the narrator is a part of the story (a character). He or she refers to him-/herself as "I". This is a very common technique since it allows inserting more personal feelings and thoughts into the text than others. On the other hand, it is often incapable of giving an objective view on the story.
* Second-person narrative is a point of view within which the narrator is narrating the story to another character through that character's point of view. This character (likely, a protagonist) is referred as "you".
* Third person limited omniscient is a point of view such that the reader and the writer observe the situation from the outside through the senses and thoughts of a single character, although the focal character may shift throughout the course of any given narrative.
* Omniscient narrator is a point of view similar to third person limited omniscient but unlike it, an omniscient narrator shifts the focal character instantly, without any special events causing the change of the viewpoint.
* Unreliable narrator is a narrator who tells the story from his or her personal point of view but who has flaws or makes mistakes. As a result, such narrator cannot give the entire picture of the story and his or her credibility is often put in question.
Friday 2 April 2010
The Hyperreal and Disney
"Maybe a mental catastrophe, a mental implosion and involution without precedence lies in wait for a system of this kind, who's visible signs would be those of this strange obesity, or the incredible co-existence of the most bazarre theories and practices, which correspond to the improbable coalition of luxury, heaven, and money, to the improbable luxurious materialization of life and un-discoverable contradictions."
- Jean Baudrillard
I don't think Disney is there to show America is real, it's there to show the logical extension of fantasy into reality and the impossibility of truth. Based on the fact that the United States is one of the few democracies founded upon an idea, that of the "city on a hill" (John Winthrop) serving as a beacon and almost 'prototype' society this creation of a closed environment where ideas become reality with no reference to their external possibility or probability is just another manifestation of this. Disneyland isn't there to show America its real, its there to show America what it looks like to the rest of the world.
- Jean Baudrillard
I don't think Disney is there to show America is real, it's there to show the logical extension of fantasy into reality and the impossibility of truth. Based on the fact that the United States is one of the few democracies founded upon an idea, that of the "city on a hill" (John Winthrop) serving as a beacon and almost 'prototype' society this creation of a closed environment where ideas become reality with no reference to their external possibility or probability is just another manifestation of this. Disneyland isn't there to show America its real, its there to show America what it looks like to the rest of the world.
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