In my opinion i have produced a piece that is quite abstract,obscure and Eire it is quite smilier to the mood and effect i wanted to create, however, the shots differed in a way in which they were originally planned, but, it my opinion i think it turned out better than was planned.
Some of the shots i had planned to try and create looked really clever and like they would be great on screen and have an emotional impact which is what i wanted, but, in reality some of them because of lighting and various other reasons just weren't achievable.
The shots i did end getting were amazing for the resources i had in my opinion some of them had to be enhanced in post production but they turned out to be really good. the only shot i wasnt sure of was the one where lizzi (actress in video) is running holding the camera becuase i couldnt speed it up.
the reading by the audience was very much possitive a large majoritry managed to grasp the concept i had in mind when shooting my piece, there is alot of mystery to my piece the only drug related reference was when lizzi was blowing out smoke and that isnt that strong of a hint to i was very pleased everyone understood.
The only thing i would do differently the next time is sort out some lighting with gels for effect and definately spend more time really thinking in detail about my shots and taking in to consideration what is achievable and what is not
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Thursday 10 December 2009
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Production Diary - Editing
In the first editing lesson i uploaded all the clips onto the computer this took a while as it wouldn't do it at first. When it eventually did it i put the clips in order that i knew i wanted them and put them in the time line this took up the whole lesson.
The next lesson i watched the clips in sequence and decided were they needed to be split because some of the clips were nearly twenty minutes long for example the one where Lizzi is walking next to the road. This was very frustrating because i couldn't do most of the things i wanted to at first.
The following lesson i decided to put all the different effects, colours and speeds in this took nearly four lessons to get right as the had to all look eeire and go with each other i found this part the hardest especially when it came to speeding up certain clips.
The next lesson i put all the transitions in and repeated all the same clips but over and over again at the end which were spead up eventually this was very confusing and took a long time to get right.
The finall lesson i used to create a track with garage band on the mac computers. I found this the hardest part if im honest i am wuite a musical person however the choices on the software are very limited.
I am happy with the way my piece turned out, the only thing i would do better if i could is the track that goes with itm i think it suits it but its very boring and in that sense because its not exciting it dulls the piece in my opinion.
The next lesson i watched the clips in sequence and decided were they needed to be split because some of the clips were nearly twenty minutes long for example the one where Lizzi is walking next to the road. This was very frustrating because i couldn't do most of the things i wanted to at first.
The following lesson i decided to put all the different effects, colours and speeds in this took nearly four lessons to get right as the had to all look eeire and go with each other i found this part the hardest especially when it came to speeding up certain clips.
The next lesson i put all the transitions in and repeated all the same clips but over and over again at the end which were spead up eventually this was very confusing and took a long time to get right.
The finall lesson i used to create a track with garage band on the mac computers. I found this the hardest part if im honest i am wuite a musical person however the choices on the software are very limited.
I am happy with the way my piece turned out, the only thing i would do better if i could is the track that goes with itm i think it suits it but its very boring and in that sense because its not exciting it dulls the piece in my opinion.
Production Diary - Filming
When planning my experimental video i firstly thought up a concept which was drugs and how they poison your mind not only your body and how the drug world is a vicious circle.
Day 1-On the first day of filming i was in my friend Lizzi's house and we filmed the scene that was eventually slowed down in post production of her falling down on the floor this shot took about ten attempts before finally getting one that i knew would work in post production. After this shot i filmed Lizzi smoking a cigarette and blowing out the smoke, i wanted this shot to be the most eerie and cold so i tyred lots of different locations for lighting in her house and outfits for her and eventually i got the shot and was very happy with it. I planned to get all the shots done in one day however i under estimated how difficult those two shots were to get and so i got to dark to film so i decided to film the following Saturday as well.
Day 2-The second day of filming was planned to be outside when the day came there was gale force winds and thunder and lightning so we had to wait for a very long time for the weather to settle and then we went out. The first shot i wanted to get was down a little alleyway in singleton just of Lizzi's feet running we got that shot after a few attempts because the tripod was being blown and the camera couldn't hold still this ended up to be one of my favourite shots. The second shot i got was of Lizzi running holding the camera herself pointing at her face this shot went well apart from i would of liked more of her face and not just trees but we couldn't do shot again because the camera would have got wet. Third shot of was Lizzi hand in face screaming and then crouching down i was happy with this shot after it had been edited. The next shot was of Lizzi walking by the road she had to walk extremely slow because it was speed ed up quite a fair amount in post production when i was finished with this shot i absolutely loved it. The last shot i had to get i had to wait till it was dark and go back inside Lizzi's house, this shot i knew i would use as my opening one i wanted to do an ECU of Lizzi's face of her crying i turned out all the lights so it was pitch black in the room and used a candle as my only form of light she put candle underneath her face and it looked really good because it lit up half her face and not the other. This shot did not turn out anything like i planned it to be, however, it was miles better than i planned it to be that is why i have used it in the beginning and end of my piece because i think it is the most power full and eiry shot i was very happy with how the filming went on day two allot better than the first day the only slight problem was the weather but that turned OK in the end.
Day 1-On the first day of filming i was in my friend Lizzi's house and we filmed the scene that was eventually slowed down in post production of her falling down on the floor this shot took about ten attempts before finally getting one that i knew would work in post production. After this shot i filmed Lizzi smoking a cigarette and blowing out the smoke, i wanted this shot to be the most eerie and cold so i tyred lots of different locations for lighting in her house and outfits for her and eventually i got the shot and was very happy with it. I planned to get all the shots done in one day however i under estimated how difficult those two shots were to get and so i got to dark to film so i decided to film the following Saturday as well.
Day 2-The second day of filming was planned to be outside when the day came there was gale force winds and thunder and lightning so we had to wait for a very long time for the weather to settle and then we went out. The first shot i wanted to get was down a little alleyway in singleton just of Lizzi's feet running we got that shot after a few attempts because the tripod was being blown and the camera couldn't hold still this ended up to be one of my favourite shots. The second shot i got was of Lizzi running holding the camera herself pointing at her face this shot went well apart from i would of liked more of her face and not just trees but we couldn't do shot again because the camera would have got wet. Third shot of was Lizzi hand in face screaming and then crouching down i was happy with this shot after it had been edited. The next shot was of Lizzi walking by the road she had to walk extremely slow because it was speed ed up quite a fair amount in post production when i was finished with this shot i absolutely loved it. The last shot i had to get i had to wait till it was dark and go back inside Lizzi's house, this shot i knew i would use as my opening one i wanted to do an ECU of Lizzi's face of her crying i turned out all the lights so it was pitch black in the room and used a candle as my only form of light she put candle underneath her face and it looked really good because it lit up half her face and not the other. This shot did not turn out anything like i planned it to be, however, it was miles better than i planned it to be that is why i have used it in the beginning and end of my piece because i think it is the most power full and eiry shot i was very happy with how the filming went on day two allot better than the first day the only slight problem was the weather but that turned OK in the end.
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