The first session for this weeks challenge was to use the colour wheel to find which colours complimented each other, were analogous, tetrad etc.

We then had to incorporate these themes into clothing on a male and female.

Below are two themes for the first male.

Analogous

Complimentary

The female character replaced the analogous theme with a triadic theme

Triadic

Complimentary

This male wears a suit similar to that of Iron Man so when using themes there can be a lot more colour used in smaller regions of the suit.

Analogous

Tetradic

Creating moods and atmospheres for images using colour only –

Dark and Depressing –

Light and Cheerful –

Striking and Dramatic –

Warm v Cold –

Storyboards –

This weeks challenge was to create a storyboard based on a short script given to us. The Break In is a horror and we had to portray the feelings of the character through camera shots and angles in the drawings.

Shots such as Close Ups, Wide Angles, Worm’s eye view and Over the Shoulder’s were used to help push these emotions and make them clearer.

 

Composition Thumbnails –

This week’s task was to create a set of thumbnails using black grey and white shades in order to clearly indicate foreground, midground and background depth using value.

To begin with I created separate layers for each colour so they were able to overlap without overwriting the colour beneath. This allowed me to then start to combine the layers to build each composition.

Above shows my compositions, starting from left to right the design for each begins to get a little more intricate and complicated from the first thumbnail as I became more comfortable with layering and selecting the right colours for the appropriate places.

In Frame Photo Compositions –

In this challenge we were given a set of pictures, and a frame. We would select the original pictures and insert them into the frame where the original image would get cropped. The task was to move the picture around in the frame until there was a suitable cropped file that represented the rule of thirds with the key aspects of the image.

Shapes Compositions –

This task was to create 8 abstract compositions using basic shapes to visually convey a simple idea. This included the likes of balance, symmetry, scale, order, chaos etc.

Week 7 – Work on Synopsis – 

This weeks work was to create a film that was based around a telephone call. the story was to include a set of character and the storyline needed to be affected to what was being said throughout the call and needed to be the pivotal point or the main part.

Within the group we all wrote down draft synopsises to then discus these ideas for the next week where we would discuss these and debate on which one of these was the most practical and the most interesting to use.

Week 8 – Synopsis Completed –

After discussing the synopsises, we then came to decide that the film would have a phone call that would last no more than 10 seconds but would contain the key point where the story would change direction.

The base for the story was that there would be a group of characters, they would be hosting a surprise birthday for the main character, after blowing out the candles on the cake they receive a call where the person on the other end would tell them that their wish had been granted. After explaining to the other characters that he had wished for his favourite movie character to come to life, they are then visited by this character. The movie character had been from a horror movie and would then start to chase the other characters wanting to kill them. When this horror murderer had killed all the characters it was revealed that it was in fact one of the main character’s friends all along.

Week 9 – Pre-production –

This week we began to give each other roles based on what we felt comfortable with and what equipment we knew the most about.

The roles were split:

Ashley : Sound

Ross : Director

Daniel : Producer

Eathan : Camera

Sohail : Lighting

Week 10 – Pre-production –

After deciding group roles we then began to gather the equipment needed to set up for the principal photography. Each role needed to book different equipment based on what they had been assigned.

I booked out a boom mic, telescopic boom pole, Tascam audio recorder, and shotgun mic for the camera as a backup audio recording source.

All of this equipment needed to be setup to make sure hat nothing was visible in the live shots as it would be difficult to edit out in the post-production stage.

Week 11 – Complete pre-production –

This week everyone booked out the equipment and became more familiar with it in their own time to make sure that setting up on the day of recording was quick and easy.

We had to make sure that everything was setup so that when the camera moved to record the actors the apparatus does not get in the way and is not visible throughout the shoot.

Week 12 – Principle Photography –

As a group we used our contacts to find actors that could play the character roles, this became very difficult when trying to organise all actors to be available at the same times on the same days.

After agreeing on a night where everyone could be available, we began to shoot the film and take multiple shots for a large variety of clips to use when it came to the post-production process.

We used the time wisely and was able to complete all shots on the set day, this meant that we did not need to arrange actors for any other day.

Week 13 – Complete Principle Photography –

As all the shots were taken and completed on the day that we had arranged, this meant that we did not need to complete any more principle photography on this week. Therefore meaning the post-production phase could be started with the clips that we had filmed.

Week 14 – Complete Post-production –

After having the shots filmed and ready for editing, all the video files were uploaded into a shared folder for the group to access. I then took these short clips and imported them into Adobe’s Premier Pro. Each clip was labelled with number tags so the process of placing them together into a sequence was simple. However editing the clips to make transitions looks natural between them was one of the more difficult things to do as I have had little practice in doing so in the past.

I used key points in each video to make the transitions look more natural. As an example, in one of the clips you can see one character putting his hand on the door handle, and on another clip you see him from the inside of the room and opening the door to enter. A combination of these clips at the right time allows for a smoother viewing experience as it takes away the feeling of the movie being ‘stitched together’ which creates a better flow without.

Reconnoitre Form

Recce For: Priestley 04

Date Time: (29/1/19) (16:30pm)

Exact Location: Priestley room 04

To be used on shot no’s: From 1 to 22                                                Access: One Door

First Impression: The room has a lot of space, good light from the windows, very clean and also has props that we could use.

Length: 8.23M

Width: 5.17M

Height: 2.5M

Door Access Size: Height is 2M

Problems: There were tables in the way were we wanted to shoot, sop we had to move them to the corners out of the way.

Window Size: on the length of the room 1.54Mx2M

Width side windows 78cmx2M

Electrical Sockets/ required: 2

No. of sockets : 6

Type: Plug socket

Wall Colour : Pale Green/White                                                 Ceiling Colour: White

Fire Exits: Main door is the only option for the fire exit                  Fire Extinguisher: Yes

Sound Problems: Echo in the room due to size of the room

Lighting Problems: No natural lighting

No camera problems

1 Male toilet

1 Female toilet

1 Disabled toilet

Notes: Contacts were not received, we asked priestley staff and were allowed to film in priestley.

Recce completed by: Ashley Hotchen

Date: 29/1/19            Time: 18:35pm

 

Week 1 – Character Costumes based on genres.

My first character is a male, I have chosen a western genre as I already have a large amount of knowledge to what they would wear and what accessories they would hold or use. The man is seen to be wearing a buttoned up shirt, with a large hat. on the lower half the western male is wearing denim jeans a pair of rider boots.

 

My second character is a female, I have chosen a medieval genre for the female. after research I found that they would normally wear a tight fitting corset, with longer and looser sleeves with a long draping dress. There were not many colours to be seen on dresses from this genre compared to the western.

Thanks for joining me!

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