18. Technical Post: Sound (Use of Microphones)

INSIDE MIC OFF

INSIDE MIC ON

OUTSIDE DEAD-CAT HPF ON

OUTSIDE DEAD-CAT MIC ON

HPF ON

OUTSIDE MIC ON

OUTSIDE MIC OFF

For our music video we tested out using different microphone techniques to see whether this would be beneficial for our project. However, we are not going to use microphones, due to the fact that this is a music video we have decided to have no sound from the raw footage and just have the soundtrack play over the footage. 

17. Technical Post: Green Screen

What is it? 

Chroma Key Compositing or Chroma Keying, is a visual effects/post-production technique for compositing two images or video streams together based on colour hues.

Why we use it? 

We use Chroma Key in order to enhance the experience of a moving/still image, this is also a cheaper alternative than for films to be filmed on location and cuts out any other factors that might hinder the filming process of a film project.

Positives 

- Cheap
- Can allow people to theoretically be in any location or environment
- Can save film/TV makers a lot of time
- The shoot wouldn't be delayed by factors such as weather
- The controlled environment provided by a green screen studio ensures that external noise, lighting conditions etc. do not have to be factored into the filming process

Negatives 

- A line can be formed around an object while using the Chroma Key.
- That sometimes the image doesn't look real enough to make the location and event believable
- That it can take time and money to train actors and crew on how to use a Chroma Key.

How might we use it? 

We would use it in situations where the narrative that we have chosen is in a location that might be fictitious or in a location that would be hard to get to, to film at or that we didn't have the budget or the time to travel to the specific location that we needed to go to.

Our Green Screen Attempt:

16. Technical: Camera Composition/Camera Dolly

Here we have a test for a moving image shot, following one of our classmates, we thought this would be useful for our music video, as we planned to have moving shots within our music video as we were going to follow a group of teenagers on their day out, hanging out with each other. 

We thought that we would test using the camera dolly as we thought that we might use it for one of our establishing shots of one of our locations, however in the end we didn't really use it, only for the lip syncing scenes to some degree. 

15. Technical: Lighting

Technical - 3 Point Lighting

Here is our compilation of the three different types of lighting used as well as coloured filters in order to create various atmospheres when placed in front of the lighting source. 

14. Technical - Introduction to Foley

13. Timeline

12. Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds - Group Work

The Idea

The Rule of Thirds is a term that is used by film makers and photographers in which an image is located in specific locations within the frame. The first image above shows the guidelines that would be displayed on a camera screen if the setting was chosen to show it and the second image above shows the points where the guidelines cross/intersect. The third image reveals an animal positioned on two of the intersecting points. The Rule of Thirds is used so the camera can be pointed at objects that are positioned on the guidelines.

Pictures using rule of thirds

Centre 

Left intersection points 

Right intersection points 

Right third

Left third 

Centre third 

From these images we can see that the use of the rule of thirds can give us ideal shots for our thriller opening.  

11. Animatic & Storyboard

10. Story Board

  11. Summary - Walking into the train station

Shot – medium close up of back of head

Angle – Medium / Level

Movement  - walking in front of camera and towards the station

Composition – left side

Time- 0-6 seconds

22.  Summary- train going past

Shot – A mid shot

Angle – Level

Movement - Pan

Composition – Centre

Time – 7-10 seconds

 3.  Summary; Lip sink, standing in station

            Shot – group shot

            Angle – level

            Movement  - Still

            Composition – centre

    

         4. Summary; Lip Sink, zoom out

             Shot – close up

             Angle – level

             Movement – zooming out

             Composition – centre

         5.  Summary; walking to cafe

            Shot – Pan

            Angle – Level

            Movement  - Tracking

            Composition – Centre

       6. Summary; shot of feet walking into cafe

           Shot -point of view, hand held

           Angle – high angle, tilt

           Movement – Tilt

           Composition -  Point of view

      7. Summary; Walking in sitting down at table, friends smiling

          Shot – Point of view

          Angle – Hand held

          Movement – Go Pro filming

          Composition- point of view

8.  Summary; composition of shots, laughing, holding hands, pouring coffee

      Shot- close up, hand held camera

     Angle - level

     Movement – tracking shot, zoom

     Composition – Left side

9. Summary; skate park 

     Shot- go pros, hand held

    Angle- high angle

    Movement – panning

    Composition – centre

10.   Summary; chilling in London EG; bikes, walking, eating

        Shot – close up, Go Pros, tilt

        Angle – Tilt, Centre

        Movement – Panning

        Composition -

11. Summaries; Journey to Gods Own Junk Yard, Opening door

        Shot – Close up

        Angle – Tilt, Centre

        Movement – Zoom

        Composition – Panning

12. Summaries; Gods Own Junk Yard- looking around people in shop

        Shot – Close up, Group

        Angle – Tilt, Centre

        Movement – Zoom

        Composition – Panning

13. Summaries; Gods Own Junk Yard – signs, laser beams

        Shot – Close up             

        Angle – Tilt, Centre

        Movement – Zoom

        Composition – Panning

14. Summaries; drinking – buying alcohol, walking to party

        Shot – Shot 

        Angle – Tilt, Centre

        Movement – Zoom

        Composition – Panning

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

15. Summaries; walking in to party, people dancing 

        Shot – hand held

        Angle –Centre

        Movement – walking

        Composition – Panning

16. Summaries; montage of shots from different locations such as junk yard, bus, train, running,        laughing and leaving party, night sky   

        Shot – tracking  

        Angle –Centre

        Movement – walking

        Composition – zooming

                                                            

9. Shot List