Un-edited

This is the movie in its un-edited state. I'm having a bit of difficulty with the editing (mainly as I dont really know how to use premier - too many bloody buttons!) but i'm working on it!

Keep smiling!

Location Shots on Day of the Shoot

We decided to use the student area outside of Room 207 as it was the most practcal choice as would not disrupt any classes and we could take our time on getting it right.

After a few technical hitches (the power supply mysteriously not working where we wanted our computers to be) we could begin to practise our timing with the already recorded footage and the new shoot.

We shot from several different angles to see which one works best, in some of the shots the monitor was blocked from view by the actor, some of them got too much glow from the monitors and others worked out fine. This gave the group many different angles to choose from and develope further indevidually in their editing.

Once we had finished we reviewed the film to make sure we were all happy with the footage. I feel we all worked well together as a group to make sure everyone had the angle that they were happy with to portray the story in their own way.

Pre-production

As part of the pre-production we had to shoot the footage that would be shown on the computer monitors. We took a Mid-shot of both of the characters pulling faces and laughing etc. Each shot was timed so that as one turned evil, the other became scared. Reference and timing were essential in this production, the two characters had to look the right way at the right time.

When these mid-shots were filmed and we were happy with them we could start to plan the next part of the film.

This is my basic storyboard for the final film;

One Shot Movie Planning

My group for the One Shot Movie consists of Martin, Jo, Steve and myself. As mentioned earlier Jo had showed to group a demo of an idea that he'd had, this is the concept that impressed us all:






We have decided to work with this idea.
STORY: People's evil sides revealing themselves through their reflections (web cam) Our original Idea was to have four people sat at computers playing with their web cams and then being scared off by their "evil sides" revealing themselves. The evil halves will also gesture to each other as if they were together on the "bad" side or a parallel world being shown through the monitors.

After several group meetings we polished off the idea by deciding on only two people instead of four, this was mainly due to limitations set by the camera and monitors, four monitors would be a bit of a stretch to see clearly what was going on on all the screens at once, remember our camera is remaining still throughout the shot. Our two protagonists will be playing happily with their web cams, general funny faces etc and as soon as they disappear an evil side to one of them is revealed who will then cross over screens and hurt the person in the other monitor.

SITUATION: A web cam meeting

DIALOGUE: There is no dialogue in this short film, the tension will be both visual and through the music used.

COMPOSITION: As the composition is resticted by the camera and the monitors (we know that cirtain angles will causes a flicking effect on the featured monitor) we will shoot from several different angles to find out what will work out best for the story and the audience.


The tasks that have been handed out are:
Steve - Lighting, Equiptment
Sam - Actress, Costume
Jo - Actor, Concept Artists, Equiptment
Martin - Production Technition

The group met up before the shoot on Friday 7th Nov to descuss our initial ideas, Tuesday 11th Nov to finalise the ideas and to find a suitable location and Thursday 13th Nov to decide the roles of the group members and to carry out further pre-production planning.

Complimentary Colours

I have taken a photo and changed some of the colours in it to show an example of complimentary colours. When looking at the colour wheel I noticed that Purple and Yellow are complimentary colours. I wanted this photo, taken in Nottingham's Market square to become a bit creepy, I imagine if you put this building in the right setting it could become quite foreboding. I have made this image much darker, The building itself shines golden like I imagine a castle should but there is a contrast created by the complimentary purple used to create a dark look. This is emphasised by the now dark sky.

This building can be found at the entrance to Nottingham University near Lakeside, it is part of their Eco project.


I have added the colours orange and blue as these are complimentary colours.

Colour and Light

Figuring light, Colour and The Intangible
Exhibition at Djanogly Art Gallery, Lakeside

Colour is fundamental for an artist in his or her work, it quite often sets the mood, time and ambience for an image. However this exhibition held at the Djanogly Gallery entitled Figuring light, Colour and the Intangible exhibited works concerned with exploring colour itself as an individual ingredient. Each of the four artists, Duncan Bullen, Jane Bustin, Rebecca Partridge and Richard Kenton Webb, have displayed work that investigates colour, and of course light, differently.

I was most impressed with the work of Rebecca Partridge as her vibrant paintings really caught my eye. I agree with curator Richard Davey when he describes them to echo the Kaleidoscope’s symmetrical patterns.
Partridge manages to capture the viewer in an abyss of geometrical colour that follows the principles of light as discovered by Isaac Newton. Looking at her painting Evolver my eyes are drawn through the recession created by the spiralling vortex of coloured blocks, each block has a different colour on each side no two boxes seeming to be the same colour code and both size and shape of the boxes vary creating an organised mess of form. As your eye comes out from the centre of the painting you notice that the box forms get slightly larger and the colour begins to wash creating a less intense environment when compared to the middle of the painting.

‘I’m attempting to express something fundamental expanding from a
source. It makes sense that the colour fragments from the primaries –
that it illustrates a division of light a moment of creative energy'.

Rebecca Partridge

This piece is a direct contrast to The Dazzling Darkness. In the white paintings where the colours overlap they get darker as in the subtractive colour wheel. In this painting the colours get lighter when they overlap which is the normal behaviour of light. These two paintings demonstrate the way in which colour and light interact with one another.

One shot movie Ideas

I've had a couple of ideas for interesting one shot movies.

The first idea is inspired by today's date 11/11 (remembrance day) A day dedicated to the remembrance of the soldiers who represented our country in times of war. A lot of people do not pay any tribute to these people which I find rather sad and a lot of army veterans are often forgotten. Thinking about this I remembered attending my local church when I was a young girl, we gave thanks for the people who served for us. I remember looking around at the people in the church and seeing a few elderly men with their badges pinned proudly on their suits, one mans chest was full of them. I also remembered how shocked he was when I stopped and asked him to tell me about each badge and what they stood for. He delightfully went through each badge one after the other, his chest held high and proud. Afterwards he shook my hand and thanked me for showing such a keen interest.

I think people do not thank these people enough for what they do (or did in years past) which led me to think about a one shot film that will make poeple think about those that risked their lives to protect us and are perhaps now forgotten.

It sees an elderly man sat in his armchair after drinking himself into a sound sleep. The camera pans slowly past his old photos on the fireplace allowing the audience to learn about the man's past as a soldier. After moving down the camera follows the leg of the man as he sleeps in his chair, passing empty beer bottles and taking in all the small details such as tatoos on his arms, the scruffyness of his clothes, the bristles on his cheeks and the badges he has pinned on his vest, still shining as if new. Finally the camera slowly zooms out to show the whole scene, a warm fireplace, an old nameless solider, a tall lamp behind the armchair giving off a soft yellow light.

Another Idea reflects the current financial crisis that is gripping this country's economy. Some families are struggling to make ends meet.

A table is littered with bills and eviction notices, the letter on top has 'Final Notice' stamped on top of it in large red letters. As the camera slowley glides over these letters it reaches the edge of the table where a woman comes into view who is destressed. as she comes into focus she starts to pour a clear liquid aver the kitchen and herself, stopping occationally in thought. She throws the bottle away and sits with her back against the kitchen cabinets, poised with a match box in the hand. As tears stream down her cheeks she pulls out a match, tries several times to light it and just as she is about to strike the match she hears her baby crying upstairs. She drops the matches and falls apart sobbing, the camera slowly zooms out and black out.

The idea that my group has come up with involves the idea of people meeting their evil other halves. This is done through a computer screen. What starts off as a webcam becomes a way for the evil side of people to show themselves.

Both water and hills are aligned in my photo of Milford Sound.

This images frames the peak of the distant hills fantastically.

more images...

This image aligns myself with the left vertical line and the sheep's heads with bottom horizontal line.

The Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is a rough guide used by photographers to successfully align the subject in an image. Four lines make up the grid, two vertical and two horizontal, the main focus areas being where the lines intersect.

This guide is an effective way of placing your horizon line.

Mr Blob Man

I have been working on this piece all day and I am really pleased with it. I had the Idea of a blob man changing his shape by pushing himself through a pipe in the induction week when we used a whiteboard to make a stopmotion project. I finally had the chance to do it!

Enjoy!

Final Crazy Shoes Animation

This is the final edition of this piece of animation, I love the music. The colours are much more dramatic than in the original photos used and yes! I got the sparkle for the siver shoes!

Enjoy

Final Group Animation Piece

For this piece of work I wanted it to look a bit cartoony, I was thinking wacky races, I added a poster effect to all the images and word effects similar to those used in the old batman series "POW" etc. This gives the audience a focus at particular points in the animation.

Over all, I am very pleased with this light hearted piece of animation.

Journal Task

People want their products to do more for them than just function well because there are so many versions of one product. Manufacturers are all supplying for the same target market, the products are primarily the same, function is the same, the only way that they may truly differ is by aesthetics which makes purchase down to the individuals taste.
For example I bought my Olympus digital camera about 4 years ago, it is still in a good working order as if it were brand new.




However, it is now dated in technology and aesthetics which led me to replace it for another.

When Looking at all the new models I noticed that the specifications were very similar on most of the different makes with the prices ranging from £69 - £200+ some of the more expensive models were priced because of brand, others because of a slightly higher spec. But predominantly they all had the same function.



I chose the Fujifilm Z100 because if had a very decent spec at a decent price. What led me to choose it over other cheaper models was its looks.

To me this camera was the best looking one there, brown being my favourite colour, the LCD screen on the back is much larger than my original camera and the size is more pleasing making use much easier.

It is Aesthetics and Ergonomics of an object that make them appealing to people. This is why there are so many of one object to choose from because everybody has different tastes and it is down to the designers to make a product that suites each individual.