Work to strengths so you can produce a film to the best of your potential ability. Do research so that you can be an authority figure on the subject and don’t make assumptions as to what is correct. Know your personal risks and take all variables in to account, so that the group will not be hurt. In the event someone has a problem, for example, diabetes. You have to make sure they have what they need in case of an emergency. Have the same visual style so that the audience can keep track of what they are looking at. For example if a scene is lit two different ways most people will assume that the scene is different. Keep narrative in mind so that you can properly keep track of time and story. Be ambitious so you have room for improvement. Keep Sound design in mind. Strip ideas down. Be proactive.

Noctam

it had Good use of music showed restraint and a capability to get royalty free media that suits it

Good mise en scene the props are consistent with the environment changing as as they would normally

Had a variety of shots so you don’t get bored watching one scene

Notes for success

Speak ideas so you can generate more and develop ideas

Use visual inspiration to help get ideas for production

List allows people involved so everyone knows what to do and what is in progress so they can help out and not waste time

do a numbered storyboard so you have a clear idea of what will happen

Account for all risks even unlightly scenarios may still happen

Take all precautions to ensure success like better equipment props and costumes

Plan days for filming so you have a clear schedule and there aren’t any days where someone does not show up

Consistent visual style so they dont change how it looks part way into the through and make the audience confused

The style will be dependent on other filmmakers so make sure it is different enough but not so different as to make the scene bad

Work collaboratively make sure everyone is on the same page and is happy with the end result

Identify a variety of methods to allow you to chose the best work and design your plot and story from there.

these are the targets i need to achieve within the next 2 weeks

2 textual analysis focus on micro and macro elements based on what the theme of our FMP is on

internet research (reference website/web page)

blog on notes

reference list ALL sources (elles kenney)

finalise book research

write blog on elles kenney interview blog

dedicate time to work

colour grading

Colour grading We are also going to use editing software to change what the video looks like and what it contains we will also change the context of the video and manipulate what the video looks like to what it contains so the independent video contains several points. we did an over the shoulder shot so i just changed the temperature

high angle shot

High angle shot We are going to use the physical camera in the first experiment by changing the maneuvering and manipulating the camera we will create practical effects and show what we can do with the camera physically whist trying to create a more astatically refined source. The camera will be moved around the subject we will have to change the independent photo to make it our own.

i have done a new questionnaire. The questionnaire is about short films and what makes them good i have asked several questions that ensure the validation of the choices we will make further in to pre production

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1 Don’t shoot everything 

You don’t have to shoot everything shoot what you need rather than what you have to think about what you are shooting and have to think about what the scene portrays. It also make editing easier so you don’t have to sift through several large clips for a 9 second clip. You have to plan your shots ahead of time

2 Take your time

Keep rolling rather than stopping the clip preemptively so the words aren’t cut off and you have enough time to take notice on what’s going on so when it cuts the audience aren’t confused

3 Leave headroom  

Get the right amount of headspace for the character you might end up with either a floating head or makes it claustrophobic so the person has enough space so they don’t look weird or lazily shot.

4 Don’t over or under expose

Either you over expose your background or underexpose the subject the sun needs to be the key light as to avoid the shot being to dark or to bright this effect is not especially hard to avoid but it can be a major failure in a shot

5 Don’t over zoom

It can make a sequence look good but if there are too many zooms it can make a sequence look bad especially in a sequence as it messes with the viewer’s special awareness and it can deteriorate the quality of the film

6 Mix up the angles

Its always good to get different perspectives when it’s always the change of angles make it look better

7 Stabilize for smooth footage

When there is handheld footage it needs to be immersive and has to be a realistic otherwise it can look bad most of the time you will need smooth footage when the footage is too unstable the audience might find it unbearable or boring/hard to focus on  

These techniques are how the video was filmed, the skill applied and what the person has done to the camera.

Camera shots and angles

The camera shot is how the camera is positioned in regards to the subject, for instance a high angle short will be above a subject, but a tilt will either move up or down across a subject. Tracking shots directly relate to the position of the subject.

Sound

Non-diegetic and diegetic sound

Diegetic means you hear the same things as the character. This applies to all audio in the video. If the character either knows or hears what is said it is diegetic, if they never hear it is non diegetic. This is important because it can introduce tragic irony where you know what the main character does not .