Monday 28

First day we completed the preproduction i did the sound list and helped the others out we did the shot list risk assessment and the script this meant we could start filming immediately so we went down the road and filmed the first part of Jackson running

A story is a sequence of events

Narrative is telling of the sequence of events

Narratives give audiences

• Diversion
• Personal identification
• Personal relationships
• Surveillance

narrative theorys

• Todorov 5 point narrative
• Claude Levi-Strauss – 5 point narrative
• Opposing forces
• Vladimir prop – functions and characters
• There are 7 character types
• Hero
• Villain
• Donor
• Helper
• Princess
• Father
• False hero
• Joseph Campbell- Hero with 1000 faces

7 basic plots

• Quest
• Overcoming the Monster
• Rags to riches
• Rebirth
• Voyage
• Comedy
• Tragedy

Narrative forms

• Linear
• Nonlinear narrative
• Single strand narrative
• Multi strand narrative

Narrative types

•  Realist
• Anti-realist Surrealist
• Dramatic irony

Narrative devices

• McGuffin: a series of unfortunate events sugar bowl
• Flashback: forest Gump
• Flash forward
• Foreshadowing
• Chekhov’s gun: mad max angharrad is pregnant
• Deus ex machine: resident evil the cure saving the world/ lead survives the cure

Script writing

Dialogue the dialogue is indented for the actor name of actor is bold action marks to give the script tone

The font size is always 12 courier/courier new first ten pages need to be the best

Caps the first time a character is met

Page of script is a page of screen time write what you can see have distinct characters

A “colourist” is someone who corrects colour in footage. A colourist is someone who makes the camera image less “flat” They edit raw or flat images so they can edit more. They want a seamless the colourist will want the audience not to know that it has been colour graded. They have to look at everything and have to make the scene fit the easiest colour corrector on premier pro is the colour wheel

Colour grading is used after correction this includes using scope and waveforms. This is utilised on third party software, you start with removing noise correct the colour temperature you adjust the shadows then the whites then you adjust the mids (the rest of the colours) then add any filters that are appropriate.

Exposure correction you can correct exposure using blend modes. Using darken and lighten blend mode among 3 other blend modes you can combine blend modes to make better effects.

LUTs

LUTs are colour filters that changes colours to another colour LUTs need programs to run onto media the

Adjustment layers

1. Colour pre-sets
2. Exposure pre-sets
3. Film grain
4. Vignettes
5. Distortions

good videos to watch to help understand

Build a sequence: Import footage on to premier pro get rid of the rubbish stuff then assemble the footage in order

 Refine sequence: trim and cut footage as necessary don’t have dead air

Building a soundtrack: create a suitable ambient track add dialogue and sound effects add music use l and j (to smoothen/hide audio or video cuts mix the volume so nothing is in the red.

Adding titles use simple titles Use after effects and make a link so you  can edit using after effects and it will update premier  pro          

Colour correction and grading: correct the white balance change the contrast be subtle if you are too obvious you can   

ADR – automatic dialogue replacement when you change the audio after post production. ADR is the process of replacing the audio after it is shot on set, the actor may replace a talking to censor or replace with singing it can also be used for creative proposes. Before the movies try’d making different movies before dubbing it is not uncommon to completely replace all audio partial ADR is not recommended

Visual ADR is when the actor watches the scene and replaces the dialogue. Auditory ADR is when the actor listens and repeats this is used for musicals rather than regular scenes

Foley sound – it’s very common of using the sounds can be used from anywhere but it isn’t the original sound it is an imitation often using props to mimic sounds

Music – its not just a popular piece it is usually an underscore. Should be royalty free. Sound bridging is when audio bridges two clips using layers to smooth transitions. Then you have to mix all the sound first is the ambient or background then Foley and dialogue and finally music after you mix the volume

Camera setup

Pixel aspect ratio (720 1080 4k) the number relates to the height of the picture in pixels you can change this in the resolution tab

Frame rates (24fps 30fps 50fps 60fps) the larger the number the smoother the video the higher fps the smother and easier to slow down

I.S.O below 540

Shutter speed 1/50 for decent light

Aperture use light meter

Format the SD card

Shot reverse-shot

The brain uses the 180degree rule to establish the special awareness

Lighting the scene

Using fill lights key light background light to create silhouettes and other effects  

Setting up project save projects to large space that has ram

Sequence to match the camera footage settings

Workspace settings should be set up efficiently

Assemble footage by ordering the clips to a coherent quality and order

Build the soundtrack using layers (dialogue music SFX background and ambient noise)