Storyboarding
Storyboarding is the process in which drawings are produced of the shots of your script
Why do we do it?
It helps you to visualise what your film is going to look like. It enables you to work faster on set because it is a lot easier and quicker to show someone a picture of something for them to visualise it than to try and explain in words and have there interpretation match your ideas. It also means that producers can see problems with shots before time and money has been wasted by making a bad shot. It also means actors will get a feel of what they will be doing before they start filming which saves time.
Do you have to be an artist?
There are professional storyboard artists however you can do them yourself which is probably a better idea as nothing is lost in translation, you can experiment more and it is a lot cheaper doing it your self.
Story boarding is especially useful in complex sequences such as a battle scene or special effects sequences because they are complicated and it is good to have them planed out of they look like a mess. Some producers only storyboard these such sequences and some storyboard the whole film. They are used in stunt sequences also because they are usually the most expensive part in the whole film and can only be filmed a few times so it is very important that it is got right
this is an example of a storyboard of the shining.
Friday, 27 November 2009
Storyboarding
Storyboarding is the process in which drawings are produced of the shots of your script
Why do we do it?
It helps you to visualise what your film is going to look like. It enables you to work faster on set because it is a lot easier and quicker to show someone a picture of something for them to visualise it than to try and explain in words and have there interpretation match your ideas. It also means that producers can see problems with shots before time and money has been wasted by making a bad shot. It also means actors will get a feel of what they will be doing before they start filming which saves time.
Do you have to be an artist?
There are professional storyboard artists however you can do them yourself which is probably a better idea as nothing is lost in translation, you can experiment more and it is a lot cheaper doing it your self.
Story boarding is especially useful in complex sequences such as a battle scene or special effects sequences because they are complicated and it is good to have them planed out of they look like a mess. Some producers only storyboard these such sequences and some storyboard the whole film. They are used in stunt sequences also because they are usually the most expensive part in the whole film and can only be filmed a few times so it is very important that it is got right
this is an example of a storyboard of the shining.
Storyboarding is the process in which drawings are produced of the shots of your script
Why do we do it?
It helps you to visualise what your film is going to look like. It enables you to work faster on set because it is a lot easier and quicker to show someone a picture of something for them to visualise it than to try and explain in words and have there interpretation match your ideas. It also means that producers can see problems with shots before time and money has been wasted by making a bad shot. It also means actors will get a feel of what they will be doing before they start filming which saves time.
Do you have to be an artist?
There are professional storyboard artists however you can do them yourself which is probably a better idea as nothing is lost in translation, you can experiment more and it is a lot cheaper doing it your self.
Story boarding is especially useful in complex sequences such as a battle scene or special effects sequences because they are complicated and it is good to have them planed out of they look like a mess. Some producers only storyboard these such sequences and some storyboard the whole film. They are used in stunt sequences also because they are usually the most expensive part in the whole film and can only be filmed a few times so it is very important that it is got right
this is an example of a storyboard of the shining.
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Intro to video camera
The camera we have been working with is the PD 170 it can be hand held or set up onto a tripod. It is important to make sure you set the camera up right with the right settings on or when you watch the film back the film will be bad quality and your work will be wasted.
Aspect ratio for camera
· The best aspect ratio for the camera to be set up on is 16:9 wide. On a modern wide screen television however watching on an old box set television the best ratio 4:3 because the screen isn’t so wide.
Shutter speed
· Shutter speed is best set at 50 usually. If the shutter speed number (the number that shows haw many times the shutter is closed in a second) is above 50 the sharper in focus the picture/shot will be. If the shutter number is below 50 the worse the quality of the film is.
db
· The dB should be set to zero or excess light will be let in which is unnecessary. To change the dB you must press the gain button on the camera and use the wheel on the side to change the db number to zero. F6.8 is the perfect aperture, which is the amount of light let in. a number above 6.8 makes the picture much darker; below 6.8 makes the picture lighter the apertures can be changed above or below 6.8 but only to set a scene or the shot looks badly done.
Settings for light
· The light bulb/sunshine symbols. When filming out side the sunshine symbol must be on when the camera is exposed to natural light when filming indoors the light bulb setting must be on because the light is artificial and different to natural light.
Pixels
· Pixels on the television screen per square inch are 720 x 576.
Hotspots
· The rectangle in the centre of the screen is to show roughly where the four hot spots are. This is an aid to the person filming as a guide of where to put the most important things in there shot. There are 4 hot spots each in the corner of the rectangle.
Dv cam
· DV CAM stands for Digital Video Camera and
The camera we have been working with is the PD 170 it can be hand held or set up onto a tripod. It is important to make sure you set the camera up right with the right settings on or when you watch the film back the film will be bad quality and your work will be wasted.
Aspect ratio for camera
· The best aspect ratio for the camera to be set up on is 16:9 wide. On a modern wide screen television however watching on an old box set television the best ratio 4:3 because the screen isn’t so wide.
Shutter speed
· Shutter speed is best set at 50 usually. If the shutter speed number (the number that shows haw many times the shutter is closed in a second) is above 50 the sharper in focus the picture/shot will be. If the shutter number is below 50 the worse the quality of the film is.
db
· The dB should be set to zero or excess light will be let in which is unnecessary. To change the dB you must press the gain button on the camera and use the wheel on the side to change the db number to zero. F6.8 is the perfect aperture, which is the amount of light let in. a number above 6.8 makes the picture much darker; below 6.8 makes the picture lighter the apertures can be changed above or below 6.8 but only to set a scene or the shot looks badly done.
Settings for light
· The light bulb/sunshine symbols. When filming out side the sunshine symbol must be on when the camera is exposed to natural light when filming indoors the light bulb setting must be on because the light is artificial and different to natural light.
Pixels
· Pixels on the television screen per square inch are 720 x 576.
Hotspots
· The rectangle in the centre of the screen is to show roughly where the four hot spots are. This is an aid to the person filming as a guide of where to put the most important things in there shot. There are 4 hot spots each in the corner of the rectangle.
Dv cam
· DV CAM stands for Digital Video Camera and
Thursday, 19 November 2009
New post: preliminary task evaluation
Location
Our location was the film studio with the set of a brick walled room, grey carpet, white door and window with a single hanging light with no shade. This location worked for are task because we wanted the feel of a flat or home of lower class. The feel of the room was cold and uneasy which reflected the scene and what the topic of our clip was. In filming my job was the person involved with continuity to spot any changes in the acting or props for example spotting to see if the actor shut the door before he started to talk or that they were standing in the same places as before we all had a go at the camera and using appropriate terminology to let people know what to do, saying when to cut and action..
Lighting
We had harsh lighting coming from the bear bulb and from the studio lights we also had harsh light to show the ugly situation so we wanted an ugly light. This was important to our scene because we didn’t want the lighting to be soft we we wanted the light to be hard. Yes it was effective but I think that we maybe could have done more interesting things such as back lighting
Filming
We set up the camera correctly to start with by bubbling the tripod(getting the tripod level, colour bars, and lighting making sure there were 0 DB’s sure that the tripod was. We filmed every shot more than ones to be sure the shot was framed correctly and nothing was in shot that shouldn’t have been such as lighting or the edge of set and the mike.. We thought our angles were appropriate because we tried to make them dramatic to match the theme of the scene. we stuck to the story bored sheet and kept to the same shots we were supposed to and then repeating them to check we had them write. After we did the shots we were supposed to we then experimented with other when we were finished. We conformed to the 180 degree rule we were very conches of it. We used appropriate terminology such as stand by, turn over,
It was a good experience because we have to pay so much attention to everything you don’t think about when you are watching a film such as props being in exactly the same place. I also learned how hard it is to work in a short time
We were lucky enough to have the use of the studio when filming our preliminary task which was a great privilege, although watching the task back there are quite a few editing and camera work errors that if I were to re do the task I would change and make look more professional. The part I think looks most armature is the zoom of the dead body on the floor it looks roughly filmed and badly edited. I think by watching this film back I will defiantly learn a lot and be able to have a reference to make my next task a lot more professional.
Location
Our location was the film studio with the set of a brick walled room, grey carpet, white door and window with a single hanging light with no shade. This location worked for are task because we wanted the feel of a flat or home of lower class. The feel of the room was cold and uneasy which reflected the scene and what the topic of our clip was. In filming my job was the person involved with continuity to spot any changes in the acting or props for example spotting to see if the actor shut the door before he started to talk or that they were standing in the same places as before we all had a go at the camera and using appropriate terminology to let people know what to do, saying when to cut and action..
Lighting
We had harsh lighting coming from the bear bulb and from the studio lights we also had harsh light to show the ugly situation so we wanted an ugly light. This was important to our scene because we didn’t want the lighting to be soft we we wanted the light to be hard. Yes it was effective but I think that we maybe could have done more interesting things such as back lighting
Filming
We set up the camera correctly to start with by bubbling the tripod(getting the tripod level, colour bars, and lighting making sure there were 0 DB’s sure that the tripod was. We filmed every shot more than ones to be sure the shot was framed correctly and nothing was in shot that shouldn’t have been such as lighting or the edge of set and the mike.. We thought our angles were appropriate because we tried to make them dramatic to match the theme of the scene. we stuck to the story bored sheet and kept to the same shots we were supposed to and then repeating them to check we had them write. After we did the shots we were supposed to we then experimented with other when we were finished. We conformed to the 180 degree rule we were very conches of it. We used appropriate terminology such as stand by, turn over,
It was a good experience because we have to pay so much attention to everything you don’t think about when you are watching a film such as props being in exactly the same place. I also learned how hard it is to work in a short time
We were lucky enough to have the use of the studio when filming our preliminary task which was a great privilege, although watching the task back there are quite a few editing and camera work errors that if I were to re do the task I would change and make look more professional. The part I think looks most armature is the zoom of the dead body on the floor it looks roughly filmed and badly edited. I think by watching this film back I will defiantly learn a lot and be able to have a reference to make my next task a lot more professional.
what is a horror film?
What is a horror film?
· The watching audience’s personal identification with the terrors or fears of the narrative.
· Fear of the other/monsters and demons in the darkness
· Our personal space/boundaries being transgressed
· The emergence of terror at any level being ignored from a safe vicarious distance
Ideological
· The implicit (hidden) or explicit (obvious) messages and hidden meanings embedded within the narrative
· Themes of punishment, refection and or revulsion at subject which lean away from correct thinking
· From simple or basic messages (the good virgin girl surviving at the expense of the rebellious slutty friend ) … to the more subtle fears of strangers/ hitchhikers breaking our personal boundaries
· Or the condemnation of any deviant (on Christian religions are bad)
· Our perception that the power or science can defeat the darkness at the expense of older beliefs in religion and superstition
· In our new modern understanding of fear we rationalise the supernatural and defeat it with psychology and science rather than religious Latin carnets.
· Modern media creates ‘demons’ by crusading against sections of society and labelling them
· Are there really so many more paedophiles to day than in the past?... or are we just more aware of them today?
· How many escaped mental patents have actually stalked and killed strangers? Or are we just prejudice
· Perhaps the most lucrative genre in the fine industry horror drags in huge audiences justifying the continual re invention re making and franchising of every successful horror product
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· We wonder whether there should be a jones 4 or a lether weapon 5 but no saw 6 or re-making a nightmare on elm street after previous incarnations.
· The watching audience’s personal identification with the terrors or fears of the narrative.
· Fear of the other/monsters and demons in the darkness
· Our personal space/boundaries being transgressed
· The emergence of terror at any level being ignored from a safe vicarious distance
Ideological
· The implicit (hidden) or explicit (obvious) messages and hidden meanings embedded within the narrative
· Themes of punishment, refection and or revulsion at subject which lean away from correct thinking
· From simple or basic messages (the good virgin girl surviving at the expense of the rebellious slutty friend ) … to the more subtle fears of strangers/ hitchhikers breaking our personal boundaries
· Or the condemnation of any deviant (on Christian religions are bad)
· Our perception that the power or science can defeat the darkness at the expense of older beliefs in religion and superstition
· In our new modern understanding of fear we rationalise the supernatural and defeat it with psychology and science rather than religious Latin carnets.
· Modern media creates ‘demons’ by crusading against sections of society and labelling them
· Are there really so many more paedophiles to day than in the past?... or are we just more aware of them today?
· How many escaped mental patents have actually stalked and killed strangers? Or are we just prejudice
· Perhaps the most lucrative genre in the fine industry horror drags in huge audiences justifying the continual re invention re making and franchising of every successful horror product
·
· We wonder whether there should be a jones 4 or a lether weapon 5 but no saw 6 or re-making a nightmare on elm street after previous incarnations.
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