So far in creative media, my group and I have been filming and editing our film. At first we wanted to film Zhierleen’s film but after brainstorming, we decided that we would create a film based on all our films. I will admit, at first I wasn’t so hot on the idea because the project was due in a week but Mr Andrews gave us an extension and after Elena showed me what she had planned I became very excited about filming what we had created!
We encountered several problems on our journey to film our work but we managed to solve them. The first problem we encountered was when we were going to film. Since all of us live a busy life, there were times were not all of us could make it to filming and sometimes people would cancel at the last minute. I will admit there were a couple of times I couldn’t make it to filming because since there’s only my mum, she sometimes couldn’t get me out to where we were filming. Another problem was we needed to have most of the film filmed before the holidays because Zhierleen would be away for the whole holidays but lucky we were able to get most of it done. The last problem we encountered was cutting down the footage so our film would be at an appropriate length. We had filmed so much footage that we were struggling to cut out parts and still keep the film flowing. That was pretty much all the problems and difficulties we faced.
During filming, I discovered several skills that I didn’t know I had. I discovered that I wasn’t too bad at filming and I could use the camera very well. At first, I was very concerned that I wouldn’t be able to use the camera but it turns out I can use it quite well. The other skill I discovered that I had was I could use Final Cut very well. A hobby of mine is to edit film and add music to it. At first I thought Final Cut would be a lot harder since I use Sony Vegas but it turns out that both programs are very similar to each other so I found using Final Cut quite easy. That was all the skills I discovered during the project.
So far I am quite satisfied with the film. The only improvement I believe we can make is to make the film flow a bit better. The film is quite good but there are some scenes where I believe we need to add extra footage so it flows just like a movie.
Overall, I don’t think we managed our time effectively at all. A week before the project was due, we changed our entire film and we didn’t make a solid plan of when we would film. We would call each other the night before and try to film the next day which was quite silly since we would need at least a days notice so we could make it. So that is why I don’t believe we managed our time effectively.
As mentioned before, I don’t believe we managed our time effectively. If I could change anything, I would make sure to manage my time more effectively. I would have the film idea already done and have a plan or a rough idea on when and what scenes we would be filming. If we could have done this the first time, then filming would have been a lot easier and we most likely would have had the film completed by the due date. This would be the only thing I change and if we started again I would also do this.
As far as I know, we have uploaded the footage onto the macs and it has worked fine. However, we have a major problem since Elena is the only one with the footage. So it something were to happen to Elena’s hard drive, we would lost all our footage. This is why I brought my own hard drive except I need to set it up so I can load stuff onto it. Once I have my hard drive up and running, I will get the footage so we have a back up. I will also put the footage on my external hard drive at home so if anything happens to our (Elena’s and mine) hard drives, we will have another copy.
Overall, I am very pleased with our film. We have encountered problems but we managed to solve them and I even learnt new skills. However, if I could change anything, I would manage our time a lot better than we did. A part from that I am very happy with our film.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Music In Film Exercise
How the music makes me feel...
It gives off a very eerie feeling and makes me feel nervous. At first I feel very nervous and slightly worried because I think that something very bad is about to happen. Further on in the piece of music, I feel drawn in because of the sudden change in music. It goes from being creepy and eerie to a steady beating and has an almost adventurous feeling to. It gets louder as if something big is happening or something dramatic. Towards the end it starts to quieten down and goes back to that eerie music.
Instruments
Flutes, string instruments, horns, piano (I think) and subtle music is heard behind the main music. The flute and string instruments are played slowly and the build up of instruments gets played loudly.
What I think is happening
The camera is slowly traveling through a haunted forest and suddenly breaks through the trees and starts traveling over at section of land. It goes over mountains and over forests. It starts to travel over a large body of water and fish jump out of the water. It then continues to travel over the land before it slows down and slowly travels through either a city or another dark forest. It suddenly goes faster and travels towards another location before it stops at its final location.
Music From: The Shadow
It gives off a very eerie feeling and makes me feel nervous. At first I feel very nervous and slightly worried because I think that something very bad is about to happen. Further on in the piece of music, I feel drawn in because of the sudden change in music. It goes from being creepy and eerie to a steady beating and has an almost adventurous feeling to. It gets louder as if something big is happening or something dramatic. Towards the end it starts to quieten down and goes back to that eerie music.
Instruments
Flutes, string instruments, horns, piano (I think) and subtle music is heard behind the main music. The flute and string instruments are played slowly and the build up of instruments gets played loudly.
What I think is happening
The camera is slowly traveling through a haunted forest and suddenly breaks through the trees and starts traveling over at section of land. It goes over mountains and over forests. It starts to travel over a large body of water and fish jump out of the water. It then continues to travel over the land before it slows down and slowly travels through either a city or another dark forest. It suddenly goes faster and travels towards another location before it stops at its final location.
Music From: The Shadow
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Filming the Movie - Reflection 1
The Work so far...
In creative media in this term, our main focus is filming a film and then later on in the year, editing that film. The people in my group are Elena and Zhirleen. The film we decided to do was Zhirleen's, Friends and Foes. I think it is quite an interesting story and the storyboard has been well planned out so we all had a very good idea of what Zhirleen wanted. We talked about each scene and how we could film/improve each scene as well as what props we would need to use. Once we were completely happy with what we would be doing, we drew up a production timetable and a prop list. Since all of that was done, we decided that we would film that weekend (on Sunday the 23rd of May) however, Elena forgot to collect the camera and I found out that I couldn't go on Sunday so we didn't end up filming. We will be filming on Thursday afternoon so I will write another reflection after filming.
In creative media in this term, our main focus is filming a film and then later on in the year, editing that film. The people in my group are Elena and Zhirleen. The film we decided to do was Zhirleen's, Friends and Foes. I think it is quite an interesting story and the storyboard has been well planned out so we all had a very good idea of what Zhirleen wanted. We talked about each scene and how we could film/improve each scene as well as what props we would need to use. Once we were completely happy with what we would be doing, we drew up a production timetable and a prop list. Since all of that was done, we decided that we would film that weekend (on Sunday the 23rd of May) however, Elena forgot to collect the camera and I found out that I couldn't go on Sunday so we didn't end up filming. We will be filming on Thursday afternoon so I will write another reflection after filming.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Reflection
Adding on from the previous work the class had been learning last term, this term for our assignment, we were required to come up with a story, write a treatment for that story as well as draw a storyboard up. At first, I thought this task was going to be quite easy and would not take that much effort. However, as I discovered in the early ages of the assignment, it was a lot harder then I first thought. Coming up with a story I was going to use was very easy for me since I have such a creative mind. Writing the treatment was a bit harder since I had, as Mr Andrew’s calls it, wordiness. After looking back on my work repeatedly, I could start to see what Mr Andrews meant. So I re-wrote my treatment several times, hoping that I could cut some of the wordiness out and just have the important information there. However, later on during the assignment, I encountered a few problems.
One of the major problems I have was with the storyboards. To put it bluntly, I suck at drawing. Even my stick figures are awful! I thought this was going to be a major problem for me seen we were required to draw our storyboards. However, when Mr Andrews said we could take photographs and use them in our storyboard, I was quite happy since it meant I wouldn’t have to draw. Sadly, my photographs did not turn out that great since the girls who I asked to help me just would not stop laughing and because of this, it literally completely changed the genre. Instead of it being a horror film, it looked like a comedy. At that stage, I was ready to give up on storyboarding when an idea popped into my head. I asked Mr Andrews if I could use photoshop to simply photoshop people with the ideal poses I wanted into the picture. Luckily, Mr Andrew said yes so the issue with the storyboard was solved. The only other problem I had was my time management. At the beginning of the assignment, I thought I had allowed myself enough time to get everything done in time. Turns out I did not. In fact, I had not planned my time out well at all because I was up till early hours in the morning getting it done. I believe if I knew it would have taken me as long as it did, I would have definitively used my time more wisely. A part from those two problems, those were the only ones I had.
I am very happy with the final product (treatment and storyboard). I worked very hard on both the storyboard and the treatment and I would like to see my hard work pay off, mainly with the storyboard since at some stages I wanted to kill something because it was so frustrating. Overall, I’m proud of the work I have submitted and I’m glad that it is all over.
One of the major problems I have was with the storyboards. To put it bluntly, I suck at drawing. Even my stick figures are awful! I thought this was going to be a major problem for me seen we were required to draw our storyboards. However, when Mr Andrews said we could take photographs and use them in our storyboard, I was quite happy since it meant I wouldn’t have to draw. Sadly, my photographs did not turn out that great since the girls who I asked to help me just would not stop laughing and because of this, it literally completely changed the genre. Instead of it being a horror film, it looked like a comedy. At that stage, I was ready to give up on storyboarding when an idea popped into my head. I asked Mr Andrews if I could use photoshop to simply photoshop people with the ideal poses I wanted into the picture. Luckily, Mr Andrew said yes so the issue with the storyboard was solved. The only other problem I had was my time management. At the beginning of the assignment, I thought I had allowed myself enough time to get everything done in time. Turns out I did not. In fact, I had not planned my time out well at all because I was up till early hours in the morning getting it done. I believe if I knew it would have taken me as long as it did, I would have definitively used my time more wisely. A part from those two problems, those were the only ones I had.
I am very happy with the final product (treatment and storyboard). I worked very hard on both the storyboard and the treatment and I would like to see my hard work pay off, mainly with the storyboard since at some stages I wanted to kill something because it was so frustrating. Overall, I’m proud of the work I have submitted and I’m glad that it is all over.
Character Profile - Anne
Name: Anne Kang Age: 15
Current Residence: Gold Coast, Australia
Occupation: Student Talents/Skills: Very good at her school work and controlling people
Physical Characteristics: When she is thinking/plotting something she gets a certain look on her face.
Height: 165cm Weight: 60kg
Race: Australian Skin Colour: Light tan – light brown
Eye Colour: Brown Glasses/Contact Lenses: Small oval shaped glasses
Hair Colour: Black Facial Shape: Inverted triangle
Distinguishing Features: Wears small oval glasses
Style (Elegant, shabby etc): Elegant – Sets high standards for herself
Dress/Clothing: School uniform
Mannerisms: Polite and portrays a look of innocent
Hobbies: Reading, writing and studying the dead
Favourite Sayings: Scary isn’t it?
Speech Patterns: Long winded but when she’s annoyed, straight to the point.
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: She is very smart and controls people by using their fears against them
Weaknesses: She doesn’t like people that she can’t control
What motivates this character: Getting more power and more control over other people
What frightens this character: Losing power and her control over others
What makes this character happy: When she gains more power
Introvert or Extrovert: Introvert but she is the unexpected ringleader
What is this Character’s Goal: To never to bored in this dull world
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: Is at least in the top two in each class
Character's short-term goals in life: To mess with the minds and well being of her friends
How does Character see herself: Anne sees herself on the outside as a shy, caring girl. However, on the inside she is a cold ruthless person who enjoys controlling others.
How does Character believe she is perceived by others: Anne believes that others fall for her shy, girl act and believe that is who she is as a person.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof: Logic
What would most embarrass this character: When a plan/plot does not going to plan because of a simple mistake.
Best Characteristics: When she does have true friends, she can be a very nice and understanding person.
Worst Characteristics: She is very controlling and has a hungry need for power
Additional Notes on This Character: Anne portrays herself as a shy, innocent girl when underneath the surface she is anything but shy and innocent. Her quest for constant amusement and power slowly makes her want more and more. She doesn’t care about the life’s of other people and tends to think of human beings as nothing more then useless trash for her amusement. Anne is not a person to trust but an individual would certainly never want to get on her bad side.
Current Residence: Gold Coast, Australia
Occupation: Student Talents/Skills: Very good at her school work and controlling people
Physical Characteristics: When she is thinking/plotting something she gets a certain look on her face.
Height: 165cm Weight: 60kg
Race: Australian Skin Colour: Light tan – light brown
Eye Colour: Brown Glasses/Contact Lenses: Small oval shaped glasses
Hair Colour: Black Facial Shape: Inverted triangle
Distinguishing Features: Wears small oval glasses
Style (Elegant, shabby etc): Elegant – Sets high standards for herself
Dress/Clothing: School uniform
Mannerisms: Polite and portrays a look of innocent
Hobbies: Reading, writing and studying the dead
Favourite Sayings: Scary isn’t it?
Speech Patterns: Long winded but when she’s annoyed, straight to the point.
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: She is very smart and controls people by using their fears against them
Weaknesses: She doesn’t like people that she can’t control
What motivates this character: Getting more power and more control over other people
What frightens this character: Losing power and her control over others
What makes this character happy: When she gains more power
Introvert or Extrovert: Introvert but she is the unexpected ringleader
What is this Character’s Goal: To never to bored in this dull world
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: Is at least in the top two in each class
Character's short-term goals in life: To mess with the minds and well being of her friends
How does Character see herself: Anne sees herself on the outside as a shy, caring girl. However, on the inside she is a cold ruthless person who enjoys controlling others.
How does Character believe she is perceived by others: Anne believes that others fall for her shy, girl act and believe that is who she is as a person.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof: Logic
What would most embarrass this character: When a plan/plot does not going to plan because of a simple mistake.
Best Characteristics: When she does have true friends, she can be a very nice and understanding person.
Worst Characteristics: She is very controlling and has a hungry need for power
Additional Notes on This Character: Anne portrays herself as a shy, innocent girl when underneath the surface she is anything but shy and innocent. Her quest for constant amusement and power slowly makes her want more and more. She doesn’t care about the life’s of other people and tends to think of human beings as nothing more then useless trash for her amusement. Anne is not a person to trust but an individual would certainly never want to get on her bad side.
Character Profile - Janne
Name: Jane Jones Age: 15
Current Residence: Gold Coast, Australia
Occupation: Student Talents/Skills: Gymnast and shopping
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 164cm Weight: 55kg
Race: Australian Skin Colour: Tan
Eye Colour: Blue Glasses/Contact Lenses: N/A
Hair Colour: Blonde Facial Shape: Heart
Distinguishing Features: Her top button is always undone and her uniform is to short
Style (Elegant, shabby etc): Elegant with her own style
Dress/Clothing: School uniform
Mannerisms: Polite in front of ours but a real bitch when she’s with her friends
Hobbies: Gymnastic and shopping
Favourite Sayings: Whatever
Speech Patterns: (straight to the point, long winded) Straight to the point
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: She speaks her mind and is not afraid to voice her opinion
Weaknesses: Fears what people think of her – wants everyone to like her
What motivates this character: Popularity
What frightens this character: Being rejected by others
What makes this character happy: Having people follow her guidance
Introvert or Extrovert: Extrovert
What is this Character’s Goal: To be the best gymnastic in the world
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: She is just passing all her subjects because she really doesn’t care about school
Character's short-term goals in life: To win her next gymnastic competition so she can get into nationals
How does Character see himself/herself: She sees herself as a Goddess and that everyone loves her
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others: They all love her and think she’s the greatest
How self-confident is the character: Very much so
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof: Emotion
What would most embarrass this character: Having someone stand up to her and question her beliefs
Best Characteristics: She’s not afraid to voice her opinion
Worst Characteristics: She is easily controlled by others and she is to self-centered
Does the character have any prejudices: She doesn’t like and people telling her what to do and fears being rejected.
Additional Notes on This Character: Jane is a person who is a gymnastic and has a very self-centered personality. She thinks that every person likes her and she is easily control by her friend Anne because of her personality. Her reality is clouded by what she wants to think is there but not what is actually there and this causes a lot of people to not like her.
Current Residence: Gold Coast, Australia
Occupation: Student Talents/Skills: Gymnast and shopping
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 164cm Weight: 55kg
Race: Australian Skin Colour: Tan
Eye Colour: Blue Glasses/Contact Lenses: N/A
Hair Colour: Blonde Facial Shape: Heart
Distinguishing Features: Her top button is always undone and her uniform is to short
Style (Elegant, shabby etc): Elegant with her own style
Dress/Clothing: School uniform
Mannerisms: Polite in front of ours but a real bitch when she’s with her friends
Hobbies: Gymnastic and shopping
Favourite Sayings: Whatever
Speech Patterns: (straight to the point, long winded) Straight to the point
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: She speaks her mind and is not afraid to voice her opinion
Weaknesses: Fears what people think of her – wants everyone to like her
What motivates this character: Popularity
What frightens this character: Being rejected by others
What makes this character happy: Having people follow her guidance
Introvert or Extrovert: Extrovert
What is this Character’s Goal: To be the best gymnastic in the world
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: She is just passing all her subjects because she really doesn’t care about school
Character's short-term goals in life: To win her next gymnastic competition so she can get into nationals
How does Character see himself/herself: She sees herself as a Goddess and that everyone loves her
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others: They all love her and think she’s the greatest
How self-confident is the character: Very much so
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof: Emotion
What would most embarrass this character: Having someone stand up to her and question her beliefs
Best Characteristics: She’s not afraid to voice her opinion
Worst Characteristics: She is easily controlled by others and she is to self-centered
Does the character have any prejudices: She doesn’t like and people telling her what to do and fears being rejected.
Additional Notes on This Character: Jane is a person who is a gymnastic and has a very self-centered personality. She thinks that every person likes her and she is easily control by her friend Anne because of her personality. Her reality is clouded by what she wants to think is there but not what is actually there and this causes a lot of people to not like her.
Character Profile - Emily
Name: Emily Park Age: 15
Current Residence: Gold Coast, Australia
Occupation: Student Talents/Skills: Athletic
Physical Characteristics: When she is thinking/plotting something she gets a certain look on her face.
Height: 167cm Weight: 60kg
Race: Australian Skin Colour: White
Eye Colour: Dark green Glasses/Contact Lenses: N/A
Hair Colour: Brown Facial Shape: Oval
Distinguishing Features: Has a small scar on the side of her neck
Style (Elegant, shabby etc): Shabby
Dress/Clothing: School uniform
Mannerisms: Rude and loud
Hobbies: Sports
Favourite Sayings: I don’t really care
Speech Patterns: (straight to the point, long winded) Straight to the point
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: Athletic and quite fit
Weaknesses: Easily controlled and blinded because of her personality
What motivates this character: Having the chance to get away and do naughty things
What frightens this character: Anne
What makes this character happy: When something bad happens to Anne or when she gets away with doing something
Introvert or Extrovert: Extrovert
What is this Character’s Goal: To live life to the fullest and not to take crap from anyone
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: Emily may not portray it but she is a very smart human being. She doesn’t study or work hard and yet she is still able to perform well in school and achieve very high grades.
Character's short-term goals in life: To find out what Anne is really hiding.
How does Character see herself: Emily sees herself as an individual not to be messed with. She believes that she doesn’t have a lot of patience and tends to snap at people quite easily because they either annoy her or they piss her off.
How does Character believe she is perceived by others: Emily doesn’t care about what others think of her so she never thought about how other portray her.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof: As surprising as it is, Emily is ruled by her logic. Some emotion, many anger or frustration, may have some say in what she does but most of the time she is ruled by logic.
What would most embarrass this character: Getting caught doing things she shouldn’t be.
Best Characteristics: That if she has true friends, she will stand by there side and support them no matter what.
Worst Characteristics: She has little patience and snaps very easily.
Additional Notes on This Character: Emily maybe a rude, loud mouth on the surface but underneath she is a very smart, logical human being. She rules herself by logic but some of her emotions do have a say in what she does. She would always stand by her true friends but she has little patience and snaps very easily so it makes it hard for people to get to know her.
Current Residence: Gold Coast, Australia
Occupation: Student Talents/Skills: Athletic
Physical Characteristics: When she is thinking/plotting something she gets a certain look on her face.
Height: 167cm Weight: 60kg
Race: Australian Skin Colour: White
Eye Colour: Dark green Glasses/Contact Lenses: N/A
Hair Colour: Brown Facial Shape: Oval
Distinguishing Features: Has a small scar on the side of her neck
Style (Elegant, shabby etc): Shabby
Dress/Clothing: School uniform
Mannerisms: Rude and loud
Hobbies: Sports
Favourite Sayings: I don’t really care
Speech Patterns: (straight to the point, long winded) Straight to the point
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: Athletic and quite fit
Weaknesses: Easily controlled and blinded because of her personality
What motivates this character: Having the chance to get away and do naughty things
What frightens this character: Anne
What makes this character happy: When something bad happens to Anne or when she gets away with doing something
Introvert or Extrovert: Extrovert
What is this Character’s Goal: To live life to the fullest and not to take crap from anyone
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: Emily may not portray it but she is a very smart human being. She doesn’t study or work hard and yet she is still able to perform well in school and achieve very high grades.
Character's short-term goals in life: To find out what Anne is really hiding.
How does Character see herself: Emily sees herself as an individual not to be messed with. She believes that she doesn’t have a lot of patience and tends to snap at people quite easily because they either annoy her or they piss her off.
How does Character believe she is perceived by others: Emily doesn’t care about what others think of her so she never thought about how other portray her.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof: As surprising as it is, Emily is ruled by her logic. Some emotion, many anger or frustration, may have some say in what she does but most of the time she is ruled by logic.
What would most embarrass this character: Getting caught doing things she shouldn’t be.
Best Characteristics: That if she has true friends, she will stand by there side and support them no matter what.
Worst Characteristics: She has little patience and snaps very easily.
Additional Notes on This Character: Emily maybe a rude, loud mouth on the surface but underneath she is a very smart, logical human being. She rules herself by logic but some of her emotions do have a say in what she does. She would always stand by her true friends but she has little patience and snaps very easily so it makes it hard for people to get to know her.
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