Thursday, 3 May 2012
Monday, 30 April 2012
What could i have done differently?
I could have easily spent another week on the film constantly going over the film many times, to make sure everything was absolutely fine. I feel i did this well enough but i had other work commitments and after a long edit process (over 3 weeks) i felt i had come to the end, and could no longer work on this without bringing myself to complete exhaustion, and therefore no time to revise for my exams.
What could i have done differently? The film had taken many changes over the course of its pre production but still ended up very much as i had envisaged the film, i guess mainly from the editing that i had done to make it so.
There were a few parts that looking back with Maria, my tutor i could have changed. With the FIFA scene she said she wasn't too sure on what the game is and i could have included some shots of this. To be honest i hadn't tried, as out of experience the shot has waves rippling across the screen. I could have changed this easily but the edit was too far in.
I think with an extra five minutes of film time it could have been made a lot clearer in parts and more informative with narrative and interviews, but obviously there was a time restriction so i made best what i could do.
On my original edit the scavenge and hunt had been over 4 minutes each so this was cut down a lot. I could have spent a long long time deliberating what to leave and out, a process which could have taken many days, but i was quite brutal on my approach to it and if something didn't work so well then it was cut.
The only few mistakes i found within the film were a few very subtle bits of continuity, notably there s one occasion were for a brief second one can see i am wearing different trousers and at the hunt scene one can see the beer levels fluctuate a bit as it was done over the course of 2 hours, and for the tribe the beer was flowing.
I had until the end been keen to record the didgeridoo and djembe for the opening sequence and credits. However using the equipment i had i felt the sound quality was not as good as it could be. The didgeridoo emits huge low frequency waves and a massive wall of bass tone which either completely override the equipment, so one gets this huge wall of sound, or if one is further away there are two many background noises. I needed to go to a music studio, and these were close for easter. A bit disappointing as i was looking forward to doing it but a minor blip really. My friend Jess downloaded a plethora of digeridoo recordings and i chose a suitable one, to exoticise the tribe. The track uses at the start was a low drone which gave the opening sequence an air of mystery and the end was more lively...more "allegro" as you wish to give the ending, though the presenter is dispirited, a jovial esque edning
Other then that i was very happy with the outcome.The pilot had been a bit disappointing as the color was exported badly and was a bit haphazard, though this was to engage in understanding the technique of how my final film would be made. The film had been a stressful process to film, but once i was hocked up in the edit suite i found much of the process very relaxing
What could i have done differently? The film had taken many changes over the course of its pre production but still ended up very much as i had envisaged the film, i guess mainly from the editing that i had done to make it so.
There were a few parts that looking back with Maria, my tutor i could have changed. With the FIFA scene she said she wasn't too sure on what the game is and i could have included some shots of this. To be honest i hadn't tried, as out of experience the shot has waves rippling across the screen. I could have changed this easily but the edit was too far in.
I think with an extra five minutes of film time it could have been made a lot clearer in parts and more informative with narrative and interviews, but obviously there was a time restriction so i made best what i could do.
On my original edit the scavenge and hunt had been over 4 minutes each so this was cut down a lot. I could have spent a long long time deliberating what to leave and out, a process which could have taken many days, but i was quite brutal on my approach to it and if something didn't work so well then it was cut.
The only few mistakes i found within the film were a few very subtle bits of continuity, notably there s one occasion were for a brief second one can see i am wearing different trousers and at the hunt scene one can see the beer levels fluctuate a bit as it was done over the course of 2 hours, and for the tribe the beer was flowing.
I had until the end been keen to record the didgeridoo and djembe for the opening sequence and credits. However using the equipment i had i felt the sound quality was not as good as it could be. The didgeridoo emits huge low frequency waves and a massive wall of bass tone which either completely override the equipment, so one gets this huge wall of sound, or if one is further away there are two many background noises. I needed to go to a music studio, and these were close for easter. A bit disappointing as i was looking forward to doing it but a minor blip really. My friend Jess downloaded a plethora of digeridoo recordings and i chose a suitable one, to exoticise the tribe. The track uses at the start was a low drone which gave the opening sequence an air of mystery and the end was more lively...more "allegro" as you wish to give the ending, though the presenter is dispirited, a jovial esque edning
Other then that i was very happy with the outcome.The pilot had been a bit disappointing as the color was exported badly and was a bit haphazard, though this was to engage in understanding the technique of how my final film would be made. The film had been a stressful process to film, but once i was hocked up in the edit suite i found much of the process very relaxing
Exporting
Upon exporting the project i was able to watch it back for the first time as a file format, that wasn't affected by the editing program. I was able to see if their were any minor mistakes in the film much better then through premier pro.
Upon the first export i realized that some of the settings were not configured correctly meaning the film was stuterry and sluggish in some parts.
The second export i followed Cluna's handout to make the export play smoothly realized that of the sound was slightly louder at the part where the tribe goes on a hunt so i went over it and leveled out the sound to fit in with the rest of the film, which was an easy task to manage.
Also i had spelt my mates name wrong in the credits, so went back over this and added a credit still at the end of the rolling credits.
Upon the first export i realized that some of the settings were not configured correctly meaning the film was stuterry and sluggish in some parts.
The second export i followed Cluna's handout to make the export play smoothly realized that of the sound was slightly louder at the part where the tribe goes on a hunt so i went over it and leveled out the sound to fit in with the rest of the film, which was an easy task to manage.
Also i had spelt my mates name wrong in the credits, so went back over this and added a credit still at the end of the rolling credits.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Finishing the Project
The final tweaks to the film where done today. I played back the film to a few friends who gave me advice on what i could do do amend any small errors. In theory i could spend another week getting the film completely tweaked but i was running out of time for other university commitments and had given this project precedence over anything else.
I was happy with the project. After the shambles of the pilot and difficulties encountered in making the project (mainly organization) i never expected it to turn it this well. Though there were a few minor things that could be amended i was happy and if i had the time could possibly go back and do a bit more fine tuning if i had time.
A major relief and another thing to tick of the list that has been on my bedroom wall since september....
Colour Correcting
One of the main problems i encountered during the edit was the coloring of some of the footage, for the "hunt" scene we used my panasonic sd900 and Jess's Canon (......). Both cameras took the light in differently, mine more blue tones and Jess's took in warmer colors.
There was a dramatic difference in the tones and i needed to colour correct this. No really having much of a clue what i was doing a drafted one of the technicians, Patricia in to help and she showed me the process which gave the shots as much a continuity of vision as they could.
There was a dramatic difference in the tones and i needed to colour correct this. No really having much of a clue what i was doing a drafted one of the technicians, Patricia in to help and she showed me the process which gave the shots as much a continuity of vision as they could.
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Definition of Tribe to Sideways Looks Exhibition
My Final Year Film Title: "The Tribe: A Student Experience"
Description: Inspired by Bruce Parry's series "The Tribe: A Student Experience", is an anthropological film following "tribal" student social life. The presenter stays with a tribe of students for a short period of time and learns about the rituals, explores the unique ways of life and learns of the trials that the tribe face in everyday life.
Description: Inspired by Bruce Parry's series "The Tribe: A Student Experience", is an anthropological film following "tribal" student social life. The presenter stays with a tribe of students for a short period of time and learns about the rituals, explores the unique ways of life and learns of the trials that the tribe face in everyday life.
The Photos. A thought....
While creating screen shots of the film i realise that for the first time in my life i had taken an album of photos of moving life.. I realised with taking stills of film you get the best representation of real life becasue no one is really posing for the duration.Some of these photos were acting and others where from general improvisation which the camera caught at its best
I think the one of Lloyd holding the tea box (all 5 of the scavnegers) and Wil and Chris by the fire are the best as they capture a true essence of reality.
I apologise for the simplistic discriptions, i think a few words and then to leave the rest for the film!
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