Week Six.

This week I've done some more test shooting and also done a lot more storyboarding and shot planning to give me a better understanding of how I will put this film together and visualise what the finished product could look like.

     Firstly I did some test shots of the kettle, I started with something basic to get used to using the camera again. What struct me first was how much harder and longer the process is when trying to film on your own. Previously all my projects have been made in groups and so you delegate different jobs to each member to help the process run smoothly, get the best qualitiy out of each shot and also get the most out of your time spent shooting. Being on your own I've found its hard to even get half the amount of shots you planned to achive in the time planned as everything takes a lot longer then expected. Learning from this now, I am going to have to allow myself more time for each shot and plan to rent the cameras out more then I expected. I will also have to ask other members of the class to help out with some scenes to make sure they are filmed to the best that they can be.

 I then took the footage and feed the audio into Logic to try out some test audio bits for my fictional hearing. This screen shot displays the audio from the kettle in Logic. It wouldn't let me take a screen shot with all the effects up too but what I've done is run a filter, a flanger on it, tweaked the EQ and added both a compressor and limter to control the effects. I found that just adding lots of different effects but only using each one a very little bit worked very well, distorting the sound out of recognition.

 

     I also had problems at home converting the files and spent a good few hours trying to convert to .avi without watermarks and in the best quality. I have now found the best codec to use in which to get my files sorted. So this week has not been as productive as I had planned but it has helped me to iron out any problems and get me on the right track so from here on in I know what I'm doing.

     Furthermore I have now got a more descriptive and planned out shot list for my film, so I have some sort of vision to how the who piece should look once completed. I have found that a lot of my shots will be a bit mundane, but included with the text to tell the story and all the post production work needed to create the soundscape, that should be what will make this film interesting and engaging to view. My shot plans cover the whole film but are still a bit rough, I'll post up some examples next week when they have been written out a bit more fluently. Next week I'll be doing this plus getting on with production, shooting my household shots, my streets shots and hopefully some which also experiment with lighting.