Friday 31 January 2014

My Groups Corporate Promo Production Schedule


Promo schedule

 

1.     Brief  – 17/01/14

 

2.     Pre- production – 24/01/14

 

-         Script

-         Shot list

-         Storyboards

-         Location report

-         Sound track

-         Lighting plan

 

3.     Shooting – 31/01/14

 

4.     Post production – 07/02/14

 

-         Editing

-         Sound

 

5.     Re-shoot (if needed) 09/02/14

 

 

6.     Show client rough copy, for Info on any changes needed – 09/02/14

 

7.     Hand in  copy on DVD and upload video to Facebook – week commencing 10/02/14

 

Wednesday 29 January 2014

After Effects - Warp stabiliser

In this clip i made the footage steady and give the effect that it was shot on a tripod, the original footage was a bit shaky, I created this static feel by using the Warp Stabiliser effect in Adobe After Effects, for an easier way of finding this tool i went into the motion tracking workspace which in the tab can be seen in the four top buttons at the very top of the tab. The warp stabiliser effect is very useful for footage that may have been shot on a cheap tripod where the wind has blown it or someone may have been changing the focus ring and has shaken the camera. Warp stabiliser works a lot like 3D tracking as when you click on the button the warp stabiliser will analyse the footage and stabilise it, but unlike 3D tracking the Warp stabiliser will create a 3D camera for you. However this effect will not work as well if the footage is incredibly shaky , for instance if your running down a road with the camera the footage will be really shaky.

After Effects - Wiggler

In this clip i used the Wiggler effect in After Effects which i Key framed from the start to finish of the baseball player hitting the ball, this effect makes the footage look like the baseball player hit the camera. to make this effect I used the wiggler tool to create this effect, in the wiggler tool you can choose if want your footage smooth which would be your average hand held looking OVS shot and jagged which is your earth quake looking shot. for this clip I used the jagged mode which gave a much more exaggerated hit. once I ram previewed the clip it looked really good but the effect shakes the whole bit of footage so your left with the matte background showing, so I used another effect called motion tiles which works similarly to the clone stamp tool in Photoshop but the effect does all the work for you, after this I ticked the mirrored edges mode which made it look realistic.

Thursday 16 January 2014

Auteur Theory - Sam Raimi

Recurring trademarks:

Before Sam created one of his most well known films The Evil Dead, he was making  Three Stooges influenced shorts, which some scenes in his films you can see. for instance there are a few scenes in the Evil Dead where there is a bit of slapstick back and forth jokes between the characters. one of Raimi's early films 6 Months To Live the entire film was influenced by the Three Stooges as it featured three characters that would convey a three stooges personality/ style.

Sam Raimi also likes to use creative pov shots like in Evil Dead where the camera is flying through the trees.

In most of Sam Raimi's films there is always a male figure which dominates. For instance in the Evil Dead Ash (Bruce Campbell), Spiderman Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire)


Recurring actors:

Bruce Campbell - Sam Raimi and Bruce have been friends ever since the Evil Dead and said that he uses Bruce in most his films as he is the good looking one.

Ellen Sandweiss

Scott Spiegel