Last week in CAP Hollywood my group almost completed our film. We have all the footage we need and we have it in order on the timeline. We have music and credits. Are most important areas to focus on are:
1. Transitions. A lot of our scenes have awkward jump shots in them. We need to smooth these out a lot.
2. Establishing shots/ b-roll. Adding more of this may help with transitions, and also help to establish setting and vary the shots more. It adds interest to the film and also helps with the pacing.
3. Pacing. Everything that happens occurs very quickly in our film. We need to spread it out more to allow for rising tension. It's also a little short right now, so this will help to extend it.
Adding more establishing shots will probably help in the other two areas. We were good besdies this, because we had our music and audio mainly done, and had everything like we wanted it in the timeline. We also did our movie poster. The only problem is that I'm not sure whether we still have the same film we did last time, because apprently something happened to it. I haven't seen it yet, so next time we'll have to check and hope that this is the only work left.
We might have to do a bit more of the audio as well, smoothing everything out. I might have to redo some audio adjustments I spent last class working on because I think the audio got kind of messed up. I think we might also have to re-insert music or choose between two tracks. We also have to insert some voice over for one part.
We're hoping to get in some time outside of class this week so that we can accomplish all of this by Friday.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
CAP Hollywood Week Two
So this week in CAP Hollywood my group almost finished our rough cut. Although we're only done with the first two acts, I think what we do have is really good. We have a variety of shots and I think some of them are very interesting. We could have probably finished the rough cut Friday if we weren't spending a lot of time on the details. So instead of having a lot of it badly put together, we have less of it that's pretty well constructed.
So far we have the two good acts, music, and credits. I think that so far we're pretty on track with what we need to do, as long as we can put in some time after school. No one in our group was able to come in for Saturday editing this weekend, but I think we will be more able to work after school on weekdays after tomorrow, because there will be no more studying for the AP.
Another thing we've done that's important is edited down the footage we've put on the computer. We have taken out all of the shots that didn't work or bloopers, and we've sorted all the footage into different folders, so we know exactly where to go for each shot, and we have several of each to choose from. This will make the remainder of our editing a lot easier.
Something else we need to do is to work on the pacing of our film. It moves quickly, and we probably will end up with it a little shorter than we want. To fix this, we're going to use some establishing shots we got around the store to slow things down.
Another problem we're having is with putting together some pieces that don't seem to have any transitioning shots between them. We're going to have to figure out how to make the disjointed style work with our film.
Hopefully this week we can finish with the visual aspect of our film, so we can work on the audio next week. It would also be good if we could do our movie poster.
So far we have the two good acts, music, and credits. I think that so far we're pretty on track with what we need to do, as long as we can put in some time after school. No one in our group was able to come in for Saturday editing this weekend, but I think we will be more able to work after school on weekdays after tomorrow, because there will be no more studying for the AP.
Another thing we've done that's important is edited down the footage we've put on the computer. We have taken out all of the shots that didn't work or bloopers, and we've sorted all the footage into different folders, so we know exactly where to go for each shot, and we have several of each to choose from. This will make the remainder of our editing a lot easier.
Something else we need to do is to work on the pacing of our film. It moves quickly, and we probably will end up with it a little shorter than we want. To fix this, we're going to use some establishing shots we got around the store to slow things down.
Another problem we're having is with putting together some pieces that don't seem to have any transitioning shots between them. We're going to have to figure out how to make the disjointed style work with our film.
Hopefully this week we can finish with the visual aspect of our film, so we can work on the audio next week. It would also be good if we could do our movie poster.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
CAP Hollywood Week One
Last week, my CAP Hollywood group focused on filming. We spent Tuesday and Wednesday filming at a gelato store in downton Takoma Park. Our earliest challenge was finding a place to film, but the gelato place worked really well with our story and they were very accomodating. In terms of getting props, we printed fake lottery tickets from the internet. We also brought a radio to replace what we thought was going to be a TV, so we wouldn't have to try to bring a TV and change the channel at the right time.
Anotherchallenge that we faced was trying to find a time that worked for all of our group members. Instead of trying to do that, we decided that we had to have three people show up each day. One to work the camera, one to act, and one to help with the lighting and looking after Mr. Mayo's kid. We used Mr. Mayo and Ross as our two actors, although the cashier from the shop was used in some b-roll.
Our most important task while shooting was to get a variety of shots from different angles and with different compositions so we would be able to easily piece together our film from the availible materials. I think we got some really interesting shots, and varied the types, like Mr. Mayo showed us in class. We got all of our filming done within the two days. We also took some stills for the poster.
During this time, my job was cinematographer and artistic director. I organized the set and mae sure the props and cotumes were prepared. I also worked the camera and used the script and storyboard in order to figure out what shots to use. I also took a lot of b-roll on my day there, because I thought the shop was a really interesting and colorful setting for some cutaways.
Overall, our filming went really well. I think that we have all the footage we will need for this project. The only concern I have is how much film we have, but I think we'll be able to cut it down pretty easily. We just have a lot of bloopers and shots that didn't work out. Another concern I have is with audio, because I'm not sure what the quality of the sound is yet.
This week and next week my group needs to cut down all the footage into one rough cut. Since I have the most experience with Final Cut Pro, I will probably be doing a lot of the editing. I think that we should be able to have the rough cut done by the end of the week.
Anotherchallenge that we faced was trying to find a time that worked for all of our group members. Instead of trying to do that, we decided that we had to have three people show up each day. One to work the camera, one to act, and one to help with the lighting and looking after Mr. Mayo's kid. We used Mr. Mayo and Ross as our two actors, although the cashier from the shop was used in some b-roll.
Our most important task while shooting was to get a variety of shots from different angles and with different compositions so we would be able to easily piece together our film from the availible materials. I think we got some really interesting shots, and varied the types, like Mr. Mayo showed us in class. We got all of our filming done within the two days. We also took some stills for the poster.
During this time, my job was cinematographer and artistic director. I organized the set and mae sure the props and cotumes were prepared. I also worked the camera and used the script and storyboard in order to figure out what shots to use. I also took a lot of b-roll on my day there, because I thought the shop was a really interesting and colorful setting for some cutaways.
Overall, our filming went really well. I think that we have all the footage we will need for this project. The only concern I have is how much film we have, but I think we'll be able to cut it down pretty easily. We just have a lot of bloopers and shots that didn't work out. Another concern I have is with audio, because I'm not sure what the quality of the sound is yet.
This week and next week my group needs to cut down all the footage into one rough cut. Since I have the most experience with Final Cut Pro, I will probably be doing a lot of the editing. I think that we should be able to have the rough cut done by the end of the week.
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