Week 10 - Recap on Production Shoot.
Hours:3-4
It went well, I thought.
We certainly were a lot more efficient than I thought we would be... seeing how long it took us to set up for the animatic, in comparison, the production went very smoothly.
Kall did some basic sketchy storyboards for the shoot, which we ended up using as a basis to figure out what scenes we needed to film and what shots we were looking for in that day's shooting. Melinda (the actor) was fantastic, I felt a little sorry for her coz it was overcast, she was in a short sleeved top and a skirt, barefooted and lying on the grass freezing.
I'm not sure that her facial expressions that Kall tried will come across when we view it on film - but we'll see.
There is a shot that I want to have filmed that we might do this week - it was based on the start credits in Six Feet Under - I wanted a shot of Melinda with her head turned away... (so all you would see is part of her cheek, her hair and neck) I thought it just looked beautiful. The camera would be on a mid to close up shot of her and as a hand comes to obscure part of the camera and reaching for a lock of her hair - she would turn away and end up with the shot as described above.
I'm not sure how it all came out - Kall is suppose to try and review the footage sometime over the weekend to see if there was anything we missed that we might need.
I'm a little apprehensive that we hadn't caught with the beauty of the film, which is part of the purpose of the film, that despite all the things that have happened to her, she sees the stark beauty around her, and in a way, that both angers and amazes her... that all this nature around her, showing off their beauty and they don't see the darkness that has happened to her - though of course, at the same time she is trying to block it out.
We'll see what we get I suppose.
We'll be filming the night shots tomorrow night - but I'm not sure if we'll need to be in the park again this week - we shouldn't need to, but it depends on what's on the DV, really.
Though I suppose we should see Ruben... he's probably forgotten what we look like.
As for other developments:
I'm a bit worried about the voice over of the CD I'm suppose to be getting - I have yet to receive it in the mail and I think it's gotten lost and ended up in the dead letter office, so I think I might have to chase up another copy.
So I have yet to hear anything about that.
I'm still thinking about the music - and I think I'll try to borrow an MD player off a friend (hopefully with a mike)... that way I am not rushed to return it to school and I'll have time to start tinkering.
The butterfly is now moving - and is simply awaiting for me to describe how it's moving within the frame so it can be animated. (Did I mention that in the last entry?)
I think it looks fantastic, very realistic - and he said that it was simply a draft... so I hate to see what the real product will look like.
Granted, it may not look as good when it's superimposed onto film - I'mm have to get the 'buttefly' scene that we filmed last Tuesday and try it out to see what it looks like and what can be improved - or fiddled with.
I wanted a leaf scene as well, but that didn't work realistically either - Peter and Kim were throwing leaves at me and I'm not sure that it came out well enough, or that I caught any within the shot.
So I'm thinking of getting that 3D-ed as well, I had a chat with my friend over the weekend and he seems to think that it shouldn't be too hard to achieve.
So I should email him requirements and details so he can get started on a draft - which I will do right now.
It went well, I thought.
We certainly were a lot more efficient than I thought we would be... seeing how long it took us to set up for the animatic, in comparison, the production went very smoothly.
Kall did some basic sketchy storyboards for the shoot, which we ended up using as a basis to figure out what scenes we needed to film and what shots we were looking for in that day's shooting. Melinda (the actor) was fantastic, I felt a little sorry for her coz it was overcast, she was in a short sleeved top and a skirt, barefooted and lying on the grass freezing.
I'm not sure that her facial expressions that Kall tried will come across when we view it on film - but we'll see.
There is a shot that I want to have filmed that we might do this week - it was based on the start credits in Six Feet Under - I wanted a shot of Melinda with her head turned away... (so all you would see is part of her cheek, her hair and neck) I thought it just looked beautiful. The camera would be on a mid to close up shot of her and as a hand comes to obscure part of the camera and reaching for a lock of her hair - she would turn away and end up with the shot as described above.
I'm not sure how it all came out - Kall is suppose to try and review the footage sometime over the weekend to see if there was anything we missed that we might need.
I'm a little apprehensive that we hadn't caught with the beauty of the film, which is part of the purpose of the film, that despite all the things that have happened to her, she sees the stark beauty around her, and in a way, that both angers and amazes her... that all this nature around her, showing off their beauty and they don't see the darkness that has happened to her - though of course, at the same time she is trying to block it out.
We'll see what we get I suppose.
We'll be filming the night shots tomorrow night - but I'm not sure if we'll need to be in the park again this week - we shouldn't need to, but it depends on what's on the DV, really.
Though I suppose we should see Ruben... he's probably forgotten what we look like.
As for other developments:
I'm a bit worried about the voice over of the CD I'm suppose to be getting - I have yet to receive it in the mail and I think it's gotten lost and ended up in the dead letter office, so I think I might have to chase up another copy.
So I have yet to hear anything about that.
I'm still thinking about the music - and I think I'll try to borrow an MD player off a friend (hopefully with a mike)... that way I am not rushed to return it to school and I'll have time to start tinkering.
The butterfly is now moving - and is simply awaiting for me to describe how it's moving within the frame so it can be animated. (Did I mention that in the last entry?)
I think it looks fantastic, very realistic - and he said that it was simply a draft... so I hate to see what the real product will look like.
Granted, it may not look as good when it's superimposed onto film - I'mm have to get the 'buttefly' scene that we filmed last Tuesday and try it out to see what it looks like and what can be improved - or fiddled with.
I wanted a leaf scene as well, but that didn't work realistically either - Peter and Kim were throwing leaves at me and I'm not sure that it came out well enough, or that I caught any within the shot.
So I'm thinking of getting that 3D-ed as well, I had a chat with my friend over the weekend and he seems to think that it shouldn't be too hard to achieve.
So I should email him requirements and details so he can get started on a draft - which I will do right now.
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