During the editing process, we struggled a lot with continuity editing. Having a continuous shot would be boring by itself, and so during filming, we took different takes of the same scene as Christine had suggested.
The challenge was then to cut it and put it together in a way that would not look too awkward, but natural.
The 180 Degree Rule
It was important not to cross the line of axis when filming narration between Joe/MarySue, Joe/Office.
During editing, we found that one of the scenes, when MarySue was giving her speech, didn't include POV shots of her of Joe. The ones that we had had the distorted audio, and the ones that we tried to put in defied the 180 degree rule, which made the shot look funny.
During our reshoot, we were aware of the position Mary Sue was in when filming her POV, so we didn't 'cross the line'.
We also had to be very aware of continuity,
As we had a lot of office props and decoration during our first take, we had to be careful not to shoot parts of the office where we did not bring the same props in for continuity's sake.
Continuity is a big part of editing to ensure that 'time' isn't confused in the movie and that the movie flows smoothly.
30 May 2011
29 May 2011
Evaluation
We did self and peer assesment in class last week.
It was a refreshing to listen to everybody describe the roles that they took on throughout this entire tv1 process. On the whole, it seemed that this has been a long and dedicating experience for everybody, as I think everybody would agree that this subject has probably been the most time consuming one we have ever taken on.
We also watched Mel's group's rough cut, and boy, was it amazing!
The lighting, and continuity of their piece was amazing, and I think ours is still some way behind.
However, Christine did like what we had so far which was great, but told us to tighten it so that it would go on so that it would be so entertaining people would fail to notice slight glitches in it, such as lighting differences from scene to scene.
Right now we are going quite alright in editing.
We have refilmed the part of the film where sound was really distorted and terrible- (reason of which we still haven't found out).
But it went great much to our relief and we are in the process of cutting everything down, adding in the sound effects, and perfecting it before our actor for voice over comes in next week!
It was a refreshing to listen to everybody describe the roles that they took on throughout this entire tv1 process. On the whole, it seemed that this has been a long and dedicating experience for everybody, as I think everybody would agree that this subject has probably been the most time consuming one we have ever taken on.
We also watched Mel's group's rough cut, and boy, was it amazing!
The lighting, and continuity of their piece was amazing, and I think ours is still some way behind.
However, Christine did like what we had so far which was great, but told us to tighten it so that it would go on so that it would be so entertaining people would fail to notice slight glitches in it, such as lighting differences from scene to scene.
Right now we are going quite alright in editing.
We have refilmed the part of the film where sound was really distorted and terrible- (reason of which we still haven't found out).
But it went great much to our relief and we are in the process of cutting everything down, adding in the sound effects, and perfecting it before our actor for voice over comes in next week!
23 May 2011
Shooting day & learning points.
Our shooting day went better than we had all expected.
The actors were great, and everybody fell into their roles quickly and efficiently.
We managed to wrap it all up way before the expected time which made everybody really happy.
We arrived two hours before the actors and super groups to start setting up the equipment and to make sure we had everything in place.
We were lucky enough to have a make up artist on set who was fabulous with the make up of the actors.
We allocated the changing room and had a green room for the actors to break and have snacks if they were not on set.
Our location was the rmit student union office, and so we set up tables and chairs outside as it was a Sunday and not many people would be around school.
The snacks proved to be a great energy boost for everyone throughout the course of the shoot.
The super groups were great as well as I had some help with the holding of the boom pole and the lights.
We arrived two hours before the actors and super groups to start setting up the equipment and to make sure we had everything in place.
We were lucky enough to have a make up artist on set who was fabulous with the make up of the actors.
We allocated the changing room and had a green room for the actors to break and have snacks if they were not on set.
Our location was the rmit student union office, and so we set up tables and chairs outside as it was a Sunday and not many people would be around school.
The snacks proved to be a great energy boost for everyone throughout the course of the shoot.
The super groups were great as well as I had some help with the holding of the boom pole and the lights.
Although there was a glitch with sound (some wire probably went unplugged somewhere), we have worked through it and are on our way through editing it all.
Over all, I'm really satisfied with our progress and feel like I've brought a lot out from this course.
Some things I've learnt
red heads. Able to control area of lighting via adjusting the flaps at the front. Can be used to light large portions of area and useful as background light. Colour of light can be switched using the different coloured fluorescent paper provided.
Dedolights. Unlike red heads, you would use these if you want the light to have a smaller area, eg, think soft/candle lighting. They have a lighting of about 100-150 watts and are used to create a less harsh of a lighting than the redheads. These proved to be fairly useful in our shoot.
Have never met one of these before doing tv1. C stands are really stable and are much better use and flexible than the stands the dedo come with. Those tend to fall rather easily and are flimsy compared. These are insanely heavy too, but have gotten pretty used to lugging them around.
Mixer
Working with the mixer was pretty much my job scope. During the first tutorial, I was shocked by the number of wires and plugs this thing had. It looked so complicated and I was sure I would never get the hang of it. But I've worked with this so much its become a no brainer which cable goes in where.
Other things I've learnt would be how to set up a camera and tripod, adjust the focus and exposure of the camera, the procedure and protocol each member has to follow on set depending on their roles, first AD, etc. I've also learnt about cut aways and the importance of them. In fact, they were a saving grace in our film as we have filmed and used a lot of them in the editing process.
I'm really glad the shoot is over, but even happier with the things I've picked up along the way. This has been a really packed course over the semester, but one where has a lot to be learnt as well.
16 May 2011
Sound
I'm going to do a separate reflection for my job as the sound director on the shoot, before a general one.
Firstly, during the shoot, my group member came to have a look at my mixer where we were recorded a random noise and it was peaking below 0. She asked if I could adjust it so that it would peak at 0 and have a little red. I said yes, but the problem with that was that because the sound was happening so fast, and this was the softest part of it, I would not be prepared to lower the volumes when it suddenly became loud, and the sound would end up being distorted.
That was a huge challenge I faced during the shoot. Although I was constantly changing the levels of the mixer (a huge thanks to the super group who helped loads with holding the boom pole), the actors read their lines differently in each take, changing their volume constantly in a take, Sometimes I would be unprepared and start off with a sound that is way too loud and have to go for another take so it'll peak perfectly at 0 or slightly above.
There was no way of playing back sound, although tehre was with film, and that makes my job even more nerve wrecking and worrying.
The last time we recorded the Lenny, it ended up peaking too softly, but then again when we played it back in class, the levels were great.
I also wished that there was a way I could have held the boom pole and the mixer as the person holding the pole may have moved, thus affecting my sound quality in the mixer. It would have been better if I could have controlled the both at the same time.
Effects wise, as we are going for a more dramatic thing, I have found much audio to put in, and will probably go with that.
So, I hope the levels will turn out great when we put it in editing!
Firstly, during the shoot, my group member came to have a look at my mixer where we were recorded a random noise and it was peaking below 0. She asked if I could adjust it so that it would peak at 0 and have a little red. I said yes, but the problem with that was that because the sound was happening so fast, and this was the softest part of it, I would not be prepared to lower the volumes when it suddenly became loud, and the sound would end up being distorted.
That was a huge challenge I faced during the shoot. Although I was constantly changing the levels of the mixer (a huge thanks to the super group who helped loads with holding the boom pole), the actors read their lines differently in each take, changing their volume constantly in a take, Sometimes I would be unprepared and start off with a sound that is way too loud and have to go for another take so it'll peak perfectly at 0 or slightly above.
There was no way of playing back sound, although tehre was with film, and that makes my job even more nerve wrecking and worrying.
The last time we recorded the Lenny, it ended up peaking too softly, but then again when we played it back in class, the levels were great.
I also wished that there was a way I could have held the boom pole and the mixer as the person holding the pole may have moved, thus affecting my sound quality in the mixer. It would have been better if I could have controlled the both at the same time.
Effects wise, as we are going for a more dramatic thing, I have found much audio to put in, and will probably go with that.
So, I hope the levels will turn out great when we put it in editing!
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