I'm not bona lie, i left my presentation till the last day, then to find out i was a day out!
Thankfully i had all the ammo i needed to do it, just was a case of doing some scanning, and reading back through my blog posts. And after all the was said and done, i actually got some good feedback from Andrew.
So the initial idea i had for my project was to do something on cycling, something that wasn't going to blow my gaskets thinking about. The journey to Lewes seemed like a logical story. So i scribbled down a rough guide in words about the sequencing of it, e.g. get up, get changed, get on bike etc. Then i thought, it would be cool to incorporate some mountain biking in it, and i thought of a video i'd seen on Vine, of a guy who snaps his fingers, and the scene changes from day to night. I thought i could do this, but do costume changes as well.
I already have an iPhone 5s at my disposal to use, which films in 1080p, also a DSLR camera which does the same, but obviously you can play around with all the settings which should be interesting. I also wanted to use a GoPro, but they're not the cheapest things! But luckily a friend agreed to lend me his, and that films in 720p, which is still good enough.
Done half my story boarding so far, and enjoying it more than i thought, its nice to be drawing again!
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Monday, 27 January 2014
Advert analysis
Today i got on with something i should have done a couple of weeks ago, but better late than never!
I'd already pressed record when i was watching the Kerrang Sky channel a week or so ago.
So i sat down with the remote at the ready and started watching. The first one threw me a bit. It was Mazuma mobile, and it was only 10 seconds long, and had 3 cuts in it. The main focus being a woman looking at an animated mobile phone character, dancing around on her laptop. This reminded me of something i figured out years ago, that ad companies always seem to make a standard length, and shot version of their ads. This was obviously the short version. I guess this is so, the companies that pay more money to the station, get more airtime.
The next was for Guide Dogs, which i wasn't sure id actually seen before, but then i do tend to channel hop when the ads are on. This one was surprisingly long at 1:10, and had 29 cuts. This ad focussed mainly on a labrador puppy, and then a small amount on said puppy being grown up and living with its blind owner. It would normally have been 1 minute long, but there was an added bit on the end to promote their Facebook page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYtqQxldTlI
The next one was quite random! Belvia slimming shorts! This was the first of what i would assume is standard ad length at 30 seconds, with 10 cuts. It actually quite surprised me this ad, and its quite sensual, with women caressing themselves, and ample boob shots! Other than that, was a pretty un interesting ad, with standards shots of women looking oh-so-slim in their new shorts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aydK-tRGPyc
Blinkbox was up next, again 30 seconds with 10 cuts. This ad is much more interesting, with the main character being a blue fish in the family's fish tank, and he is complaining about how old the films they are watching are. He is saying how Blinkbox has far more options than Netflix, Lovefilm etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wahmBf-VCNE
Last one was for National Accident Helpline. This one threw me as it had no cuts at all, and was only 10 seconds. It was obviously a short gap filler ad, and was based on the 'revolving door ad they do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhL_ZEA-GTM
I'd already pressed record when i was watching the Kerrang Sky channel a week or so ago.
So i sat down with the remote at the ready and started watching. The first one threw me a bit. It was Mazuma mobile, and it was only 10 seconds long, and had 3 cuts in it. The main focus being a woman looking at an animated mobile phone character, dancing around on her laptop. This reminded me of something i figured out years ago, that ad companies always seem to make a standard length, and shot version of their ads. This was obviously the short version. I guess this is so, the companies that pay more money to the station, get more airtime.
The next was for Guide Dogs, which i wasn't sure id actually seen before, but then i do tend to channel hop when the ads are on. This one was surprisingly long at 1:10, and had 29 cuts. This ad focussed mainly on a labrador puppy, and then a small amount on said puppy being grown up and living with its blind owner. It would normally have been 1 minute long, but there was an added bit on the end to promote their Facebook page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYtqQxldTlI
The next one was quite random! Belvia slimming shorts! This was the first of what i would assume is standard ad length at 30 seconds, with 10 cuts. It actually quite surprised me this ad, and its quite sensual, with women caressing themselves, and ample boob shots! Other than that, was a pretty un interesting ad, with standards shots of women looking oh-so-slim in their new shorts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aydK-tRGPyc
Blinkbox was up next, again 30 seconds with 10 cuts. This ad is much more interesting, with the main character being a blue fish in the family's fish tank, and he is complaining about how old the films they are watching are. He is saying how Blinkbox has far more options than Netflix, Lovefilm etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wahmBf-VCNE
Last one was for National Accident Helpline. This one threw me as it had no cuts at all, and was only 10 seconds. It was obviously a short gap filler ad, and was based on the 'revolving door ad they do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhL_ZEA-GTM
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
GoPro Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-v-kZzfec
This is a video i'd seen a while back as i subscribe to the GoPro channel on YouTube. It obviously is a very professional video, and the facilities at hand and budget obviously far exceed what i have. But none the less its very inspiring, and luckily i have managed to borrow an older GoPro off a friend.
Scenes like 2:40 i should be able to easily do, and 4:02. Luckily i also have a ludicrously expensive mountain bike! Also my DSLR films at 1080p so that should be useful along with my IPhone 5S.
This is a video i'd seen a while back as i subscribe to the GoPro channel on YouTube. It obviously is a very professional video, and the facilities at hand and budget obviously far exceed what i have. But none the less its very inspiring, and luckily i have managed to borrow an older GoPro off a friend.
Scenes like 2:40 i should be able to easily do, and 4:02. Luckily i also have a ludicrously expensive mountain bike! Also my DSLR films at 1080p so that should be useful along with my IPhone 5S.
Battleships Potempkin (1925)- Odessa Steps Scene
We were recommended by Andrew to watch the odessa steps scene from 'Battleship Potempkin'.
I managed to find the scene on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-v-kZzfec.
It's a silent film in back and white, which i should have guessed when i saw the year!
It's a pretty bizarre clip. It starts with a bon voyage scene of a ship, then gunshots are heard, and there is a guy with no legs hooning around on his hands! It turns into a massacre with some guys that look like the military, gunning people down. Its almost comedic in places, the acting is pretty shocking!
At 4:36 there is a great shot of a woman holding her just killed son (i assume its her son), with the shadow of the men shooting cast across the floor, after just asking them to not shoot. She then gets shot.
The rest of the scene is people running down, what i can only assume are the 'odessa steps'. The scene ends with a baby in a carriage rolling down some steps, but apparently. surviving.
I wasn't exactly overwhelmed with inspiration after watching this clip, but it certainly was a good insight into how old movies were made, and the quality.
I managed to find the scene on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-v-kZzfec.
It's a silent film in back and white, which i should have guessed when i saw the year!
It's a pretty bizarre clip. It starts with a bon voyage scene of a ship, then gunshots are heard, and there is a guy with no legs hooning around on his hands! It turns into a massacre with some guys that look like the military, gunning people down. Its almost comedic in places, the acting is pretty shocking!
At 4:36 there is a great shot of a woman holding her just killed son (i assume its her son), with the shadow of the men shooting cast across the floor, after just asking them to not shoot. She then gets shot.
The rest of the scene is people running down, what i can only assume are the 'odessa steps'. The scene ends with a baby in a carriage rolling down some steps, but apparently. surviving.
I wasn't exactly overwhelmed with inspiration after watching this clip, but it certainly was a good insight into how old movies were made, and the quality.
Monday, 20 January 2014
Bullit
Bullit, a Steve McQueen film, was a film recommended to us to to watch by Andrew. So i downloaded it the other day, and sat down to watch it this morning. Now i've never had to analyse a film before, so i wasn't really sure what i was looking out for, but i noted down some obvious things throughout the film that i found interesting.
The first thing was the opening credits. The scenes were changing via the main actors names-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkj84Bn3N_s
Each scene was already 'inside' the actors names. Seemed quite clever to me seeing as the film is from '68. But after that, they just keep putting big blocks of credits on the screen, which was quite distracting, as the storyline of the film was already running, as can be seen at 2:16 in the clip.
During the course of the film, i didn't notice any particularly outstanding pieces of cinematography, but again, i'm no filming/film buff. There was however a nice shot as the main part of the film kicks in, where the camera pans with a taxi, but the camera slowly rises up as it pans, which created a nice effect.
There was however a few unnecessarily long boring shots, one in particular was a bar scene, where there was nothing in particular going on, no dialect, and didn't seem particularly relevant, although no doubt it was!
Again later in the film, there is a long car chase through the streets of San Fran, with no music, just engine noise, and was in mu opinion, too long and un eventful. Reminded me of the film 'Le Mans', also with McQueen, which i was expecting to love, but found it very slow.
Its been a long time since i watched a film that old, but overall i enjoyed the film.
The first thing was the opening credits. The scenes were changing via the main actors names-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkj84Bn3N_s
Each scene was already 'inside' the actors names. Seemed quite clever to me seeing as the film is from '68. But after that, they just keep putting big blocks of credits on the screen, which was quite distracting, as the storyline of the film was already running, as can be seen at 2:16 in the clip.
During the course of the film, i didn't notice any particularly outstanding pieces of cinematography, but again, i'm no filming/film buff. There was however a nice shot as the main part of the film kicks in, where the camera pans with a taxi, but the camera slowly rises up as it pans, which created a nice effect.
There was however a few unnecessarily long boring shots, one in particular was a bar scene, where there was nothing in particular going on, no dialect, and didn't seem particularly relevant, although no doubt it was!
Again later in the film, there is a long car chase through the streets of San Fran, with no music, just engine noise, and was in mu opinion, too long and un eventful. Reminded me of the film 'Le Mans', also with McQueen, which i was expecting to love, but found it very slow.
Its been a long time since i watched a film that old, but overall i enjoyed the film.
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Short Sharp Shock Film Clip
New brief today. To do a 15-20 second video. I kinda freaked out about this as i have never made a film clip in my life, apart from little un-edited shots on my phone. I then freaked out some more when i read that the pitch presentation was less than 2 weeks!
My worry was lessened a little bit when Andrew sat down with the whole class and explained to us in more detail about what we were to achieve and how to go about it etc.
Initially ideas that popped into my head were- filming the cycle to Lewes, including the train journey, or some other kind of cycling, maybe some mountain biking at Friston Forest, as thats what i know most about, and have seen many mountain bike films.
It would be nice to do something about motor racing, but its off season, and even if it was in season, getting passes to access pits/trackside etc would be next to impossible.
I had the idea in the class that the GoPro YouTube channel would be a good place to start some research, as most of their clips are very short (not as short as we're making!), approx 3 mins each.
So i'm off to watch some!
My worry was lessened a little bit when Andrew sat down with the whole class and explained to us in more detail about what we were to achieve and how to go about it etc.
Initially ideas that popped into my head were- filming the cycle to Lewes, including the train journey, or some other kind of cycling, maybe some mountain biking at Friston Forest, as thats what i know most about, and have seen many mountain bike films.
It would be nice to do something about motor racing, but its off season, and even if it was in season, getting passes to access pits/trackside etc would be next to impossible.
I had the idea in the class that the GoPro YouTube channel would be a good place to start some research, as most of their clips are very short (not as short as we're making!), approx 3 mins each.
So i'm off to watch some!
Thursday, 2 January 2014
Done!
So obviously i've had a bit of a break being that it's the christmas holidays! But in all honesty, i'd got the bulk of it done before we broke up. So today i went over all my existing work, fine tuned it all and wrote up my supporting statement. And i'm finished! Pat on the back to me!
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