Thursday 5 March 2009
Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
since i've done the continuity task i wouldn't really say i've learnt many specific thing, but more that i've gained the experience and general filming knowledge you can only get from doing projects like this. There are no specific scenes i can really realte to that i've done better in either of the film
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I think one of the most similar movie characters to drake napalm is the human torch, they have very similar powers as each other and use their powers in the same way, to stop crime. although they are far from the same. the human torch is a fairly 'cool' athletic person whilst drake is some what of a geek. also the human torch was born with his powers where as drake got his in a chemical accident.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I made the production logo myself; I wanted it to show the comical edge in my work.
The long road logo is mine too; it represents a funding company’s logo.
I deliberately put only a few credits in to avoid the boring aspect of having so much to read, like the titles to the first Spiderman
I decided to put each actors name as they appear on screen so you have something to relate too.
The films a slightly comical action film which, if made would probably be done so by a large film company such as universal studios, who have a lot of experience with comic book style films
I decided to put ‘a film by’ instead of ‘directed by’ as I did more than just direct it.
Its fairly un-conventional to put the title of the film in twice how ever I decided to do this, the first title is to introduce you to the civilian Drake, and the final title to show you he’s more than just a civilian.
The long road logo is mine too; it represents a funding company’s logo.
I deliberately put only a few credits in to avoid the boring aspect of having so much to read, like the titles to the first Spiderman
I decided to put each actors name as they appear on screen so you have something to relate too.
The films a slightly comical action film which, if made would probably be done so by a large film company such as universal studios, who have a lot of experience with comic book style films
I decided to put ‘a film by’ instead of ‘directed by’ as I did more than just direct it.
Its fairly un-conventional to put the title of the film in twice how ever I decided to do this, the first title is to introduce you to the civilian Drake, and the final title to show you he’s more than just a civilian.
Audience Feedback
As there weren't enough people in the level 2 class the day they gave us feed back and only Jim got chance to see my film so he was the only person i got feedback from.
Jim's feed back was that it is unusual to have the title of the film in the opening credits and that i should possibly put the 'A film by Sam Chappell-Winnington' at the start instead of the end.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I've not really learnt how to use anything new in this project, how ever i have learnt a lot about how to use things in-conjunction with each other.
for example to make the fire in the palm of drakes hand i filmed the hand on the HD camera , imported it into final cut, then exported the clip and imported it to After effects, tracked the fire to the hand, exported it and then imported it back into final cut.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)
1) Transition - I made every transition between scenes either fade in or out for a smooth flow to the sequence, this particular scene i made the next shot fade in behind the title so you saw what was happening in it but didn't feel it was going on for too long.
2) Framing - I chose to frame my shots fairly centrally so you're forced to focus on the character and pay close attention to facial expressions etc.
3) Lighting - My opening sequence was lit entirely by natural light, i felt this was best as it makes it slightly easier to relate to, opposed to if i had light rigs it would make reduce the natural shadowing and wouldn't look so good. also i had no access to lights even if i wanted them.
4) Camera Movement - This shot is a backwards tracking shot, i did it by sitting on a bike backwards while it was pushed forwards. this was the best technique i could use as the dolly i had access to was unstable and just vibrated. and walking i was unable to keep the camera stable. although this shot is still fairly wobbly it was the best result i got after filming it a good few times.
5) Setting - I wanted to set my film in a street to make it seem like it was just a random crime that drake witnessed, however because my scene had a gun, all be it a fake one. I wasn't aloud to go off college grounds, this was the closest i could get to a street.
6) Costume - Drake Napalm is a scientist thats been caught in an accident, therefore it makes sense for him to be in a lab coat.
7) Narrative - This shot shows the general theme of the opening sequence in one shot, Drake witnessing a gun crime.
8) Typography - For my credits i went onto a site called DaFonts and downloaded a comic book font called badaboom i thought it fit the style and theme of my film well. i then made it red with a yellow out line to give it a fire effect.
9) Visual Effects - To show drakes powers off i decided to animate a shot of his hand with fire into it.
2) Framing - I chose to frame my shots fairly centrally so you're forced to focus on the character and pay close attention to facial expressions etc.
3) Lighting - My opening sequence was lit entirely by natural light, i felt this was best as it makes it slightly easier to relate to, opposed to if i had light rigs it would make reduce the natural shadowing and wouldn't look so good. also i had no access to lights even if i wanted them.
4) Camera Movement - This shot is a backwards tracking shot, i did it by sitting on a bike backwards while it was pushed forwards. this was the best technique i could use as the dolly i had access to was unstable and just vibrated. and walking i was unable to keep the camera stable. although this shot is still fairly wobbly it was the best result i got after filming it a good few times.
5) Setting - I wanted to set my film in a street to make it seem like it was just a random crime that drake witnessed, however because my scene had a gun, all be it a fake one. I wasn't aloud to go off college grounds, this was the closest i could get to a street.
6) Costume - Drake Napalm is a scientist thats been caught in an accident, therefore it makes sense for him to be in a lab coat.
7) Narrative - This shot shows the general theme of the opening sequence in one shot, Drake witnessing a gun crime.
8) Typography - For my credits i went onto a site called DaFonts and downloaded a comic book font called badaboom i thought it fit the style and theme of my film well. i then made it red with a yellow out line to give it a fire effect.
9) Visual Effects - To show drakes powers off i decided to animate a shot of his hand with fire into it.
Tuesday 3 March 2009
Editing
When it came to editing my footage into an actual film i realized i had a lot of work to do. The ideas i had come up with involved a large amount of animation in after effects. Fortunately i have a reasonable knowledge in using after effects and areas i was unable to do ash was kind enough assist. About half way through editing i realized that the shot of ash' hand, onto which i was going to animate fire into was too unstable and i was unable to track it. This meant i had to re-shoot that particular shot. I was unfortunate enough to of booked the camera to film on days that there was snow everywhere, this meant when i re-shot ash' hand, there was a serious continuity error, however the only real way to fix this would be to re-shoot the whole film, which there was not time for! Despite the lack of snow in the background i feel i tracked the hand well, after Ricky showed me how and the final shot of the fire in the hand came out well. Although i was unable to get the look i wanted when making the title scenes. Which was the writing in the middle of a ball of fire. I still got a fairly good look which put across the feel i was after.
Summary of the shoot
Overall i think the shooting of my film went pretty well, after the 1st day going wrong which i feel i rectified efficiently. The rest of the filming was of a reasonable quality with no real mistakes that i can tell of at this stage.
Second day of shooting
After the disaster of my first attempt of shooting my film, i re-thought the main troubles i went through. I planned again, borrowed my friend JJ's bike for the day, arranged for alex to bring in his gun and borrowed a lab coat from the science room next to our class. With all these things sorted out i was able to successfully shoot my film. I sat on the bike backwards while james pushed it forwards (therefore i was traveling backwards). This technique gave me a fairly smooth tracking shot.
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