As we had expected as a group because of the tools and the way we wanted too shoot our title sequence there were a few problems with our first shooting. One of the problems that we encountered was due to the dolly tool that we wanted to use as well as the setting that we was shooting in, the problems that happened here was that we never realised just how wide the dolly was and this effected the movement of the dolly as we kept knocking into things around the scene so we had problems here with the width of the dolly and the shooting of our title sequence. We solved this by moving some of the furniture and things around in the room so that we could shoot the title sequence just how we wanted too, so that it did not bump into any things around the room.
The next problem that we encountered when filming our title sequence was the dolly is only supposed to be used on flat smooth surfaces so that it runs without it bumping up and down as it will effect the camera work. Unfortunately like we had expected before we started shooting, we though that the grooves in the laminated flooring of our setting would effect the filming of our title sequence and so they did. When we was watching the sequence over and over again on the flip cam it did not look so bad, however when we uploaded the footage and took a better look at it, we could clearly see that the camera was jumping up and down. This was a real problem for us as our whole idea was based on the dolly giving us a 360 degrees shot of mike sitting on the sofa. As a group we had to act fast as we had already wasted one day of filming and we did not want the next to go the same way, so we put our heads together and came up with new way too shoot it, this time we would not use the dolly and instead just use a tripod to shoot our footage from. This way it would stop the aggravation caused by the dolly and then we could get some footage for me and Mike to edit. The way in which we would use the tripod to film our title sequence is much in the same way as we would use the dolly, instead of the sequence being one long shot, instead we would break it up into more than one shot but would still have the main aspect of going round our main character in a 360 degrees sort of way.
Now that we have sorted the problems that we have encountered on our first shoot, we will now as a group push on and look towards our second filming of our title sequence and feel that this time things will go more smoothly and that at the end we will have some footage in order for me and Mike to edit.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
How I Keep Organised
The images above show just how i keep organised with my blog in order to keep up to date with blog posts and things i have to do. The first of the the two pictures at the very top is a word document will all of my blog posts up to date so that i know which ones i done and the order i did them in. The image below it is a screen shot of my blog and my planning ahead so that i know what blog posts i am still yet to do, it also allows me to plot my path of my blog so that i am able to see where it is going. The benefits of doing these two things are that i am able to keep a smaller record of all my blog posts, it also allows me to keep highly organised with what i am currently doing, what i have done and what i plan to do. The biggest benefit would be that i am able to plan far ahead by making new blog posts that consist only of the title and label so that when i look at it on my blog, i can look at the title and know exactly what i'm doing. If when i look at the title i cannot remember what i was planning to do then i can look at my word document of my blog posts and i can look at it and read the notes that i had wrote on what to do for that blog post.
Our Progress And Problems I Think We May Encounter
So far we have struggled to finalise details on such things as the music and the setting as we have found better ideas for these two things. I feel that the problems that we have encountered so far are not just a minor hiccup in a flawless plan, i think that there is more to come of things like this as i don't feel like everything is going to go to plan and that in the end we are going to be able to properly stick to the storyboard. We have no fear of editing the idea of our title sequence in order for it to work, we as a group understand that the sotryboard is merely a plan of what we want to do for our title sequence and that this plan can be altered and changed at any time that we may please so we will not hold back if we need to change something or if there is a better way of doing it.
At this moment in time i feel that there is nothing left to plan and that we are now ready to start shooting our title sequence. We have changed around the location so that we are now more equipped with the tools that we are using and we now know that the dolly may work in this setting, however we are still cautious of it. The next thing was s a group are going to do is shoot all of our shots in our storyboard for our title sequence, the benefit of it being in one setting is that we do not have to move around and also that we can shoot all of the footage that we need to in one day.
There are many problems that i feel we may encounter when doing our first shooting of our title sequence, first as i have mentioned above although we have chosen a new location to suit the equipement (dolly) that we are using, i still feel that even with the lamonated flooring in the new setting that there may still be a problem with filming especially using the dolly as i think it will jump when moving the camera around the room. We are unsure yet on how we are going to make this better or prevent it from happening, we as a group are just hoping that the camera will not go up and down when filming and that it will stay steady, however if it does jump when filming then we may have to re-think a few of our ideas and see if we can come up to a solution to this problem. The only other problem that i think we may encounter when filming is once again to do with the dolly, but a different aspect of it this time. Until today we had never seen what the dolly that we are going to use looked like and we now realise just how big it is. The size of the dolly is a real problem for us as we are now unsure whether it will be able to maneouvour 360 degrees around the couch in the center of the room at our setting. If it does not work out then once again like the previous problem we will have to think of a new way of filming it or perhaps using a different setting that has a larger living room with a sofa in it.
At this moment in time i feel that there is nothing left to plan and that we are now ready to start shooting our title sequence. We have changed around the location so that we are now more equipped with the tools that we are using and we now know that the dolly may work in this setting, however we are still cautious of it. The next thing was s a group are going to do is shoot all of our shots in our storyboard for our title sequence, the benefit of it being in one setting is that we do not have to move around and also that we can shoot all of the footage that we need to in one day.
There are many problems that i feel we may encounter when doing our first shooting of our title sequence, first as i have mentioned above although we have chosen a new location to suit the equipement (dolly) that we are using, i still feel that even with the lamonated flooring in the new setting that there may still be a problem with filming especially using the dolly as i think it will jump when moving the camera around the room. We are unsure yet on how we are going to make this better or prevent it from happening, we as a group are just hoping that the camera will not go up and down when filming and that it will stay steady, however if it does jump when filming then we may have to re-think a few of our ideas and see if we can come up to a solution to this problem. The only other problem that i think we may encounter when filming is once again to do with the dolly, but a different aspect of it this time. Until today we had never seen what the dolly that we are going to use looked like and we now realise just how big it is. The size of the dolly is a real problem for us as we are now unsure whether it will be able to maneouvour 360 degrees around the couch in the center of the room at our setting. If it does not work out then once again like the previous problem we will have to think of a new way of filming it or perhaps using a different setting that has a larger living room with a sofa in it.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Location Final Decision Change And Music Final Decision Change
As a group we realised immediately that the location we first wanted to use would not work as we were told that the dolly, we wanted to use, could only work on hard floor that is smooth and not on carpet as the wheel do not move across that surface. So as a group we had to sit down and put our heads together and think of a solution for this problem that would mean that we could use the dolly and still have a similar scene like the one that we had intended to use. With this in mind we looked at the other possible setting that we could have used before we made our first choice on the location and we came to the conclusion that we could not use Dom's living room as it also had carpet, whereas when we looked at Mikes living room we saw that he had laminated floor and so this was ideal for us to use the dolly on and so we have come to the conclusion that we shall now be using Mike's living room in order to film our title sequence rather than my living room which we had originally chosen to use.
As a group when we came across this problem our first instinct was to panic, however as one of the calmest members of the group i decided that we ought to not get stressed out about this minor setback and to instead put our heads together and go back to square one of choosing the location from scratch and with this in mind we was able to select a better more suitable location which would mean we was able to use the dolly as well as still keep our narrative and setting idea for our title sequence.
https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk/production-music/yeah-yeah-yeah_7944.asp
When looking for a piece of music to use for our title sequence we found the song 'yeah yeah yeah' on a copyright free music website which we thought best suited our title sequence out of the other songs that were on the website. However even though it was the song that did best suit our title sequence on the copyright free website, the sound track included lyrics which we planned on not having in our title sequence at all but as there was no other piece of music on the website that best suited our title sequence we decided to use the soundtrack for our title sequence. When looking on the copyright free music website for the button to download the song, what we didn't realise was that there was a non lyrical version of the song posted on there and when we made our first decision to use the song we did not see this version and so use the lyric version of the song as our first decision on the music. We only found the non lyrical version of the song when we went back onto the website and so our music decision change that i am talking about here is a team choice of instead of using the lyrical version of the song to use the non lyrical version of the soundtrack as we feel that this would better suit our title sequence.
As a group when we came across this problem our first instinct was to panic, however as one of the calmest members of the group i decided that we ought to not get stressed out about this minor setback and to instead put our heads together and go back to square one of choosing the location from scratch and with this in mind we was able to select a better more suitable location which would mean we was able to use the dolly as well as still keep our narrative and setting idea for our title sequence.
https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk/production-music/yeah-yeah-yeah_7944.asp
When looking for a piece of music to use for our title sequence we found the song 'yeah yeah yeah' on a copyright free music website which we thought best suited our title sequence out of the other songs that were on the website. However even though it was the song that did best suit our title sequence on the copyright free website, the sound track included lyrics which we planned on not having in our title sequence at all but as there was no other piece of music on the website that best suited our title sequence we decided to use the soundtrack for our title sequence. When looking on the copyright free music website for the button to download the song, what we didn't realise was that there was a non lyrical version of the song posted on there and when we made our first decision to use the song we did not see this version and so use the lyric version of the song as our first decision on the music. We only found the non lyrical version of the song when we went back onto the website and so our music decision change that i am talking about here is a team choice of instead of using the lyrical version of the song to use the non lyrical version of the soundtrack as we feel that this would better suit our title sequence.
Location Final Decision
As you can see above we have decided that our title sequence is going to be filmed in my house. This is our final location decision and this is where we will shoot all of our title sequence from shots 1-22. The way we decided on this setting was through us voting of which we thought would best suit our title sequence and which we thought would have the easiest surface to film on, another things that we would be judging would also be the position of the sofa and TV in the room as well as the how spacey the room is and the vibe we get from each of the living room settings.
the decision to use this setting as our only location for the title sequence was a very strong decision by the whole group as every member of the group thought that it would be best if we filmed it at this location (my living room). One of the main reasons that we chose this location, apart from the fact that it was the most suitable location for our title sequence, was that it was close and so easy to access and get back and forth from in quick timing. Having the location so close to school is a big bonus as it would allow us to walk in to and from in a small amount of time, which would give us more time to film our title sequence.
the decision to use this setting as our only location for the title sequence was a very strong decision by the whole group as every member of the group thought that it would be best if we filmed it at this location (my living room). One of the main reasons that we chose this location, apart from the fact that it was the most suitable location for our title sequence, was that it was close and so easy to access and get back and forth from in quick timing. Having the location so close to school is a big bonus as it would allow us to walk in to and from in a small amount of time, which would give us more time to film our title sequence.
My Production Plan
https://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc&pli=1&gsessionid=9QPFpOho0_r8tWCqMr0k9g
In our calendar we have planned to start our filming on the 19th of january and as we only need one day to shoot all of our shots, then we could edit the next day on friday the 20th. The benefits of only needing to shoot all of our titlke sequence in one location is the fact that we can then get it all shot in one day and save time from moving everywhere and having to film in so many different places.
As you can see above this is our calendar for JaMiDo productions. This calendar indicates to us, when our deadline is, when we are shooting, re shooting, editing and re editing. The overall pattern of our production plan is that we have one day to shoot and then three days to edit what we have shot, we would then re shoot anything that we have done wrong or needed to re shoot and then spend the same amount of time (three days) to re edit the the re shoot that we have done. Finally we would then do one final re shoot before the deadline and do a final edit and make sure that everything is finished and that the video does not need any more editing or any more footage being added to it.
For each of the shoots and re shoots we would need the next few things in order to shoot what we need to; A pizza, a pizza box, a dolly for the camera, a tripod, crisps, a big bottle of drink, chocolate and other items of food that can be placed around a same table that the main character will have his feet up on. The only things that will cost for the shooting and re shooting of this video will be the pizza and the pizza box because the rest of the items that we need will either supplied by the school or we will get them from Mikes house as that is where we are shooting and he has most of the things that we need already in his home.
The potential issues that may arise would be to do with the camera and the movement on the dolly as the grooves in Mike's floor would effect the steadiness of the camera and would make the footage look bumpy. We plan to battle this by going slower with the dolly and to possibly put cardboard down where the parts are most uneven in order to keep it steady. The only other problem that i could think of with regards to the footage would be to do with the actor as Mike (the main actor 'Andrew Anderson') is unsure of when to move and eat the things that he needs to as we planned in the title sequence storyboard, we are going to counter this by talking through out the video by giving Mike instructions on what to do. Then once we put it in final cut pro we would then remove the sound and just have our music placed in the background of the video like it is planned in the title sequence storyboard.
In our calendar we have planned to start our filming on the 19th of january and as we only need one day to shoot all of our shots, then we could edit the next day on friday the 20th. The benefits of only needing to shoot all of our titlke sequence in one location is the fact that we can then get it all shot in one day and save time from moving everywhere and having to film in so many different places.
As you can see above this is our calendar for JaMiDo productions. This calendar indicates to us, when our deadline is, when we are shooting, re shooting, editing and re editing. The overall pattern of our production plan is that we have one day to shoot and then three days to edit what we have shot, we would then re shoot anything that we have done wrong or needed to re shoot and then spend the same amount of time (three days) to re edit the the re shoot that we have done. Finally we would then do one final re shoot before the deadline and do a final edit and make sure that everything is finished and that the video does not need any more editing or any more footage being added to it.
For each of the shoots and re shoots we would need the next few things in order to shoot what we need to; A pizza, a pizza box, a dolly for the camera, a tripod, crisps, a big bottle of drink, chocolate and other items of food that can be placed around a same table that the main character will have his feet up on. The only things that will cost for the shooting and re shooting of this video will be the pizza and the pizza box because the rest of the items that we need will either supplied by the school or we will get them from Mikes house as that is where we are shooting and he has most of the things that we need already in his home.
The potential issues that may arise would be to do with the camera and the movement on the dolly as the grooves in Mike's floor would effect the steadiness of the camera and would make the footage look bumpy. We plan to battle this by going slower with the dolly and to possibly put cardboard down where the parts are most uneven in order to keep it steady. The only other problem that i could think of with regards to the footage would be to do with the actor as Mike (the main actor 'Andrew Anderson') is unsure of when to move and eat the things that he needs to as we planned in the title sequence storyboard, we are going to counter this by talking through out the video by giving Mike instructions on what to do. Then once we put it in final cut pro we would then remove the sound and just have our music placed in the background of the video like it is planned in the title sequence storyboard.
Storyboard Overview And Storyboard Animatic
These pictures above are the storyboards for our title sequence that i have scanned in on to a computer and then put on my blog. I have done this so that everyone is able to see our full storyboard idea, such as the sound/dialogue we may be including or the shots we are planning to use. I drew most of the storyboards in our group however Mike and Dom did contribute to the work that i have done above so i cannot say that it was just me who done this by myself.
The video above is the anamatic the me and Mike created on IMovie. An animatic is a series of photos that you have taken all placed together in a timeline which play consecutively one after another. When deciding on how long one pictures takes before it changes, you get to decide but editing the time limit on that specific image within he timeline. The reason we have created an animatic is to show an image version of our title sequence with the music that we are going to use in the background. We have done this to see if our idea for a title sequence works and whether it looks good or not. Mike took all the pictures of the storyboard's shots and then we both sat on IMovie and placed them together in order and changed the times to match the times on IMovie. We then added the music to the video and had to cut and edit the music in order for it to fit the title sequence and then we had to place the music specifically on the time lime so that it plays halfway through the first shot and also so that when the drumming and electric guitars really kicks in, it would be just moving on to the first shot. We found that moving the music to the specific points the hardest part of this as we had to make it inch perfect.
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