Saturday, 8 January 2011
Friday, 7 January 2011
Photo's from set
This is a photo of my Tripod set up in the woods for the first scene:
Here are some photo's I took on set of my actor and scenes:
Here are some photos of the 'dead body' we made for the first scene:
This is a video showing how we created the dead body. It was a funny experience so we aren't being entirely serious but it shows how we did it and the finished effect:
Here are some photo's I took on set of my actor and scenes:
Here are some photos of the 'dead body' we made for the first scene:
This is a video showing how we created the dead body. It was a funny experience so we aren't being entirely serious but it shows how we did it and the finished effect:
Re-filming Results
I think filming this time was a lot more successful than the previous. I took more care with my shots and the angles I took them at and I was always aware of the times of the day as it effects the lighting in each scene. I had trouble getting my actor to be serious and get into character - I have many video's on the camera of me trying to encourage him to do a shot, sometimes even showing him what i want - I might put one or two of these up to show my directing.
The first time I redid the first scene, it ended up being too dark again, I don't think we started early enough and by the time we were done the lighting had run out. The difficulty being that the scenes look bright enough on the camera - I thought that they looked really good; but when I connected the camera to a TV to see what the shots looked like on that, the shots came out practically black. So the next time we went out to do it, I made sure it was earlier in the day and I tried to make things more serious so that we didn't waste time. It was still difficult to get my actor into character but we managed to do it in the end with only minor issues of not wanting to fall over in the mud. I think the shots came out well.
The other scene we had to re-redo was the 'you're next' phone scene as that was also two dark. There were no difficulties for this scene as it was relatively short, until afterwards I realized that I hadn't changed the name of the person who text back to 'unknown' it was saved as Unknown with her surname. That was a shot I had to drag my actor back out to do as it was definitely not appropriate to keep in my trailer.
There were a couple scenes that I decided to just cut from my trailer. The first was the scene were my actor walks down the street and feels like people are glaring at him. It was really difficult to organize this as it is illegal to just film people on the street without there consent and I couldn't organize enough of my friends to do it with me as they all had work loads - as well as the fact that i didn't want it to all be teenagers glaring at him as that isn't as effective (people stereotype teenagers as being aggressive anyway) So even though I think it would have looked quite effective in my trailer, i decided to cut it - added to the fact that my teaser trailer would be long enough already, The second scene I cut was the running scene that i originally shot that turned out too dark. I decided that I already had enough running sections in the trailer - in the woods, that i didn't really need another one down the street. I liked the idea of my actor running through a door/gate and slamming it behind them but I literally ran out of time with the camera and lighting to get it so I just left it out - it isn't an essential scene.
One thing I do regret with the filming is that in the first reshoot I had my friend wrapped up in bin bags pretending to be a body in the woods but I didn't get a full shot of her on the film camera and when it came to re-filming that scene, she wasn't available to do it. I did manage to take a few photos of her though and i have a video of us preparing her which i could put on.
When I filmed the body scene in the cornfield I was worried that the difference in lighting would effect the shot but because it was literally just shots looking down on the bodies it didn't which i was really pleased with. I had issues with my actors and had to lie them down on bin bags (which i don't think you can really tell in the shots) because of the mud. If I had been more organized i would have tried to make them look 'deader' and use white face powder and things like that. As it was I had to rely on there body positioning and acting skills. I think the shots worked anyway so it doesn't matter that much.
Overall I am pleased with the footage I got from re-filming and I think it will hopefully look good edited into my trailer.
The first time I redid the first scene, it ended up being too dark again, I don't think we started early enough and by the time we were done the lighting had run out. The difficulty being that the scenes look bright enough on the camera - I thought that they looked really good; but when I connected the camera to a TV to see what the shots looked like on that, the shots came out practically black. So the next time we went out to do it, I made sure it was earlier in the day and I tried to make things more serious so that we didn't waste time. It was still difficult to get my actor into character but we managed to do it in the end with only minor issues of not wanting to fall over in the mud. I think the shots came out well.
The other scene we had to re-redo was the 'you're next' phone scene as that was also two dark. There were no difficulties for this scene as it was relatively short, until afterwards I realized that I hadn't changed the name of the person who text back to 'unknown' it was saved as Unknown with her surname. That was a shot I had to drag my actor back out to do as it was definitely not appropriate to keep in my trailer.
There were a couple scenes that I decided to just cut from my trailer. The first was the scene were my actor walks down the street and feels like people are glaring at him. It was really difficult to organize this as it is illegal to just film people on the street without there consent and I couldn't organize enough of my friends to do it with me as they all had work loads - as well as the fact that i didn't want it to all be teenagers glaring at him as that isn't as effective (people stereotype teenagers as being aggressive anyway) So even though I think it would have looked quite effective in my trailer, i decided to cut it - added to the fact that my teaser trailer would be long enough already, The second scene I cut was the running scene that i originally shot that turned out too dark. I decided that I already had enough running sections in the trailer - in the woods, that i didn't really need another one down the street. I liked the idea of my actor running through a door/gate and slamming it behind them but I literally ran out of time with the camera and lighting to get it so I just left it out - it isn't an essential scene.
One thing I do regret with the filming is that in the first reshoot I had my friend wrapped up in bin bags pretending to be a body in the woods but I didn't get a full shot of her on the film camera and when it came to re-filming that scene, she wasn't available to do it. I did manage to take a few photos of her though and i have a video of us preparing her which i could put on.
When I filmed the body scene in the cornfield I was worried that the difference in lighting would effect the shot but because it was literally just shots looking down on the bodies it didn't which i was really pleased with. I had issues with my actors and had to lie them down on bin bags (which i don't think you can really tell in the shots) because of the mud. If I had been more organized i would have tried to make them look 'deader' and use white face powder and things like that. As it was I had to rely on there body positioning and acting skills. I think the shots worked anyway so it doesn't matter that much.
Overall I am pleased with the footage I got from re-filming and I think it will hopefully look good edited into my trailer.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
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