One Minute Film Evaluation
Order of shots
-cctv shot
-look at prisoner
-close up on feet, camera moves up
-look at prisoner again
·
“Tell me what happened”
·
Silence
·
Closeup face
-[flashback]
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Past: Feet running
·
Present: ‘I didn't do anything, I didn't steal
anything’
·
Past: running, chest shot
·
Present: ‘you've gotten me mixed up with a crime
I don't know about’
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Past: running, turns
·
Present: I was running away
: from what?
·
Past: running, stops, phone call, hand shaking,
brings to ear
Split screen, then focus on chaser’s mouth,
chaser smiles,
“HIIIIIIIIII”
end
^The initial plan for the script and plot, written down to come up with more defined ideas.
This project primarily focuses on vagueness. There are
many things that remain unexplained throughout the short film. What does the
questioner look like? What was the supposed crime the prisoner was accused of?
What/who was he running from? Why did he run away from what was chasing him?
These unanswered questions can be answered by the audience’s
imagination. This interaction maintains interest and attention.
I personally wanted to focus primarily with audio, as i felt that with very simple editing, there is a lot of space to create atmosphere using audio. The audio ended to be very simple however, but it suited the theme of the video.
2) Video and explanation
I personally wanted to focus primarily with audio, as i felt that with very simple editing, there is a lot of space to create atmosphere using audio. The audio ended to be very simple however, but it suited the theme of the video.
2) Video and explanation
As mentioned above, the reasoning behind the plot is vague and unclear. The video presents a dark room with someone being interrogated, and accused of a crime he claims he had no part in. It moves on to a chase, running away from something. Again, it is not evident why this person was running. The video finishes with a phone call, and again, leaves the audience with more questions.
3) Creative Process
a. Coming with an idea was relatively straightforward. One
of us had a base idea, and so we all developed it together from there. We
presented our ideas to each other by drawing comic strips. This made working
out the plot very straightforward.
b. Filming was partly done with improvisation. We already
knew what kind of shots we wanted, but when it came to shooting in the places
we were able to shoot, it was not exactly what we envisioned. This forced us to
adapt to what we were given.
Gigi and Nano worked together in filming the shots. In the
running shots, I explained my idea behind it, and we took many shots until we
were satisfied. The question of what angle how to best approach this shot was
thrown around in the group.
4) Technical Process
a. Camera - In terms of equipment, we did not have much of a chance to get hold of a proper camera in the beginning sessions for shooting. We made use of a couple of Gopros however, and a phone camera to work with very dark lighting. We made use of a proper camera in the last few shots however, and theyve turned out more interesting than we though.
b. Editing Software - We used iMovie for the editing simply because of the simplicity. We did not need anything grand or special in terms of editing.
The video was eventually brought into Adobe Premiere, in order to apply affects and make certain adjustments that otherwise would not have been possible.
Our problem was mainly in editing however - not all of us were able to edit together, due to timing issues. The alternative was to pass the project file and footage around, however only one of us had proper editing software.
c. Audio Equipment - The equipment here consisted of a handheld mic (Tascam DR-08), and a music editing software (Ableton Live 9). The running footsteps came from a sample downloaded from the internet, then 'warped' and time - stretched in order to sync it perfectly with the footsteps shown in the footage. The audio work was completely separate to the footage.
Audio was entirely done in Ableton Live 9, alongside an external plugin (Kontakt - Apocalypes Percussion Library). The voice overs were brought in to be EQed and compressed. The audio was all exported out in a 24 bit 48000 sample-rate wav file, and brought into iMovie.
5) Final Product
a) - Music and audio work
- Execution of the plot
- Editing synchronized to audio
b) - Better camera quality
- Better lighting effects and control
- More editing - FX manipulation of the footage
- Better place to shoot - the room we used for the interrogation was too small and not dark enough.
6) I would try to make it that we were all able to edit the video together, so we'd be able to make decisions together.
More planning and arrangements - might have been a better location to shoot than behind art room.
Using more professional lighting equipment - gives more control.
4) Technical Process
a. Camera - In terms of equipment, we did not have much of a chance to get hold of a proper camera in the beginning sessions for shooting. We made use of a couple of Gopros however, and a phone camera to work with very dark lighting. We made use of a proper camera in the last few shots however, and theyve turned out more interesting than we though.
b. Editing Software - We used iMovie for the editing simply because of the simplicity. We did not need anything grand or special in terms of editing.
The video was eventually brought into Adobe Premiere, in order to apply affects and make certain adjustments that otherwise would not have been possible.
Our problem was mainly in editing however - not all of us were able to edit together, due to timing issues. The alternative was to pass the project file and footage around, however only one of us had proper editing software.
c. Audio Equipment - The equipment here consisted of a handheld mic (Tascam DR-08), and a music editing software (Ableton Live 9). The running footsteps came from a sample downloaded from the internet, then 'warped' and time - stretched in order to sync it perfectly with the footsteps shown in the footage. The audio work was completely separate to the footage.
Audio was entirely done in Ableton Live 9, alongside an external plugin (Kontakt - Apocalypes Percussion Library). The voice overs were brought in to be EQed and compressed. The audio was all exported out in a 24 bit 48000 sample-rate wav file, and brought into iMovie.
5) Final Product
a) - Music and audio work
- Execution of the plot
- Editing synchronized to audio
b) - Better camera quality
- Better lighting effects and control
- More editing - FX manipulation of the footage
- Better place to shoot - the room we used for the interrogation was too small and not dark enough.
6) I would try to make it that we were all able to edit the video together, so we'd be able to make decisions together.
More planning and arrangements - might have been a better location to shoot than behind art room.
Using more professional lighting equipment - gives more control.
This is good evaluation George. There's evidence of reflection followed by a clear idea of what you would do next and there's a mention of creative decision making particularly around the shooting of the running scene.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you wanted a group decision process for the editing. This would make sense to create a product that was a true reflection of those who made, however, each member of the team (I'm guessing) had different ideas.
Well done George. Well written and interesting response.