As I mentioned in the previous post, as well as the Snorricam shot in 'Wake', we also liked the panning shot. Today I decided to have a trial run to see how it will work. Using my brother's skateboard, the flip and gorilla pod, and my brother, I did a few takes with some rope tied to the skateboard in our conservatory, which has a really flat, smooth floor.
It took a few takes for my brother to take it seriously, but the final take is what we're hoping to achieve. The only problem is that the drive to Alice's house, which is where we are filming it, is very bumpy and won't look good in the final thing, so we're working on things to put underneath. Otherwise this should work well, and hopefully up the marks!
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Friday 7 January 2011
Snorricams
The week before term ended, our group set to work on making a Snorricam - a camera that attaches to the body and creates this effect:
We also quite liked the panning shot of the man's body on the floor, and are thinking of using this for Sam when she's been knocked out by the alarm clock. With the aid of my little brother's skateboard and something flat to roll it on, this could be easily achieved.
We set to work making a cardboard and masking tape prototype (that sounds a lot better than it actually was) and did a few example videos (yet to be edited and put on this post).
THEN during the holidays Andrea's dad made us a brilliant proper one (of which i haven't seen yet, but I've seen proof it works so it must be brilliant) and here are the results:
Yaaaay!
We plan to use this shot for when Kate wakes up, which will show the transition from sleeping to waking or some such nonsense and will give us a few more marks!
We also quite liked the panning shot of the man's body on the floor, and are thinking of using this for Sam when she's been knocked out by the alarm clock. With the aid of my little brother's skateboard and something flat to roll it on, this could be easily achieved.
We set to work making a cardboard and masking tape prototype (that sounds a lot better than it actually was) and did a few example videos (yet to be edited and put on this post).
THEN during the holidays Andrea's dad made us a brilliant proper one (of which i haven't seen yet, but I've seen proof it works so it must be brilliant) and here are the results:
Yaaaay!
We plan to use this shot for when Kate wakes up, which will show the transition from sleeping to waking or some such nonsense and will give us a few more marks!
Group Update
Before the holidays, Alice and Valentina decided to become a separate group, as they felt they weren't contributing enough compared to me and Andrea. This came as a surprise, but we think it's better that they feel like they're contributing enough.
Meanwhile, me and Andrea are still allowed to use Alice's house as our location for when we re film, so we've been working on a plan for the day. We think it'll take less time this time round, because we know what shots we need and we have a clearer idea of what we want it to look like. Also, after our trip to the BFI we have some good ideas of how to hit the higher marks and set our film apart and make it look really professional.
Finally, we've decided to add my character (the one on the floor) in a bit more, as it's not really explained why she is on their drive, so we've decided my character is the main character's sister. We've also decided to name our characters, the main character's name is Kate and my character's name is Sam. We'll add some dialogue in at the beginning between the two characters so that the relation between the characters is clear. Finally we've named our film (as a working title) 'Special K', in reference to the main character's name and the type of cereal she eats.
Oh, and finally finally we've been thinking of titles and making them look realistic, and as both my parents are graphic designers I'll probably be able to persuade one of them to help us make a realistic production company logo and look at appropriate fonts etc. so watch this space!
Meanwhile, me and Andrea are still allowed to use Alice's house as our location for when we re film, so we've been working on a plan for the day. We think it'll take less time this time round, because we know what shots we need and we have a clearer idea of what we want it to look like. Also, after our trip to the BFI we have some good ideas of how to hit the higher marks and set our film apart and make it look really professional.
Finally, we've decided to add my character (the one on the floor) in a bit more, as it's not really explained why she is on their drive, so we've decided my character is the main character's sister. We've also decided to name our characters, the main character's name is Kate and my character's name is Sam. We'll add some dialogue in at the beginning between the two characters so that the relation between the characters is clear. Finally we've named our film (as a working title) 'Special K', in reference to the main character's name and the type of cereal she eats.
Oh, and finally finally we've been thinking of titles and making them look realistic, and as both my parents are graphic designers I'll probably be able to persuade one of them to help us make a realistic production company logo and look at appropriate fonts etc. so watch this space!
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