Moving Forward.

Evening
Long time no Blog

since starting my coursework back in july i have learn various new skills using different editing applications on the mac. I firstly started by using a new editing application called Final Cut, this is an advanced editing app that helps to use more in depth techniques when editing video and sound. From using Final cut i have learn various new editing techniques the first was Quad screening, this helped to make my video more effective and give it more of a music video edge. as well as this i have developed my understanding on other advanced editing skills such as green screen and colour keying. Also since starting this courseowrk i have realised that i can not work wel on my own. For example the pairs in my class have managed to do there product in a lot better time as they are able to share the work load between eachother as well as motivationg each other to do the work. If i was to do the coursework again i would deffenatly try to be part of a group to help motivat me and do better for my work . the final progression that i made was my technique to film. i learnt how to use a variety of differnt angles and shots such as ecu cu and long shots to make my video more professional and effective.

Moving Forward

Today myself and media teacher Mr Michie discussed some new ideas for the opening of my video. He suggested some sort of basic animation to interpret the scene of a zoo. From this i gathered up the correct materials to make this happen and started to make up the shots. From this i discovered that what i first thought was the right size was really not, the camera could not focus on the scale that i had chosen and in order for it to all fit in the camera would have to be at the height of a roof. Because of this i learnt that the scale would have to be a lot smaller so i look forward to crack onto this in the next few days during my frees.

In other news, i have set a small deadline for myself with a list of shots which i must ensure will be shot by the 9th of jan. i know i must meet this deadline so that i can teach myself that missing deadlines will cause serious set backs.

wow

jut relised havnt updated in ages well basically iv done a lot from filming greenscreen on two different screens put into video look sok not best but goes well with video genre
i have now paired up i think so work load is less
intro to film is done and editied and now middle is being filmed well yer working on critical research atm so not too much cw atm
sorry if this makes no sense its 2 am and i nt sleep so im a bit dlfnjkndvjnv

night

Quad screen

Today i put into practice the new skills that i learnt last night and tried some quad splits and they look awesome. because the testing went so well, i have decided to inlclude them in my final piece.

I just learnt

I just learnt some cool new tricks on final cut =]

. how to do quad split screens
. split screens
. green screen
. shadow screening
. and finally how to make the final video film color standard.

i hope to perfect these new skills and use then in my video to help boost my overall grade


night fellow bloggers =]

16 days

until the first deadline and i am not looking forward to it. i have followed my shooting schedule to plan however i still seem to be behind in what i should have got done i have now only filmed the beginning and the ending of the video and i must now focus on the middle part in order to do this i must try to keep to my schedule as much as possible as i know that this is the only way that i will get it done on time.

if Mr Miche or Mr ford read this please can you comment this post with a date or time that i can meet up for a tutorial for how i am doing with my coursework.

Filming

Today i filmed the opening part of my music video. i found it pretty easy to navigate around my storyboard and knew what parts to film and how long each shot should roughly last for. This really helped as managed to get most of the shots done in a short space of time which meant that i had a lot more time to edit my piece in final cut. from the shots that i got i managed to make 30 seconds of film which is a great contribution for the rest of the music video. I used a variety of different shot types including mid shots close ups and long shots, i used all of these with things such as a close up of the male character putting on the scarf. i also used mids shots of he male again putting his jacket on i only used a mid shot for this as his legs were irrelevant to the shot. I used a friends house in Amersham to film, this was because it is a a nice rural area that has good scenery this means that it would fit in with my criteria and also helps to fit in with the mise en scene including the props and characters life styles.