Visual Projection more footage!

This weekend I have been filming for my film getting more ideas and trying to keep the video fresh since it lasts four minutes which has an impact on my filming. The problem can be that it turns too repetitive and so the audience will find it boring. However I have put a sequence of jpeg images to create symmetry and I have put quirky experimental clips in to keep the sequence exciting.  I have gone from clips of fires to clips of snow.

It looks quite boring here however I have added after effects to these clips! 

Putting ideas together for DP3, Visual Projection.

Today I went around Nottingham City centre to film. I came up with a few ideas and put them together using my mac.

I created a sequence to see what worked and what doesn't. Even though the camera work is slightly wobbly, I think it works:

More ideas for visual projection, Theme= MOVEMENT

I have been researching online to help give me some ideas for different sequences I can use in the visual projection film. I am going to film some moving escalators. Here is an idea which I can speed up and add effects.



Piano:

Week 3: Finalised Ideas on Visual Projection

I have decided to go along with the first idea I had which was the most abstract experimental idea I created in which needed putting into a THEME. The theme thought out is all about movement entwining with some repetition, however using effects to create abstract visuals. For example footsteps walking, dominoes gong down one by one. Also I will film being in a tram and add effects.
Here is an example of movement on a tram:



I will also involve roller coaster effects, dancing and footsteps. I will try to link each sequence to each other, for example from a zip opening from a jacket to cut to moving down a track on a railway line. I will try to synchronise each sequence to run in continuity.
Here is a dancing effect which have given me a few ideas I can use in the track:


  




Examples for filming repetition.

Second Term, DP3 Visual Ideas

For my next project I am to create a visual piece lasting between  minutes. I have a pitch to discuss tomorrow on three different ideas what I am going to do for my visuals.

IDEA 1:

The first idea I have come up with is to be completely abstract by having random images and sequences through the track. However there is a  theme in which when one item displays on screen there will be lots of them. For example one sequence will be lots of candles lit up with a birds eye view.

 Then the next would be a collection of shoes being shown in a line one by one at a fast pace.

I would also use text in my video and use a sparkler repeated through the video. Here is an example I could get as close to my idea.

Also in parts throughout the track there will be a close up of a face which would have an x-ray effect with dark lips singing a few lyrics.
Other ideas in the video would be lights being switched on in a large room, flocks of birds flying, and collections of makeup, jewelry and skeleton faces.
My aim is to try and make  the visual as quirky and experimental as possible.

SECOND IDEA:

My second idea involves cartoons, cuttings out a white board and black board. Throughout the track strange images, patterns etc would be drawn to synchronise with the track. I would then have cartoons performing strange dance moves and cuttings out of newpapers and magazines coming to life using motion or after effects.

whiteboard:




blackboard:





3RD IDEA:

My third idea involves different plants and flowers growing  throughout the tracks. Also I would have insects changing for example caterpillar developing into a butterfly. Another could be the sunrising and sunsetting. The theme would be representing TIME and LIFE.
Here is an example of flowers going.



Music Projection On Bulidings....Other ideas

My Treatment to Say Something Political...'Addicted'

Treatment for 30 Second Advert: ‘Say Something Political’

Title of Advert: Addicted.

Dates of proposed filming: 5/ 7/8 November 2011

Times: 10am- 4pm

Outline and justification of Ideas:  A 30 second advert with the title ‘Addicted’. The aim of the advert is to represent that there is more to life than media technology. This includes phones, the internet, social network sites, game software and electronic technology that will be included in the advert such as a TV Remote. I am to represent that the public have forgotten to appreciate the natural world we live in, and we now choose to be cooped up using technology from the start of our day to the end. That it has come to over power our life. Instead of just making the statement in an advert that there is more to life than just media technology, I have created a ‘gust concept’. I have used a slogan, which can be taken in two different ways in which I will discuss.

The start of my advert will focus on a girl waking up in bed. The camera will zoom out slowly and her alarm (use of media technology…phone) will go off. The advert will tell a story of her day from morning to evening. The advert will reflect that her life is isolated since her life is cooped up and she is continuously on networking sties, watching tv, etc. The camera will have lots of close up shots throughout the advert of her typing (using the internet, twitter, facebook, using her phone, tv remote and zooming in focusing on her fingers). The advert will be energetic; fast paced then will slow towards the end. This is when a shot will be shown of an amazing view of the world panning left to right. It will contrast from all of the other shots I have used previously in the advert since they are close up and fast paced. This shot will include a written phrase underneath saying Give it a rest. Then immediately after this, the background will fade to black and the slogan will say…”There is more to life than ‘hand jobs’.  Therefore throughout my advert I will really have to pay special attention to the use of hands otherwise my advert will not work. I can help to achieve this my manually changing the focus by focusing on her hands to make it obvious to the audience. By my character constantly using her fingers to use the technology the slogan will work.

Here, I will be using GENERATE INNOVATIVE NOVEL IDEAS. I am aiming to make the camera work/editing of a high skill exploring a variety of techniques. My advert is slightly abstract and experimental and so I will use quirky angles when filming. The whole of my advert will be set in black and white apart from when the amazing view of the world is shown in colour. This will give the advert contrast. I will be paying special attention to eye contact and pace of movement in the film. 

Resource list: Camera woman 1, lighting woman, director, producer, sound engineer, one character, video camera, tripod, anti-glare guard for the camera. A bedroom with a bed, lamp, homely possessions. Media appliances include, blackberry, television, x box, remote, ipod, laptop and internet.

Location: At my student house in Nottingham.

A real world budget: Price of actress for the day can be negotiable. An actress from an agency who is not well known can be from forty pounds an hour.  However employing somebody with very high rank and status for example Jennifer Anniston could cost fifty thousand pounds to film over three days. Since no lines have to be learnt and it involves no nudity famous actresses are cheap.

I am able to film my advert in my house however if I was to rent a studio for three days filming, it could cost in the region of £375-885 for Waterloo Studios in London. However you can hire out a studio for fifty five pounds for the day. Studio 101 in London is an example.

To hire out camera and filming kit is quite expensive, if you do not own equipment yourself.

Other pricing I have fund through online research:

Complete Shooting Packages:

• Lighting Cameraman, Broadcast Camera Kit, Sound & Lighting - £500
• Steadicam + Operator & Assistant with all kit - £1000
  includes EFP Steadicam, directors monitor & all accessories
• Cameraman, Sound Recordist, Director & all kit - £1200
• Cameraman & Sound Recordist with all kit - £800

My crew would cost:

• Camera Operator alone - £275
• Steadicam Operator alone - £350 - £500
• Camera Operator (when booked with OB unit) - £200
• OB/Multicam Engineer (when booked with OB unit) - £250
• Sound Recordist with kit - £240
• Steadicam / Camera Assistant - £250
• Stills Photographer - £275

My actress is actually my friend so I will not have to pay her. However if she was not then I would have to pay for her travel and expenses. She lives in Stoke-On-Trent and her train ticket to Nottingham would cost thirty pounds return.

I will be downloading final cut pro to edit my film. However in the real world it would cost £180 to download the software onto my mac. Since I am doing this for my degree, we have the access and resources to use edit facilities at the University.

Strengths: Knowing the character is reliable and trustworthy.   Location is local  (in my house) and so I am not limited to filming time in that respect. However I will need to film from the morning since it is about a girl filming her throughout the day. Therefore if I film her waking up at 6pm then it will b obvious to the audience that it is night when it is supposed to be morning.

Weaknesses. I wanted to get the chance of filming this advert by myself , so I can get some experience behind the camera. This may be a weakness since I could have asked someone with better skill and experience. And so it may be a weakness, since I may be able to produce a better outcome.  Also I have not made an advert before and so I am inexperienced.

Conclusion: I think my advert will be a success, since I am well equipped, prepared and I have done lots of research. I have amended my story board three times. I only have one character to rely on to turn up.

Amended Storyboard