Professional Toolkit - Studio shoot Evaluation

So overall I was given the role of a Screenwriter and construction. My responsibilities was to develop a script for the consumerism ad campaign. Once the script was finished I was given back some notes from my group, in which I took into mind, and re-wrote the whole script. After the script was completely finished I had helped with casting in order to find the right actor. I was also there to help build the whole set for the shoot, which included; Scrapping off old wallpaper, wallpapering, setting up the wooden flooring and taking it apart etc. During the shoot I was there to help out with odd bits here and there. At first I helped with some sound assisting, setting up equipment, an packing away the set once shooting was complete.

Throughout the blog you will find previous posts that get into more depth, and show examples of what I had achieved during the whole pre-production and production stage.

Innovation & Interference: Inspiring references

Another inspiring video that references some of the style of lighting I will achieve for the dance film. The jump cuts used within the short film look really good, but I don't think it would go with the style my film is undertaking. But I will attempt the jump cuts within post production just to experiment a bit more. The lighting is definitely something I have already achieved, and is something that will feature in the film.

- Become One -  https://vimeo.com/93120027

Screenshot from "Become One"

Screenshot from my lighting test shoot. You can see the similarities between the two. The only difference is the shots taken from the test shoot are medium shots rather than long shots, as shown in "Become One"  

Another Screenshot from the test shoot.

On Thursday I have another evening within the studio, in which I could undergo further test shoots, and i'll make sure that I use perspective a bit more within the shots.

The body is a good example of the style of close up shots I could possible use for the dance film. I find this effective as it is close up shots of the bare skin, showing the muscles within the body moving, and if I decided to use a shaolin uniform for this film it would not be as effective due to not showing the bare skin. Maybe using something similar to a shaolin uniform that shows some bare skin would allow me to pull of this style within the film.

- The Body - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnPCOYMbiuk

Innovation and Interference: Lighting Test Shoot

I had the chance to experiment with the lighting setup, in order to prepare for the film, and I managed to run into a few setting up problems. But overall managed to partially achieve what I wanted.

The only real problem I had with the lighting setup, and trying to achieve the look I wanted, was not having enough lights on set to light the background. Usually the lights I hired out would achieve this, but the background being a black curtain it absorbed most of light. As I didn't have a white backdrop, which would have worked better to achieve that bright red silhouette look. But I did manage to achieve that red silhouette look I wanted to some extent. Either next week or the 4th March I will be undergoing another lighting test shoot to experiment more with lighting, to get a better Silhouette look, experiment more with the coloured gels, and to achieve another low key lighting setup.

Silhouette setup #1

As you can see from the diagram above, to get a better silhouette we should of had a light behind the backdrop. Because the backdrop was a black curtain, the light wouldn't seek through. The next attempt I will be organising a way to bring a white backdrop into the studio. This will allow me to achieve a better lighting setup for production.

Silhouette setup #2

Here is some of the images taken on the day. A mix between Silhouette and low key lighting:

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Another setup used on the day. Adding the extra third light helped brighten the background more. 

Innovation & Interference: Searching for a dancer

After not being able to get hold of Shaolin Monks, I decided to get in contact with Rachel in regards to helping me find a suitable dancer for the project. So I created a dancers brief in which she could send forward for me. Here is the brief: 

Dancers Brief: Detailing the schedule, location, dancers role and the film

I aim to find a dancer within at least this week as time is essential at the moment. I need the dancer to learn WuDang five animal forms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01wUiCNr774, and add contemporary dance movements to it. As you can tell this can be quite time consuming, as the dancer would need to learn and practice the choreography. To make sure that the choreography is right for the film, I have booked two days in which the dancer and I could work one on one to assure the choreography on the day of shooting is already prepared.

Innovation and Interference: SOUND - Searching for music

After spending more time into searching for music on audionetwork, I finally found five tracks that I believe would best match each animal form. As each animal form represents the training of something different, for example the dragon represents the training of the mind, and the snake represents energy. I used those words as keywords, along with notes about the type of movements used within the forms, and found these tracks to suit best.

Dragon: http://www.audionetwork.com/show-production-results.aspx?stype=2&disc=1005&track=2

Snake: http://www.audionetwork.com/show-production-results.aspx?stype=2&disc=1142&track=1

Tiger: http://www.audionetwork.com/show-production-results.aspx?stype=2&disc=1293&track=7

Leopard: http://www.audionetwork.com/show-production-results.aspx?stype=2&disc=1650&track=2

Crane: http://www.audionetwork.com/show-production-results.aspx?stype=2&disc=1612&track=6

The next stage after purchasing each song is to mix and blend each song together, to create one song with a seamless transition. I will be using either adobe audition or pro-tools in order to achieve this.

copyright and licensing to use the music will not be an issue. I will be using the Home & Student package.

Home and Student package