One Shot Film - Edited and Finished

Here's the finished One Shot Film that I edited.
The quality is good and it seems to look reasonable.
Not too happy with the black lines round the width of the film, but at least it's all in working order.

Love More

Visit the FIGURING LIGHT, Colour and The Intangible Exhibition at Djanogly Art Gallery, Lakeside. Choose a piece of work and write 200 words about the artist use of colour and light.



For this particular assignment I have decided to choose Rebecca Partridge's "Love More" painting which intrigued me greatly.

When I first saw the painting, I was mesmerised by the distinct use of shading in the middle of the piece and wondered how the artist even got away with using so many clashing and contrasting colours at the same time.
I then thought to myself, maybe it's because of the way she uses hints of shading between richer and more intense colours, that she creates an effect which is harmonising and easier on the eye.

The painting gives me the impression that each shape is flying past my face and that they are expanding further and further because of the use of lighter shading and smaller palette of colours, which is obviously a good thing, seeing that it makes me interact with the piece more and more.

Personally, I feel that the artist’s use of colour and light is great and the shading and toning in the painting gives the piece more depth.





The first image is the original and the second image is the colour changed version.
These two images are from the game "Dead Space" and I feel that my version of the image looks more ambient and has more of a science fiction orientation about it compared to the original.

My colour changed image has more of a purple shade to it and makes the viewer feel as if the character really is in outer space.





The first image in this selection is from a game called Fallout 3 and is the original.
The next image below it is my colour changed image, which is meant to represent a more rusty and polluted feel to the environment in the image.
The change I have made is also meant to make the Soldier look as if he is standing, watching a sunset.

One Shot Film - Video ideas

Here's a list of ideas for locations, themes, genres, etc, that my group came up with.

VIDEO IDEAS

Location:
Large area - Constant pan
Long street - Camera on wheels
Shopping centre
The market square
Nottingham Castle
Restaurant

Genres:
Sad
Happy
Gangster
Horror
Serious
Drama
Love
Comedy

Camera usage ideas:
Constant pan
Monitors / screens
reflective surfaces

Theme:
Streetlife - Gun fights - begger in the street
Nightlife
The meeting
General life
Old times
POKER TABLE


Ideas:
Poker Table
Green material on table, very low lighting.
All players in suits (casino royale style)
gangster feeling, minimal dialogue. Use of eye contact would be good.


Schedule:
WEEK 1 PREPARATION
WEEK 2 FILMING
WEEK 3 EDITING

One Shot Film - Location ideas and thoughts

On wednesday, I went with my group to scout for locations around the city and took some photos of where we thought might look best to shoot our one shot film.


Here are some of those photos.






This photo shows an idea of a person walking from the end of the street to where our shadows are and meeting a person to deliver a package or note.
We would film a pan shot near where the van is positioned and when the person gets closer to the camera, the person would walk to the left of our shadows and round a corner, past a television shop.



The idea at this location was for two people to meet at the seating area positioned in the middle of the shot and exchange classified information or a package.

The people would come from opposite sides or different directions.
For example, one person could come from the right of the camera, (behind the camera itself and past the right hand side, into the shot) covering most of the shot with his or her body.
The other person involved could come through either of the doors, which are situated to the left and right of the photo.



This photo involves the same sort of idea as the last photo.
Two people would come from either side and meet in the seating area.

Sounds like theirs a change

The original idea of a low stakes poker game between students has been called off and we've had to revert to plan B.

The new idea involves two people who meet up in the street. One of the people is giving the other person a package, once the package has been given, the two people will talk and discuss something.
The rest is up to me, so I need to get writing a script for the scene itself. We are going to film tomorrow morning, so between us we will figure out how it will be filmed and where.

One Shot Film Progress

The main idea that me and my group have gone for is the "Poker Table" idea, which is based on a low stakes poker game held in a certain students flat.
We managed to come up with a brief storyline and small amounts of dialogue that could be used in the film.

We were thinking of starting with the camera focused on a pair of cards held by one of the participants, then having the camera zoom out to shoulder level and to a distance where all the players can be seen.

The story and dialogue will start as soon as the cards appear on the film and the film will contain many comedy aspects which should appear throughout.

The Rule Of Thirds

Knowing the Rules

The idea is to imagine that your frame or image is split into nine equal parts which is made up of two horizontal lines and two vertical lines.

Once grasping this concept, you can then place your subject or key part of your scene, on or near a point of where the lines cross.
This is not essential in all aspects of photography because the rule of thirds does not work in certain shots and does not apply.
An example of the rule of thirds is shown below in a short video that i made.



Another example is shown below aswell.



This example shows how placing the sunlit peak at one of the hotspots gives this photograph depth and eventually leads us to the desired location.
The bottom third features the foreground, the middle third features the hills and pathways and the top third features the horizon and clouds. This is a basic composition that adheres to the rule of thirds.

Classic Remix

I found these 2 remixes of Michael Gray's - Weekend,on youtube the other day and just had to put them on my blog.
They are nice groovin' house tracks mixed with a club style beat.





Enjoy

Final Pixelation

I managed to upload the new edited version of my pixelation video onto youtube tonight and it's displayed below.



The main editing that I did today was sharpening each still picture and adding a slight gaussian blur to them. Re-editing the video seems to have payed off and the final video, uploaded perfectly to youtube and the quality is great.

Oh yes and before I forget, the soundtrack I used was a song by Future Sound Of London called Moscow (Remix). I never managed to display the soundtrack in the ending credits so their it is.

Now it's time to chill, good night people.

Old College Animation and More Video Editing

Here's an animation that I created for my final major project when I was back at college.



It was based on certain Space Invaders Characters, which were grouped into armies on the actual animation.
It took me about 3 weeks to make, including post-production, sound effects, etc.

After today's lecture, I went to the Horn in Hand with some of the guys from the course and chilled out and played some pool for a bit.
When the rest of the guys went to their seminar at 1pm, I decided to head over to Waverley 105 and re-edit my pixelation animation and test some effects on the video itself.

At present, the video is uploading to youtube, but i'm not sure whether it will be done soon because the file is around 400mb.

I may do some research tomorrow on certain films and try using the thirds method to analyse shots and scenes.

Why Design?

I recently decided to purchase an Apple iPod 120 GB classic at £179. I feel that the purchase was of very good value and that I made the right decision in buying an mp3 player of that size.



I could have gone for something different and less expensive like you usually do, but in my mind, I obviously had the desire and urge as many other people do, to buy something that completely wipes an original plan of purchasing a simple mp3 player with a reasonable amount of storage.



I had to have an all singing - all dancing iPod which can fit lots of music, videos and photos on it, as well as having games, a calendar and all sorts of other built in goodies.

Design played a huge part in my decision to buy, as well as the media and memory capabilities, which are the main factors to consider when buying a new mp3 player, but, did I need to buy an mp3 player of that size? And did I need to spend “X” amount of money, just to get a larger and more stylish mp3 player? I don’t think I did to be honest and I know that my decision was influenced by today’s media and advertisements that rule the nation.