Production Log

Production log

0-5- Opening shot is of Dave who is the artist and protagonist making a statement on his ideology of graffiti. He will be framed infront of a graffiti wall in the garden of the Railway Tavern pub. The camera will be at a low angle only getting his mouth in the shot.

5-10- Stock footage of graffiti on the news (mixture of good and bad etc Banksy)

Music to be edited with the footage with correct connotations.

10-15- hand held footage of the protagonist and my self walking to the location he has decided to paint which should be at Stoney Road. Music starts (Hip Hop).

15-20- Multiple panning shots of the wall protagonist will paint on at Stoney Road.

20-25- more footage from interview asking how he started, framed the same but containing cut aways of his hands or cutaway to a side shot.

25-30-Interview with some one affected by graffiti, shop owners etc. Framed behind the counter/bar if a business.

30-35-Close up shot of spray can when artist is starting to paint. Diegetic sound of spray can rattling and spraying.

35-40- Long shot of protagonist painting. Framed in the centre of the shot. Music starts (hip hop)

40-45- Interview footage asking if it’s an obsession whilst cutting away to show his hands again.

45-50-interview footage from some one affected Framed in front of location or in front of some graffiti if still there.

55-60-Stock footage from news of a graffiti artist that died on the train tracks. Non diegetic sound of music over the top but so you can still hear what the news reader is saying.

60-65-back to long shot of protagonist painting. Framed to the left of the shot so the other graffiti on the wall gets in the shot. Non diegetic music starts.

65-70-staged or real chase scene located at Stoney Road. Diegetic sound of running.

70-80-interview with him answering a couple of questions about does he get scared when he goes out in the middle of the night. Camera cuts away to side shot.

80-85-close up of protagonists hands with paint on them and different panning shots and hand help camera movements of graffiti walls located around Digbeth in Birmingham. Non diegetic sound from music.

85-90-footage of trains going past in a field that’s located at the bottom of my street (a lot of trains with graffiti on go past). Diegtic sound of trains going past.

90-95-hand held shot of walking through the field at the bottom of my street. Non diegetic sound of music.

95-105-interview with victim on if its affected their business. Framed behind counter/bar.

105-110-stock footage of what’s classed as vandalism (tagging). Diegetic sound of news reader.

110-115-interview asking why he does it. Cutting away to over the shoulder shot just getting his mouth in the shout.

115-120-shot of him showing me different pieces he’s done in various locations. Diegetic sound of him explaining where hes painted.

120-125- ill ask the protagonist if he has ever been caught or if he’s had any close calls.

125-130-panning shot of the wall as he’s painting it. Non diegetic music.

130-145- montage of lots of different shots with people painting graffiti edited at a quick pace with non diegetic sound of the song souls of mischief -93 til infinity over the top.

145-150-back to interview and asking if theres any political reason behind what hes doing or if he just enjoys vandalising stuff.

150-160- more close up shots of him spraying the wall at Stoney Road. All diegetic sound of the can.

160-165-Interview with victim asking them if they find any part of graffiti as art or whether they see it all as vandalism.

165-180- Another montage but of different pieces of stock footage that contain victims of graffiti. This is to show two sides of a story through two montages. Non diegetic music will be used over the top.

180-200- Interview with Katrina, a trainee police officer to get her opinion on the effects of graffiti and how it could be prevented.

200-205- interview with protagonist asking him if he ever feels bad for the damage hes caused whilst cutting away to a side shot or close up of the mouth.

205-210- Non diegetic music starts again with him painting  the wall located at Stoney Road. Filmed at a low angle.

210-220- Interview with land lady of the railway Tavern pub getting her opinion of graffiti and the people that do it as a lot of graffiti artists drink in there. Framed in front of the big graffiti wall.

220-225-panning shot of the graffiti at the Railway Tavern pub to show how good the artwork looks and how its not just vandalism. Non diegetic music.

225-235- A time lapse of the protagonist painting from a long shot whilst on screen graphics show stats taken from Nuneaton council on how graffiti has risen or fallen in the last so many years. Non diegetic music.

235-240- Final statement from one of the victims of graffiti to conclude their side of the story. All diegetic sound.

240-245- Final quote from protagonist to get his final say on the effects of graffiti. All diegetic sound until music starts to get louder at the end of the film.

Influence

                             

This is the trailer for a documentary that follows a street artist called "Roadsworth". From watching this I have had an idea to actually interview people who's lives graffiti may have damaged to get their side of the story. I intend to adopt a similar exploration approach to my film. I would hope to explore why artists are compelled to perform such activities.

Influence

                           

This documentary called 'Infamy' is another one of the main influences for my work. This documentary focuses a lot deeper into why graffiti artists pursue their art. It does this by interviewing not only the artists but their mothers, girlfriends and best friends. The documentary reveals that some of the artists began it because of a gang background and others do it because they ran away from their dysfunctional homes. This clearly confirms my initial idea that the characters that are the focus of documentaries do have something missing, a 'lack'. Also regular conventions of the documentary format are interviews with family and friends - an approach I could adopt. it also focusses on another character called Joe Connolly who is a self described Anti Graffiti Guerrilla to show the effects that graffiti causes to other people.

This documentary has gave me the idea to not only explore the graffiti artists mind but to also explore the people effected by graffiti. I will do this so that i have two sides of the story, the cause and the result. I will also take influence from this documentary to help accomplish the brief as the miss en scene has been chosen carefully to pretty much always capture the artists on the streets or in some form of "rough" area. I will also film my characters in "rough" areas and on the streets as it helps reflect the physiological impact roaming the streets most nights has had.

Referenced Documentaries

So far I have studied three documentaries and have been applying the concept of the 'Big O'. This was originally a short story for children that the Cultural Philosopher Slavoj Zizek examined and believed explained how people psychologically have a 'lack' which they have to fill. Zizek explains this concept theoretically as how everyone is a metaphorically a circle with a piece missing, as a consequence we constantly strive to find this missing piece to fill the void.

In each of the documentaries this idea of a 'lack' is essentially what is being explored, in my opinion this appears to be the central narrative role for any documentary. The concept applies most strongly to 'Married to the Eiffel Tower' and 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' more than in 'Grizzly Man' as the woman in M.T.T.E.T has found her missing piece through loving objects. In E.T.T.G.S all of the street artists featured constantly search for that one special spot for their work and are always doing more graffiti every night and when will enough be enough? In 'Grizzly Man' the subject matter. Timothy Treadwell, follows his desire to be a as close as he can to a community of bears with disastrous results. All of these characters desires are fairly extreme but they do explore a very human experience, if an individual has a 'lack' they are consumed with pursuing something that will complete them or fulfil them in some way.
 
By watching these three documentaries I have made a final decision that I will be making a documentary film for my practical work. From these documentaries I have gained a psychological insight into what drives individuals to follow certain pursuits as a desire to fulfil needs. This is the type of question I want to answer in my own documentary on graffiti. I will need to establish what are the drives lead graffiti artists to go out in the middle of the night to write their name on a wall whilst risking getting arrested and in some cases their life. The questions will be asked in a formal interview technique as some of my reference documentaries contained with the protagonists of my film, as I have stated also in my production log.

Oxford trip

                               
         
Recorded meeting 2

We held another meeting for the Oxford trip as it was a day when we needed to be really organised. In the meeting we discussed what locations we would visit, what shots we would take and how much time we would allow for each location shoot.

                             

Recorded Meeting 1

When we started to go out and film on location we realised that we needed to be more organised with what were filming, where we were filming and different shot types that we were doing. we realised that the best way to get around this was to have meetings and record them. this way we could listen back over the recordings to see what was said.

Shutter Speed

  Shutter speed

           
      In this footage we were trying out some innovative camera movements so that we had shots in a new wave style. In this shot we were driving around and filming out of the window. Unfortunatley this shot did not look good as it is really blurry. This is because the shutter speed was not quick enough and was set at around 1/50.

          

This is another innovative camera movement in the car but this one is much clearer with no blurs because we made the shutter speed quicker at around 1/500

Evaluation

Overall I think the course so far has been successful. At the start of the course we started our research for our contextual work. The research went really well as I had a lot of books to look through which i got a lot of information from and we also took a trip to Coventry Uni Library . the trip to the library really help0ed as there was books there that i may not have been able to get my hands on so i took the opportunity to photo copy every bit of information i could. Once i had finished my research I made a start on the contextual. I think that my contextual work went quite good as I have never been very good at writing essays but I feel that my writing skills are now at a higher level. it also helped having plenty of research to write about. I also learnt How to use Harvard referencing which i thought was going to be really hard but turned out to be not that difficult.

The filming in the course was really enjoyable. I really liked going out and filming on location and learning about different camera techniques. When we first went out to film on location every one was a bit nervous about it as we were worried about people looking at us which, in Nuneaton we did get. This changed when we went to Oxford to film as it is a popular destination for tourists so we just looked like any other group of tourists. We used Nuneaton to film more "gritty" scenes or locations especially at Fife Street Park as there was vandalism on the kids playground and used condoms on the floor. This all added to the gritty feel and we managed to get some really good footage. Oxford was the complete opposite and thats why we went to film there. everything was really picturesque there and we got some really good footage from there. Before we went to Oxford we made a plan of what we were going to film and where. we decided on three main locations which were The Turf Tavern, Jericoh Street and an old record shop. We managed to get two out of the three as we didn't have time to make it to Jericoh Street as we were stopping on the way to different locations to film at other good locations such as an old fashioned sweet shop. The sweet shop was a really good place to film and we got some of our best footage filmed in there. We also spent quite bit of time in there because we were getting really good footage and we had permission to film in there for along as we wanted to. Another really good location we filmed was in an old record shop/coffee shop as the owners were really nice and said we could film as much as we wanted. In the record shop we got some really good cutaways and we got to try using the Boom mic. The boom mic did not go successfully as will did not realise that he was holding it next to a speaker, but we got to practise with it.

I feel that my "Blogging" could have been better as i should have put more videos of footage and i should have went into more detail when discussing various things. The reason why i didn't spend as much time on my blog as other work is because I'm not a strong essay writer, i spent most of my time worrying about that and writing draft after draft trying to get my grade up as much as possible rather than putting more effort into the blog.

The editing of all the footage was my favourite part of the unit as it finally gave me the chance to put my own creative feel to all of the footage we filmed together. at first I wasn't going to have a narrative or theme to my film but when i got more into the editing i realised that i was creating a theme with out realising it. The theme is of a journey to different locations and i have shown this through how i kept cutting back to a shot of a car wing mirror whilst the car is moving to represent the travelling part. Then i have used different shots of different locations along with different cut away shots. Because i have taken influence from New Wave cinema i have put innovative camera movements in my film to show this. We had to put music over the top of our film and were told that a sensible choice would be Post-Rock as this starts off slow and builds up. The music I chose was by a band called Peace and the song is called 1998 and it works really well with my film as different sounds at the start of the song fit the timing of my jump cuts that i put in.

Editing for lighting

EDITING

At the moment i am currently editing my montage of shot types. It is so far my favourite thing that i have done on the course. The soft ware i am using is Adobe Premier Pro on a mac and is really good for editing. The film has to be between 3 and 5 minutes long and has to contain a variety of different shots and filming techniques we tried out. Whilst editing i tried to create a theme and it is the theme of traveling to places. for example between all the shots i have edited it to keep cutting back to an innovative shot of the wing mirror whilst we are moving in the car to show moving to different places or scenes. Depending on the outcome of the final product i don't know whether or not i will keep this theme. You can also create meaning through the use of montage. I have tried to do this by cutting back to the shot of the car wing mirror, this combined with footage of different places gives the meaning of traveling.

This is more footage from the low key shoot. the studio was pitch black and our key light source was a phone. in this shot we used a creepy looking doll. This worked really well in the low key light because it gives the doll a much more scary feel to it. the equipment we used for this footage was a cannon 5d, a tripod and the phone for key light.l we were shooting on aperture f/22 which worked really well. We used the iPhone as our key light because we took influence from French New wave cinema by using innovative light sources due to budgeting.

This is the exposure triangle. To get a good shot you need to take all 3 corners into consideration. ISO is how sensitive the cameras lens is to light. Aperture is how small or big the opening of the lense is. shutter speed is how long the shutter is open for. an example of how this works is, if your camera lens is very sensitive to light then you need a higher aperture like f/22. The higher the aperture, the less light it lets in. finally you would need to make the shutter speed quicker so that it lets less light into the shot.

White Balance

ISO is how sensitive the image sensor is to light. If i was filming out doors and my aperture was set at f/22, i would need to either slow down the frame rate or turn up the ISO. This is because the lens opening would be really small and wouldn't let in much light. If there was movement in my shot i would have to turn the ISO up because if the frame rate was slow the image would be blurred.

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This is an example of some footage we had problems with white balance on. as you can see the whole shot is effected by the grainy blue colour. We were filming on aperture f/22 but we had not adjusted the ISO or frame rate. this is what caused this grainy blue colour. once we had realised we increased the ISO.

Prep For Oxford Shoot

Prep For Oxford Shoot

This is an example of pre Oxford filming day prep. We all got together and discussed what equipment we would need for the day. Sammy then sent an email around confirming this just incase we needed anything else or forgotten  something. The whole day went really well and to schedule and this was down to planning.

Lighting

            

We filmed this footage in the photography studio. It is an example of using innovative light sources. for this shot we used two light sources one was a light on an iPhone and one was a small barn door light. This is one of my favorite shots we did because it creates a really nice low key light and the colours of the table cloth reflects the light really well. the barn door light was located towards the bottom right corner of the table to get a highly lit area of the table. we then had the iPhone located above the bowl towards the top left corner. The camera was at a high vantage point. This shots influenced by the "Kuloshev effect"and it is when you create meaning or emotion of a character through the use of editing. you do this by having a shot of the person then cutting away to a shot of food in this case. By doing this it tells the viewer that the character is hungry.

Aperture

Aperture

This is a diagram showing how to use aperture and what each one does. For most of our filming we shot on aperture f/22 as it lets less light and creates a deep depth of field.

        

As you can see in this shot, the actor is in focus but the background is out of focus. This is because the aperture would have been set at around f14 which creates a shallow depth of field. If i was to go back and do this shot again I would set the aperture to f22 to create a larger depth of field. we were using a dolly in this shot therefore next time i would also increase the shutter speed slightly. I would also make sure that the surface we were using the dolly on was smooth as the slightest bump on the ground could cause the shot to look really shaky.

New Wave

This shot was supposed to be influenced by new wave as we wanted to get a nice zoom out using the dolly to show how he is "trapped" by showing him behind the cage. Unfortunatley the shot did not work out as the surface was so un even.


Health & Safety

When filming this piece of footage we had to take some risks into consideration. One of which for this shot was that nothing was behind the dolly operator to cause them to trip up as they are walking backwards.

Recording Sound With an External Microphone

             

Sound

This footage we filmed in an old record shop. We basically wanted an interview with a worker about the music scene in Oxford so we could use the boom mic. As you can hear we had some problems with the boom mic as there was a speaker right next to where we had it positioned. The camera position and framing look really good and like a documentary style its just the sound that lets it down. For this shot we had the aperture set at f/8 so we had the ISO set at 400 and the shutter speed set at 1/250. We put the ISO up because we wanted to make the most out of the small amount of light that was in front of him. All of these made the shot look really nice and documentary style. The equipment we used in this was a Canon 500, tripod and the boom mic. Looking back on this shot if i could do it again I would make sure that we scan the room for anything that could damage the sound on the boom mic. This mistake with the boom mic led me to notice that in the American new wave film Easy Rider that I've researched for my contextual study, the opening scene is the two protagonists taking part in a drug deal but you can't hear anything they are saying because it has been smothered with the sound of aeroplanes flying over them. Seeing has made me realise i can still use the footage as a new wave influence.

Lighting

We chose to film in the window of the shop because we thought it would look good having the street behind him, which it did but we did not consider him being poorly lit. Looking back if i could have done this shoot again i would have ensured that we used the reflector to reflect light from the window onto the man so that he was evenly lit.

Health & Safety

For this shoot we were in a small record shop so we had to take a few risks into consideration. We had to make sure all bags and equipment we weren't using were stored out the way of any aisles so it weren't abstracting anyone walking. we also had to make sure the tripod wasn't in the way of any walking space so that people wouldn't trip over it. Every one had to be aware of the wires from the boom mic also.

Camera: Oxford

           

           

These are two pieces of footage which we shot in Oxford. The first is an establishing shot where we used the panning technique. we chose this location because it is on Oxfords High street and the amount of different coloured buildings look really good for a shot with a high contrast of colour. for this shot we were filming in aperture f/22.5, the shutter speed was set at 1/500, ISO was 1600 and white balance was at 8000k. I think this shot works really well as an establishing shot as it captures a lot of different colours from the painted buildings.

The second piece of footage is an over the shoulder shot. It was my idea to get this shot whilst walking past the graffiti as i thought it would give a lot of colour to the shot which it did. I also think this shot works really well because its hand held camera work as well which gives a feeling of being followed which works really well. for this shot we were using aperture f22, shutter speed was 1/500, ISO was 3200 and white balance was 8000k.

Production techniques

Yesterday we went to Oxford to do some filming. Our main focus was to get some establishing shots, shots with high colour contrast, cutaways and getting some interviews using the boom mic. The day was successful and we got some of everything done. I think the shots that worked best were the establishing shots we did on the high street because its one nice fluid panning shot which can be used to set the scene nicely.

Oxford Filming

Yesterday we went to Oxford to do some filming. We got some really good footage and it was a very productive day. we did a lot of planning before the day which ensured everything went smoothly.

Kuleshov

Lev Kuleshov is a Russian filmmaker who edited together a short film where a shot of an expressionless face was matched with various other shots such as a plate of soup, a girl in a coffin and a woman on a divan. The audiences believed that each time the face expression would change and they praised the subtle acting. The effect was that effective the audience said they were deeply moved by how sorrowful the actor looked after the image of the dead child. The audience was not aware that the same shot of the actor's face was re-used, and the effect is created entirely by its superimposition with other images to express how the character is feeling.

Kuleshov used the experiment to indicate the usefulness and effectiveness of film editing. The implication is that viewers brought their own emotional reactions to this sequence of images, and then moreover attributed those reactions to the actor, investing his impassive face with their own feelings. Kuleshov believed this, along with montage, had to be the basis of cinema as an independent art form.

The effect has also been studied and used by famous director Alfred Hitchcock. An example of when he used this is explained in the famous "Definition of Happiness" interview, where he explains in detail many types of editing. The final one which he calls "pure editing", is explained visually using the Kuleshov effect. In the first version, Hitchcock is squinting, and the audience sees footage of a woman with a baby. The screen then returns to Hitchcock's face, now smiling. In effect, he is a kind old man. In the second example, the woman and baby are replaced with a woman in a bikini, to which Hitchcock exclaims, "Now look, he has become the dirty old man."

Lighting

Here are some more photos from the low key lighting shoot. Low key lighting is used to make an object or person look either mysterious or dangerous. For low key lighting you only use one light source. Our light source was an iPhone light. in these photos we were trying out lighting up different props such as a skeleton and a creepy looking doll. The low key lighting worked really well on both of these especially the doll.

Eisenstein & Soviet Montage

Eisenstein was the pioneer in the use of montage in film. Cameras would have been expensive early in the century so finding ways to show different angles and action required developing a method of cutting that would propel the narrative or storyline. He argued that montage was the most important aspect to film because rather than just expanding a shot or sequence, cutting in a montage can manipulate the emotions of an audience and also create metaphors in the film and that visual metaphors elicit meaning. He believed that an idea should be derived from the juxtaposition of two independent shots, bringing an element of collage into film. He created what he called "methods of montage". He also used montage to manipulate an audiences perception of time. he also changed time and rhythm in a film to create a visceral response.


This video shows the "5 Methods of Montage" that Eisenstein pioneered. It goes through each one showing how it has influenced directors and how they have used it to change rhythm in film and how it is used to create meaning in the sequences.

This technique will be useful for forthcoming Units in Promotional Video and Music Video Productions as these types of film/video rely upon creating meaning through the meanings an audience creates whilst viewing connected images. With access to only single camera shooting productions this method would also be a good technique to remember as it allows the filmmaker to manipulate time and space.                                                                                                                                                                     

Camera: Oxford prep

Soon we will be going to Oxford with the college. We saw this as an opportunity to do some filming. I have been researching into some locations where to film and this one i think will be a great place to film. It is the Hertford Bridge that joins two parts of a college. it is very picturesque so I thought it would be a good place to get some footage.

Oxford:Pre-production

Another location which i researched into is the Turf Tavern. This pub is famous for being hidden away down a long alleyway and has also had many famous people drink there in the past. I think a really old pub will be a great place to film.

Lighting: Editing Workshop

           

           

These two videos are footage from the low key lighting we did in the studio. We were practising Low key to get good shots for the Kuleshov effect which is where you use different things like food or other objects to represent how some one is feeling. To get this effect we made the room pitch black and the key light source was just a light on a phone. The equipment we used was a cannon 5d, tripod and the phone which was the key light. we were shooting on aperture f/22. The low key lighting is by far my favourite lighting technique that we have done. Its is really simple to do and has a great effect. I also think that the use of the table and bowl of sup looks really good swell as the colours of the table cloths and the bowl when slightly lit gives off quite a strange feel to it.

Health & Safety

Because we were filming in the dark there was some risks we had to consider such as people not walking around whilst filming as the lights were turned off and there was wires on the floor. There were also other equipment in there for photography such as lamps etc so we had to make sure they were stored away into the corner so they weren't hazards.

New Wave

These shots are new wave because we used an innovative light source, in this case a light from a mobile phone. We used innovative light sources as we didn't have a big budget, like new wave director Dennis Hopper, who used innovative light sources and reflectors throughout the film Easy Rider. This low cost approach to film making is what distinguishes new wave productions and sets them apart from more mainstream productions. Ever since Godard and the French new wave broke the rules of cinema in the early 60's with films such as Breathless, filmmakers have been given the freedom to make use of the resources that are available to them which has led to a distinctive set of stylistic practices. These shots turned out to be highly stylistic and give our production a really great 'look', they are some of my favourite shots that we have produced so far. They also follow the production design features that we set out in our brief for the shoot.

Lighting/Camera

These are photos taken from the latest shoot we did in the studio. In this shoot we were practising low key lighting and seeing what we could do with that. For these shots we were only using a light on a phone as the key light sauce. This created a really dark and creepy effect, especially with the doll.

         

Health & Safety

For this footage we used the studio and filming in low key light there was a couple of risks we had to consider. We had to make sure everyone was awarer of wires on the floor and that when filming no one was to move around because the lights were turned off.

New Wave

The techniques we used in this footage was influenced by new wave as they couldn't afford expensive equipment so they had to think of new creative ways for lighting and filming. For this shot we used a single light from a mobile phone as our key innovative light source and it worked really well.

Lighting/Camera/Editing

          

In this bit of footage we were practising the lighting technique Butterfly. We filmed in the photography studio for this. the risks were heat from the lights, tripods being tightened and the wires being taped to the floor so no one trips over them. We were using manual focus which turned out good as sammy is clearly in focus. We also used the reflector in this shot which looked really nice. We were shooting on aperture F/22 which worked really well. If i was to do this shot again I would try to get darker shadows under her eyes and to do this i think the key light would need to go up higher and tilted down bait more.

Health & Safety

When we were in the studio there was a number of different things we had to be cautious of. First of all there were a lot of wires on the floor from the lights. We also had to make sure no one fell over the legs of the stand the lights were on as they are quite big. The stands for the lights also had to be made secure to make sure they didn't fall over onto anyone. Finally we had to ensure the lamps didn't get to hot or it would burn the paper on the front which could cause a fire.

Lighting Technique

this is the lighting set up for the Rembrandt technique we tried to follow this as perfect as possible but our fill light was a reflector. At first we had problems with the white balance on the cameras but once fixed the shots looked really good.

            

Health & Safety

When we were in the studio there was a number of different things we had to be cautious of. First of all there were a lot of wires on the floor from the lights. We also had to make sure no one fell over the legs of the stand the lights were on as they are quite big. The stands for the lights also had to be made secure to make sure they didn't fall over onto anyone. Finally we had to ensure the lamps didn't get to hot or it would burn the paper on the front which could cause a fire.

Lighting

Edge 

Butterfly

Rembrandt

Yesterday we experimented with different lighting techniques in the photography studio. The three techniques we were attempting were Edge, Butterfly and Rembrandt. The equipment we were using was a Cannon 5d, tripod, white back drop, reflector and our key light source was an umbrella light. We were shooting on aperture 1.7 and the white balance wa. The Edge and Butterfly effects had a really nice outcome but I feel that Rembrandt we should go back over and try to get the triangle under his right eye perfect. I think the reason for the Rembrandt not turning out great was because the lighting weren't perfect. To solve this next time we will take loads of practise shots to ensure the key light is spot on.

Health & Safety

When we were in the studio there was a number of different things we had to be cautious of. First of all there were a lot of wires on the floor from the lights. We also had to make sure no one fell over the legs of the stand the lights were on as they are quite big. The stands for the lights also had to be made secure to make sure they didn't fall over onto anyone. Finally we had to ensure the lamps didn't get to hot or it would burn the paper on the front which could cause a fire.

Camera Techniques

                   


For this shot we used the merry go round again. This shot turned out really good and has a really nice effect to it. I think we could use this shot to reflect some form of mental state in a character much like the "Kuloshev Effect"  The aperture was f/22 the shutter speed was around 1/30 because the back ground is blurred. we used a tripod on the merry go round with the cannon 5d camera. This shot is new wave because it was an innovative camera movement because we used the merry go round.

Health & Safety

There were a couple of things we ad to be very careful with for this shot. The first of which was making sure we didn't spin the merry go round to fast as Will could have lost balance and fallen off and hurt himself. We also had to be very careful of keeping the camera steady as the tripod could have fell off and hit some one.

New Wave

This shot is new wave because we didn't use a classic camera technique, we made our own just like the new wave film maker Truffaut created new ways to film. This was most effective in his film 400 Blows that has a really long tracking shot of the protagonist running at the end. This long take shot changed cinema which is what new wave does and this seperated it from the main stream. We took influence from such directors and tried to come up with different filming techniques as our brief stated to distinguish stylistic features.

Camera Techniques

                   

This is a shot that we took on the Cannon 5d. it was an innovative shot as we used the merry go round in the park. i think this shot looks really good and could be used as an establishing shot. The idea for this bit of footage was influenced by the French New wave as the directors used loads of innovative ways to capture shots and movements due to low budgets, fore example in Truffauts 400 Blows there is a scene when the protagonist is on an amuzment ride which spins around at rapid speed. To do this shot and properly capture the characters actions the camera whould have been securly fastend to a tripod in the middle of the ride. The shot is amazing as he is being lifted up by the Gforce yet from the shot you cant tell the ride is spinning. We filmed in this location as the park is quite gritty which reflects social issues as it is planted in the middle of a circle of blocks of flats which contain mostly un employed people. This was influenced by Ken Loaches Kes as the film was set in a working class area that had a "gritty" feel to it.

Health & Safety

In this location at the park we had to be very careful of broken glass on the floor, making sure people are aware of where they are treading. We also had to make sure no one went off on their own as the area is quite rough.

Lighting/Camera Practice

here the group are experimenting with natural lighting. The location for this was at the private garages where it has a "gritty" feel to it which is why we used it. The equipment being used is the cannon 5 d and a reflector. The aperture was on F/5 because this camera did not have the magic lantern setting on there.

Health & Safety

In this shot we were in quite a "rough" area, therefore we had to be careful of our surroundings and where we were leaving the filming equipment. We also paid careful attention to the floor for broken glass and other things that could injure someone.

New Wave

This shot is influenced by the new wave cinema because the films were all made on a low budget. When they needed more light in a scene they couldn't afford big expensive lights so they used reflectors, for example in Easy Rider when they are at the hippy camp you can see the light moving across the characters from the reflector moving. In this shot we used a reflector and it worked really well. we got just the right amount of natural light on Sammys face and it makes the shot look a lot more professional. This also conforms with the brief as we had to distinguish stylistic features when filming.

           

Camera/Lighting

the location of this shot was in five street park in nuneaton. we chose this location because it has quite a "gritty" feel to it. the equipment we used in this shot was a dolly and a cannon 5d. the initial idea was to get a nice smooth tracking shot with the dolly. this proved to be harder than it looked as it was a really un even surface so the dolly kept bumping up and down which you can see in the footage.The white balance in the shot is good compared to the other 5d which was completely off.

           

As you can see in this shot the camera is really jumpy, this is because the area we used the dolly was not a very smooth surface. If I was to go back and redo this shot i would make sure that the floor was checked for small stones that would effect the shot.

New Wave

For this shot we were trying to be new wave and experimenting with different pans. they didn't work out the way we wanted because of the un even surface. The influence behind experimenting with different moving shots such as panning and tracking, is from Truffaut. This is because and the end of Truffaut's 400 Blows there is a really long tracking shot of the protagonist running. This kind of shot had never been seen before which is why the film had such an impact and deterred away from the mainstream cinema at the time. This footage also fulfills the brief as we are experimenting with different stylistic and production features of film.

Health & Safety

For this shot we had to be careful of things on the ground that could make the person operating the dolly trip over. We also made sure that some one was walking behind the person operating the dolly so that they would not fall over.

Camera/Lighting

The location for this shot was neer some private garages. the concept was to ask the actress if she gets distracted easily and film the reaction, whilst at the same time getting some cut away shots of her on the phone or playing with her hands.For the shot I wanted to get some nice hand held footage. The shots would have turned out nice if it weren't for the white balance on the camera being off which we didn't discover until looking back on the footage.

Camera/Lighting

After our first day of filming we reflected on the footage which we had took and discovered a few problems. one of which is on the Canon 600D which we were using the white balance was wrong which created this blue coloured tint on the whole shot as you can see here. To solve this we will look at the setting on a camera that had good white balance  and compare the settings to see what is different.