- Pick two films from two differen countries
- Watch them
- Investigate its movement, themes...(cinematic terms) of the movie
- Analize the movie, scene, sound/editing techniques etc.
- Plan the documentary/script
- Do it
- Plan the Rationale
- Do it
martes, 29 de noviembre de 2011
Write a list of things to do in order to complete the Independent Study effectively. Suggest a timescale for each stage, working towards a final deadline in May 2012. List even the obvious things (like choosing films, watching films...)
miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2011
Production Porfolio
Pre-Production:
During this project, I had the responsibility of being the director of my group. We had some ideas of what we could have done in the “Barrio Chino”, but as had never visited the place before, we couldn’t make strict arrangements in terms of cinematography. Anyway we did had to plan some technical issues. I knew our cinematographer had had some experience in filming, so that was not a problem. For the editor we needed someone who possessed a Mac Book due to the fact that editing is much simpler there. We had to find somewhere to record the sound which was not a problem because we had a cell phone with a good recording quality, as well as the camera and the tripod which was given by the teacher.
Production:
Once we arrived to China Town, we went to eat and had a more certain idea of what the filming was going to be about. Before we started, we went outside and have a look at the shop we were filming at. I had a look to their script, and in spite of the fact that I didn’t understand a word; I gave an idea of the duration and structure of the conversation so that I could, with the help of the editor plan some of the shots. After that, together with the cinematographer, we also film some establishing shots we thought of in the moment. While we were eating, I told the Chinese group people who were talking in the shop what they were supposed to do and how the conversation was going to be filmed. We were going to film the conversation twice from two angles: behind the boys, and behind the owner of the shop.
When we finished planning everything we needed, we went to the shop were we planned everything, and after a few words with the Chinese teacher, the owner refused to be interviewed.
That was a huge problem, because we had to find another shop were to film and try to plan it as good as possible. We went through different shops trying to find someone but no one wanted to be filmed. We were about to surrender, a woman in a shop said she had no problem in being filmed. So we set everything in place try to plan some details and started filming. The problem we had there, was that the Chinese guys didn’t understand what the woman was saying, so after some minutes of hearing: “I don’t understand what she is trying to tell me”, and having no reaction from the woman, I decided the subject wasn’t the appropriate and left, even though I knew it was going to be difficult to find someone else who would like to be interviewed.
We wondered for about an hour through different shops having not good answers from the owners. Until an owner of a shop which sells chicken said he had no problem in talking. So as I had the camera, I took the role of the cinematographer, set the shot tell the cinematographer to put his phone in the desk in order to record the sound and start filming as better as I could.
Post-Production:
During the post production, we had trouble transferring the files to the editors Mac. Because of this we were forced to use another’s cinematographer computer which was not a Mac and our editor had no idea of how to use. However, he learnt with the help of his colleague and edited together with him. During this process my participation was active giving orders of how I wanted the final product to be, and not acting because: it was not my role, and I had no idea of how to use the program.
Evaluation:
As mentioned before, during all of the processes we had some problems. With respect to the Pre-Production, even though it wasn’t assigned, we could have gone to the China Town before planning and make sure everything was going to be fine the day we were going to film, this includes talking to the owner of the shop basically. Having done this, we wouldn’t have experienced the problems we had in the Production. Another of the things we should have done was to prove that the files filmed in the camera had no problem being transferred to a Mac. The final product wasn’t as bad as I expected after all of the problems we had, anyway I would have I liked to have more response from my editors which at certain point did what they felt and I didn’t like.
During this project, I had the responsibility of being the director of my group. We had some ideas of what we could have done in the “Barrio Chino”, but as had never visited the place before, we couldn’t make strict arrangements in terms of cinematography. Anyway we did had to plan some technical issues. I knew our cinematographer had had some experience in filming, so that was not a problem. For the editor we needed someone who possessed a Mac Book due to the fact that editing is much simpler there. We had to find somewhere to record the sound which was not a problem because we had a cell phone with a good recording quality, as well as the camera and the tripod which was given by the teacher.
Production:
Once we arrived to China Town, we went to eat and had a more certain idea of what the filming was going to be about. Before we started, we went outside and have a look at the shop we were filming at. I had a look to their script, and in spite of the fact that I didn’t understand a word; I gave an idea of the duration and structure of the conversation so that I could, with the help of the editor plan some of the shots. After that, together with the cinematographer, we also film some establishing shots we thought of in the moment. While we were eating, I told the Chinese group people who were talking in the shop what they were supposed to do and how the conversation was going to be filmed. We were going to film the conversation twice from two angles: behind the boys, and behind the owner of the shop.
When we finished planning everything we needed, we went to the shop were we planned everything, and after a few words with the Chinese teacher, the owner refused to be interviewed.
That was a huge problem, because we had to find another shop were to film and try to plan it as good as possible. We went through different shops trying to find someone but no one wanted to be filmed. We were about to surrender, a woman in a shop said she had no problem in being filmed. So we set everything in place try to plan some details and started filming. The problem we had there, was that the Chinese guys didn’t understand what the woman was saying, so after some minutes of hearing: “I don’t understand what she is trying to tell me”, and having no reaction from the woman, I decided the subject wasn’t the appropriate and left, even though I knew it was going to be difficult to find someone else who would like to be interviewed.
We wondered for about an hour through different shops having not good answers from the owners. Until an owner of a shop which sells chicken said he had no problem in talking. So as I had the camera, I took the role of the cinematographer, set the shot tell the cinematographer to put his phone in the desk in order to record the sound and start filming as better as I could.
Post-Production:
During the post production, we had trouble transferring the files to the editors Mac. Because of this we were forced to use another’s cinematographer computer which was not a Mac and our editor had no idea of how to use. However, he learnt with the help of his colleague and edited together with him. During this process my participation was active giving orders of how I wanted the final product to be, and not acting because: it was not my role, and I had no idea of how to use the program.
Evaluation:
As mentioned before, during all of the processes we had some problems. With respect to the Pre-Production, even though it wasn’t assigned, we could have gone to the China Town before planning and make sure everything was going to be fine the day we were going to film, this includes talking to the owner of the shop basically. Having done this, we wouldn’t have experienced the problems we had in the Production. Another of the things we should have done was to prove that the files filmed in the camera had no problem being transferred to a Mac. The final product wasn’t as bad as I expected after all of the problems we had, anyway I would have I liked to have more response from my editors which at certain point did what they felt and I didn’t like.
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