Thursday, 19 December 2013
Extra footage
bus stop shots 1 from Meltem Ustun on Vimeo.
Here is the extra footage i created which consist of all the shots I did not include in the actual short film.
Commentary for bus stop love
Music used in the
short film is called romantic acoustic and is copyright free, which means we
are able to use it
There is then a track
of Joey as he walks towards the bus stop form his left side, it then goes into
a medium close up as he takes out his phone we then see another eye line match
as he looks at the time on his phone.
We then cut to day 4
were we see Joey walking towards the bus stop in the rain we then see his point
of view as he sees Amelia and then back to a medium long shot of him walking
toward her they are both in shot showing the relationship. It then cuts to a
medium shot of the bus stop and Joey attempts to make conversation. Although
this does not work and we have a change of shot to another angle as Amelia goes
on the phone
We then transition to
a shot of Joey walking into frame from the right and going to once again sit at
the bus stop and then to a medium close up as he looks into his bag to get a drink
this then cuts to a medium shot of him from a right angle we then see another
point of view as Joey loos left and right.
Task 2- Plan your short film
My group and I have been creating a day by day diary on the planning of are short film, by doing this we have be discussing and looking to different aspects which we need to think through throughout the process of our production for example we have been looking into finance, personnel need and available, resources needed and available, talking about and preparing a budget, contacting personnel, book resources, preparing schedule, looking into the health and safety regulations, identifying legal implications and identifying risks to our project.
Finance
We first started to look at a different types of location in our pre production stage. We decided to film at our local bus stop this is only a small distance away from out collage site, this means that is a distance that we can walk by foot. No travel is required which also means no cost is needed. To get to our main site which is Acland Burghley school i have found out that many of our group takes the bus. Because we are still in full time education Travel on busses are free.
where are location is we are short walks away from many coner shops and small resturants and cafes , whilst we are filming we can takes break's to go get lunch, no public transport is needed to get to theses shops. The money to buy lunch is coming out of the pockets of each member from our group. The normal amount of many we spend a day on lunch is around 4-5 pound.
We are creating this short film in our media sessions. We are made into a group of 5 taking part in everything in the short film to widen our understanding and to stretch our skills, this means actors will be the members of our group. So no actors need to be hired or paid for because of this and the actors will have free time due to the filming time being in the media sessions.
We are using different props and different costumes in our short film. Phones and Headphones are used as well as a schoolbag. Therese are all owned y member's of the group brought in for the effect and relestic feel it will have on the short film. Wardrobe is also owned by the members of the group coming into collage in the clothes that they have been asked to come up with to represent the personailty of the character. Because this is all owned by us there is no cost of buying props and wardrobe. If the costumes for the short film needs can not be brought to the filming the Drama department will be happy to donate costumes. This will also not cost.
So to sum up the Finance stage to our short film the only cost that is needed is for lunch which will come out of the pockets of the members of the group.
Personnel
Crew: to make a successful film you must have a crew which you are able to rely on to perform duties as you will not be able to do everything by your self. we decided that we would need a
-director (Amelia)
-producer (Producer)
-wardrobe and make up artist (Doriana)
-editor (Joey)
As we are a small group creating a short film, we do not need a big crew which consists of more than 10 different people. As it is a class production we did not have enough people to help with different crew roles so we had to improvise with what we had, Everyone is responsible for there own role in the crew.
Cast: The cast is also a big part in personnel as without the cast there would be no production. For our short film are cast only consist of small casts such as a
-main character (boy)
-love interest(girl)
-love interests partner(girl)
These are all the characters within our short film that we have created. However one problem we have with only having such minimal characters is if any of our characters where absent or has had an accident we wont be able to replace them which means we would have to keep pur filming on hold till our character is well enough to carry on filming, in addition to this we cant change our characters as there will be no continuity between the shots.
Resources needed and available
In order to film or to produce a film, facilities are needed to get a perfect finish, for example from settings to camera, lighting and sound booths. My group and I decided to keep it the same setting and location the reason for this is to make the viewers feel more comfortable whilst watching the film as they are aware of there surroundings in the film, in addition to this it is a local bus stop which means it is close to our college which means we are still in full time education so staying somewhere local and dosent come out of our budget is beneficial for us. As we are only students we have less access to better quality facilities and equipment. The equipment that we had access to was the canon eos 600D camera, sound booths, artificial lighting, reflectors etc. As we had access to all our facilities to shoot our short film, we did not have to worry about borrowing or hiring any equipment. As there are only a limited amount of cameras within our media class, we had to make do and share with each other, this is the fairest way we could of gone about this task. As there is little facilites that is provided in class it was harder for us to film as we would usually film at the same time.
Preparing budget
As we planned and worked on what things we have to pay for the facilities that we would need for the budget. As we had most of our facilities within the class we saved our budget for food and hot drinks, as it was cold and we was filming outside we needed to keep pur selves warm. Everyone in the group had there own amount of budget for themselves. in addition to this we did not need to pay for travel as we are still students it is paid for us. We did not need to pay for any of our equipment however we needed to take care of it as if the equipment is our own. If anything was to happen to the equipment then we would have to pay for any of the equipment to be re-paired.
Identify legal implications
As we are using a song in our short film, we needed to make sure that our song was copyright free, as our song is not from a celebrity and from a free music stock, we didn't find this much of an issue. If we was to ask a celebrity to use there song, it would cost the group more money than any one has in the group we would also need to ask for there permission due to copyright reasons. With the company PRS http://www.prsformusic.com/Pages/default.aspx they allow you to create a license in a easy and sufficient way in order for you to have access to using copyright music, with the license they have to also pay for the song they would want to use.
Finance
We first started to look at a different types of location in our pre production stage. We decided to film at our local bus stop this is only a small distance away from out collage site, this means that is a distance that we can walk by foot. No travel is required which also means no cost is needed. To get to our main site which is Acland Burghley school i have found out that many of our group takes the bus. Because we are still in full time education Travel on busses are free.
where are location is we are short walks away from many coner shops and small resturants and cafes , whilst we are filming we can takes break's to go get lunch, no public transport is needed to get to theses shops. The money to buy lunch is coming out of the pockets of each member from our group. The normal amount of many we spend a day on lunch is around 4-5 pound.
We are creating this short film in our media sessions. We are made into a group of 5 taking part in everything in the short film to widen our understanding and to stretch our skills, this means actors will be the members of our group. So no actors need to be hired or paid for because of this and the actors will have free time due to the filming time being in the media sessions.
We are using different props and different costumes in our short film. Phones and Headphones are used as well as a schoolbag. Therese are all owned y member's of the group brought in for the effect and relestic feel it will have on the short film. Wardrobe is also owned by the members of the group coming into collage in the clothes that they have been asked to come up with to represent the personailty of the character. Because this is all owned by us there is no cost of buying props and wardrobe. If the costumes for the short film needs can not be brought to the filming the Drama department will be happy to donate costumes. This will also not cost.
So to sum up the Finance stage to our short film the only cost that is needed is for lunch which will come out of the pockets of the members of the group.
Personnel
Crew: to make a successful film you must have a crew which you are able to rely on to perform duties as you will not be able to do everything by your self. we decided that we would need a
-director (Amelia)
-producer (Producer)
-wardrobe and make up artist (Doriana)
-editor (Joey)
As we are a small group creating a short film, we do not need a big crew which consists of more than 10 different people. As it is a class production we did not have enough people to help with different crew roles so we had to improvise with what we had, Everyone is responsible for there own role in the crew.
Cast: The cast is also a big part in personnel as without the cast there would be no production. For our short film are cast only consist of small casts such as a
-main character (boy)
-love interest(girl)
-love interests partner(girl)
These are all the characters within our short film that we have created. However one problem we have with only having such minimal characters is if any of our characters where absent or has had an accident we wont be able to replace them which means we would have to keep pur filming on hold till our character is well enough to carry on filming, in addition to this we cant change our characters as there will be no continuity between the shots.
Resources needed and available
In order to film or to produce a film, facilities are needed to get a perfect finish, for example from settings to camera, lighting and sound booths. My group and I decided to keep it the same setting and location the reason for this is to make the viewers feel more comfortable whilst watching the film as they are aware of there surroundings in the film, in addition to this it is a local bus stop which means it is close to our college which means we are still in full time education so staying somewhere local and dosent come out of our budget is beneficial for us. As we are only students we have less access to better quality facilities and equipment. The equipment that we had access to was the canon eos 600D camera, sound booths, artificial lighting, reflectors etc. As we had access to all our facilities to shoot our short film, we did not have to worry about borrowing or hiring any equipment. As there are only a limited amount of cameras within our media class, we had to make do and share with each other, this is the fairest way we could of gone about this task. As there is little facilites that is provided in class it was harder for us to film as we would usually film at the same time.
Preparing budget
As we planned and worked on what things we have to pay for the facilities that we would need for the budget. As we had most of our facilities within the class we saved our budget for food and hot drinks, as it was cold and we was filming outside we needed to keep pur selves warm. Everyone in the group had there own amount of budget for themselves. in addition to this we did not need to pay for travel as we are still students it is paid for us. We did not need to pay for any of our equipment however we needed to take care of it as if the equipment is our own. If anything was to happen to the equipment then we would have to pay for any of the equipment to be re-paired.
Contact personnel
As we are students who are filming, we worked together to produce this footage, our group was chosen by friendship,as all the girls new each other we deiced to do the filming together, we included Joey in our group as he did not have anyone else to film with and he did not want to film on his own. If any one in our class could not attend school on the day we would be filming, we would then have to contact them as we had contact numbers for them.
Book resources
In order to fim we needed to book the camera, and when we could use it, the reason for this is there a a few cameras in our media class and more students which meant we had to take turns in filming our short films. We would also need to book different types of equipment which again relates the camera situation there is only a few facilites within a large class. By scheduling timing we would have to inform our teacher on when we wanted to use any of the equipment this would keep the teacher aware of who will be using what and when.
Prepare schedule
As the members in our group al have different lessons throughout the day we only have our media lessons to film, which are usually 2 hour lessons, in addition to this any of our free periods during the day as well as after school. We decided as a group to only shoot our film in our media lessons, this is because we found it convenient for everyone in the group to film in the lessons. We created a plan before we started filming, the plan consist of what we would be filming and on what days, this helped our group a lot as it helped us keep on track with our filming and not fall behind. Are schedule was
to film day 1 scene 1 on the 15 of November at 9;30 and day 2 scene 2 at 10:40. On the 18 of novemeber we decided to film day 3 at 14:05 on the 19th day 4 at 9:00 and on the 22 we filmed the last day which was day 5 at 9:00 which was our dedline for shooting. we kept to this deadline.
Identify health and safety implications
Looking at our location we had to consider health and safety implications, this is because we are filming on a busy road which consist of cars driving by. The implications we thought about would be the cold environment, vehicle impact, stress etc. We looked into more location places to see if there can be a safer environment for us to film, also the cold environment when we was filming, we had to dress up extra warm to prepare ourselves for the cold.
Identify legal implications
As we are using a song in our short film, we needed to make sure that our song was copyright free, as our song is not from a celebrity and from a free music stock, we didn't find this much of an issue. If we was to ask a celebrity to use there song, it would cost the group more money than any one has in the group we would also need to ask for there permission due to copyright reasons. With the company PRS http://www.prsformusic.com/Pages/default.aspx they allow you to create a license in a easy and sufficient way in order for you to have access to using copyright music, with the license they have to also pay for the song they would want to use.
Identify risk to project
There are a range of different ways in which the production can fail. Some of the ways consist of having terrible weather, which can effect our schedule and days we are supposed to film. Any of our members in the group can be absent or be injured which can slow down the production. Another risk to this would be any damage to the equipment can effect our filming times as we would be behind on our filming.
Screen grab of production
For my main production I included a range of effects and transitions in my work in order to make the shots more smooth when they go from one shot to another, using the transitions also make the shots look more interesting. Here in the screen shot I am showing what transitions I have included in my own production, for example in this screen shot I have shown how I have used a 'cross dissolve' for one of my shots, I used any type of transition between my shots just so they are clear, by doing this all I did was dragged the transition of my choice and placed it between any of my shots.
As we needed to make it clear for the viewers on each days we needed to include text in our clips to make it clear on to the audience to show them its a new day, by creating the text I clicked on windows on the tools bar, I then clicked on title tools which allows me to include the text where ever I want. After that i then typed the text i wanted to include and changed the font and size to the way I want it to be. Finally i then close the window and drag the shot over on top of the actual footage.
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Legal and ethical constrains on production
I have considered the legal and ethical constraints on production, we found a range of legal constraints which can effect the making of the film.
Copyright on different music,scripts, buildings, locations and artwork
Copyrighting different music, scripts, building, locations and artwork can be known as a copyright issue as you are taking other peoples work without there permission or consent. An example of this is using a song from any celebrity and including it into the film as a backing track, this would only be considerable if the celebrity knows about the song and that they are paid the amount they want from the film makers. In addition this also relates to using a specific type of location for your film for example wanting to film in front of number 10 downing street you would need any type of permission and consent from the prime minster etc. to be able to film there.
As we have to take this into consideration whist making our short film as we would like to use a soundtrack of our choice,having copyright on most songs makes it hard for us to choose the perfect song that would fit well with our actual short film. As we know we cannot use anything that is copyright related, we have to improvise what we have and still make it into a good and enjoyable short film.
Illegal acts on film
Illegal acts on film is when a scene within your film is illegal to be shown for example any type of animal cruelty that is shown or a clip of a real life murder, things like this can have an effect on the viewers as they would feel very uncomfortable watching as well as distressing and upsetting for the viewers.
We don't need to take this into much consideration as our film has nothing to relate with as we are filming a love/comedy which won't be as unpleasant to watch as there is no violence or murder.
Breaking health and safety regulations/laws
By breaking any health and safety regulation it would mean filming and acting in dangerous locations an example of this is filming on roads, this is a huge heath and safety risk as even though there might not be cars driving past, a car can come out of no where. With this you can block of the part of the road you would be needing in order to film in a safe manner. If there are on going injuries occurring whilst you are filming, this can cause the film to be cancelled as the lack of attention that goes towards your cast and crews safety can be question in court.
A health and safety regulation is one of the things we need to considerate, as we are filming at a bus stop on a main road, a safety regulation would be my group and I could come in contact with a fast moving vehicle, by knowing this we decided to only film on the pavement so there is a lower risk of anyone putting them selves in danger.
Use of locations without permission
As I have mentioned earlier you can't film a famous place,location or landscape without any consent or permission from the person who owns that particular area, by informing the authority you won't have a problem with the copyright law.
This could be a problem with our short film this is because we was using bus stops which belonged to the local council, which then meant we had to contact the council to ask for permission on if we can use that particular bus stop.
Use of people without permission
If any filming is performed in a public location, there will people of the public who will be walking around and going about there daily life, if any sort of filming was to take place in the public, the people of the public would have to be informed about it. Ways in which you can inform them is having some sort of notice sign telling the people you will be filming, by this they are informed and then it will be there decision if they would want to be in the background or not. If there are any members of the public that where unaware of them being filming, the most responsible thing to do would be to blur them out from the film as they did not give you any permission to be in the film. However if a member of the public did not agree to be filmed but still was this can then be taken up to court as it is against there own will.
For our short film we are filming on a public street also using a bus stop, as you do have members of the public walking up and down the road it was hard to film our production as we would wait for them to pass by stopping the camera and carrying it on, also members that was waiting for the bus as they would not say if they didn't want to be on the camera we still stopped the camera and waited for the bus to come so they feel more comfortable as we did not want to film them without there permission. By showing the public we where filming, we placed signs up around the bus stop to inform the public that there was a filming session going on and to keep them aware of the camera will be running.
I have also considered ethical constraints on production by looking at what is acceptable on a film set
I believe women should be treated fairly and equally in there workplace, this means giving a woman any job of her choice on the set. This also relates to anyone with different skin colours that would want to work in the same position, they should be treated equally and with the same respect as anyone else working on set.
Within my group there are four girls including myself and one boy, this means the females dominate the group which also means we are treated fair. As there is one boy we treat him with as much as respect as any of the girls treat each other. We involved him in most of our views as well as included him more, listened to his points and the way he wanted things to be about in the film. I feel like we have approached this very well.
Copyright on different music,scripts, buildings, locations and artwork
Copyrighting different music, scripts, building, locations and artwork can be known as a copyright issue as you are taking other peoples work without there permission or consent. An example of this is using a song from any celebrity and including it into the film as a backing track, this would only be considerable if the celebrity knows about the song and that they are paid the amount they want from the film makers. In addition this also relates to using a specific type of location for your film for example wanting to film in front of number 10 downing street you would need any type of permission and consent from the prime minster etc. to be able to film there.
As we have to take this into consideration whist making our short film as we would like to use a soundtrack of our choice,having copyright on most songs makes it hard for us to choose the perfect song that would fit well with our actual short film. As we know we cannot use anything that is copyright related, we have to improvise what we have and still make it into a good and enjoyable short film.
Illegal acts on film
Illegal acts on film is when a scene within your film is illegal to be shown for example any type of animal cruelty that is shown or a clip of a real life murder, things like this can have an effect on the viewers as they would feel very uncomfortable watching as well as distressing and upsetting for the viewers.
We don't need to take this into much consideration as our film has nothing to relate with as we are filming a love/comedy which won't be as unpleasant to watch as there is no violence or murder.
Breaking health and safety regulations/laws
By breaking any health and safety regulation it would mean filming and acting in dangerous locations an example of this is filming on roads, this is a huge heath and safety risk as even though there might not be cars driving past, a car can come out of no where. With this you can block of the part of the road you would be needing in order to film in a safe manner. If there are on going injuries occurring whilst you are filming, this can cause the film to be cancelled as the lack of attention that goes towards your cast and crews safety can be question in court.
A health and safety regulation is one of the things we need to considerate, as we are filming at a bus stop on a main road, a safety regulation would be my group and I could come in contact with a fast moving vehicle, by knowing this we decided to only film on the pavement so there is a lower risk of anyone putting them selves in danger.
Use of locations without permission
As I have mentioned earlier you can't film a famous place,location or landscape without any consent or permission from the person who owns that particular area, by informing the authority you won't have a problem with the copyright law.
This could be a problem with our short film this is because we was using bus stops which belonged to the local council, which then meant we had to contact the council to ask for permission on if we can use that particular bus stop.
Use of people without permission
If any filming is performed in a public location, there will people of the public who will be walking around and going about there daily life, if any sort of filming was to take place in the public, the people of the public would have to be informed about it. Ways in which you can inform them is having some sort of notice sign telling the people you will be filming, by this they are informed and then it will be there decision if they would want to be in the background or not. If there are any members of the public that where unaware of them being filming, the most responsible thing to do would be to blur them out from the film as they did not give you any permission to be in the film. However if a member of the public did not agree to be filmed but still was this can then be taken up to court as it is against there own will.
For our short film we are filming on a public street also using a bus stop, as you do have members of the public walking up and down the road it was hard to film our production as we would wait for them to pass by stopping the camera and carrying it on, also members that was waiting for the bus as they would not say if they didn't want to be on the camera we still stopped the camera and waited for the bus to come so they feel more comfortable as we did not want to film them without there permission. By showing the public we where filming, we placed signs up around the bus stop to inform the public that there was a filming session going on and to keep them aware of the camera will be running.
I have also considered ethical constraints on production by looking at what is acceptable on a film set
I believe women should be treated fairly and equally in there workplace, this means giving a woman any job of her choice on the set. This also relates to anyone with different skin colours that would want to work in the same position, they should be treated equally and with the same respect as anyone else working on set.
Within my group there are four girls including myself and one boy, this means the females dominate the group which also means we are treated fair. As there is one boy we treat him with as much as respect as any of the girls treat each other. We involved him in most of our views as well as included him more, listened to his points and the way he wanted things to be about in the film. I feel like we have approached this very well.
Assignment 2- Task 1
Understand requirements for a specific media production
Finance
When directors are creating a feature film, the main requirement they need to think about is the finance for the production. As feature films are more privileged with different companies financing them, it is easier to create the feature film than any other film type. However this does not relate to short films, short films are never funded by funding companies only in some occasions if your short film it has to have a strong and compelling idea, in depth research and a clear plan on what you will achieve from your short film.
One of the main funding companies for the UK is the British Film Institute (BFI), this company is a well known company across the UK which is used my many directors to help them fund for the film, the money given from the BFI is the lottery investment which is given to each director to start the production of their film. Each production is given £18,000,000 per year to invest in the makings of the production. An example of a feature film the BFI funded was 'Wallace and Gromit the curse of the were-rabbit' which came out in 2005.
With short films, as they are not provided with any type of financial help from a filming company it is usually harder to create as the director of the short film as to go out their own way to create the money they need for the short film. This is not an easy task as you would have to work harder than usual in order to create the short films or even gather the money.
Kickstarter which is a funding platform into creative project 'Kickstarter' is a great way of funding for your short film, the reason for this is it is a way of raising funds for different creative projects. Kickstarter lets you have the responsibility and the control over your short film. The way the funding works is the creator of the project has to set a goal and a deadline for their film, in order to reach their goals they have to make sure the film is worth receiving any money. Here is an example of a short films on Kickstarter;
Creative England
Sizzle reel
Work on a high end market to generate private funds. This can help you earn the money quicker by maybe selling home goods or different types of foods etc. Alternatively, you could privately source money from friends and family
Apply for a public and private grant for short films as there might be some companies that can provide you with a grant in order to help you.
Some of these methods can be used to start creating short films.
Time
Timing is another major production to think about whilst in the process of creating the short film. Deadlines are needed during this process, for example a deadline that is required in kickstarter is only allowed be on the site for 3 months, after that the funds and donations for the film is stopped and is taken down.
Another reason why films have deadlines is so everything can be completed within the filming deadline then given to the editor to be edited in time for the actual release date they arranged it would be at. This also occurs with different equipment's, props and location that is needed for the film, an example of this is if most props and equipment was hired from others, that equipment would have to be given back within the certain date as they also might need it. Some of the consequences by not giving it back at that certain day could mean jeopardizing your chance in using the equipment again. This also relate to the location as maybe certain timings could effect everyone for example if they was to film out on rush hour, this can effect people by making them wait longer. In addition the staff working with the film would be paid by the hour which means they would have to pay the staff more money for the more hours they do, as film makers are on a budget they need to keep the film as cheap as possible and save money as much as they can just in case.
Another reason why films have deadlines is so everything can be completed within the filming deadline then given to the editor to be edited in time for the actual release date they arranged it would be at. This also occurs with different equipment's, props and location that is needed for the film, an example of this is if most props and equipment was hired from others, that equipment would have to be given back within the certain date as they also might need it. Some of the consequences by not giving it back at that certain day could mean jeopardizing your chance in using the equipment again. This also relate to the location as maybe certain timings could effect everyone for example if they was to film out on rush hour, this can effect people by making them wait longer. In addition the staff working with the film would be paid by the hour which means they would have to pay the staff more money for the more hours they do, as film makers are on a budget they need to keep the film as cheap as possible and save money as much as they can just in case.
Personnel
In order to create the project you need a big team with very skilled and experienced staff. As there are a range of roles needed in the production a great deal of staff are needed in order to help out with the set, equipment and costume etc. The different roles consist of the cast which is needed to play out the different parts that was set to them from the script, costume designer which is creating and designing different costumes for the cast, this also consist of creating specific costumes designs for different types of the characters within the film, a location manager which sets up the lighting and setting for the set of the film. The location manager has to make sure everything is in place such as props, lighting etc. before the director decides to start shooting the film. Make up artist are also needed within a filming set, this is so the make up artist can make up the actor according to their character as well as air brush the actors to create a better picture of them on the camera, the director's are the most crucial people that is needed on a filming set, as they are the ones directing the film and creating the film they want they are the main people on the set, they direct the actors by telling them what and where they need to go and what to do when on the set. A producer is needed on the set as they help create the script whilst the film is being taken, and lastly the casting director helps choose the actors that will be suitable for the characters in the film.
The experience the staff is always depending the area they specialize in throughout the production, as the experience of having a particular job can vary between a member of staff working with years and years of experience to some staff having little knowledge and experience it can effect the production in a range of ways however depending on there learning skills as well as understanding there role within the business, this can result in a good production. In addition to this some new graduates coming from film university's etc have less of a chance in actually gaining a stable and good job on a film set to someone who has had years of experience.
The size of the crew always depends on what kind of movie it is going to be also the financial issues of the producer, if they have enough money to hire each and every different type of crew member that is needed in the production. This relates to funding, before the director and producer decide to start filming there production, they need to think further into the process, to see if there own financial issues would cover there needs to carry on with the production as well as other necessitates needed.
Facilities:
All feature film need any type of facilities in order for them to go about there film. However this always comes at a cost for example in order to get a better picture or clear, sharp sound in the film to help have better end results and a clearer finish. High end equipment doesn't come cheap, this should also be another thing that needs to be thought about before any time of production, as this links to finance. You need to know if you can afford the type of equipment that will be needed in order to create the film. Some movie genres would have to be thought in more depth for example any sci-fi films would cost a large amount of money as there would be a huge amount of equipment that might be needed for that production in order to create a good film. Another thing that might need to be taken into consideration is the equipment needed for post production, in order to finish the film there would be a large amount of editing going on to make the film easier for the audience to watch.
However making a short film, it would be harder to accomplish certain things as there might not be the facilities as they will be expensive. This can be resolved by using outsourcing which allows you to hire out equipment that might be needed in order to shoot there production in the best way they can with just the equipment they have.There are a range of outsourcing companies within the UK, a well known company in the UK is 'Accenture' which provides help to film makers that are in need of any facilities which would help them with there production.
Materials:
As there are a range of materials that are needed in when producing a short film for example soundtracks, costumes and make up are some type of material aspects that need to thought through in order to gain the perfect film in which in some conditions the audience can relate to.
In this example of 'fast and furious 6' the materials that are used such as the soundtrack which most of it was licensed to use some soundtracks they wanted to include in the film, in addition to this some celebrities also made there own soundtrack for the movie, this means the songs they have created can be used within the film which will make it professional. The atmosphere the song provides for the film is a very upbeat song which makes you build your adrenalin for the ending which is always going to be a surprise and big. As the main theme about this film is the cars, whilst you watch the film you can see that every one in the film have there own car as an accessory to show of in the film.
Contributors:
Contributors usually play a big part for short film productions, as short film directors are low on any type of funding, the more contributors they involve the more funding they can gain for example advertising the short film, being more noticeable to the public etc. This will help the films finance grow into getting them noticed more to bigger companies which can help then become even more popular by helping the directors sell there film to more cinemas rather than a few. Ways in which the film can become popular is by using kickstart which would help them advertise the film also to gain more money by funding the film, another way the film would be gaining publicity is people across the world can have access to kickstart which means they can view the short film as well as fund it.
Locations:
There are always advantages and disadvantages when looking for the location or setting for your short film, for example to film in an exotic country you would first need to fly to another country which can always be expensive depending on where you go and where you want to film also this links to financial issues, if you are financially well to go and shoot your film in another country. Another disadvantage is not always having permission to shoot a specific place for example if you wanted to film a old fashioned house which might relate to your film and you don't have permission as the people who own the property would not let. As short film makers don't have much money they can't pay for the places they would want to shoot there film. However a plus side of this would be contacting people within different companies to help you get the permission to film in a certain area etc. Things like this needs to come into consideration before wanting to film as you don't have any issues when you are ready to film. In addition to this continuity is key within any film, if the continuity of the weather does not flow then the film would not work, for example making sure the weather is the same and the way you have planned it as you would have to keep going back and making changes. As this is a short film there would be no use of artificial materials which means they would have to be very precise with the continuity throughout the short film.
Codes of practice and regulations
Within the codes and regulations of a film there are many things that need to be considered and looked into for example using a soundtrack that has been created by another celebrity and using the soundtrack on the film without there permission is known to be copyright which means the film makers can be taken to prison as it is against the law, by using the soundtrack the film maker would have to give some sort of payment to the creator of the soundtrack in order for them to allow you to use it. An example of this is to gain permission from a celebrity such as drake to use any of his songs in the film. Another code and regulation would be filming somewhere without any permission or access, things like this can jeopardize there carer in filming as if you don't listen to any of the regulations and decide to abuse the terms it can maybe effect your future in filming. Lastly another main point that needs to be thought through throughout filming is health and safety. Making sure your cast and crew are in a safe environment to film as if anything happens it will always fall down on the director and the producer of any film, it also means they can get compensation. Before filming is started there always needs to be regular checks on the locations anyone is working in, if they see it is not a safe environment to work in then they can be fined.
Single camera techniques i've used i my footage
Single Camera Technique
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Where have I shown this?
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Framing &
Composition
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Variety of shot sizes
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Throughout my short film I have showed how I have used a range of different shots in my short film, an example of this is using a close up on Joey's face to show his facial expressions and how he is feeling just by his expressions, Long shot of Amelia walking towards the bus stop etc.
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Head Room
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We considered head room in our short film however it wasn't as clear, for example when Joey was sitting at the bus stop the first scene and looks at the timetable, we didn't leave enough headroom to make it clear. However as i made a extra footage of different shots that I haven't included in the actual short film, I included the head room which is more obvious and clear as there is also more space above the head than usual.
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Looking Room
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I made this shot more clear in my extra footage that I created, I show this technique in my footage as when the Amelia looks to one side which I then make it as a eye line match but I leave a large amount of space to show what Amelia is looking at which is in the next shot.
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Rule of Thirds
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We have shown this in the actual short film where our main character Joey is sitting in the middle of the bus stop, we made sure of this as we used the gird as a guideline to make sure the composition was good.
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Use of perspective
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We used a range of shots in our short film showing different perspectives for example when Amelia i walking past Joey she looks at him with a shot of her point of view then a shot of Joey looking at Amelia with his point of view.
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Blocking
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We used blocking in our main footage, in our footage we show this technique when Amelia is walking towards Joey, when Amelia stops in front of Joey he shows her his expressions. This action shows the attraction between the two characters as well as the love interest that Joey has for Amelia.
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Eye line match
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Within our main footage we show a range of eye line matches for example the first eye line match we use is when Joey looks at the bus time table, our second eye line match is when Joey is looking at his phone to check the time and the camera going back to his reaction. In addition I also show a brief shot in my extra footage when the main character is looking at different things whilst she is waiting for a friend, i show an eye line match of her looking in a direction which then switches to another shot of the eye line match.
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High/ Low / Dutch Angle
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I have used all these types of angles in my extra footage that I have created. I performed the dutch angle by focusing the camera on a mac computer and turning the camera to different angles, I then show another shot which consists of the high and low angle, by doing this I i took a high angle shot of the mac computer then took a lower angle shot of the mac.
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Focus
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Manual Focus
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Manual focus was used throughout the whole of the main footage, this is to make it more clear to see the characters actions and emotions.
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Focus Pull
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I performed this technique in my extra footage at the beginning. i showed this technique by having my main character at the beginning being out of focus which was very blurry and unclear to then moving the lens around to make the character more clear and sharper.
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Manipulate Depth of Field
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I used manipulate depth of field in my extra footage by placing two of the same bottles in front of each other on a table, By performing this technique I focused on the first bottle which blurred the back bottle out which then left the front bottle sharp and clear. I then changed the focus from the front one to the back bottle which made the bottle at the front blurry and unclear and the back bottle in more of a sharp focus.
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Movement
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Smooth Panning / Tilting
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In my main footage, I used a few smooth pans to show when the characters are walking around also when the bus is passing by. I also show this in my extra footage by including a complex shot of a pan and a track of my character walking.
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Tracking In/Out (Hand Held)
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I used this technique in both of my footage for example in my main footage I track the main character walking toward the bus stop. I also included tracking in my complex shot of my character walking down the road. In addition I also used a range of hand held camerawork in my main footage for example most of my point of views where hand held footage.
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Complex Shot
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I used a complex shot in my extra footage as I did not include it in my main footage. My complex shot consist of a pan of my character then into a track of her walking down the road.
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Coverage
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Shot/Reverse Shot
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As I did not include a shot reverse shot in my main footage, I created a short clip showing a brief conversation to show how this technique works. In order to perform this task I sat Amelia in front of Joey and took a clip of her from an over the shoulder shot, then did the same with taking a clip of joey over Amelia's shoulder to show its both of there points of views.
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30 Degree Rule
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I included the 30 degree rule in my main footage by filming our main character in one spot if I then wanted to show the main character in the same spot but showing another relationship with another character, i would move the camera to another spot within the 30 degrees of the first spot.
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Cut In / Cutaway
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I used cut away in my extra footage, when my main character was at the bus stop The camera was a medium close up of the character, it would then cut to things that would relate to where she was.
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Multiple Takes / Continuity of Action
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I used continuity editing in both my main footage and my extra footage to keep the continuity the same , I have shown this on day 5 when Joey sat at the bus stop in one shot taking of his bag and next shot of him still taking his bag of.
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Lighting & Colour
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Use of Artificial Lighting
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I performed this technique in my extra footage, i included it at the end of the footage which was the main character staring at the camera whilst she had the artificial lighting in front of her, this made her stand out more and look more clear in the camera.
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Key/Fill/Back light
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In my extra footage I use the key and the fill light when using artificial lighting. The key light was the main light that as used to light the character as well as the surroundings, using the key light just on one side it creates a slight shadow on the other side of the characters face which is when I included the fill light to fill in the shadowed area to keep the lighting balanced and equal on each side.
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Use of Natural Light
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Natural Lighting was used throughout the whole of the main footage, as we where filming the whole footage outside we mainly used natural lighting.
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White Balance
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As we started filming we used white balance to show our camera what the color white actually is, by doing this we placed a blank white sheet of paper in front of the camera, we then took the picture of the sheet and changed settings to have it focus with the white balance.
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Tinting
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I included tinting in my extra footage, by doing this I used a blue and red filter on both of the lights I used and what it did was shine both of the colours bright which created a tint on the characters face.
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Sound
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Use of Wild Track
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As we did use wild track in our main footage, we filmed a minute of background noise before filming so there wont be any unknown noises that could disrupt or ruin the footage. However as we had a soundtrack over the footage it was not needed.
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Non-diagetic sound
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We used non-diagetic sound throughout the whole of our main footage, it was a non copyright soundtrack we found on a free music for productions website. We chose this soundtrack to have more of an effect on the audience as they was the short film.
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Recording Dialogue
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I used this technique in my extra footage which was a sound boom to pick up any type of sound, for example I used the sound boom when my characters where having a conversation with one another over the phone.
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ADR
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I included ADR in my extra footage, by doing this I recorded one of my characters voice to create an overlap of there actual voice in the footage. I showed this when the the first main character answers her phone and says 'hey'. This just shows how ADR makes the sound more clear.
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Blocking
in this clip my group attempted blocking by first choosing a second postion and then parking the postion with a pen which makes it clear for the actor where to stand.
Friday, 6 December 2013
FINAL EDIT for Bus stop love
FINAAAAAAAAAAAAAL from Meltem Ustun on Vimeo.
Here is our final edit for our short movie my group and I created which is bus stop love. The short movie is about a boy falls in love with a girl at the bus stop but then realises she is attracted to the same sex.
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