Student Name: Sinead Boyce
K.no.: k00121609
Assignment 2_DV Project:
Pre-production part 1:
We started out by discussing various ideas for this Project_2 which is centred around either one person moving through space or two people in a follow/chase scene. From what we have discussed I have sourced some u-tube sporting advertisements. I had an idea of ‘a day in the life of a rugby player/hurler.' Here, the frames would focus on the various locations of the player as they move through a regular day. There would be interplay of light and shade reflecting the cycle from morning to night. If one actor lots of scenes could be shot with the person interacting with their location and the props such as breakfast focus on the steaming cup of coffee embraced by the actor as they ponder on the day ahead...working on the computer.... getting gear ready for training and various...The following entitled: "Be there all the way," sports advert portrays the idea of how a person moves through a location that has an obvious non-verbal identity i.e. sports arena, pitch:
similarly,
in parts, various clip frame ideas in an "Electric Ireland" advert:
rugby
video, some apt frames:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElMEi_TlPmM
A
development on this in terms of the narrative could be a sequence of scenes
repeated.
A
series of repeated days in the depiction of a 'ground-hog-day' scenario, the
actor is
aware
of the scenario, but each day certain things change slightly, which contribute
to a
the
e.g. 4th day (last day of film) round where, all these smaller things come
together as
a
separate event, something significant, that means
an
end to the ground-hog and the beginning of something else, where the viewer is
kept
at
the edge of their seat as the film concludes.
Pre-production part 2:
We have
been having many meetings in the pre-production stage; brainstorming ideas and
deciding on the type of film we are going to shoot. We originally decided on
the second option of the brief which is the chase scene.
My role
is as Sound Director, which I am finding very interesting. I have selected a
sound-track and will apply the effects when the timing of the film is worked
out. I have uploaded it onto Premiere Pro, where it sounds clear and could be
applied to any café scene we decide on.
The sound
recording equipment the college supplies may not be useful for our plan, so I
have read up the user handbook on my digital camera (Coolpix S200), which can
in addition to taking pictures, record videos and as is applicable in this
project record sound. I also uploaded this to 'Premiere Pro' and again it is
very clear. The sound effects we decided on would be background café sounds (no
dialogue as is specified). The plan is to combine the sound-track and the sound
effects and this can be carried out when the timing of the film is worked out.
Production to Post-Production:
The shots
have been decided on and some video footage taken. We had a meeting
today on the project where we had a look at the video cut to date which looks
very good. In summary the plot was about a guy who walked out of his house, got
the bus, lost his wallet, pass machine out of order, went for tea, no money,
clip then shows someone picking up the wallet and going through the guys’
cards, at the end there is a focus on the guys’ college id card. As I was
absent from the first shoot due to a change in script, I suggested an
idea on the development of the plot. This would add more scenes to the film:
this is where I would find the cards that were on the ground and return them to
the estates office/ if seen the entire scenario chases the person who dropped
them. There could be obstacles of crossing a busy road, waiting for a break in
the traffic and watching the card owner disappear in the distance. During
this time there would be scenes of a person moving through the spaces and
places with various perceptions along the way. It could end with the return of
the cards to the guy or maybe they are just left on a shelf and forgotten
about.
For the project requirements of moving through cinematic space the continuity of time of day would be important. I think this idea would be good in terms of: a clear beginning and middle development which are already completed and to put the idea I am talking about in the finding and returning of the cards as the third part of this process which is the end/resolution. This would also involve a character moving through interior and exterior space. Multiple locations could be included with continuity from the earlier shots of the college environment and bus stop etc. Expressions and reactions of the person finding, reading and returning of the lost cards.
In technical terms this could include requirements for the “cutting on action: before action, after action, entrance/exit, look off, reaction, visual linkage.”
Scene strategies: cutaway: where the camera focuses off the person onto the cards on the ground, picking them up and the scenes that ensue.
Lines of action can be varied with changes in sight lines.
POV shots: this could be a 2/3 shot sequence where the person who finds the cards are looking at them (the POV shot itself) and their reaction to this.
A change of direction shot could be where this person would change direction where perhaps they were also getting a bus and after finding the cards changes direction and returns them to the college.
For continuity and parallel action there could be myself returning the cards to the college with intermittent views of Ash tracing his route in searching for his cards.
The mese-en-scene would be maintained as the shoot would be in the same location. Also, the quality of the light would have to be similar to the earlier shots. I think the denotation of the image of finding the cards and the connotation of the treatment of that image and the subsequent ensuing frames would work with the existing structure of the film.
Post-Production:
We
decided as a group to stay with the current version of the video and not to add
my idea as above as there was enough frames shot for what we needed. I then
worked some more on the sound. I paid careful attention to the timing of the
video shoot frames and sound that would have relevance to and add meaning to
the video. I googled non-copyright sounds and made a selection of those I’d
decided on. Next, I used the online converter to convert from u-tube to mp3, mp4,
downloaded same and imported the sound and video clips into Premiere Pro. I
experimented with the audio and video functions in the Premiere Pro and then
started editing. I shared this work with our group and made some edits based on
our decisions. We then worked on using similar sounds in a copy of the video
adding functions such as lowering and increasing volume. We then made as
alternative sound track so that we could present them both and decide on one. A
final decision was made on the video we will be submitting and based on our
Lecturers feedback and editing carried out.
Conclusion:
I have
learned a lot from this video project. Going into the project I knew very
little about sound and audio editing. I learned about MP3, M4, Converters,
non-copyright sounds, composition and editing in Premiere Pro. Overall, it was
a learning curve and everyone’s ideas and opinions were included in the video.
The link to the final video cut is as follows:
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