On the 14th of November we began shooting the scenes of the video at Zamárdi, by the lake Balaton. We had problems with the weather - again. We were waiting for the sun to come out behind the clouds and we even caught some beautiful, colourful videos but after a while we had to give up waiting for a better weather. We should somehow find a solution to make the colour, saturation of the videos look similar and I hope we can do manage to do it.
The actors were performing really well but I am not sure whether it is ok if we have only a monologue instead of conversations.
Monday, November 16, 2009
9th class
During our 9th class we had a chance to work on our projects on our outside the school. I am in a group together with Dávid Németh, and he came up with a really good idea for our video and began working out the script for it too.
The basic idea was that a man looses his belowed wife and unfortunately by the time he falls in love again he is dying from a poision (he decided to take for ending his own life and the suffering). I've been thinking about how the video would look like if the man had the characteristics of the "Godfather" or any kind of maffia guy. It could have look pretty cool, however I realized soon that it would not be easy to carry out. The main character was played by Dávid's younger brother and if it would be a maffia type guy, than he should have been definitely older.
Anyway we planned that we are going to shoot the video as soon as possible to have enough time for the cutting. Unfortunately the weather on the 8th of November was not good for the video and we had to postpone the shooting.
The basic idea was that a man looses his belowed wife and unfortunately by the time he falls in love again he is dying from a poision (he decided to take for ending his own life and the suffering). I've been thinking about how the video would look like if the man had the characteristics of the "Godfather" or any kind of maffia guy. It could have look pretty cool, however I realized soon that it would not be easy to carry out. The main character was played by Dávid's younger brother and if it would be a maffia type guy, than he should have been definitely older.
Anyway we planned that we are going to shoot the video as soon as possible to have enough time for the cutting. Unfortunately the weather on the 8th of November was not good for the video and we had to postpone the shooting.
10th class
During our 10th class we discussed several terms which are important if we want to understand the functioning of the video production's basics.
I have better understood scripts and synopsis as well as outlines and storyboards, the possible camera moves. However the most useful lesson for me was to see what a difference lights can mean in case of a video. Through the use light coming from different angles we can influence the message of movies, let it be a high school movie, a horror/thriller movie or e.g. a film noir.
By using the lights ourselves we have collected some amount of experience how light can even change someone's appearance, make him/her look scary or even more pretty.
I have better understood scripts and synopsis as well as outlines and storyboards, the possible camera moves. However the most useful lesson for me was to see what a difference lights can mean in case of a video. Through the use light coming from different angles we can influence the message of movies, let it be a high school movie, a horror/thriller movie or e.g. a film noir.
By using the lights ourselves we have collected some amount of experience how light can even change someone's appearance, make him/her look scary or even more pretty.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
8th class
The videos we watched during our 8th class were very useful for our next video, but I need to watch more conversations in movies in order to understand how we should shot it
I think it's much more easier to watch them than to shot it yourself.
It is not easy to find out a story and at the same time find characters that fit into it.
Although now we have a little experience with videos, I think shooting this one will be much more difficult - because the story has to be exciting and we should record the voice in a good quality.
I think it's much more easier to watch them than to shot it yourself.
It is not easy to find out a story and at the same time find characters that fit into it.
Although now we have a little experience with videos, I think shooting this one will be much more difficult - because the story has to be exciting and we should record the voice in a good quality.
7th class
Unfortunately we realized, that our video was not long enough, so we decided to make a new one. We met and had some new ideas, which were better than the first one.
We shot on the next Friday in the Bory Castle, and it worked out pretty well.
The castle was a perfect spot for the video. The shots were long enough and everything clicked. Or at least we believed so.
On Saturday and Sunday we edited the video, but unfortunately the time was not long enough, and working with the software seriously for the first time was not the easiest. We could not find the music on the flash drive Lili chose for the video.
But anyway we made it and in the 7th class we watched it together with the other group's videos.
It was useful to see our errors. There were too long shots, that would have required to be cut, and I think we should have put more action into the video. Although this was our first try, and anyway I liked the result.
We shot on the next Friday in the Bory Castle, and it worked out pretty well.
The castle was a perfect spot for the video. The shots were long enough and everything clicked. Or at least we believed so.
On Saturday and Sunday we edited the video, but unfortunately the time was not long enough, and working with the software seriously for the first time was not the easiest. We could not find the music on the flash drive Lili chose for the video.
But anyway we made it and in the 7th class we watched it together with the other group's videos.
It was useful to see our errors. There were too long shots, that would have required to be cut, and I think we should have put more action into the video. Although this was our first try, and anyway I liked the result.
6th class
During our 6th class I began discussing with Lili the possible locations and actors for our video.
I have to say that it was not easy to work this out.
With the location there was no problem, we selected the ground floor of the school, which was a really good place for our planned scary video.
On Saturday we started shooting, and we shot the video in about 2-3 hours. We tried to follow the story board but we had to realize, that some things just could not be carried out.
So sometimes we had to find new solutions.
One big mistake was, that we did not check how long the scenes are, or how much material we have.
I have to say that it was not easy to work this out.
With the location there was no problem, we selected the ground floor of the school, which was a really good place for our planned scary video.
On Saturday we started shooting, and we shot the video in about 2-3 hours. We tried to follow the story board but we had to realize, that some things just could not be carried out.
So sometimes we had to find new solutions.
One big mistake was, that we did not check how long the scenes are, or how much material we have.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
5th class
For the 5th video production class I drew a storyboard, which was supposed to be the basis of our music video, but I think we should make it more scary, with different angles and lightning.
We did not begin the shooting yet, only looked at the place where we would like to shoot the whole video. We have one "actress" already, but we still need someone else - playing the cleaning lady. I think we should make her figure blurry somehow and achieve a mysterious and frightening shape.
If everything will work out well, we are going to shoot on Saturday and we plan to finish it on this day. So the next week we "only" have to cut it, plus add the necessary special effects to make the whole video more frightening.
We did not begin the shooting yet, only looked at the place where we would like to shoot the whole video. We have one "actress" already, but we still need someone else - playing the cleaning lady. I think we should make her figure blurry somehow and achieve a mysterious and frightening shape.
If everything will work out well, we are going to shoot on Saturday and we plan to finish it on this day. So the next week we "only" have to cut it, plus add the necessary special effects to make the whole video more frightening.
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