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Department of Media and Communication

Chris McNair

Film and TV Year 2

UAL Extended Diploma: Creative Media Production and Technology

Unit 12 Specialist Study in Creative Media Production

Figure 1 – Clapper Board (pixabay.com, no date)

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CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Who am I?..........................................................................................................................4

Chapter 2 – The Report.......................................................................................................................18

Chapter 3 - Experimentation and Skills..............................................................................................25

Chapter 4 - Unit 12 Presentation and Plans for Unit 13.....................................................................40

Chapter 5 - Weekly Schedule of Work................................................................................................41

Chapter 6 – Peer Reviews....................................................................................................................46

Chapter 7– Weekly Progress Tracker..................................................................................................47

Appendix.............................................................................................................................................52

Appendices 1 – Unit 12 Criteria and Work to be Produced.............................................................52

Appendix 2 – Students Calendar, Checklist and Scheme of Work...................................................52

Appendix 3 – Chapter Bibliographies...............................................................................................55

Cover Page...................................................................................................................................55

Chapter 1.....................................................................................................................................55

Chapter 2.....................................................................................................................................55

Chapter 3.....................................................................................................................................55

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Table of FiguresFigure 1 – Clapper Board (pixabay.com, no date)..................................................................................1Figure 2 - Who Am I Mind Map 16/09/2016 (Chris McNair, 2016)........................................................4Figure 3 - Who Am I Mind Map 25/03/2017 (Chris McNair, 2017)........................................................5Figure 4 - Who Am I Mind Map 04/01/2018 (Chris McNair, 2018)........................................................6Figure 5 - College Timeline - first 2 terms (Chris McNair, 2017)..........................................................16Figure 6 - Spielberg Trailer (New Trailer Buzz, 2017): https://youtu.be/fnoJe5JqWaQ.......................18Figure 7 - University Speech (Harvard University, 2016): https://youtu.be/TYtoDunfu00..................19Figure 8 - Steven Spielberg's Advice (Yellow King Film Boy, 2017): https://youtu.be/LF1gKuOZG9U. 19Figure 9 - Directing Advice (Red Carpet News TV, 2016): https://youtu.be/2LYJhvMbwn8................20Figure 10 - The Importance of Clasic Films (American Film Institute, 2011): https://youtu.be/kdoC-5OI2xY...............................................................................................................................................20Figure 11 - Casey Neistat Introduction (National Geographic, 2014): https://youtu.be/OY0qfl6bGUA.............................................................................................................................................................21Figure 12 - Casey’s Work Ethic (Conway Wealth Group, LLC, 2016): https://youtu.be/3W3IEMlUnRY.............................................................................................................................................................22Figure 13 - Genuine Content (Jyske Bank TV, 2014): https://youtu.be/OQzj-97CfHc..........................22Figure 14 - Viewing Devices (SpikesAsia, 2014): https://youtu.be/TkVZ0edHIQI................................23Figure 15 - Sherlock Holmes transition montage (konradnoises, 2017): https://youtu.be/1IDBZ5AsUuk...........................................................................................................25Figure 16 - Transitions to add to your film (Zach Ramelan, 2014): https://youtu.be/j5TPRn9M5lk....25Figure 17 - Expectations Transition (Chris McNair, 2016): https://youtu.be/xw5chkY9e8A?t=2m27s 26Figure 18 - Level Down Picture Transition (Chris McNair, 2016): https://youtu.be/IzRJw1-PTUQ?t=19s.............................................................................................................................................................26Figure 19 -Creative transitions within films (Jacob Syrytsia, 2016): https://youtu.be/nqt9s4WumDY 27Figure 20 - Kingsman Forest Transition (ImageworksVFX, 2017): https://youtu.be/ZdSV2L6uhx4.....27Figure 21 -Reasons not to use creative transitions (TravelFeels, 2017): https://youtu.be/TckG9NeGM-c...........................................................................................................................................................28Figure 22 - Level Down Glitch (Chris McNair, 2017): https://youtu.be/IzRJw1-PTUQ?t=3m8s............29Figure 23 - Kingsman Church Fight Hidden Cuts (Harrison Edgecombe, 2017): https://vimeo.com/214856265...........................................................................................................30Figure 24 - Solid Blinds (blocblinds.co.uk, no date).............................................................................31Figure 25 - Venetian Blinds (blinds-2go.co.uk, no date)......................................................................32Figure 26 - Rolling Shutter Diagram (qimaging.com, no date).............................................................33Figure 27 – Rolling Shutter Example (Anton River, 2010): https://youtu.be/17PSgsRlO9Q.................34Figure 28 - Guitar Rolling Shutter (Kyle Jones, 2011): https://youtu.be/TKF6nFzpHBU......................34Figure 29 - Fixing Rolling Shutter in Post (SoftwareMedia.com, 2012): https://youtu.be/YchZnL5h52Q?t=1m32s...........................................................................................35Figure 30 - Rolling Shutter Explained (SmarterEveryDay, 2017): https://youtu.be/dNVtMmLlnoE.....35Figure 31 - Helicopter Rotor Not Spinning Effect (AnonRookie, 2012): https://youtu.be/R-IVw8OKjvQ.............................................................................................................................................................38

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Figure 32 - Helicopter Take Off with Rotor Not Spinning (Chris Fay, 2017): https://youtu.be/yr3ngmRuGUc.........................................................................................................38

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Chapter 1 - Who am I?

During my life time my values and interests have changed lots and I expect them to carry on changing into the future. Overall I have gained more experiences which has increased number of interests I have and values I have. I have also dropped some values and interests. As you can see below I have found 2 past mind maps of my key interests, experiences and values. By comparing them to each other and comparing those to the one I just made, you can see how the key things in my life have changed.

Date of completion for figure below: 16/09/2016

Figure 2 - Who Am I Mind Map 16/09/2016 (Chris McNair, 2016)

As this one is mainly pictures and you may not know what they mean I will describe the pictures that you might not be able to work out in words (left to right from top to bottom): The Flash (TV show), Doctor Who (TV show), Education, Albert Einstein, PlayStation, The Arrow (TV show), YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, (I can’t remember what the cat in the doughnut symbolised), The Big Bang Theory (TV show), Astronomy, Casey Neistat, Hyper Cars.


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As you can see some things have stayed the same on all 3 maps: Casey Neistat, YouTube/Youtubers, animals. These are my key interests and just because they are not on the map doesn’t mean I am not interested in it, it just means there was something I found more interesting. In the last map you may be wondering what the difference between hobbies and interests are. Hobbies are things I enjoy doing at the moment. Interests are things that either I would like to do someday or things that I like to do but I don’t do often or things I used to do but no longer do. An example is kart racing. I am very interested in that but due to it being expensive I only go once per year for my birthday. I used to do kayaking regularly, but I quit so I would have more time to do my college work. I would like to learn archery in the future perhaps at university if I have time.

My favourite media product was difficult to come up with as there are so many. Probably Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” is my current favourite film. The reason this film appeals to me is because it has got a fairly complex plot. It makes me think and contemplate my own life as well as the characters in the film’ses. It is intellectually stimulating. All the Christopher Nolan films that I have watched have made it to my top 50 films. They all tend to make me think. It is not really a film to watch to relax. Probably my favourite film that doesn’t require much brain power to watch is “why him”.

I have quite a few inspirational media practitioners but my main one is Casey Neistat and possibly Steven Spielberg. I have a lot of media practitioners that I look up to but being inspirational is not how I would describe them. This is because most of them are film directors and I really respect their

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films but I don’t know much about their life and who they are as a person. I just know there work. As Casey Neistat is a YouTuber and his videos are about his life and experiences, he is much more inspiring to me. Casey picked up the concept of making vlogs (video blogs) from other YouTubers but he put his own spin on it. He makes each day’s vlog into a short film. He does this by implementing B roll, cinematography etc. into his videos. He talks to the camera as if he was talking to a person which helps to get to know him better hence why I am inspired by him. I have enjoyed lots of Steven Spielberg’s films but it was his documentary “Spielberg” that inspired me. This documentary was an account of his life, like a video version of a bibliography. He explained about his journey. George Lucas also appeared in it for a short amount of time. He is one of my favourite media practitioners but as I don’t really know who he is as a person he can’t be one of my favourite inspirational practitioner.

My skills have come so far since the beginning of the course. When joining the course I had hardly any skills. I now have lodes. I had some knowledge as I had done lots of stop motion animation and live films before I also started and lead a filmmaking club at school. But this knowledge was more about the story, camera and basic editing software. Since starting the course I have learned valuable technical skills. An example would be that I knew that I needed to point the camera at the subject but I didn’t know about how to frame it (rule of thirds, natural framing, leading lines etc.). I have created a timeline of the skills I have learned in the first 2 terms which can be found here: https://create.piktochart.com/output/21120591-my-college-timeline

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Figure 5 - College Timeline - first 2 terms (Chris McNair, 2017)

As you can see I have learned a lot in the first 2 terms. This is the case for term 3 as well as year 2 term 1. Term 3 and year 2 term 1 were set out a bit differently. In both these terms we concentrated on making a short film rather than having lectures on skills. But just because we didn’t have any

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lectures on improving skills doesn’t mean I didn’t learn any. We were left up to our own devices more. This meant we had more freedom in the area we chose to learn. The skills picked up were because of mistakes that I learned from as well as skills I researched. So for example after the last project I learned more about the skill of scriptwriting as I made a mistake of making the script uninteresting and have learned from it. An example of a skill I picked up by researching, is one of the transitions that I used on my last project. I prefer this method of learning as it is clearer how it relates to the particle work. Some of the skills I learned more in depth were: research, movement, pre-production paperwork, target audience, post-production (Avid) (Adobe Premier Pro), scene recreations, the exposure triangle, lighting, scriptwriting, transitions, colour correction, colour grading, special effects, camera movement, syncing audio, evaluating, organising, location scouting, directing, etc.

I will focus on improving my skills over the next few months in order to prepare for the Extended Project. Some of the areas I will be looking into more are transitions and scriptwriting. The reason I have decided to look into scriptwriting is because I choose to have lots of dialogue in my last film project and it got a bit uninteresting. The reason I want to improve on my transitions is because a YouTuber I watch (Peter Mckinnon) has inspired me by uploading videos showing off cool transitions and how to make them. I tried to do a cool transition in my last project which worked out OK. Also the music video “BIG SHAQ MANS NOT HOT” also inspired me because it has a lot of good transitions that complement the music and movement of Big Shaq (artist). I guess this also links with improving my movement skills as movement can motivate the transitions. I would also like to improve the sound, video, and lighting quality but I won’t be able to afford a good microphone, a good camera or good lighting. So I am pretty much stuck with the college equipment. Unless I hire good equipment which I most likely won’t be able to afford either. I am currently working on my cinematography skills and I hope to develop them further. In order to learn these skill I will use a range of different mediums. I will use video courses that are available online on sites such as lynda.com (What I’m currently using for the cinematography) and skillshare.com. I will also use YouTube videos. These YouTube videos will be from a variety of sources but I will definitely look at Peter Mckinnon’s transition videos. As I am a visual learner I have identified that the best way of me learning is through a video. That being said, I will also ask people around me and my tutors if they could give me a few pointers to help learn these skills in more depth.

In conclusion I have found out things about myself that would most likely influence my future work. This is very useful to know as we learned about copy transform and combine and how everything you come up with is based on what you already know (experiences, watched films etc.).

This chapter needs to include: -

Your work on who you are? Your favourite media product, and/or your inspirational media practitioner (past and present).

You also need to include your skills timeline which details the skills you joined the course with, and the skills you have now

You also need to include your skills focus, which details and explains the skills you are considering

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developing and working on for your Extended Project.

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Chapter 2 – The Report

I have decided to research and analyse the aspects of my favourite two inspirational media practitioners (Steven Spielberg and Casey Neistat). As I haven’t been alive for very long and I don’t usually look at old films/old media products much, no media practitioner is dead or inactive so I am going to do two alive ones.

Steven Spielberg (Film Director)

I really enjoyed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Spielberg (2017), War Horse (2011) and the Indiana Jones series. He currently directing Ready Player One (2018); I have never been so excited for a film in my life. The main reason he was one of my most inspirational media practitioners is because of his film Spielberg. Here is the trailer.

Figure 6 - Spielberg Trailer (New Trailer Buzz, 2017): https://youtu.be/fnoJe5JqWaQ

He also inspired me with a 20 minute talk at Harvard University (below).

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Figure 7 - University Speech (Harvard University, 2016): https://youtu.be/TYtoDunfu00

Figure 8 - Steven Spielberg's Advice (Yellow King Film Boy, 2017): https://youtu.be/LF1gKuOZG9U

Above is a clip of Quentin Tarantino talking about the advice Steven Spielberg gave him after his film was a commercial failure. I think is very good advice and as you can hear Quentin also thought so. When you’re in a bad place usually after failing at something it is very difficult to see the whole picture and you get consumed by this failure and you blow it way out of perspective (e.g. I won’t make ever make a successful film again). Steven says when you make another successful film not if you make another successful film. This is reassuring because it also shows that Steven believes in him.

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Figure 9 - Directing Advice (Red Carpet News TV, 2016): https://youtu.be/2LYJhvMbwn8

Figure 10 - The Importance of Clasic Films (American Film Institute, 2011): https://youtu.be/kdoC-5OI2xY

As you can see here Steven affirms the importance of watching old films. This is something that I find difficult similarly to his children. After hearing this I am now going to try to force myself to watch old films.

Stevens past is filled with iconic people. He snuck into studios when he was young and saw a lot of famous people including Alfred Hitchcock. Steven grew up with George Lucas (most famous for star wars) they both worked on some Indiana Jones films together.

Casey Neistat (YouTuber)

Casey Neistat is a YouTuber/filmmaker who has worked with big companies such as 20 th century fox and Nike. He used to make daily vlogs (video blogs) about his life but he made them into short films. He brought filmmaking into the YouTube world using tripods to vlog as well as drones. This hadn’t really be done before on YouTube. He now has appeared in lots of the annual YouTube rewinds as a

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symbol of the platform. The internet is growing in usage and with the rise of the internet there is a decline in TV watching and possibly cinema viewers. We saw this happen with things such as DVD’s and CD’s in musics case. People are downloading music from iTunes and other places rather than going to a shop to buy CD’s and the same is starting to happen for films with sites such as Netflix and home cinema systems. This is the main reason Blockbuster went bankrupt. This means it is important to bring the film industry to different platforms such as the internet through websites such as YouTube.

Figure 11 - Casey Neistat Introduction (National Geographic, 2014): https://youtu.be/OY0qfl6bGUA

This is a good introduction to Casey Neistat as he explains who he is and what he stands for.

One of the Casey’s quotes that has stayed with me is “Story is king. Everything else is slave to story”. It can sometimes be easy to get carried away with equipment and shape the story around the equipment and locations instead of the other way round. So an example of this would be if I got a drone camera and got carried away with it so I felt the story had to include lots of drone shots and end up shaping it around the drone shots even if it wasn’t required for the story. It is used as a tool. So if the story needs a drone shot then you have the tools available to do so but if it doesn’t need a drone shot then don’t use one at the expense of the storyline. If you have a screw that needed unscrewing then you would use a screwdriver not the fancy new spanner you got, the same applies for filmmaking.

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Figure 12 - Casey’s Work Ethic (Conway Wealth Group, LLC, 2016): https://youtu.be/3W3IEMlUnRY

This is an interview shows how hard Casey works. As he said he goes to bed at 12:30 and wakes up at 16:00 for 7 days a week. This takes an enormous amount of dedication especially when starting these habits/schedule for the first time. He get 3.5 hours of sleep per night which is under half the recommended time (8 hours). This shows what sacrifices Casey has made to do what he enjoys as a living. I noticed that having not much sleep is a common trait in successful people as it allows them to work more. I have had quite a lot o f nights where I haven’t slept (or slept for less than 3 hours) in order to complete work and it is very difficult as you start to feel sick and get headaches but you have to work through them if you want to complete the work.

Figure 13 - Genuine Content (Jyske Bank TV, 2014): https://youtu.be/OQzj-97CfHc

Casey talks about a BS meter. Minding the bad language he is basically saying people can tell if content is fake or real. If content seem real and genuine then people are more likely going to watch you. He was saying that in the modern world people are so used to watching fake and unauthentic content that they get a custom to it which means that if you want to stand out then you have to be extremely honest and transparent with your content. This is the main reasons we keep on doing

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“who am I?” tasks. It’s because who you are as a person should come through in every bit of content you create. This makes for better content as without even meeting your audience it allows you to connect with them on a much deeper level. You’re telling the audience who you are and how you see things which is completely unique to you. This is where originality comes from as no one has the exact DNA as you and no one has experienced the exact things as you have in your life. Originality is what also sets people apart. Casey brought originality to the vlog world on YouTube with his idea of making each vlog into a film. The vlogs are also about his life and his experiences which adds even more originality.

Figure 14 - Viewing Devices (SpikesAsia, 2014): https://youtu.be/TkVZ0edHIQI

As you can see here Casey talks about how more and more people are watching media content on mobile devices. This makes visuals less important and the story more important. This is because of the smaller screen, the cinematic shots don’t look as visually impressive as a bigger screen. Most of Casey’s content that I have consumed has been via my phone.

Conclusion

Overall, I can learn a lot of things from these two people. The main 2 takeaways for me is Casey Neistat’s work ethic and Steven Spielberg’s advice to Quentin Tarantino. Casey’s line “Story is king everything else is slave to story” and Stevens advice about watching old films as well as new is also a big takeaway for me.


Your research, your analysis of that research and your conclusion of how that research is going to facilitate your work for your Extended Project.

You can produce either of these reports, or both.

Product Report which will detail all aspects of your favourite media product. Covering research,

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analysis and application of that research. This should be a personal report, it is about why you like it, but it is also about its contextuality, its relevance to the wider world of media and it’s place in the development of media products i.e. was it ground breaking? Genre creating? Technology driven?

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Practitioner Report, which will look at two inspirational media Practioners that you feel have influenced your media development. There should be a present one (active in the last 10 years) and a past one (technically dead! but can be not active in the last 10 years) . The report will cover your research, analysis and application of that research. This should be a personal report, it is about why you like them, why you chose them. It is also about their contextuality, and their relevance in the wider world of media i.e. were they ground breaking? Genre creating? Etc etc!

Do not just choose one because it is less work. You choose the report that is most relevant to you, and ideally, to benefit you, you do both reports. The more you research, the more informed you are, the better your decision on your Extended Project will be, and therefore the better your Extended Project will be.

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Chapter 3 - Experimentation and SkillsI am going to be experimenting with transitions. I will be asking the question “how can creative transitions improve storytelling?” I will do research into the subject and conduct experiments based on that research and then evaluate the experiments against the research and original question and hopefully learn more through doing so. I will also draw on previous knowledge to support my answer to the proposed question. This can be a very valuable skill to learn as transitions can be implemented in every film I make and this tool may be able to help me tell a story in a more interesting way. I will use YouTube videos as my main source of research as they can show the end result where as a book magazine or webpage cant. I will start my research by looking at Sherlock Holmes as I remember being impressed by some of the transitions when watching the series.

Figure 15 - Sherlock Holmes transition montage (konradnoises, 2017): https://youtu.be/1IDBZ5AsUuk

This longer video also gives a few transition ideas. He talks about flashing to white. I used a flash or dip to pink in my first project to symbolise the love between the two characters. The flash or dip to colour is more subtle than the other transitions that I have looked at and is also more versatile.

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Figure 16 - Transitions to add to your film (Zach Ramelan, 2014): https://youtu.be/j5TPRn9M5lk

Figure 17 - Expectations Transition (Chris McNair, 2016): https://youtu.be/xw5chkY9e8A?t=2m27s

On my last short film I researched and practiced the ‘pass by effect’ as shown in Sherlock above (example below).

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Figure 18 - Level Down Picture Transition (Chris McNair, 2016): https://youtu.be/IzRJw1-PTUQ?t=19s

This essentially consisted of layering the 2 clips on 2 video tracks and creating a mask on the top layer and either add 2 keyframes and create a motion tween or go frame by frame either manually or with premier’s track forward tool. I learnt that this transition can be variable in difficulty. Unfortunately I didn’t know about the easy way until I had done the difficult way. When there is a consistent movement speed and the transition line is straight then it is as easy as putting the 2 clips on different tracks and creating 2 keyframes. It becomes harder when the movement speed is variable and the transition line isn’t straight and even if the transition line changes and it’s a long clip. You would have to put the clips on different tracks and go frame by frame drawing around the transition line for each frame. So an example of this effect at its easiest is if the camera was on a dolly track moving at a constant speed and a beam passed in front of the camera. A more difficult example would be if a person walked across the screen fairly far away from the camera and was also moving at an inconsistent speed. The transition I did was a bit of a combination of 3 transition. The custom wipe transition or pass by effect, a colour transition and a matching frame transition. Below is examples in films where they have used a matching frame transition.

Figure 19 -Creative transitions within films (Jacob Syrytsia, 2016): https://youtu.be/nqt9s4WumDY

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All of these are animations as it is far easier to do the transitions in a computer as opposed to in real life. This is mainly because there is a lot more factors to take into consideration such as the exact lighting and colour correction etc. It is possible to do in real life as it is done in Kingsman (below).

Figure 20 - Kingsman Picture Transition (WallaceBeery, 2016): https://youtu.be/cGko_VdS9G0

Figure 21 - Kingsman Forest Transition (ImageworksVFX, 2017): https://youtu.be/ZdSV2L6uhx4

As you can see above they used a sun flare to make the transition seem smoother.

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Figure 22 -Reasons not to use creative transitions (TravelFeels, 2017): https://youtu.be/TckG9NeGM-c

As you can see in the video above there are draw backs to overusing creative transitions. Like most things in film, creative transitions are there if it improves the story or to keep the story flowing in an interesting way. Using a creative transition just because you can is a bad hobbit to get into. I have mentioned this before. As he said in the video the best film was one that didn’t use creative transitions but told a good story. I guess what I’m trying to say is I want to learn how to do these creative transitions so I have the knowledge at my disposable rather than to use at every opportunity. As you can see in the Sherlock Holmes montage they used the transitions to enhance the storyline or to make it flow more easily. All the transitions had purpose within the storyline. Creative transitions can stand out more than regular transitions. This means they draw the attention of the viewer. This is why it is important that you are not drawing the attention away from the story but rather further in. Sherlock does this well as the transition is influenced by the story rather than the other way around. For example the first scene of the drink cups changing into John Watsons eyes. They were drinking prior to the transition and the story was that they were having drinks together in a park. It not only is compatible with the story it furthers it. It is showing the connection between John Watson and these two people. It could be that John Watson is watching these two people but it defiantly adds a connection.

I also used a glitch transition in my last short film (below).

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Figure 23 - Level Down Glitch (Chris McNair, 2017): https://youtu.be/IzRJw1-PTUQ?t=3m8s

If I was to cut to another clip instead of cutting to black I would have put this overlay each side of the cut and blend them together. As I cut to black it wasn’t a problem. I also added a sound effect to emphasise this transition. A sound effect coupled with a transition is usually common within flashback transitions. In order to do this glitch transition I copied the clip to another video track and changed the position of the top clip in a direction for a frame and then back for 2 frames and then I repeated this process. I added a blur for some of the glitches on the top track. I then found some royalty free stock glitch footage and removed the green screen with ultra key and added it as an overlay on a separate track. I also foreshadowed the next scene by adding screen captures from the next scene of the computers and overlaid them into the glitch. They only appeared for 1 frame at a time so you may just pick it up but your subconscious picks it up and it makes the transition seem more natural.

Although it is more of a ‘hidden transition’ and less of a ‘creative transition’ but a ‘disguised pass by transition’, ‘cut to black transition’ and a few ‘whip pans’ can be used to give the illusion of one shot. Kingsman does this very well in this scene. This clip points out the 23 hidden cuts in this one scene. Viewer discretion is advised as it gets a bit violent (15 certification).

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Figure 24 - Kingsman Church Fight Hidden Cuts (Harrison Edgecombe, 2017): https://vimeo.com/214856265

As you can see here they hide cuts very well. This was regarded as one of the best scenes in Kingsman: The Secret Service. The camera movement has a lot to do with this but I don’t want to deviate from transitions as much as I love this scene. The transitions are technically not necessary but they make the whole thing easier to choreograph and saves lots of time and on a set time is money. They did a whole episode of casualty in just one shot. If you haven’t seen this episode I recommend watching it and the behind the scenes as it is really interesting. The scene from Kingsman was such a success that a scene in the sequel was also made in the same way with disguised transitions.

Figure 25 - Kingsman 2 Last Fight Scene (Ian Garcia, 2017): https://youtu.be/6K_w8-DTtn0

I have tried to pull off a disguise cut before but it was for a classmate’s project. It worked quite well. It wasn’t perfect but it was ok. A whip pan is quite a simple transition whereas the cut to black and pass by transitions are more difficult. This is because they will have to position everything in the exact place they were before the transition with some variation allowed. There could be more variation but they would have to work harder I post. I will attempt to do a disguised transition.

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I will attempt to copy some transitions from Sherlock Holmes in order to improve my skills. I will attempt the door transition first as that is my favourite. This would have been a good transition to use in my last project as there was a scene starting with the character walking through a door and I wanted to show the connection between the character reading the text message how the text message influenced his decision. I also wanted to show the passing of time which this transition would achieve. I also could have used on screen test like they do in Sherlock Holmes to show the text message. That would be better than filming the phone because I came across some problems focusing on the phone. Here is my attempt at the door scene.

Rolling Shutter

I will also be looking at the rolling shutter in cameras and what effects it can create. I will be asking the question of “How can a rolling shutter effect your footage?” I will be using a range of resources. All the resources I use will be on the internet as that is the most accessible research platform and it will have enough information for the purposes I require. Based on my research I will decide whether I can do experiments. This is because while I know the basic premise of a rolling shutter I don’t know if my phone or any other accessible camera is capable of it.

As I mentioned I don’t know much about this topic my current knowledge on rolling shutters is that they distort the image when there is a fast moving object. My current knowledge comes from a behind the scenes video I saw about Hardcore Henry (2015). As you can see in the video below they had a problem with the rolling shutter as it was all shot on 2 GoPro’s.

Figure 26 - BTS Hardcore Henry Rolling Shutter (Cameraptor, 2016): https://youtu.be/4cQwd0ryZ6k?t=58s

You can imagine it by using the analogy of some blinds.

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Figure 27 - Solid Blinds (blocblinds.co.uk, no date)

As you can see in the picture the only way to let light in through the window is to open the blinds by rolling them up. This is similar to a rolling shutter. A shutter opens and closes as many times as there are frames. So usually there are 24 frames per second. A frame is just a picture. It is like one of those flip books that you flip through and see a moving image. Films at 24 frames per second play 24 pictures in a second to create the dilution of a moving image. You can also imagine it as a printer; it doesn’t print the ink all at once it prints it row by row. Each frame or picture is taken by the camera shutter opening to let in light (photons) hit the image sensor behind. A rolling shutter opens and close in the same way these blinds open and close but way quicker. This can either be vertically like these blinds or horizontally. They can also come from corners if you have a disk like spinning shutter. This means that in the case of a horizontal rolling shutter (from bottom to top) the bottom part of the shutter will open first letting the light hit the image sensor before the light at the top hits the shutter. As this is so quick it usually isn’t noticeable but when you have fast moving objects it becomes more noticeable.

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Figure 28 - Venetian Blinds (blinds-2go.co.uk, no date)

Total shutters also known as global shutters are a bit like these blinds. You pull the cord and all of the light comes through the window at the same time. This means the all the photons (light particles) hit the image sensor at the same time. Total shutters are usually slower than rolling shutters and more difficult to make. CMOS image sensors use rolling shutters and CCD sensors use total shutters. CMOS image sensors usually deliver the image quicker therefore clearing the sensor quicker for the next shot. This allows for larger frame rates for a cheaper price. CCD are more expensive, more complicated and have a slower processing speed (so usually lower frame rate). This is why higher end cameras usually have a total shutter as they are more expensive and if you get an expensive CCD sensor then you can get high frame rates anyway also to more serious filmmakers rolling shutters are a lot more of a problem. Due to them being cheaper and less complicated DSLR’s and smartphone cameras have CMOS sensors and therefore have rolling shutters. Due to Hardcore Henry being entirely shot in POV (point of view) and also being an action film the only way they could shoot this is with very small versatile cameras such as go pros. This meant that they were stuck with the rolling shutter as fitting a complicated sensor into a small camera is impractical. This diagram explains a rolling shutter well. The image sensor is on the left and you can see the top part of the image sensor (row 1) is exposed to light first then row 2 is exposed to light and so on and so on.

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Figure 29 - Rolling Shutter Diagram (qimaging.com, no date)

In the blinds analogy above I explained about the rolling shutter in terms of a physical shutter that mechanically moves. This is because it is a lot easier to explain. There is also an e-shutter (electronic shutter). This is an electronic shutter built into the image sensor. It achieves a similar effect. You can have a rolling shutter and a total shutter with both a physical shutter and an e-shutter. E-shutters are usually used for filming and mechanical shutters are usually used for pictures. Almost every camera that has the ability to film has an e-shutter. Most cameras don’t have a fast enough shutter to blink 24 times a second (most used frame rate). This means when you film with a camera the shutter is constantly open and it uses the e-shutter of the image sensor. You may be wondering why even get a camera with a shutter as it is more expensive. The reason was because when film was used in cameras by exposing it to light it ruined the film. That why the shutter was there to stop light hitting the film when it wasn’t meant to. On modern digital cameras using an e-shutter needs more power and if you know about ISO then you will know that more power equals more grain/noise. Even in expensive cameras that could have the ability of taking film with the mechanical shutter it is not generally used. This is because it is a moving part. Moving parts make noise. This means if you are recording video and want to also record audio you would be hearing the shutter. If you have ever taken a picture with a DSLR or similar camera with a shutter then you will notice the noise it makes.

It is easiest to see this effect taking place in propeller blades as they are very fast moving and large objects. This short video explains a rolling shutter in a more visual example.

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Figure 30 – Rolling Shutter Example (Anton River, 2010): https://youtu.be/17PSgsRlO9Q

Rolling shutter aren’t always bad and can create interesting effects. Like this guitar strings being turned into waves.

Figure 31 - Guitar Rolling Shutter (Kyle Jones, 2011): https://youtu.be/TKF6nFzpHBU

I will try to replicate this test. I will do it with my phone at different orientations so I can work out the direction of the rolling shutter of my phone camera. This was shot on the iPhone 4. From this video I can see the rolling shutter is horizontal when the phone is portrait. I expect my phone (iPhone 5c) to also have a horizontal rolling shutter as it is made by the same company – Apple. I may even try holding a mirror over my hand. This could create an interesting effect. When doing this I would also have to have my phones flashlight on. As you can see in the video the strings were only visible as a silhouette as the light outside the guitar exceeded that of back of the guitar strings.

I found a video tutorial that shows me how to fix a rolling shutter in post-production.

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Figure 32 - Fixing Rolling Shutter in Post (SoftwareMedia.com, 2012): https://youtu.be/YchZnL5h52Q?t=1m32s

This doesn’t completely fix the problem but it does reduce it. I will try to correct a rolling shutter using this technique to get practice in case I need it. I wonder if this would correct only rolling shutters of fast pans or if it would correct the guitar effect as show above. I will try it on both.

I found a video that explains rolling shutter extremely well.

Figure 33 - Rolling Shutter Explained (SmarterEveryDay, 2017): https://youtu.be/dNVtMmLlnoE

I prefer his scanned analogy to my blinds and printer analogy. I watched the behind the scenes video on how they managed to do this and they used after effects to use the high speed footage and simulate a rolling shutter. I will try to make an effect like this. But as I don’t have a high speed camera instead of filming fast moving objects and slowing them down to explain the effect I will use slow moving objects instead. So instead of filming a propeller spinning fast I will use something like a model plane propeller going slowly. If I have time I may also make a video similar to this one and put all my experiments in.

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Experiments

I did a few experiments with a guitar to demonstrate the rolling shutter. I used my phones camera as it has a CMOS sensor. I found out a few interesting things from my experiments. I put my phone inside a guitar and started recording. I did a few experiments in order to find out the best conditions for this effect to work. Here they are.

When doing these experiments I first tried to create this effect but it didn’t work. I put the phone inside the guitar and started recording and started playing, but nothing. I then looked it up and found several forums with people discussing how it was done. Everyone seemed to have a different idea of how it was done. “Increase the shutter speed” ”decrease the frames per second” “film it in slow motion” etc. I tried lots of these suggestions (I deleted them because my phone was full and they didn’t work). So after none of them worked I came across a suggestion that said you need to have a very strong backlight. I was a bit sceptical of this as the camera was picking up the strings clearly and you could see everything and it was all in focus. I did it anyway because I had run out of options. To my surprise it worked. First I tried using a computer monitor to provide the light. I set the monitor to maximum brightness I also got up a picture of the colour white as that would be the brightest due to it needing all red, green and blue subpixels. I then went and held the monitor over the guitar but nothing happened. Then I tried a torch shining onto the back of the strings at an indirect angle. This created a slight effect. It wasn’t anywhere near what I wanted. So I tried shining the torch directly from above the guitar. This created the effect I was after. The problem was that you could only see a few strings as torches are narrow beams of light. I then changed it out for a desk lamp. This worked well and crated the effect I was after. I looked at a few more videos of people achieving this effect and lots of them seemed to be doing it outside. I guess that sunlight is also bright enough. The most important thing I learned from this experiment is that you can reduce a rolling shutter but decreasing the backlight. So if I want to film something such as a car going past. I will now know that if I will need to shoot it I will plan to do so in the morning or evening. If it has to be shot in the day I will make sure the sun is behind me and therefore not providing much of a backlight. Obviously this only applies if I am using a camera with a CMOS images sensor instead of a CCD sensor. Which is likely as CCD cameras are usually more expensive.

I wondered why the rolling shutter was only visible when there was a strong backlight. What was going on? What was the science behind it? I did some research and couldn’t find the answer to this question anywhere. The best I can do is guess what is going on. It isn’t because the strings aren’t visible without the strong backlight because they were. It could be because there are more photons hitting the image sensor and therefore the image sensor would have to work harder possibly slowing down the rolling shutter. This could be the same effect as you get when using a printer. If you print less then it takes less time to come out.

I changed the orientation of my phone so its long side is parallel to the strings. As you can see below this doesn’t create the wiggly effect that the other orientation did..

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In the screenshot above you can see that there are 6 strings instead of the usual 5. This isn’t due to motion blur as it would be more blurry. This is due to the rolling shutter. Ideally I would have a high shutter speed to eliminate motion blur. This does also force the rolling shutter to go faster but it will still work. My android was at the repair shop so I had to settle for my iPhone 5c where you can’t change any settings such as shutter speed etc. Like the first experiment when I turned off the light the rolling shutter stopped.

I then tried to capture the effect with my phone outside the guitar. I changed the orientation and played with the lighting. Again I noticed the same effect. When the long side of my phone was perpendicular to the strings you could see the wiggling effect. When I turned the lights off and relied on the rooms celling lights the effect stopped working. From the orientation tests I can conclude the rolling shutter is from left to right or right to left when the phone is held in the portrait orientation.

I then tried filming a fidget spinner. This worked the same way as the propeller example that I talked about earlier. Despite the blades being straight when the spinner starts spinning the blades seem to curve. Ideally this would be shot with a fast shutter speed but as I explained above I had an iPhone. Again this effect stops when I turn off the lights. Also notice how the orientation effects which blades look curved.

You can see that it looks like it is spinning slowly forwards and then it starts to spin backwards. This is because the frame rate of the camera is a multiple of the spinner. The frame rate of my iPhone is 30FPS that means it takes a picture every 30th of a second. If the spinner is spinning once every 30th of a second then each frame will capture the spinner at the same point as the last frame. If the spinner was spinning once ever 60th of a second then it would spin twice between each frame and each time the frame took the spinner would be in the same position. If the spinner is spinning once every 31th of a second then it would look like it was slowly going forwards and if it was spinning once every 29th of a second then it would look like it was slowly going backwards. As the spinner is slowing down due to friction the effect you saw was probably the spinner going: 61, 60, 59 (th of a second) then when it done it later in the video: 31, 30, 29 (th of a second). When the spin rate is a multiple of the FPS and the shutter speed is very fast to avoid motion blur then you get effects such as this one where the rotors look like they are not moving.

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Figure 34 - Helicopter Rotor Not Spinning Effect (AnonRookie, 2012): https://youtu.be/R-IVw8OKjvQ

Figure 35 - Helicopter Take Off with Rotor Not Spinning (Chris Fay, 2017): https://youtu.be/yr3ngmRuGUc

I also tried spinning a coin. The coin looks like it is twisted in a double helix shape. If I had a higher shutter speed it would look better, but iPhone. Like in all previous experiments this effect only works when it is well lit.

Sound Design

I will be asking the question “How can sound alone tell a story?”. I will be looking at sound design and Foley. I want to know how much detail you can get from just sound and no visuals. I am mainly talking about sound effects rather than dialogue.

This 10 minute short film won a best sound design award.

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Figure 36 - 'Shaken' Shot Film (Matthew 6:33 films, 2012): https://vimeo.com/matthew633films/shaken

They use a lot of good sound to tell this story. It is particularly noticeable when the lights go out and all you hear are the people’s scared screams and the baby crying. All the sound complement itself. So when the wind picked up you would hear the people react and scream louder. Even right at the beginning the sound alone gives context to the entire film as you can hear someone cycling through the TV channels and hearing on all of them that there is a storm. The fact that all the TV channels are reporting on the storm gives context to the size of the storm. It must be a very big storm for all channels to be reporting it. I also talked about the flashback sound coupled with a transition. They used that in this shot film and it worked well. The music sets the tone but it is not intrusive. They use quite a lot of J-cuts which makes the cuts seem less intrusive and helps the flow of the story. The way the wind and objects hitting things is used furthers the story. When the characters go into the fridge you can hear the wind stopping and it is quite. This gives the audience the feeling of safety and they relax for a second. This then makes the power cut more effective as it is more sudden as the audience are calmer. The sound of the wind and glass picks up a soon as the power cut happens to signify danger.

Although this is a based more towards dialogue instead of sound effects it used sound in a very amusing way.

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Figure 37 - The Gunfighter (Eric Kissack, 2014): https://vimeo.com/79306807

This used a narration which is usually non diegetic but they made it diegetic. They also did this in Stranger Than Fiction (2006). The reason I mentioned this short film is because the main thing telling the story is the narration. It is all based around their narrator and the people’s reaction to what he says. This short film has won many awards.

About a year ago I tried telling a story with no visuals. This was to improve my ability to put the audience in the situation even without visuals. Although we were given a script the way we told it was completely up to us. So the tonality, Foley sounds and ambience.

Figure 38 - Billy Goats Gruff (Chris McNair, 2017): https://youtu.be/kQ0F3o4qCnQ

I learned a lot about Foley from this task. We also did another task where we were given sounds we had to recreate and we had to use items around college to do so.

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Figure 39 - Boom Short Film (LFD Collective, 2014): https://youtu.be/KDvRqnXsNRk

This short film won another award for best sound design. It helps that the story was based around sound. If you just close your eyes however you will notice how much is going on. I am going to take a guess that all the different sounds were recorded separately so the water fountain would be recorded.

Figure 40 - 8-bit Matrix Sound (Phillip Raupach, 2013): https://youtu.be/NMpZrta2Cwc

This is an extremely clever video. They have replaced all the sound from The Matrix with sound from old 8-bit video games. The use of this type of sound creates a comedic effect as well as bringing nostalgia to some people including me.

The audio is the most noticeable when It isn’t accompanied by any visuals such as in ‘Shaken’. By doing this you are taking away one of the viewers senses. This makes them concentrate more on the other senses as there brain has to process less (It just has to process audio data instead of audio and visual). This has given me an idea for my final project. I now want to have some scenes just consisting of audio and possibly some scenes consisting of just video. I am interested to see how effective it is to remove all audio. When thinking about parts of films without audio a scene from

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Interstellar came straight to mind (below). It isn’t completely silent but it doesn’t have any backing music. It is pretty rare to have a dramatic scene without dramatic background music. I realised that by not putting music in it, it makes it seem more realistic and more like your there. You still here things such as the water against the space ship. There is minimal audio which makes you concentrate more on what is happening visually. I noticed this the first time I saw it and realised how effective it was.

Figure 41 – Interstellar Wave Scene (PlatinumMovieClips, 2016): https://youtu.be/RoGL0ANplcQ?t=3m12s

Below is a silent movie. There is music but it works without music as well. This is creating a comedic effect. I want to use the lack of audio for dramatic effect however. I can still learn thing from this example however. It is very visual with lots going on in the scene. They even speeded it up so there is more things going on, on screen. It also shows that you can tell a story without dialogue/audio. I had to deal with this challenge with ‘the hello project’. I did get one word that could be used (‘hello’) but even with that I realised the way I would tell the story would have to be very visual based. The hello project was a good exercise for telling a story without dialogue. It can sometimes be more interesting to have less dialogue.

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Figure 42 Charlie Chaplin The Lions Cage (JoseMonkeys, 2011): https://youtu.be/mpjEyBKSfJQ

The Kingsman scene below uses audio in an interesting way. At first it used music which you would expect to be in a fight scene. It was the dramatic Kingsman soundtrack. Then when the character hit his head into the radio in the taxi the music changed. The music worked for comedic effect as it did not fit what was going on, on screen. It is an upbeat and a feel good song playing while these two characters are trying to kill each other. The juxtaposition makes it seem comedic. Also the music that was playing to start with was non-diegetic. This music was influenced by the diegetic music. This is pretty uncommon. Generally you either have diegetic or non-diegetic music and they don’t usually influence each other.

Figure 43 - Kingsman Taxi Fight (Best Clips, 2017): https://youtu.be/RRr12evfXpw

Using no audio can help surprise or scare the viewer. This is due to any noise being emphasised. They use this in horror films. If you were to walk into an empty room and there was just a sofa there then the first thing you wouldn’t notice was the sofa. But if you filled that room with other furniture and paintings and people etc. Then the sofa would become far less noticeable and probably not the initial thing you notice. The same happens for if you use silence. Any notice after a period of silence

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is likely going to be extremely noticeable. This creates surprise as there is a big contrast between no sound and sound. It also works to scare people as they are waiting for a noise to come expecting to be scared but not knowing when it will come. When audio isn’t used much it makes the film more objective instead of subjective. Generally backing music sets the tone but if there is none then everyone will have a different take on the same clip and create their own tone. This is why it can be used in documentary’s as it lets people decide for themselves how the intemperate the facts. So a documentary about a president for example. There will be people watching who support the president and people who don’t. By playing sad music or happy music you are inferring the tone to the audience and guiding them to have the same tone as you do.

If you haven’t seen the seen the new Star Wars then skip over this paragraph and don’t play the 10 second video below as it contains spoilers. There is an extremely good use of silence in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This is when Vice Admiral Holdo sacrifices herself to destroy the enemy star ships. She jumps to light speed to collide with the ships cutting them in half. Silence was used for about 10 seconds and was extremely powerful (couldn’t find a clip with the whole scene in but there is about 4 more seconds after the clip below). You might be arguing that it technically would be silent because it is in space and space is a near vacuum and therefore the sound waves would dissipate immediately. But every other Star Wars space scene has included sound as it is more interesting. I can remember sitting in the cinema being blow away by this scene and the power it created. The silence lets you fully take in what has happened (she has sacrificed her life), despite her not being a very good character and only appearing for a couple of scenes this scene made you feel a lot for her.

Figure 44 - Star Wars Holdo Death (Ryan Yeo. 2018): https://youtu.be/f3m2MPwu00g

Overall Conclusion

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find out as usually there is a harsh deadline in the production stage. I may be able to improve it in post but I still wouldn’t be able to get rid of it completely. Transitions are used in every film even if it is just a simple cut it still counts as a transition. If I can improve my transition knowledge base then I have more to work with when telling a story. I will also know when to use a creative transition and when not to. A big takeaway for me was not to use a creative transition unless it immerses the viewer deeper into the storyline. Learning about sound design has also been interesting. The main takeaway being that silence can sometimes be as or more powerful than audio. It was also interesting finding out that if I want to emphasise the audio then the best way to do that is by having no visuals.


The research questions, research plans and analysis of that research, for each of your experiments and skills development.

Each experiment needs: -

An introduction

A clear explanation of what was undertaken

A conclusion of how this information was used by you.

Example

Introduction I am interested in lighting. I want to see how it is possible to film at night so that you can still see the action. I think this is an interesting skill to develop as it is making me further understand the technical aspects of lighting, and shows how lighting can become part of the narrative.Research Question – How to film at night? (so you can still see the action)Research plan – Literature review of any YouTube videos of “How to film at night”. Review on “Making of DVD’s” from famous night based films – any film noir filmReview any Ted TalksInternet search on the technical aspects of Analysis of Literature Review – what has your research revealed to you? What did you find out? What of that new information can you use? Design your Experiment – using your analysisExperiment – in TV studio, in Bedroom, outside.Analysis – of results of experiment, what worked? What didn’tExplanation of what was undertakenFollowing my literature review, it became clear that my darkness was never going to be real darkness. I had learnt the type of lights and reflectors that I needed to use. I practiced in a variety of locations. I then showed the footage to peers and lecturers to gauge their opinion. I also posted it to Twitter and gain some very helpful responses. ConclusionIt didn’t do what I really wanted. To get the scene as dark as I wanted, the actors had to have unnaturally bright lights on them which was not the look I wanted. It looked to staged and filmnoir”e”. I am going to experiment now, with filming at dusk, to see if that gives me more tonal

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variation, and allows for the feeling of dark, but the ability to see the action.

We must be able to see all that you do. It does not serve you just to post the footage of “My filming in the Dark”. We must see the whole journey, from start to finish. You need to tell us what you did, what you learnt and how you might use it.

You must also include any experiments that don’t work, and tell us why. You can learn as much from what went wrong as what went right.

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Chapter 4 - Unit 12 Presentation and Plans for Unit 13

This chapter will include your presentation that you have given to the class and lecturers detailing the work and research you have produced, and your analysis of how that work, research and experimentation have informed your plans for Unit 13.

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Chapter 5 - Weekly Schedule of Work

Week 1 w/c January 1st2018Introduction to Unit 12PowerPoint

Tasks to be undertaken this week Approved

Monday am x 3 A’s not inWednesday am x 3

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Listen to the overview of the unit.

Tuesday pm x 2Friday am x 3

Create a “who am I” mind map and write about it and my favourite media practitioners and media product.

Wednesday am x 2Friday pm x 1

Write about the skills timeline and talk about the skills that I want to improve.

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Week 2w/c January 8th 2018The Report PowerPoint

Main Research Question: - Approved

Tasks to be undertaken this weekMonday am x 3Wednesday am x 3

Listen to PowerPoint on this week’s tasks

Monday pm x 2Thursday am x 3

Research Steven Spielberg


Research Steven Spielberg


Research Casey Neistat


Research Casey Neistat

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Week 3w/c 15th January 2018

Experimentation and Skills PowerPoint



Listen to PowerPoint on this week’s tasks and come up with the questions I want to ask for experimentation


Research 1st question topic


Research 2nd question topic


Conduct Experiments


Evaluate Experiments

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Week 4w/c 22nd January 2018



Conduct Experiments




Conduct Experiments




Conclusion

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Week 5w/c 29th January 2018


Tasks to be undertaken this weekMonday am x 3Wednesday am x 3Monday pm x 2Thursday am x 3Tuesday am x 2Thursday pm x 1Tuesday pm x 2Friday am x 3Wednesday am x 2Friday pm x 1

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Chapter 6 – Peer Reviews

Week 1 Reviewed by:- Brandon Virtue

Really well presented. You have met the criteria and answered the question “who am I?” very well. I like your choice of practitioner in Steven Spielberg and have learned about Casey Neistat.

Week 2 Reviewed by:- Gabby Abella

I can see at the moment, there is lots you want to add, but the work so far shows that you have really looked in to your research. Each summary of your research was detailed and relevant. A few pictures of your practitioners might be good to add too.

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Chapter 7– Weekly Progress Tracker

Progress Tracker - Week 1Reflection on the work you have produced this week

Overall I am happy with the work that I produced. I managed to stay on schedule despite having a shorter week (as it was bank holiday on Monday). I found this week interesting as it made me think of who I am as a person. Writing/talking about your interests is always enjoyable. It also helped me identify more specific skills that I want to improve and how to build on them.Problems/situations you encountered this week and how you resolved them

Problem Resolution

No problems N/ANotes on Resources and Sources used in the production of this week’s post

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Jenni likes my work and thinks it expresses the theme of “who am I” well.

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This week has gone OK. Research is not my favourite task but some of it was interesting. Because I was looking at 2 media practitioners that I like, it made the task more enjoyable compared to if we had to do people I didn’t like.Problems/situations you encountered this week and how you resolved them

Problem Resolution


All my sources were YouTube videos. This is because both people I researched create videos and therefore to best way to get to know them is through said medium. Most information about them comes from videos such as interviews due to neither of them having written forms of information e.g. blogs etc.

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This week has been very interesting and I learned a lot. Finding out about the two topics was very interesting especially finding out about the rolling shutter as I had less prior knowledge and I always enjoy finding new things out. I have found this the best week this year. Looking over my work I am very happy with what I managed to do this week. I am excited to be able to use the things I have learned in my videos in order to improve my storytelling. Problems/situations you encountered this week and how you resolved them

Problem Resolution


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I have really enjoyed this week as it has mainly been based around practical experiments. I found the experiments fun to do and some of the results looked really good. The things that I have learned during the experiments have been valuable to me and will help me in future projects. Some of the things I found out by doing these experiments can’t be found on the internet and therefore this very helpful for me.Problems/situations you encountered this week and how you resolved them

Problem Resolution

The guitar experiment didn’t go how I expected

I researched possible problems and eventually I added lots of backlight and it worked

Notes on Resources and Sources used in the production of this week’s post

All sources are from the internet as that is the most accessible and also encompasses other sources such a books, magazines, interviews, blogs, websites, videos etc.

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AppendixAppendices 1 – Unit 12 Criteria and Work to be ProducedUNIT 12- SPECIALIST STUDY IN CREATIVE MEDIA

PRODUCTIONLearning Outcomes Assessment Criteria

Work to be produced

AIM: Research and critically examine the influence of historical and contemporary contexts on their own practice.

1. Understand the principles and practices of a chosen discipline in creative media production.

1.1 Critically describe a range of contextual perspectives influencing a chosen discipline in creative media production.

The Report Practioners ReportProduct Report

1.2Apply knowledge of critical perspectives to inform own practice.

Unit Portfolio and Presentation

2. Be able to locate and evaluate information form a range of sources

2.1Identify a range of relevant academic and cultural sources for a personal research project.

The ReportExperimentation and Skills

2.2Critically evaluate information from a range of sources to inform ideas.


3. Be able to communicate ideas and arguments in a variety of forms.

3.1Apply academic conventions in the production and presentation of ideas.


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3.2Effectively communicate ideas in appropriate formats.


Appendix 2 – Students Calendar, Checklist and Scheme of WorkWEEK 1 – w/c 1st January 2018

Tuesday am Remainder of the week

College not open Mon

Introduction to Unit 12Power Point 1 – Introduction to Unit 12What is expected i.e. Portfolios etcHow it works – Personal ScheduleStudy GroupsPeer ReviewCritiquesWhy – Unit 13WHO AM I?Objective for session: - Schedule Week 1 produced

Work on your schedule

Last lesson of the week: -

Peer Review

Critique

Reflective LogWed pm (x3) Tues pm (a’s) Thurs am (x3)

Introduction to Unit 12Power Point 1 Introduction to Unit 12What is expected i.e. Portfolios etcHow it works – Personal ScheduleStudy GroupsPeer ReviewCritiquesWhy – Unit 13WHO AM I?Objective for session: - Schedule Week 1 produced

Schedule agreed with Lecturer

Advisory Schedule: -

Produce Timeline for skills development to date

Mind Map on Who am I? – my favourite media products, my inspirational media producer

My skills focus

WEEK 2 – w/c 8th January 2018Mon am (x3) Mon pm (x2) Remainder of

the weekWed pm (x3) Thurs am (x3)Power Point 2 – The ReportHow to undertake a Literature Review, both generally and specifically for The Report, based on



Work on your scheduleLast lesson of the week: -

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weeks 1 tasks – favourite media Practioners, and favourite Media Product and should tie in with skills focus.Objective for session: - Schedule Week 2 produced

The Report Peer ReviewCritique

Reflective Log

WEEK 3 – w/c 15th January 2018Mon am (x3) Mon pm (x2) Remainder of

the weekWed pm (x3) Thurs am (x3)Power Point 3Experimentation and SkillsHow to structure an experiment – what is the research question and what is the research plan to find the answer to that question.Based on weeks 1 tasks – when you looked at your skills, and what you want to focus on.If you are unsure of what to do, then use the FEAR project to get you focused and doingSchedule Week 3 produced



Detail planed experimentation and skills task What is their research question and what is their research plan to answer that question? You can leave college if necessary and relevant.

Or

FEAR Project



Peer Review

Critique

Reflective Log

Week 4 and Week 5 w/c 22nd and 29th January 2018Mon am (x3) Mon pm (x2) Remainder of

the weekWed pm (x3) Thurs am (x3)Independent Study now….

Schedule Week 4 and 5 produced and approved

Work on Schedule –

With constant checking by staff



Peer Review

Critique

Reflective Log

Week 6 – 5th February 2018

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Presentation and Progress Review Week – All students present their findings and possible thoughts on Unit 13. Portfolio made perfect!Self-Directed Study Week

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Appendix 3 – Chapter BibliographiesCover Pagepixabay.com. 1973. Clapper Board. [ONLINE] Available at: https://pixabay.com/en/film-movie-clapper-strip-slate-145099/. [Accessed 2 January 2018].

Chapter 1N/A

Chapter 2Videos

American Film Institute. 2011. Steven Spielberg on the Importance of Studying Classic Films. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdoC-5OI2xY. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

Conway Wealth Group, LLC. 2016. An Interview With Casey Neistat: Life's Priorities. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W3IEMlUnRY. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

Harvard University. 2016. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg Speech | Harvard Commencement 2016. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYtoDunfu00. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

Jyske Bank TV. 2014. Cannes Lions: Exclusive interview with filmmaker Casey Neistat. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQzj-97CfHc. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

National Geographic. 2014. Casey Neistat for Nat Geo's Expedition Granted | National Geographic. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY0qfl6bGUA. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

New Trailer Buzz. 2017. Spielberg Trailer (2017) Steven Spielberg HBO Documentary. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnoJe5JqWaQ. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

Red Carpet News TV. 2016. Steven Spielberg Interview - Best Directing Advice. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LYJhvMbwn8. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

SpikesAsia. 2014. Talking Storytelling with Casey Neistat. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkVZ0edHIQI. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

Yellow King Film Boy. 2017. Quentin Tarantino Talks About Steven Spielberg's Advice After Flop. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF1gKuOZG9U. [Accessed 4 January 2018].

Chapter 3Videos

AnonRookie. 2012. Mi-24 Rotor blades not spinning. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-IVw8OKjvQ. [Accessed 23 January 2018].

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Anton River. 2010. Why rolling shutter effect is on CMOS. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17PSgsRlO9Q&feature=youtu.be. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Best Clips. 2017. Kingsman Golden Circle - Egsy vs Charlie Starting fight. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRr12evfXpw. [Accessed 30 January 2018].

Cameraptor. 2016. HARDCORE HENRY (Behind The Scenes Episodes): Technologies & VFX. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cQwd0ryZ6k. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Chris Fay. 2017. camera shutter speed matches helicopter`s rotor. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr3ngmRuGUc. [Accessed 23 January 2018].

Eric Kissack. 2014. The Gunfighter. [ONLINE] Available at: https://vimeo.com/79306807. [Accessed 24 January 2018].

Harrison Edgecombe. 2017. THE HIDDEN CUTS: KINGSMEN. [ONLINE] Available at: https://vimeo.com/214856265. [Accessed 23 January 2018].

Ian Garcia. 2017. Kingsman The Golden Circle Agent Whiskey vs Harry and Eggsy HQ. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K_w8-DTtn0. [Accessed 23 January 2018].

ImageworksVFX. 2017. KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE - Building a Jungle. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdSV2L6uhx4&feature=youtu.be. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Jacob Syrytsia. 2016. Creative transitions in movies. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqt9s4WumDY&feature=youtu.be. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

JoseMonkeys. 2011. Charlie Chaplin - The Lion's Cage. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpjEyBKSfJQ. [Accessed 30 January 2018].

konradnoises. 2017. Sherlock - How Creative Transitions Improve Storytelling. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IDBZ5AsUuk&feature=youtu.be. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Kyle Jones. 2011. Guitar Oscillations Captured with iPhone 4. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKF6nFzpHBU&feature=youtu.be. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

LFD Collective. 2014. Boom - My RØDE Reel 2014 - Winner Best Sound Design. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDvRqnXsNRk. [Accessed 24 January 2018].

Matthew 6:33 films. 2012. SHAKEN (short film) - WINNER: Best Sound Design-168 Hour Film Project 2012. [ONLINE] Available at: https://vimeo.com/39685131. [Accessed 24 January 2018].

Phillip Raupach. 2013. 8-bit Matrix - SFSU BECAfest 2013 Winner: Best Sound Design. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMpZrta2Cwc. [Accessed 24 January 2018].

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PlatinumMovieClips. 2016. Interstellar(2014) - Giant Wave Escape Scene. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoGL0ANplcQ. [Accessed 30 January 2018].

Ryan Yeo. 2018. Vice Admiral Holdo Hyperspace Sacrifice - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) (HD). [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3m2MPwu00g. [Accessed 30 January 2018].

SmarterEveryDay. 2017. Why Do Cameras Do This? (Rolling Shutter Explained) - Smarter Every Day 172. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=349&v=dNVtMmLlnoE. [Accessed 22 January 2018].

SoftwareMedia.com. 2012. Fix Rolling Shutter in Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorial. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=112&v=YchZnL5h52Q. [Accessed 22 January 2018].

TravelFeels. 2017. MORE REASON Why YOU Shouldn't Use TRENDY TRANSITIONS. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckG9NeGM-c&feature=youtu.be. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

WallaceBeery. 2016. Kingsman - transition scene. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGko_VdS9G0. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Zach Ramelan. 2014. 5 COOL TRANSITIONS TO ADD IN YOUR MOVIE! + HOW TO ADD A FLASH OF WHITE!. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5TPRn9M5lk&feature=youtu.be. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Images

blinds-2go.co.uk. no date. Enjoy Cream. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.blinds-2go.co.uk/day-and-night-blinds. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

blocblinds.co.uk. no date. Premium Roller Blinds with Pelmets. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.blocblinds.co.uk/. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

qimaging.com. no date. Rolling Shutter vs. Global Shutter. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.qimaging.com/ccdorscmos/triggering.php. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Research

JASON COLE. 2014. The Math Behind the Rolling Shutter Phenomenon. [ONLINE] Available at: https://petapixel.com/2014/10/13/math-behind-rolling-shutter-phenomenon/. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Mike Briggs. 2017. Will the Electronic Shutter Ever Truly Replace the Mechanical Shutter?. [ONLINE] Available at: https://fstoppers.com/originals/will-electronic-shutter-ever-truly-replace-mechanical-shutter-169692. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

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red.com. no date. GLOBAL & ROLLING SHUTTERS. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.red.com/learn/red-101/global-rolling-shutter. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Richard Butler. 2017. Electronic shutter, rolling shutter and flash: what you need to know. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/5816661591/electronic-shutter-rolling-shutter-and-flash-what-you-need-to-know. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Robert Hall Photography. 2016. Electronic Shutter vs Mechanical Shutter in Mirrorless Cameras. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2yqQ1Fgaco. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

Story & Heart. 2016. When silence is better than a soundtrack. [ONLINE] Available at: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/when-silence-is-better-than-a-soundtrack. [Accessed 30 January 2018].

Udi Tirosh. 2012. EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ROLLING SHUTTER. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.diyphotography.net/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-rolling-shutter/. [Accessed 16 January 2018].

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