1. For our music video, Natalie and I wanted to mock "4-5 Seconds" by Rihanna. Not only did we want to copy a lot of the shots they did in the video, but we wanted to capture the overall look.
2. We changed our original idea last minute and decided to do 4-5 Seconds. We had a few problems at first, including getting our actors to show up to school and getting the perfect lighting to key out our shots, which we quickly found was harder than we thought. Once we got the lighting down, we filmed all of our shots and did the coloring digitally.
3. One important thing that we learned was that the lighting must be perfect in the green room in order for our video to key out properly. I also learned that you need to hire people that are completely committed to the video in order for your video to turn out well.
4. If I could change anything about this video, I would redo the silhouette shots in the green room rather than on the computer because they don't look the way i wanted them to.
5. In pre-production, we kind of (story boarded) on my phone by taking videos of the original music video on my phone, which really helped us get finished more efficiently.
6. In my next project I would do a short trial with keying out the lighting on the computer to make sure that the video looks just the way i want it.
7. At first, we got frustrated and almost didn't decide to do our video, but in the end I'm glad we did because it was a great experience and I honestly love our video, even though we had a few issues along the way.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Friday, May 1, 2015
North by Northwest Reflection
1. In class, we watched the movie North by Northwest, ( North by Northwest. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Perf. Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. Films Inc., 1959.) This film was about a guy who was falsely pursued by a group that thought he was going to interfere with their plans of smuggling a microfilm out of the country.
2. I thought that the camera work was very good for the time that it was filmed. The lighting looked a little odd, but it digitally colored after it was filmed, which is so much work and not nearly as easy as it would be now. The camera work was intriguing enough to keep me engaged in the movie although it was an older film, which isn't really my style.
3. At the end of the movie, the main characters survive falling off of Mt. Rushmore and get away together, but it does not show how they survived. I thought that the end was kind of lagging and confusing, but the rest of the story was portrayed well and was very interesting.
4. I thought that the sound was very good in this film which is very important. Sound is an extremely important component to making a movie come together and fun to watch.
5/6. This video showed very good composition, which is something we've learned a lot about. They used the rule of thirds and switched angles/shots often to keep the audience engaged.
7. The movie was filmed a very long time ago and the makers had to personally color the film by hand so that it was not black and white. They made some of the actors look extremely orange, which was a little distracting, but again, I can't even imagine how hard it would have been to color the movie by hand.
8. I thought the movie had a good plot and was very fun to watch. It kept the audience engaged which is obviously one of the main goals of making a movie. I would definitely watch it again.
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2. I thought that the camera work was very good for the time that it was filmed. The lighting looked a little odd, but it digitally colored after it was filmed, which is so much work and not nearly as easy as it would be now. The camera work was intriguing enough to keep me engaged in the movie although it was an older film, which isn't really my style.
3. At the end of the movie, the main characters survive falling off of Mt. Rushmore and get away together, but it does not show how they survived. I thought that the end was kind of lagging and confusing, but the rest of the story was portrayed well and was very interesting.
4. I thought that the sound was very good in this film which is very important. Sound is an extremely important component to making a movie come together and fun to watch.
5/6. This video showed very good composition, which is something we've learned a lot about. They used the rule of thirds and switched angles/shots often to keep the audience engaged.
7. The movie was filmed a very long time ago and the makers had to personally color the film by hand so that it was not black and white. They made some of the actors look extremely orange, which was a little distracting, but again, I can't even imagine how hard it would have been to color the movie by hand.
8. I thought the movie had a good plot and was very fun to watch. It kept the audience engaged which is obviously one of the main goals of making a movie. I would definitely watch it again.
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