Final Cut Pro

Making a Video

List the jobs done by the following members of the video production (creative team’

1. Executive producer: Manages timeline and budget.

2. Writer: Writes the script.

3. Producer: In charge of the creative team. Secures the services of the other members of the production crew, prepare shooting schedules and are in charge of making a film is shot on time and in budget.

4. Director: Directs the cast and crew. Tells people what to do. Explains the production to the technical crew and has the final say.

5. Production manager: Coordinates all the different stages of the production process.

6. Storyboard artist: Draws up rough sketches for the director.

7. Camera operator: Shoots the required scenes as directed to by the director. Work with the lighting director.

8. Sound technician: Ensure that the dialogue and other sounds are properly recorded throughout the production. Microphones and levels are correct. They are involved in the final sound mix.

9. Talent: Vital part as they include the cast of the film. They deliver the program content on screen.

10. Editor: Crucial as they finish the production by cutting the film to into proper length, editing , music and special effects.

11. Define brief: Intention, prupose and target audience.

Pre-production

12. What is the purpose of the pre production stage? To Organise the film.

13. What are some of the tasks done in the pre production stage? Scripting, Scene, storyboard, shot list.

14. Why is the pre-production stage so important to the production process? everything needs to be organised for everyone to play their role.

15. What are three important things to remember in the pre-production process? These could be related to the stage in general or the work of those performing specialist roles

Production

16. What is the production stage also known as? (Think about its purpose)

17. What are some tasks done in the production stage?

18. What are three important things to remember in the production process? These could be related to the stage in general or the work of those performing specialist roles.

19. What does ‘continuity’ mean? Why is it an important consideration of the production stage?

Post-Production

20. What is one of the major tasks completed in post-production?

21. What is the difference between an off-line edit and an online edit?

22. What are some of the tasks done by an editor? Adjust sound so they are correctly balanced.

23. What task is done after an edit? What is the purpose of this task?

Academy Awards

Best film:
Best Actor: Johnny Dep
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Director: Tim Burton
Best Original Screenplay (script)
Best Screen Adaptation
Best Cinematic Photography
Best Editing
Best Special Effects: Avatar
Best Original Score (music): Star Wars
Best Costumes / Wardrobe: Alice in Wonderland

Pulp Fiction

Up

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

300

Star Wars

Dumb and Dumber

Ninja Assassin

The Evil Dead

Cinematography

- Painting light in the dark, visual psychiatrist.
- Moving the audience to think what they want them to think.
- Compose and create movement.
- Visually represent a story.

Cinematography

The cinematography in Titanic is very fast as it is an action scene. The lighting was dark and eerie to show how serious the situation was. The camera switched scenes of the whole ship, from bottom to top. Shadows on their faces showing the perspiration of fear. Symbolic shots of propellers, machinery, watch tower, steering wheel.


The cinematography in the action movie reflected on the genre. The speed of the camera was fast to build anticipation, the camera position was angled to create the setting and the fact that the girl was surrounded in the middle.

Discussion On Mise En Scene

Notting Hill

Genre: The genre is a romantic comedy as it is creating a story of love whilst being a light humorous movie as well.

Style of Acting: The actors act with a sense of vulnerability to emotion and love.

Props: Modern fashion, romantic props, romantic atmosphere. The fence was a symbol of their different lives.The bench was a symbol of true love as it showed the two people that had spent their lives together.

Lighting: The lighting is mostly warm to create the feeling of love. There was a cool moon light in the summer to create more shadow and emphasis on the romantic intimacy.

Setting: Romantic park setting, creating a homely feel. The setting is important to create an atmosphere that the audience can relate to.

Discussion On Mise En Scene

Raiders of the Lost Ark:


Genre: The movie Raiders of the Lost Ark is a movie that comes under the genre of adventure/action film. Through the edits, shot types and characteristics you are aware of the genre. The lighting is dull and hot creating a suspenseful and uncomfortable environment. The edits are quick and jumpy so that the scenes appear fast paced and exciting. The Shot types are usually jumping from close-ups to wide angled shots to make sure you are involved and feeling the suspense.

Style of Acting: The actors overact and create the illusion of determination and struggle.

Props: Lights, cobwebs, statues and his whip. The clothing is always presenting a typical adventuress character and the props are very detailed to create the most realistic setting.

Lighting: The lighting is dark, lots of shadow, heated which creates a suspenseful atmosphere. The Temperature of the lighting is important, in the cave they created a scary cool temperature to give the audience a goosebumps, shivering feeling.

Camera Shots

Images for Lesson

A shot is a continuous piece of filming without interruption from the time the camera is turned on and starts filming until it is turned off.

In general most shots last for no more than 10 seconds.

The camera or subjects may move during a shot.

An edit is a break in the film where one shot ends and the next shot begins.

The four common types of edit are: cuts, dissolves, fades and wipes (occasionally).

Edit types are selected carefully to suit the genre of the film and emotional intention of the shot.

This is the combination of all the visual elements within the frame (frame: the physical boundary that contains what the audience sees)

Characters of the Story

In the iStopMotion that i edited, the main characters involved were: The Queen of Hearts, the Rabbit, the Mad hatter and the Card Soldiers. The Queen of Hearts is not quite the nicest Queen you could hope for. She just want the power and control over Wonderland. The Rabbit is a funny character and in a way, a bit of a servant to the Queen. He knows everything about Wonderland and wants The White Queen back. The Mad Hatter is a crazy guy and also is on the side of the white Queen.

Alice In Wonderland

Due to complete frustration i have joined groups with Anastasia. I am now completing a edited iStopmotion video of Alice in Wonderland.

Snow White

Evaluation of the Term

During this term in Creative Industries we have been focusing on animation. We started with some simple animation in Photoshop and then when we felt comfortable with that moved to the next level... Flash. For my Photoshop animation I chose to animate my favourite of my avatars from last term "Cyborgatorium". It worked out well in the end but was really quite frustrating until you got your head around all the different terms and processes. Once we moved onto Flash I was excited but a little worried I wasn't going to catch on. After about 3 or 4 lessons of working with it I was feeling confident; I also played around with it at home to practise. I completed 2 animations in Flash. The first one was of a few butterflies flying around in a rainforest landscape. I then created one using an artwork by Fiona Hall as i was studying her in VIsual art. I used her beaded sculpture of a skull and motion tweened two spiders to crawl creepily around the head and eventually sit in the eye sockets. I enjoyed this task although it was very tedious and frustrating at times. I would have liked to work with Flash closer and take my animations to the next level. I definatly am going to play around with the program at home further. I think we are continuing this course into next term so that should be fun :)

Andi Spark

On Thursday the 27th of May this inspirational woman was kind enough to come to St Hilda's School and give a relaxing presentation after school about what she does best... animation.

Andi is one of the most entertaining people I have ever listened too, everything she says and does is so animated much like her work. She was so easy to listen too because she captured your attention so easily. She definitely gave me a create insight into animation which is something I am considering getting into when i leave school so it was great to get a first hand perspective on the career. She showed us so many interesting and entertaining clips that really demonstrated just how diverse animation can be. it's not just about the Pixar movies that everyone has seen. You can do anything with animation, create anything you can imagine.

I think that the session with Andi was definitely inspiring and i hope that we can look into her work a lot more.

Flash Techniques

Throughout this term we have been learning how to use the Adobe animation program Flash. At first I found it quite a challenge to grasp all the different concepts of the program but now after completing my second animation for the term I understand it quite fluently. The animations that i have completed are quite amateur compared to most animation that you see in society but it's all about starting with the basics and learning the process. The program focuses on things like keyframes and layering (much like photoshop). You create different characters separately and then bring everything together. You create multiple keyframes in a certain timeframe and synch all the different layers so that they are moving with each other to create a little story.

I am definitely going to keep playing around with the program to further my knowledge about what you can achieve.

Second Animation

These are some images i have collected for my second animation. It is a simple idea and the final product i'm hoping is going to be a very calming little clip. The background will be of a real rainforest landscape with a few butterflies circling around. I think it would be a good screensaver :)

Inspirational Animations

Final Fantasy 13 - Gaming Animation

Invader Zim - Comic Animation

Up - Pixar Film Animation

First Character

This is my first Exquisite Corpse. To create this i have used the head of Thomas Hans "Pusher", the body of "Rem" and finished the body of with a pair of knee high Doc Marten boots.

Exquisite Corpse V

This is a creature that appeared in the ever popoular Japanese TV series, Ultra Man. He reminds me of a cross between a Furrrbie, a Gremlin, a Dinosaur and a Russian Babushka Doll.

Exquisite Corpse IV

These are a few funny characters from Tim Burtons "Terrible Toys" series. There are many more and I own a few different ones. I just think they great. Very creative and interesting.

Exquisite Corpse III

This is an "Ice Bat" from an alternative plush series called "Ugly Dolls". I think they are adorable and a little bit quirky and have a collection at home :)

Exquisite Corpse II

This is "Rem" and he is one of my favourite characters from the Anime series "Death Note". In the series his character is a Shinigami (death god) that comes to earth and falls in love with a girl Misa. I also have a similar figurine of him at home.

Exquisite Corpse

This is one of my favourite vinyl figurine from Thomas Hans latest series "Pushers". This one in particular is called Monster and I actually own this one myself :P

Animation

This Term we are getting into a bit of animation using our Avatars from Term 1.

We are using the Photoshop version of animation and so far it has been quite frustrating because it is very limited in it's abilities. I have chosen my Avatar "Cyborgatorium" to animate and I've got some ideas so far...

- Moving the eyes (open and close).

- Having the Final Fantasy Character Flying in delicate circles.

- Increasing the length of my hair to create a more flowing movement.

- Enlarging the brown castle.

- Clouds blowing from my mouth.

Animation Definition:

"A simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames. Cartoons on television is one example of animation. Animation on computers is one of the chief ingredients of multimedia presentations. There are many software applications that enable you to create animations that you can display on a computer monitors."