Coursework - Filming Day #2

The second day of filming was a bit more productive and we managed to complete the first bit of the opening sequence. At the start we did have a problem as other people needed to use the area which we needed for filming so we were delayed in that. Also there was quite a delay at getting our camera meaning we were 45 minutes behind schedule. Either way eventually we got somewhere.

The first step was to get the area ready and reveal the green screen. This was very simple to do as it was just a matter of pulling the rope and revealing the screen. We did however run into a bit of a problem as the initial idea to me, was that the green screen runs across the floor but it did not. We then as a group decided to change the angle of the camera and not point it towards the floor.








There after we all got into costume and character. This was not very time consuming as it was just a matter of putting on a few clothes. No much effort and time was taken into this, as soon as costume was on we got ourselves into character and promptly started to film.









As i have experience with using a DSLR i knew how to use the camera so i did tell the rest of the group to how to white balance,  zoom and focus. This was not very difficult and they understood straight away. As soon as the camera was ready and in place we began our filming straight away. We managed to complete the first 3 pages of our storyboard with-in the 45 minutes we had and i say we done that pretty well.
There was some what of a problem at the start but we got through it, hopefully we will be able to finish filming with-in the next 2 filming sessions. So far so good.
Overall 2nd day could of gone better but now that we know what we are doing i am sure that the 3rd day would be perfect.

Coursework - Filming Day #1

Sadly today was a very disappointing day of filming. We never managed to get anything done and this due to the area we needed to use was booked, so tomorrow should be our start day in hope that we can finish it one day. Even so we did not waste any time. We began to do some research on what music to use in our Opening Title Sequence. Of course for this we had to use Copyright / Royalty Free Music. There are a number of websites out there, but we decided to use:  www.incompetech.com/ I am quite familiar with this website and have used it before so I know the content it has would be beneficial to us. We are looking to use a jazz style music that will match with the on-going action; so far we have narrowed it down too 3 different options. Currently we are stuck between the 3, if we cannot come to a conclusion we decided to mix all 3 of them our selves. So far the day may not have gone us planned, but at least we managed to do some sort of work that will benefit us in the long run. 

Final Opening Title Sequence: Costume

Costume List Template

Final Opening Title Sequence: Props

Props List Template

Final Opening Title Sequence: Equipment List

Equipment List Template by Othman Abdul Ghani

IPod Adverts - Opening Title Sequence Research

As the journey of creating the opening title sequence was coming, as a group we were 100% confident in going with the green screen option which highly resembles 'Superbad'. We tried to look for various different examples which could inspire us but we were stuck between 'Superbad' & 'Catch Me If You Can' as we thought not many people try to go for the route we are going. Yet until are teacher reminded us of the ipod adverts which went though 2006-2008 that mimicked that green screen effect, this gave us more clips to look at.

There are numerous different style of ipod adverts on the internet but these two caught my eye. Specifically this one can highly relate to what we are trying to achieve in our opening title sequence. It has the green screen use of that is seen in 'Superbad' and uses line animation which is similar to 'Catch Me If You Can'. If i was asked to say what video out there is most likely resembles to our idea of our opening title sequence, i would say it has too be this one. Reason being it has a coloured background, inverted chroma keying on the character which makes abstract as well once again uses the idea of animation.

What we have looked at previously is not the only advert that was released by Apple in that similar style. Here is another one which shows some extras that gives similarity in the way we wish to present our opening title sequence. At 0:07 the background gives of this nice yellow/gold colour and we hope to use the colour for our background when editing. Of course this will be chromakeyed but its nice to get an idea and have something to relate are future work too. Also at 0:17 we see the use off 2 people in one frame [two shot] and once again this idea can relate to our opening sequence. Reason being because throughout our sequence, majority of the times 2 shot would take place and we can refer to this idea for our own work.

Final Opening Title Sequence: Recce