Rachel Yeo Rong Qing / 0368901
Video and Sound Production / Bachelor of Design (HONS) in Creative Media
Project 2
CONTENT
LECTURES
1. Lectures
Week 3 - Storyboard
* What is Storyboard:
- Storyboard is a graphic representation of a movie, cartoon, or video game in film making, analogous to a comic strip.
- Utilize to discuss ideas with the production team, organize shots, and comprehend the narrative flow.
- Observations about details including camera angles, speech, character movement, special effects, and sound effects.
- This enables scene visualization and helps the director, cinematographer, and other crew members get ready for filming. Storyboard is a crucial phase in the pre-production process because it gives directors the chance to test out various visual strategies, spot possible issues, and make the required changes ahead of time, saving money and effort.
* How to make a Storyboard:
⤷ Identify key scenes in the script:
- The best starting point is to break up the script or narrative you'll be working on.
- Draw attention to important plot points, action, setting, arcs, and other essential elements of the story.
⤷ Map out the key scenes:
- Give each of the scenes you found in the screenplay a number and a fitting title when you map them out.
⤷ Add images or sketches:
- Put every situation into your own words. Brainstorming the visual elements of each beat in the story scape is known as "creative landscaping" in this technique.
⤷ Describe what happens in each frame:
- Try to capture the sense of a moving sequence even though each frame is a still image.
- Composition and Framing: Select the angles at which objects and characters will be framed in each shots
- Transition: Consider the flow from one shot to the next. A coherent flow is produced via smooth transitions, yet dramatic effects can also be achieved with sudden changes.
- Character Blocking: Confirm character positions and movements within each shot.
- Emotion and Expression: Define the characters' facial expressions, body language, and eyes sign and capture their emotions and reactions.
- Annotations: Use additional notes or captions for things that can't be easily conveyed in the visuals.
- Dynamic Action: To guarantee clarity in action situations, divide quick actions into a series of panels.
Week 4 - Stage of Film Production
* What are the stages of film production:
- Entire process of a film's inception, creation, and release.
⤷ Development:
- Usually overseen by a producer, who is responsible for getting the initial pieces together ( the creatives, the financing, the general schedule, etc.)
~ The Package:
→ Screenplay, piece of intellectual property, director, some actors, etc.
→ Importance of Screenplay : Foundation for the
project, Proper formatting informs dialogue, costumes, budget,
schedule.
→ To attract financiers.
→ Greenlight process : Studio approval = 'greenlit', Failure = project may enter Development Hell (Project gets repeatedly pitched and rejected and can last for years).
~ Financing:
→ Studio can get money from pre-sales, rely on slate financing, take out loans through things such as negative pickups, gap financing, bridge financing.
→ Indies can get from networking at festivals, crowdfunding, grants, tax incentives, private equity investments, filmmaker's own pocket.
⤷ Pre-production:
- All the preparation necessary before filming begins, happens between financing being secured and production.
~ Budgeting:
→ Outlined the detailed costs of a film during development
→ With the aid of line producer (who goes through budget "line by line"), producer create detailed shooting schedule (foresee location, cast, film crew, equipment costs, etc.)
→ Logistic need to be addressed (Rentals, props, costumes, set decorations, etc.)
~ Getting the team together:
→ Usually hire heads of departments, professionals such as cinematographer, production designer, costume designer, etc.
→ Lead actors may attached during development but now the rest of the cast need to be filled out. This is where a casting director comes into play. (who read the script, consult with the director and put together auditions for all the needed part)
~ Pre-visualizing:
→ Planning how the film looks like by making storyboard or writing out a shot list.
→ Consulting with production designer and meeting with the costume designer.
→ Location scouting, which accompanied by a tech scout, all the logistical considerations go into choosing a location. (How to transport location to the space, power sources, sound issued, sun rise and set)
⤷ Production:
~ The Call Sheet:
→ A document that tells each member of department what their call time and what should they planning to do for the day, sent out by assistant director.
→ General order is crew first, cast second to gives the crew time to set up.
~ The Set Up:
→ Grip and electric departments work to set up thee lighting for the shot first, then the camera department set up the camera and any rigging involved for movement. Meanwhile the makeup and costume department will get actor into the right look for given scene.
→ Sometimes actor might blocking with the director and rehearse with the sound and camera crew to allows everyone involve know what to expect.
~ Shooting:
→ Assistant director announces "Picture is up".
→ AD calls for quiet "roll sound", sound mixer press record. Once recording, mixer respond "Sound speeds".
→ AD "roll camera", camera operator start rolling " Speed".
→ Clapper loader slates, reading scene information off the clapperboard and marking.
→ Director says "action", when scene over, directors says "Cuts"
⤷ Post-production:
- All the works that is done after footage is captured to finish the film.
~ Picture Editing:
→ Cutting together the footage to create a coherent film.
→ Typically work with sound but get a fine cut of audio is not their duty.
→ First assembly, editor and director review footage, select takes, put them in order. Second rough cut, rhythm becomes more of a priority. Last fine cut, decisions more intricate and the cut is approaching picture look.
~ Sound Editing
→ Sound Editing : Put all sound effects, dialogue, voice overs and more in place.
→ Sound mixing : Getting all of the levels correct for exhibition.
~ Additional Visuals:
→ Computer generated images (CGI), which involve anything from removing an ill-placed No Parking sign to creating a brachiosaurus.
→ Coloring, done by colorist, depends on how film shot.
→ Title and credits, involved typography choices, motion designers and more.
⤷ Distribution:~ Marketing
→ Tell people movie is exists to get people see the movie.
→ Look vastly different depending on a film's budget and projected box office.
→ Such as trailer, poster, electronic press kit, etc.
~ Securing Distribution:
→ Similar to development process part 2, it's about who you know and being able to sell your vision.
→ Major studios usually have an inhouse distribution company, indies studios typically shop their project around to multiple firms.
→ Independent filmmaker may get distribution at a film festival or hire a sales agent.
→ If all else fails, always the internet.
* Roles of the Production Team:
⤷ Producer:
- Group leader and responsible for managing the production from start to finish.
- Develop project from initial idea, finalized script, arrange financing and manages production teams.
- Coordinates filmmaking process to ensure that everyone involved is working on schedule and on budget.
⤷ Director:
- Responsible for overseeing shooting and assembly of a film.
- Might be compared to a novel's author as a film's primary visionary, not be able to make the film without help of numerous other artists and technician.
- Director not an author because he doesn't do everything, works at center of film production but it inextricably linked with dozens of people.
⤷ Screenwriter:
- Provide dialogue for actors, shapes the sequences of events in a film to ensure scene transition to the next in logically and interesting way.
- Overlooked by movie-going public, yet is essential to the completion of any film.
⤷ Production Designer:
- First artist to translate the script into visual form before shooting.
- Creates series of storyboards that serve as the film first draft.
- Storyboard : series if sketches on panel to shows visual progression of story scene to scene. To ensure visual continuity of the film from start to finish. Serve as visual guide throughout the production and be a template to follow during editing.
⤷ Art Director:
- Responsible for the film's setting : building, landscapes, interiors that provide physical context for characters.
- Responsible for acquiring props, decorating sets and make the setting believable.
⤷ Costume Designer:
- Convey a great deal about the film's time period and the character who wear them, include economic status, occupation and attitude themselves.
- Make sure costume can show character visually.
⤷ Cinematographer:
- Director of photography, responsible for capturing the script on film or video.
- Must pay attention to lighting and the camera's technical capabilities.
⤷ Editor:
- Organize footage and arranges individual shots into one continues sequence after shooting begins.
- Chose and assembled the best scene from dozens of different shots, order in which to place them, have a profound effect on the appearance of final film.
⤷ Actors:
- Responsible for portraying the character in film. work closely with director and cinematographer.
⤷ Music Supervisor:
- Music been an integral part of movies since cinema's earliest in 1890s. Event silent movie palaces of 1920s also equipped elaborate organs and orchestra pits.
- Select right music to intensify the story for audience.
⤷ Filming in the Classroom:
- Assign roles at the beginning of the project, stick to producer schedule.
Additional Reading Links :
Week 7 - Color Correction, Color Grading
* Process of colorizing digital video footage:
- Establishing a picture profile
- Color-correcting the footage
- Color-grading the footage
* What is color Correction :
- A technical process aimed at making footage look as natural and realistic as possible.
* What is color Grading :
- A creative process that adds atmosphere and emotion to footage.
* HSB :
- The basic color terms used in color grading software and cameras are hue, saturation, and brightness (HSB).
- Hue refers to the color itself.
- Saturation refers to the intensity of the color. It is where the colors "pop" or become "muddy" depending on the amount of grey information in the color. Adding pure white or black to the color will result in a darker or lighter brightness value.
- Brightness refers to the lightness or darkness of the color.
- HSB color theory is used to create mood and color schemes in movies and videos.
* White Balance :
- Refers to the color temperature at which white objects on film actually look white.
* Scope :
- Scope is a monitoring tool that displays color and light information on a graph so that you can see the precise balance of these characteristics and how they compare to each other.
* Curves :
- Precise color correction and color grading. Using curves, you can add points to drag colors to new values and change shadows, midtones, and highlights with more precision.
* Color Match :
- Allows to choose a reference image that will then be analyzed and applied to your target image. However, this is an automatic calculation, so it is important to check your scopes and use your judgement as to the quality of the color match.
* Three-Way Corrector :
- A useful tool for many colorists in professional entertainment, but they have their pros and cons.
- Lets you balance the shadows, midtones, and highlights of an image using color wheels. You can set numerical values, or use the control drag point to set your value based on hue.
* Color Qualifier :
- Can change a particular color, or range of colors, without changing the rest of the picture.
Additional Reading Links :
Class briefing PPT
2. Class Summary
- Week 5 : Mr. Martin ask us to prepare our advance work for respective positions for the production shoot next week.
- Week 6 : We done the production shooting and download the footage and audio of our production shooting. Mr. Martin ask us to edit a draft with synchronized dialogues and don't follow the storyboard. Mr. Martin also ask us to complete Project 2 Insta/TikTok storyboard and update the slides.
- Week 7 : Mr. Martin teach us how to do color correction and ask us to submit the Project 2A video and the proposal of Project 2B before 9th June 23:59 p.m. . Mr. Martin also remind us to update the Project 2 E-portfolio before week 8.
QUIZ
Week 4a : Production stages
Week 4b : Production Crews
Week 7 : Colour Correction, Colour Grading
INSTRUCTIONS
Project 2A : Production Shoot
Before we start the shooting, Mr. Martin has give us a short briefing and divided us into three group so that we can do our production shoot in sequence. The film that we ask to remake are the Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.
To let our shooting can be proceed in an orderly manner, we have assign our work according to the crew list. In this shooting session I have been assign to as an actress. Below are our group crew list.
Here is the storyboard and video clip reference that provided by Mr. Martin.
Next, we follow the storyboard and the reference to took our shoots. After the shoots is done, Mr. Martin teach us how to do color correction and color grading. Mr. Martin asked us to apply the following color grade on our footage and try to edit it in a creative style.
Based on the seniors example that Mr. Martin given, I decided to edit the video as a trailer in a mystery way.
First, I cut the prefer parts of the clips, then I add on the caption and transitions to makes it present as what I want. Last, I do the color grading by following to the instruction of Mr. Martin. The picture below has shown one of the color grading in my video.
Final Outcome Project 2A
Project 2B : Insta_Tiktok Video Treatment
In this tasks, Mr. Martin ask us to watch for the video online
first, after that we need to decide the favorite type of video and
create a simple moodboard. To let the moodboard more easy to
understand, Mr. Martin ask us to complete the moodboard in the
google slide that he given.
Below are the link of my proposal presentation in google
slide.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uysk0ZTW7Whr8tthzAkIrSGsITz0d3VCeCO-kL8UiBs/edit?usp=sharing
After the proposal is approved by Mr. Martin, I start to shoot the
clips in my home alone. Then I start my editing. First, I use AE to
create the lighting so that the clips can have the lighting that I
want.
Then, I use the roto brush tool in AE to cutout myself because the
auto cutout of the CapCut cannot create the effect that I
want.
After all the necessary clips has done the first step, I import them
into CapCut and start to edit my video.
Then, I arrange the clips into the sequence that I want and add on
some transitions and effect on it.
After that, I add on the background to let the video can achieve the
style that I prefer. To let the clips and the background can be blend
more naturally, I add on some diagram that I draw myself and also
adjust the color of the clips.
Last, I add on the lyrics of the song.
Final Outcome Project 2B
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSYxLb5sc/
FEEDBACK
FEEDBACK
Week 6 :
General Feedback : We need to use the camera crane to shoot the overhead
shot.
Specific feedback : The stability is poor but can be adjust in the PR.
Week 7 :
General Feedback : Edit the footage creatively.
Specific feedback : The Project 2B can be groups to helps each other shooting or do
it individually.
Week 8 :
General Feedback : The storyline looks ok.
Specific feedback : Can try to use AE to create the lighting that I want and also use
the roto brush tools in AE to cutout the character because the
auto cutout in CapCut is a bit poor.
Week 6 :
General Feedback : We need to use the camera crane to shoot the overhead shot.
Week 7 :
General Feedback : Edit the footage creatively.
REFLECTIONS
*Experience
During this tasks, I found that the shooting
session are quite fun but the editing session is a bit tough
to me especially in Project 2B. Due to the style that I want
to follow in Project 2B are normally create by drawing so
when I try to create the same style by editing the clips is
a big challenge for me. I have spend a lot of time on trying
how to cutout the character in a nice way and also how to
blend the character and the background more
naturally.
*Observation
By following to the instructions of Mr. Martin, I
have successfully settle the problems of cutout and
lighting. Through this tasks, I found that I have
gain more understanding about the editing and also
how to use the AE and also CapCut.
*Findings
Although this tasks has give me a lot of challenge
but I still complete it successfully, I not very
satisfied with the final outcome but that is the
best that I can do for now. I will try to improve my
skills on editing so that next time I can create a
better outcome.
During this tasks, I found that the shooting session are quite fun but the editing session is a bit tough to me especially in Project 2B. Due to the style that I want to follow in Project 2B are normally create by drawing so when I try to create the same style by editing the clips is a big challenge for me. I have spend a lot of time on trying how to cutout the character in a nice way and also how to blend the character and the background more naturally.
*Observation
By following to the instructions of Mr. Martin, I have successfully settle the problems of cutout and lighting. Through this tasks, I found that I have gain more understanding about the editing and also how to use the AE and also CapCut.
Although this tasks has give me a lot of challenge but I still complete it successfully, I not very satisfied with the final outcome but that is the best that I can do for now. I will try to improve my skills on editing so that next time I can create a better outcome.
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