Today the group had a tutorial prior to the meeting. In the tutorial with Martine, we showed her the current edit of the film and the changes we made. She gave the group some pointers to focus on and some questions to think about. The group is progressing to the final edit, which will be done shortly.
The group have arranged one last meeting before submission, next week Tuesday.
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Monday, 7 April 2014
7/4 review
Today, Amy showed the group the draft she had edited together. The group was impressed and satisfied with the rough cut. After reviewing the draft, Amy and Leanne began editing video and sound. Tomorrow a tutorial is scheduled with Martine
Ty
Ty
Sunday, 6 April 2014
5/4 HVR-Z1E 6/4 Filming
5/4
Today I began delving into tips and the manual on the Sony HVR-Z1E and recording on DV tape. This will be my first time recording on DV tape, I understand the rough logic behind recording on tape, however via a friend I came across a technique called "Black Burst". This involves recording over the tape to create a black signal and recording over it again.
Whilst watching a particular Japanese animation I noticed an creative element that was very interesting. The animation is called Hajime no Ippo: Rising (2013). The story revolves around the rise of a boy who gets bullied and his rise to champion as a boxer. The episode that will act as my focal point is episode 22. The episode begins with the coach and the coach's friend reminiscing on the their days of being young. The audience is dragged into a flashback of their old days, what the audience is shown is a gradual build up to a hypodermic propaganda that causes the audience to sympathise and empathise with the Japanese fighters and country. The American boxer who connotes the western world, ill treats the Japanese boxers and civilians by beating them up to near-death and then patronising the audience by throwing sweets and candy assortments a like after matches. Later on in the episode, the audience bear witness to the American boxer pursuing the only apparent Japanese woman who refused to acquiesce on sweets that land near her feet. Following these heinous actions the American boxer commits, the woman is then shown in later episodes to be suffering from a disease she has received as a result of living in Hiroshima. This is an interesting way to implement a country's history into a creative format whilst keeping the narrative's continuity. This is clearly post-war perspective of WWII.
6/4
Today I used to the HVR-Z1E to record the challenges I do as a hobby. This provided me with an active production experience with the camera and have come to appreciate the Canon XF100 and DSLRs even more. Not only does the size and weight camera seem unnecessary, the transporting of footage is another possible issue. Both cards and tapes are sensitive, however a capture deck is required to capture from tape, with card this process is avoided. The camera offers a recording resolution of 1080i, from previous issues with progressive and interlaced. Progressive produces better image quality. 50i can be conformed to 25p, however it first lead myself to believe that 50i and 50p were on similar image quality. Luckily through my research into the camera, I found a setting that allows the camera to simulate a 25p shooting mode. I only hope that between today and tomorrow the footage isn't wiped from my tape via a phone signal. I experimented with the shooting format to record in HD as I only had normal DV tapes, however I came across a lot of discussion around recording on normal DV tapes
Today I began delving into tips and the manual on the Sony HVR-Z1E and recording on DV tape. This will be my first time recording on DV tape, I understand the rough logic behind recording on tape, however via a friend I came across a technique called "Black Burst". This involves recording over the tape to create a black signal and recording over it again.
Whilst watching a particular Japanese animation I noticed an creative element that was very interesting. The animation is called Hajime no Ippo: Rising (2013). The story revolves around the rise of a boy who gets bullied and his rise to champion as a boxer. The episode that will act as my focal point is episode 22. The episode begins with the coach and the coach's friend reminiscing on the their days of being young. The audience is dragged into a flashback of their old days, what the audience is shown is a gradual build up to a hypodermic propaganda that causes the audience to sympathise and empathise with the Japanese fighters and country. The American boxer who connotes the western world, ill treats the Japanese boxers and civilians by beating them up to near-death and then patronising the audience by throwing sweets and candy assortments a like after matches. Later on in the episode, the audience bear witness to the American boxer pursuing the only apparent Japanese woman who refused to acquiesce on sweets that land near her feet. Following these heinous actions the American boxer commits, the woman is then shown in later episodes to be suffering from a disease she has received as a result of living in Hiroshima. This is an interesting way to implement a country's history into a creative format whilst keeping the narrative's continuity. This is clearly post-war perspective of WWII.
6/4
Today I used to the HVR-Z1E to record the challenges I do as a hobby. This provided me with an active production experience with the camera and have come to appreciate the Canon XF100 and DSLRs even more. Not only does the size and weight camera seem unnecessary, the transporting of footage is another possible issue. Both cards and tapes are sensitive, however a capture deck is required to capture from tape, with card this process is avoided. The camera offers a recording resolution of 1080i, from previous issues with progressive and interlaced. Progressive produces better image quality. 50i can be conformed to 25p, however it first lead myself to believe that 50i and 50p were on similar image quality. Luckily through my research into the camera, I found a setting that allows the camera to simulate a 25p shooting mode. I only hope that between today and tomorrow the footage isn't wiped from my tape via a phone signal. I experimented with the shooting format to record in HD as I only had normal DV tapes, however I came across a lot of discussion around recording on normal DV tapes
Friday, 4 April 2014
4/4 Filming
Today I recorded sound from Jess' dialogue for the Lucy's voice over in the film. The unfortunate thing is I recorded the first few clips in stereo, this meant the sound was recording from the internal microphone on the Marrantz. After noticing, I changed the setting to record from the shotgun microphone. This really improved the sound quality, however I only applied this setting for the last few clips. I have given all sound recordings to the Leanne as she will be doing the sound design for the project.
I booked out the Sony Z1E to record one of my challenges that I do as a hobby. This will enable me to gain some practice with both recording and editing footage from the Z1E. I will read an online manual for the Sony Z1E to understand it in more depth
I booked out the Sony Z1E to record one of my challenges that I do as a hobby. This will enable me to gain some practice with both recording and editing footage from the Z1E. I will read an online manual for the Sony Z1E to understand it in more depth
Thursday, 3 April 2014
3/4 filming
3/4
Today the group recorded the bus scene and I recorded sound atmos whilst on set for filming. The group also recorded the argument scene for the flashback sequences and I recorded atmos from this set. Jess unfortunately could not record today, because she was busy. The group had rearranged to record her dialogue tomorrow. The group plan to meet around half 12.
Unfortunately Leanne and Callum were not present for recording or filming today
Today the group recorded the bus scene and I recorded sound atmos whilst on set for filming. The group also recorded the argument scene for the flashback sequences and I recorded atmos from this set. Jess unfortunately could not record today, because she was busy. The group had rearranged to record her dialogue tomorrow. The group plan to meet around half 12.
Unfortunately Leanne and Callum were not present for recording or filming today
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
1/4 Filming
Today the group met up at 10am to pick up the equipment from the stores, today we had planned to record the pole dancer on the pole sequence where she trains in the pole dancing studio. This was organised by Amy, she had contacted the pole dancing society prior to today and had arranged for us to use the studio. We arrived at the studio a few minutes before 11 and set up within the next half hour. Everything had gone according to plan with recording today, however one thing I realised after production. The hydrophones with the contact end attached would have been useful to record clearer pole sounds, however the plan wasn't to use the sounds from the pole dancing studio. After recording I decided to head home and back up the sound I had recorded.
Ty
Ty
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