Transferring Footage

Today we got the film transfered to the computers using tape decks and got the footage we required to use rendered in Adobe Premiere which was quite time consuming. Chris Cooke was unable to attend this session (our last one on this project) which caused some difficulty because we weren't entirely sure what we were doing and it made this session a bit of a waste of in uni time. However this footage is now ready to be edited with the required effects and sound. We plan to get this done at some point during the next week to have our video completed in time for the deadline.

Our one shot film is in 1st person shot from the patient/cameraman point of view. We plan to edit the film using blurs, adjustment of the focus and distorted sound in order to create the effect of an ill patient fainting.

Shooting the film

We got started on the short film by producing a quick 1 minute long test film to get a feel for the camera equipment we were using. We did our filming in an art gallery area of the university and the story included me and Chris acting as immature people in the gallery who were annoying Kieron, the mature art lover!

We got started on our main short film by arranging a time to meet up together to come up with a story line and to get the film shot. We met up on thursday and agreed on a story line based upon a doctor consulting a patient and filmed in 1st person from the patients point of view. We arranged to meet again on Monday (yesterday) to get the film recorded. I also went to book the equipment out that we needed along with booking the TV studio to use for filming, which was 1 x HDV camera, 1 x tripod, 1 x lights, blue gels.

We managed to get the film recorded on monday with the only problem being that the first time we filmed it the sound was not recording, but the second take was more successful. We each brought in different props including a lab coat and a stethoscope and used a desk in the TV studio to create the doctors office. In the film I was narrating for the patient whilst also being the cameraman. I enjoyed my role because it meant that I could be featured in the film in addition to being involved with the production, and it allowed me to get more experience with the equipment we were using. I feel that this filming session went well and I'm looking forward to getting the footage transfered to computer and into an editing suite.

DP1: Single Shot Narratives

I had my first proper start to the course the other day with Chris Cooke introducing us to short films, risk assessment forms and our first assignment. I found this session interesting because I have been involved with short films in the past through KWG - a small creative group of students from Nottingham. I played the lead part in 'Joe' by Luke Radford , a short mockumentary focusing on the life of a teenage drug dealer. I've also been involved with various short films and comedy sketches over the past few years.

Joe


Our first assignment is to create a single shot short film in small groups. The subject/story and all aspects of production are controlled by the group, with our only rule being that the camera must stay on the tripod in a fixed position at all times. I feel that this may limit the content that we are able to include in the short film, however i also think it will teach me to focus upon finding a perfect location for filming and encourage the use of different camera techniques such use of the zoom. This assignment is something that I know I'm going to enjoy and I'm looking forward to getting started.

Multimedia

My name is Michael Close and I've just began Multimedia at NTU. Yesteday we had our introduction to the course and made a pinhole camera from an empty 440ml drinks can. I have made pinhole cameras in the past so I already had a general idea of what I was doing, although previous cameras tended to be a bit bigger and were made using a cardboard box and a lens from a magnifying glass. The advantage of the method used yesterday were that there was less parts used to make it and therefore less things to go wrong. The smaller size of the camera also meant that it could be carried around easier when taking a photo. The downside of this was that the pictures produced were a lot smaller. I found that the pictures taken were of good definition but pinhole cameras used in the past produce clearer images.