For my short film I use flashbacks when my protagonist is remembering her old eating habits and her lowest times. I wanted to create a noticeable flashback which would would represent the negative past thoughts to the audience. I used youtube to find out different ways and tricks to make my flashbacks clear and as professional as possible. This tutorial was especially useful.
Friday, 9 March 2018
Saturday, 3 March 2018
Filming Day 2
03/03/18
Today at 10.00 myself and Emily went over to the studio to film the dance scenes. It was a successful day and I managed to get all the shots I wanted and more. However, I was faced with some problems which made it harder to film, such as the mirrors. I knew this would be a problem as the walls are covered in mirrors which makes it hard to film as my refection is visable. I therefore, had to get into different places and angles where I woulnt be as obvious. We also had the problem of the cold. The day beofore it had heavily snowed and even though this wasnt a problem for continuity as the snow wasnt seen, the studio was freezing cold and the heater didnt work. This made myself and my actress very cold and stiff. I therefore had to make sure Emily was wraped up in coats and layers bewteeen takes so that she wouldnt get overly cold as well as hurting herself when she danced. I made sure she did a good warm up before for her muscles to warm up and to prevent any injuries. It also meant that plans where changed such as I planned her dance to be in bare foot but due to her cold feet we left her socks on so she could keep warmer.
Dispite these problems, I think the morning was very sucessful and im excited to start the next part of the editing process.
Today at 10.00 myself and Emily went over to the studio to film the dance scenes. It was a successful day and I managed to get all the shots I wanted and more. However, I was faced with some problems which made it harder to film, such as the mirrors. I knew this would be a problem as the walls are covered in mirrors which makes it hard to film as my refection is visable. I therefore, had to get into different places and angles where I woulnt be as obvious. We also had the problem of the cold. The day beofore it had heavily snowed and even though this wasnt a problem for continuity as the snow wasnt seen, the studio was freezing cold and the heater didnt work. This made myself and my actress very cold and stiff. I therefore had to make sure Emily was wraped up in coats and layers bewteeen takes so that she wouldnt get overly cold as well as hurting herself when she danced. I made sure she did a good warm up before for her muscles to warm up and to prevent any injuries. It also meant that plans where changed such as I planned her dance to be in bare foot but due to her cold feet we left her socks on so she could keep warmer.
Dispite these problems, I think the morning was very sucessful and im excited to start the next part of the editing process.
Friday, 2 March 2018
Planning for filming day 03/03/18
Filming day 2
On the 3rd March I am planning on filming the last part to my short film. On this day, I will film the dance class, and the dance as well as taking picture for my poster.
Location:
I am using my dance teachers private studio in her back garden to film in. In the studio it is covered in mirrors which will fit with my storyline of my protagonist constantly comparing herself in the mirror. However, this could also be a challenge filming as I will have to place myself somewhere so I wont be seen with the camera in the mirrors.
Costume:
Emily will be wear the same black leotard and ballet tights, as well as some ballet shoes and maybe pointe shoes, with her hair in a bun. She will then have a costume change into a different leotard with bare feet to do the dance and hair half up, half down.
Props:
We will her dance bag with a water bottle and a energy bar or banana. She will also need all her dance shoes as well as her phone.
On the 3rd March I am planning on filming the last part to my short film. On this day, I will film the dance class, and the dance as well as taking picture for my poster.
Location:
I am using my dance teachers private studio in her back garden to film in. In the studio it is covered in mirrors which will fit with my storyline of my protagonist constantly comparing herself in the mirror. However, this could also be a challenge filming as I will have to place myself somewhere so I wont be seen with the camera in the mirrors.
Costume:
Emily will be wear the same black leotard and ballet tights, as well as some ballet shoes and maybe pointe shoes, with her hair in a bun. She will then have a costume change into a different leotard with bare feet to do the dance and hair half up, half down.
Props:
We will her dance bag with a water bottle and a energy bar or banana. She will also need all her dance shoes as well as her phone.
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Difficulties I have overcome
Today, was a productive lesson. I first started going through my blog and checking through the mark scheme to see where I could improve my research and over all improve my blog. However, I then went to go on the laptop where I have my work and saw the laptop kept turning off. It turns out that the hard drive had died with all my work on it. This was a stressful moment, before I realised that luckily I had only just uploaded my work on YouTube the day before for "just in case"! I spent the next 20 minutes looking for my rough copy on YouTube, as it wouldn't show up due to it being on private and not completing the upload process. I used the internet to try and find out why this was happening and found out that I needed to go to computer manager on my home channel page, which I couldn't find. After a while of searching I clicked on 'creator studio' and found it!
Obviously, I wont be able to use the laptop, so I will work on the desktop Apple Mac and once I have filmed the dance on Saturday I will then be able to continue to edit on this.
Obviously, I wont be able to use the laptop, so I will work on the desktop Apple Mac and once I have filmed the dance on Saturday I will then be able to continue to edit on this.
Rough cut of my short film
Here is a rough cut of my short film at the moment. All of these shots are from the first day of filming. I haven't yet added in any of the voice over or sound as I want to get all the editing done before. I have also left blank screens for the parts where I haven't yet filmed. This is 3:53 in length so far without all the tittles and the dance scene. I am therefore confident that I will manage to make a 5 minute short film. Overall, i am pleased of how it looked so far and excited to film the next part and start editing.
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