Secondly, we looked at the details of opening sequences, colour, lighting, font, sound, etc.
Lastly, Corin Hardy, director of The Hallow, talked about his own opening sequence and gave us a preview. We could then ask questions.
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Showing posts with label Influential concepts. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 March 2016
BFI Trip
On Thursday the 19th of December Years 12 and 13 went on a school trip to the BFI in London. We took part in a workshop titled "Making Film Opening Sequences" presented by Tom Woodcock. Firstly, we looked at conventions of opening sequences and discovered the four main themes: genre, character, themes, and atmosphere.
Secondly, we looked at the details of opening sequences, colour, lighting, font, sound, etc.
Lastly, Corin Hardy, director of The Hallow, talked about his own opening sequence and gave us a preview. We could then ask questions.
Secondly, we looked at the details of opening sequences, colour, lighting, font, sound, etc.
Lastly, Corin Hardy, director of The Hallow, talked about his own opening sequence and gave us a preview. We could then ask questions.
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Product Research - Mama Fan Video
"Mama" is a fan-made music video for a rock song.
MAMA
The opening of the music video begins in black and white with a mid close-up, but the colour fades into the picture as the volume of the music increases. The lip-syncing actress is wearing mostly red, fitting the 'dangerous' vibes that are often found in the rock genre.
Most of the video is made of jump cuts and mid shots. The camera doesn't move and the actress doesn't move off screen, giving the effect of her being boxed in. Despite this, she still makes the video interesting with the speed of the shots and the various props and makeups she uses. For example it will quickly jump from a shot of her blowing out a lighter to a shot of her licking her lips as blood falls down her chin, then back to her with a clean face and lip-syncing again.
Through the verses and chorus of the song there are no colour effects used, aside from the occasional black and white close-up. When the song hits the bridge at 3:00, everything changes. The amount of shots increase and many different colour effects are used. For example, ghost overlay, reverse, negative, and sepia. This gives the idea of a breakdown into hysteria.
A final interesting point in the video is at 3:27- half-way through the bridge- when the song suddenly calms. The effect she has used makes the video flicker and vary in saturation, giving the image of an old movie. This fits with the section of the song because it sounds a lot like an old movie or wartime radio broadcast.
MAMA
The opening of the music video begins in black and white with a mid close-up, but the colour fades into the picture as the volume of the music increases. The lip-syncing actress is wearing mostly red, fitting the 'dangerous' vibes that are often found in the rock genre.
Most of the video is made of jump cuts and mid shots. The camera doesn't move and the actress doesn't move off screen, giving the effect of her being boxed in. Despite this, she still makes the video interesting with the speed of the shots and the various props and makeups she uses. For example it will quickly jump from a shot of her blowing out a lighter to a shot of her licking her lips as blood falls down her chin, then back to her with a clean face and lip-syncing again.
Through the verses and chorus of the song there are no colour effects used, aside from the occasional black and white close-up. When the song hits the bridge at 3:00, everything changes. The amount of shots increase and many different colour effects are used. For example, ghost overlay, reverse, negative, and sepia. This gives the idea of a breakdown into hysteria.
A final interesting point in the video is at 3:27- half-way through the bridge- when the song suddenly calms. The effect she has used makes the video flicker and vary in saturation, giving the image of an old movie. This fits with the section of the song because it sounds a lot like an old movie or wartime radio broadcast.
Product Response
In this response I have tried to keep the camera in the same position like she has, and use a variety of colour effects.Sunday, 12 July 2015
Product Research - Black Sugar
"Black Sugar" is an eleven minute fantasy about a group of bored suburban teenagers who experiment with a mysterious new drug.
BLACK SUGAR
The preview image for this short film was confusing, and still is even after I've watched it. It's very blurry with a dark colour scheme. However, there is a patch of pink glow, drawing in the watcher as it looks very mysterious. The synopsis is what pulled me in.
"A group of bored suburban teens experiment with a mysterious new drug."
As the category is clearly stated to be "Fantasy about other worlds" I knew that something literally unbelievable was going to happen. It was going to be something as the result of taking a new drug, so I knew anything could happen.
The most intriguing part of the film is the sequence where the teenagers who have taken the drug start to hallucinate and appear to have been transported to another horror-filled world. They are taken by some sort of monster, which appears to be perhaps stop-motion, or maybe just someone in a costume, but I am very unsure. It reminded of the skeleton fighting scene in Jason and the Argonauts (which I will link below.)
I liked how it had the two worlds switching easily on the screen. The real world contrasted with the horror world with the fact that that the pace of the horror world was much faster, and the camera was mostly freehand and jolting to create a panicked atmosphere. The colour scheme was also darker, using dark blues and blacks.
BLACK SUGAR
The preview image for this short film was confusing, and still is even after I've watched it. It's very blurry with a dark colour scheme. However, there is a patch of pink glow, drawing in the watcher as it looks very mysterious. The synopsis is what pulled me in.
"A group of bored suburban teens experiment with a mysterious new drug."
As the category is clearly stated to be "Fantasy about other worlds" I knew that something literally unbelievable was going to happen. It was going to be something as the result of taking a new drug, so I knew anything could happen.
The most intriguing part of the film is the sequence where the teenagers who have taken the drug start to hallucinate and appear to have been transported to another horror-filled world. They are taken by some sort of monster, which appears to be perhaps stop-motion, or maybe just someone in a costume, but I am very unsure. It reminded of the skeleton fighting scene in Jason and the Argonauts (which I will link below.)
I liked how it had the two worlds switching easily on the screen. The real world contrasted with the horror world with the fact that that the pace of the horror world was much faster, and the camera was mostly freehand and jolting to create a panicked atmosphere. The colour scheme was also darker, using dark blues and blacks.
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Sunday, 21 June 2015
Product Research - In Guns We Trust
I was introduced to a site called shortoftheweek.com which is full of amazing short films. We looked at a twelve minute documentary called "In Guns We Trust" (linked below).
IN GUNS WE TRUST
The first thing I noticed about the preview image was the colour treatment. It is black and white and has many items in the back and foreground, making it a very busy photo. The monochrome colours create a bleak atmosphere. The fact that the centre focus oh the image is a faceless man holding a gun immediately gives off a negative vibe, and quite an intimidating one too. A beard is all that is seen of the main subject, which is messy and untrimmed, and he is wearing a ring with a satanistic symbol while holding a gun. This again gives off a very negative view.
The title itself is a twist on the common expression "In God We Trust" which is a phrase Americans keep at heart. It's ironic because God is believed to protect them, so replacing it with the word guns implies they have replaced their holy figure with an object used for war and to cause harm.
All images in the documentary are shot in black and white or sepia which emanates a bleak, gloomy, or horrific mood. Evidence of this effect being used to show this is obvious in the music videos "Weighted" and "Take Me To Church". As horror and bleak themes are my preferred genre I will most probably use this effect in my music video.
The aim of my response was to show the audience that adding a simple black and white colour effect can easily create an emotional or tense atmosphere.
IN GUNS WE TRUST
The first thing I noticed about the preview image was the colour treatment. It is black and white and has many items in the back and foreground, making it a very busy photo. The monochrome colours create a bleak atmosphere. The fact that the centre focus oh the image is a faceless man holding a gun immediately gives off a negative vibe, and quite an intimidating one too. A beard is all that is seen of the main subject, which is messy and untrimmed, and he is wearing a ring with a satanistic symbol while holding a gun. This again gives off a very negative view.
The title itself is a twist on the common expression "In God We Trust" which is a phrase Americans keep at heart. It's ironic because God is believed to protect them, so replacing it with the word guns implies they have replaced their holy figure with an object used for war and to cause harm.
All images in the documentary are shot in black and white or sepia which emanates a bleak, gloomy, or horrific mood. Evidence of this effect being used to show this is obvious in the music videos "Weighted" and "Take Me To Church". As horror and bleak themes are my preferred genre I will most probably use this effect in my music video.
Product Response
The aim of my response was to show the audience that adding a simple black and white colour effect can easily create an emotional or tense atmosphere.
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