Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Blog 4

A movie I watched recently was "Drinking Buddies" on Netflix. It wasn't my favorite film, but I thought certain things about it was really interesting. I noticed it was mostly hand held, so once the movie was over I started googling things about the film. Firstly, Swansberg directed it. I read that it was unscripted and that instead of writing a screenplay, Swansberg discussed the characters and story with his cast and filled in the blanks during post. (editing process) I thought it was interesting that there wasn't any script. Thinking back to it now, some points were a little awkward and I can't tell if that's what he wanted or it's just how the actors were.  I found an article where it says, "With Joe, there is no script," Richardson explains. "In our first conversations, we talked about how we enjoyed filmmaking as 'creation in the moment,' as much as about planning and preparation. For Drinking Buddies, we just had a two-page outline describing where the characters needed to go. It was very loose." 
Another thing I found interesting, was the camera, as I mentioned. I found another article where it states,
"Richardson says he used minimal equipment when it came to lighting, but that doesn't mean he wasn't fussy about illuminating his shots. "I'm very particular about the way I cut light," he says. "I'll spend as much time as tweaking and refining the lights as placing them. [In cinematography] you're always trying to bring a three-dimensional feel to a two-dimensional image." I thought this was interesting because how aren't you fussy when it comes to putting together a film?? Looking back at the film, it does look fine to me, but that just be my opinion. You guys should check it out and let me know your thoughts. I also found an article where someone says, "The freedom accorded the actors in performance sometimes argued for a handheld camera. In many situations, Richardson would light a set for 360 degrees to facilitate this approach." I thought that was really interesting and definitely was smart. Since it was unscripted, you never know what the actor is going to do or how they're going to portray something that the director wanted. So for handheld and set for lights 360 degrees, was a smart thing to do. Overall, the film was really interesting. I thought the ending was going to be different to be honest. I would spoil anything for you guys, so go check it out when you have time. 

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

rough cut 2 of project 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-QmjKrnryQ&sns=fb
Still have to fix the voiceover and also the text titles. Let me know any other thoughts/comments!
Thanks.

DVP Project 2 Rough Cut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4v8WjOmcf0&feature=youtu.be

Project 2 Final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFk393ALOaM&feature=youtu.be

A game of Kings. Please be free to comment

Project 2 Final Submission- I LOVE YOU

http://youtu.be/TeyxUkYMlKk

This is my final submission for project 2.

I made several changes to it since the rough cut. For color correction I changed the lighting during the texting scene in the beginning. The original cut had a almost orange yellowish color and it made her fingers look dark. I used the three way color corrector to try to match to the other clips as much as possible. So for that scene I lightened the color a bit. Another thing I changed is some of the sounds used. For example I added a knocking sound from freesound.org for the scene where Ryan is knocking on the door. I also lowered the balance of audio and played around with the levels in the scene where she is crying on her bed to take away a bit of the echo noise in the background and to lower her crying down a bit. I also changed the color in the scene where she is eating popcorn and crying watching television. I dimmed the lighting and highered the saturation to make it seem as if it was in a dark room and she was really indeed watching a film.

here is the original:

http://youtu.be/ET4B7cOTdmE


Project 1 final submission

http://youtu.be/JcxoN93v2OE

This is my project 1 final submission. It was a bit hard to re shoot with a tight schedule and the equipment not being available right away but overall I am happy with the finished product. This is a scene from the movie "Two Hands" starring Heath Ledger.

Here is the original clip:

http://youtu.be/3RkDQN8Kvso


The Diner - Rough Cut 2

 
The second rough cut of Project 2, shortened by 2 minutes. Some of the text has been edited as well.
 
Presented by Ryan O'Donnell, Jason Stecher, Laura Boctor, and Kristina Amerkanian. Special Thanks to Jason Timberger for his participation and support, and The Alexis Diner for their generosity.
 
All sounds are a product of iMovie, Freesound.org, and Incompetech.com. No copyrights have been infringed.