Vet semester Two Week 4

For Mismatch this week both the director and I found our main actor Paul Morris to play the narrator in the film as he suited the role perfectly.  This week I further began to breaking down the script and decide which scenes were best shot first I had decided the sheep scene would be the most difficult to do as we didn't know where to find a farm that would allow us to shoot with them so I decided that would have to be organised first. I started researching for farms close to our area so traveling would not be a major problem unfortunately all i could find were places in Diggers Rest and even further locations so they were no help. I rang a nearby children's farm but unfortunately they would not allow us to film with their sheep. Eventually after much research i found the ideal location which was perfect for everybody it was a short distance from all our homes and right near our school it was a little farm near Kingston Signs. I rang them and was given the ok to shoot with their sheep.

Vet Semester Two Week 3

This week i had to leave early due to parent teacher interviews however i completed a large amount of work with only a small amount of time, i managed to complete all story boards as well as finish my OH&S assignment i learnt that employers and employees have a responsibility to ensure that the health and safety of the staff on project workplaces are in safe environment with minimal hazards.

Week Two Semester 2

This week at vet i completed the production schedule and finalised all dates. I added them to a 2011 calendar and specifically mentioned which scenes will be filmed on what day. This week i also began story boarding specific scenes and am halfway done. I completed the script breakdowns and thoroughly checked through all of them to see if all the breakdowns were correct.

Semester Two First Lesson

Wednesday the 20th of July

For our first lesson back to normal VET classes both me the producer, and my partner Rachel the director of "Mismatch" held auditions for the minor role of Jane. Jane is a refined sophisticated character that gets into conflict with the narrarator of the film. We narrowed our applications down to 2 woman that would best suit the role, and that we felt had the right look for this particular film. Both woman gave strong performances and it was a tough decision to select one of the two, however in the end we both decided on Alanah who we felt naturally fit the role.

I learnt how to be proffesional and work with people who i had never previously meet. although I was nervouse at first I soon felt at ease with my role as the producer.Some problems that had arisen was with the setting up of the camera and I and the director struggled at first to set it up properly, but with the help of others we soon got the grip of it and are determined to work more with the camera so we will neext time be able to set up the entire camera ourselves. The director and I started looking for the perfect outfit for our main character the narrarator through the costume department here at Sandringham and we were luckiy enough to find something ideal for the narrarator that fits his quirky yet strange character.

This lesson I also worked on the production schedule and organized the majority of our filming days with specific times and locations, and finalized these dates with my director. If all goes to plan we only have three more scences to shoot before our due date. We have aimed to complete shooting by the end of August and begin on the editing asap.

Screenings of previously created films

As a class we were shown, films that the previous students had created we wrote down notes on what had not been done properly and what we needed to do to achieve a pass. We also discussed our views on the different films and which ones we liked best and the ones we liked least we also gave reasons for our choices and shared them with the class.

Media VET

This week in VET we were given time to finish our trailors and a lady came to view them. i managed to finish on time and add all the effects needed for each logo. The only problem was that i had put some in a different order.

Vet Acting

Today we go to work with the vet acting students we had to film our allocated clips with our groups I was a boom holder for the majority of the time, which was quite painful to endure. I now realize how much strength a person needs to have to hold something like that up for hours.

 This week we also got to work with the vet acting students again I took on the position of director and chose which shots would be used. I also got to make sure the sound was accurate and all dialogue could be heard. Another role that I was assigned to was floor manager it was my job to count down, I made a few mistakes but eventually got it. I learnt that I need to speak up if I want to be heard as I have a quite voice.

Bond University

This week in VET we had steve from bond university come and speak to the class about the the university and a scholarship that we could try out for. The class was shown previous films that his students had made and we were shown lighting techniques. After the break we were separated into groups and assigned different types of lighting i was given the scenario of someone sitting in front of a fire. As a group we were told to create lighting that resembled a fire. We had red paper that needed to be put in front of a light, we were also shown how which types of light are most useful to create certain atmospheres.

Trailors and Ripping a DVD

I have learnt so much since starting this media vet my skills have increased dramatically especially within the last few weeks. At the beginning of this semester i was unsure of how to use certain programs and set up media equipment. However since then i now know how to do those things. I never understood how to use final cut pro but since making our trailers and ripping DVD, i now know how to render and create soundtracks using soundtrack pro. The task of creating trailers for the bayside film festival, has helped me drastically as i now know how to edit scenes and add different effects to a film or trailer which was something i was not sure of previously.

Bayside Film Festival Trailor

Today i finished ripping the Vet Acting screen clip to DVD i learnt how to render, export and import i also learnt how to add sound effects to the Looking For Alibrandi clip by making the soundtrack on soundtrack pro.  I started on my Bayside Film festival trailer and learnt how to make my own music from scrap in soundtrack pro i created an upbeat track that was simple yet still catchy it went for 30 seconds.

Media VET

This week in VET we were randomly selected and put into groups, we were then told to brainstorm some simple film ideas. When we had come up with an idea we had to draw up our story boards and decided on the different shots that were going to be used in our film. I learnt several different things this week, i now know where to find the zebra button on the camera and what it does, i was taught how to pan the camera and how to shoot a scene properly and that it was okay to show a main character running out from a shot as it made the film seem more realistic.

Media VET

This week in Media we finished filming i learnt how to capture from our film and put it onto the computer, i also learnt how to edit and cut. I now know where to find special effects on final cut and how to add them to a scene i realised that when cutting a scene i needed to remember to also cut the audio as well as i forgot to do so. In class i also learnt about a different shot that i was not familiar with, we were told about depth of focus shots and how to get them on the camera we were shown what they looked like in so we were able to identify them in other films.