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VSP Project 2: Shooting Practise & Editing

 16 October 2024 - 11 November 2024

CHONG CHENG TAO (0371072)
Video and Sound Production | Bachelor of Design in Creative Media | Taylor's University
Project 2: Shooting Practise & Editing 

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LECTURES

Week 4:


What is Production Crew ? (Beginner)

The production crew is a team of professionals who work together to create a film or video. Each member of the crew has a specific role and set of responsibilities, which are essential to the overall success of the production. Here are some of the key production crew members and their tasks:

1) Director
  • The director is responsible for overseeing the entire production and ensuring that the creative vision for the project is realised. 
  • They work closely with the cast and crew to block out scenes, direct the actors' performances, and make creative decisions about the look and feel of the film.

2) Producer
  • The producer is responsible for the logistical and financial aspects of the production. 
  • They secure funding, hire the crew, coordinate the schedule and locations, and ensure that the project is completed on time and within budget.

3) Cinematographer
  • The cinematographer, also known as the director of photography (DP), is responsible for the visual aesthetic of the film. 
  • They work closely with the director to choose the right camera, lenses, and lighting to achieve the desired look and mood for each scene.

4) Production Designer
  • The production designer is responsible for the overall visual design of the film, including the sets, costumes, and props. 
  • They work closely with the director and cinematographer to create a cohesive and immersive visual world for the story.

5) Sound Designer 
  • The sound designer is responsible for the audio aspects of the film, including recording and editing dialogue, sound effects, and music. 
  • They work closely with the director and editor to ensure that the sound and picture are seamlessly integrated.

6) Editor 
  • The editor is responsible for assembling the footage into a coherent and compelling story. 
  • They work closely with the director and sound designer to shape the pacing, tone, and structure of the film.

(Advanced)

There are many other roles on a production crew including grips, gaffers, makeup artists, and stunt coordinators, but these are some of the key positions and tasks involved in the filmmaking process.

Quiz
Fig 1.4.1 Quiz

Asynchoronous class materials

Stages of film production:

1) Development
  • Idea generated by producer of screenwriter, and they begin to turn the idea into a movie/film.
  • Producer is responsible in collect the creative elements, called putting together a packagae. This include screenplay, IP. director and actors.
  • A package should reflect good sell-ability, which attract investment from the financier.

2) Pre-production
  • This is the stage that includes the necessary preparation before the filming begins. 
  • For example, budget management, gathering team and pre-visualizing using storybaord.
3) Production
  • This is the stage that the actual film take place.
  • This stage will include the call sheet (schedule for each department and what should they do), the set up (lighting, camera, make up and costume) and shooting.

4) Post-production
  • After capturing the footage, this is the time for post-production.
  • Thsi include tasks like picture editing, sound editing and additional visuals like VFX and CGI.
5) Distribution
  • This stage is often under-discussed in the film production stages. 
  • This stsage includes marketing and securing distribution.

Quiz

Fig 1.4.2 Quiz


Week 5: (Shooting day no lecture)

Week 6
In this lecture: Mr. Martin taught us about color correction and color grading. Color correction is usally done first, color garding can be view as "make up" for the scene colors. 

Color correction: 
  • Process of correcting or fixing colors in a video to get them back to what they should look like for your project. 
Color grading: 
  • Process of grading or editing colors in a video or film to give them a stylistic look.
We are instructed to do color correction for the "LALIN"  video. When there is multiple scenes, we need to decide which scene's color is closer to the ideal outcome, and take it as the reference for the others.

When doing color correction, be "color blind" and focsus on highlight, midtone and shadow. Do not distracted by the colors.

Color> Lumetri Color> Basic correction

Open comparison View to take a adjusted frames as reference in adjusting other scenes.

Fig 1.5.1 Comparison View

Open lumetri scopes, choose Luma mode to veiw the RBG waves in black & white mode. This is useful in focusing on the overall exposure and darkness without getting distracted by colors.

Fig 1.5.2 Lumetri scopes


*For color grading, use adjustment layer on top of the footages.


INSTRUCTIONS


This is the Module Information Booklet for this module: 
Project 2.1: Production Shoot
Project 2.2: Tiktok Video


Project 2.1: Production Shoot

In this week, we need to form a pdoruction crew and seperate our role for the production shooting project. We are given the video clips and storybaord.

Fig 2.1.1 EEAAO Video Clips and Storybaord

Crew Roles

Producer: Siew Yong

Director: Amber
Assitance Director: Cheng Tao

D.O.P: Nicole(Kiew Ting Yi)
Assistance Camera: Sueanne

Lighting Crew:
  1. Stefanie
  2. Kaiqi
Art Director: Jiayi
Location Sound: Kaiqi
Boom Operator: Fathimath

Actor:
  1. Jiayi
  2. Nabil
Extra:
  1. Cheng Tao

After the shooting day, we gathered the footage and audio and start editing.
 
Fig 2.1.2 Footages and Audio

I import the footage first to clean the shots.

Fig 2.1.3 Clean the footages

I take a few reference including the official trailer of Everything Everywhere All At Once

Fig 2.1.4 Reference trailer: Everything Everywhere All At Once

I do my first rough cut to form my ideas. After watching the samples given by Mr. Martin, I decided to go with sad and emotional vibe instead of tense vibe. 

I choose an acoustic background music with female voices. I think it fits the overall atmosphere really well. Besides, I make some captions to intersperse between different scenes.

Fig 2.1.5 Music Selection

Fig 2.1.6 Typography & Captions Design

Fig 2.1.7 Caption between the Scenes


I try to apply a cinematic color on it while color garding. I adjust the temperature to make the overall video look more warmth.

Fig 2.1.8 Color garding & Temperature

These are a few effects I use in this video:
  • Concolution Kernel Find Edges: To make the inbetween farmes of the lighting more dramatic.
Fig 2.1.9 Concolution Kernel Find Edges

  • Noise: To add a texture and retro vibes.
Fig 2.1.10 Noise

  • Fast Blur In: Add blur effect in the intro and transition.

Fig 2.1.11 Fast Blur In

  • Unsharp Mark: Add sharpness to the expanded scene, reduce the blurness.
Fig 2.1.12 Unsharp Mark


Fig 2.1.13 Final Sequence


Fig 2.1.14 Project 2.1: EEATO Production Shooting


Project 2.2: Tiktok Video

Fig 2.2.1 Tiktok Video Proposal


Following are the footages/ scene I film:
Fig 2.2.2 Act 1 Footages

Fig 2.2.3 Act 2 Footages

Fig 2.2.4 Photos


To achieve the VHS/CRT looks effect, I apply the following effect in After Effect. 

Fig 2.2.5 VHS/CRT Effect (AE)

  • Grid, Mosaic, Gaussian Blur, and CC Vignette effects are used to create a blur and unclear VHS/CRT looking scenes.
  • Glow effects are used to purposely increase the overall exposure of the footages. 
  • CC Lens are used in some scene to stretch the footages.
Besides normal vertical shooting, I try to do some landscaoe scene in 4:3 ratio, which is the classic VHS / CRT scene ratio.
Fig 2.2.6 4:3 Ratio Landscape Scene

I add more variety to the videos by applying subtexts and dialogues. 

Fig 2.2.7 Subtext / Dialogue

In the outro, I received feedback from Mr. Martin to turn it into manga / comics looking scene. 

Fig 2.2.8 Manga / Comics Effect

Fig 2.2.9 Manga Filter Scene

Fig 2.2.10 Final Sequences

Fig 2.2.11 Tiktok / Instagram Video: auxin





FEEDBACK

Week 9:

Try to use manga effect & filter in the end of the videos, since it was shown in the first part of the video.


REFLECTIONS

This is such a challenging project for myself as it is my very first time in storyboarding, filming and editing a full video. It allows my own expression of my own aesthetics views to video productions. 

In my opinion, the editing phrase of this project is the hardest task throughout the module. Since it requires the sense in the flow of editing, the visual effects and the music selection in order to have a decent outcome.


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