Friday 24 September 2010
Thursday 23 September 2010
Cinematography Photos!
We took this shot, because of the variety of colours in the shot, it is aesthetically please, because all of the colours work well and are easy on the eye. However, we tried experimenting with the shot because we never wanted to take it from the normal head on angle. Also, at the bottom of the photo there is a reflection from the light around the photo on the vending machine. These reflections are running parallel with each other, and add to the effect of the photo.
Cinematography Photos!
We decided on this photo, because of the lighting and shapes in it. The light coming through the door windows. It makes the coat hanging on the door stand out than it normally would. The lighting is very bright - it gives of the effect that there is nothing on the other side of the door, just the coat (Which looked like a person at first glance). If going on the looks from the first glance it looks like a person is standing there waiting to pounce.
Cinematography Photos!
We decided on taking this photo from this angle, because of the mise en scene present in the shot. The photo is very symmetrical with the two hanging trees on the side and the bushes on the ground around the small quad area. The light is on the dark side, which adds to the shaded area created by the shadows of the trees.
Monday 20 September 2010
Cinematography Photos!
Me and Marika chose this photo because we liked the shapes in the photo. We took it through a circular pot hole, at a slanted angle our aim was to shoot through this, and bring the circle with the four lines coming off it into the photo. This brings the attention of the audience to the background of the photo. I also like the use of lighing in the photo, with the right side of the photo in the shadow - drawing the focus more onto the background.
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Story Idea Number 1:
Because I am a keen footballer, when i was trying to think of story ideas everything that came into my head was football or sport related. So when hearing an idea from one of my classmates about a sports persons career highs and lows, i changed what came from them into my own idea.
The idea I have for my film is of an Athlete trailing to get into the Great Britain 2010 Olympic team. He is one of the best of the country and of the world after winning gold in previous tournaments.
However, during the race he falls over (Ending his dream of representing Great Britain for another 4 years) After numerous failed attempts the young sportsman gets involved with the wrong crowd and gets hooked on the drugs and alcohol ending his career in a bad way.
If this idea was to go ahead, there are several locations nearby and local for us to access, one being a short 5-10 minute walk away at Maysbrook stadium
The idea I have for my film is of an Athlete trailing to get into the Great Britain 2010 Olympic team. He is one of the best of the country and of the world after winning gold in previous tournaments.
However, during the race he falls over (Ending his dream of representing Great Britain for another 4 years) After numerous failed attempts the young sportsman gets involved with the wrong crowd and gets hooked on the drugs and alcohol ending his career in a bad way.
If this idea was to go ahead, there are several locations nearby and local for us to access, one being a short 5-10 minute walk away at Maysbrook stadium
Short Film Research:
Below is some general information on short films, ranging from how long they are, to the categories they fall under.
Sub-categories:
Animated short (hand-drawn or CGI)
Documentary short subject
Experimental or abstract short films
Live action short
Musical short
Soundies
Sponsored
Travelogue
- North America refer to them being 20-40 minutes long
- Europe, Latin America and Australasia to be much shorter
- In New Zealand the duration is referred to as longer than one minute and shorter than 15 minutes
- Often focus on difficult topics
- Distributed on Internet
However, because the short film we will make with consist of no sound and will last for no longer than 5 minutes it will be important will make the content of our films attract and not bore our audience.
We will be making a silent movie with no dialogue. Therefore the pictures of the locations and the mise en scene around our shots need to tell our story specifically as we want.
- The location and the surroundings can tell an viewer a lot into the film, for example if we was filming in a busy train station with thousands of workers flooding through the station with their suits and briefcases just by the location of the train station, and the costume and props of the people walking pass the camera makes the audience think and believe that the station is in a big city centre like London.
- Another example of where we will need to be spot on when creating out film is our costumes just like in the point above the type of clothes the people in the shot are wearing can also give clues to where the people are heading to if unknown. For example: Several Men walking down a street in football shirts and flags. Instantly the audience believes they are on their way to a sports event.
- I believe that because our film will be silent, with the only noise coming from our soundtrack. A soundtrack can give away a lot to the audience, it can give away the mood of the film, just by the tempo and the words of the song. The song can create the atmosphere for the film.
The video above is of a scene from 'Saving Private Ryan' although this movie is not a slient film, the music still adds another dimention to the film, it adds in to the emotion of the film, and what is happening during the scene with the other sounds around such as gun shot fires and shouts (typical war setting). Halfway through this seqence the dialoge and digetic sound disappear, leaving the soundtrack and video quiet, the effect on the audience seeing these images with the resulting soundtrack is very sad and filled with emotion.
This Video below, is just a composition by a piano player.
Sub-categories:
Animated short (hand-drawn or CGI)
Documentary short subject
Experimental or abstract short films
Live action short
Musical short
Soundies
Sponsored
Travelogue
- North America refer to them being 20-40 minutes long
- Europe, Latin America and Australasia to be much shorter
- In New Zealand the duration is referred to as longer than one minute and shorter than 15 minutes
- Often focus on difficult topics
- Distributed on Internet
However, because the short film we will make with consist of no sound and will last for no longer than 5 minutes it will be important will make the content of our films attract and not bore our audience.
We will be making a silent movie with no dialogue. Therefore the pictures of the locations and the mise en scene around our shots need to tell our story specifically as we want.
- The location and the surroundings can tell an viewer a lot into the film, for example if we was filming in a busy train station with thousands of workers flooding through the station with their suits and briefcases just by the location of the train station, and the costume and props of the people walking pass the camera makes the audience think and believe that the station is in a big city centre like London.
- Another example of where we will need to be spot on when creating out film is our costumes just like in the point above the type of clothes the people in the shot are wearing can also give clues to where the people are heading to if unknown. For example: Several Men walking down a street in football shirts and flags. Instantly the audience believes they are on their way to a sports event.
- I believe that because our film will be silent, with the only noise coming from our soundtrack. A soundtrack can give away a lot to the audience, it can give away the mood of the film, just by the tempo and the words of the song. The song can create the atmosphere for the film.
The video above is of a scene from 'Saving Private Ryan' although this movie is not a slient film, the music still adds another dimention to the film, it adds in to the emotion of the film, and what is happening during the scene with the other sounds around such as gun shot fires and shouts (typical war setting). Halfway through this seqence the dialoge and digetic sound disappear, leaving the soundtrack and video quiet, the effect on the audience seeing these images with the resulting soundtrack is very sad and filled with emotion.
This Video below, is just a composition by a piano player.
2 Famous Cinematographers:
Charles Rosher:
- Two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer
- He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award
- Born in London
- He was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers and served as the group’s first Vice-President
- In the 1920s he was one of the most sought-after cinematographers in Hollywood
- In addition, Rosher also received two Eastman Medals (named for George Eastman), Photoplay magazine’s Gold Medal, and the only fellowship ever awarded by the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Notable films: Sunrise (1927), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), The Yearling (1946), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951)
James Wong Howe:
- Had over 130 films to his credit, spanning from the silent era to colour
- During the 1930s and 1940s he was considered one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood
- He was nominated for ten Academy Awards for cinematography, winning twice
- As well as being one of the first cinematographers to use deep focus photography, Howe pioneered techniques to augment eyes on B&W film, early dolly techniques, handheld camera techniques and shooting by unusual light sources, such as by candlelight on The Molly Maguires
Notable films: The Thin Man (1934), Algiers (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Rose Tattoo (1955), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Old Man and the Sea (1958), Hud (1963), Funny Lady (1975)
- Two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer
- He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award
- Born in London
- He was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers and served as the group’s first Vice-President
- In the 1920s he was one of the most sought-after cinematographers in Hollywood
- In addition, Rosher also received two Eastman Medals (named for George Eastman), Photoplay magazine’s Gold Medal, and the only fellowship ever awarded by the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Notable films: Sunrise (1927), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), The Yearling (1946), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951)
James Wong Howe:
- Had over 130 films to his credit, spanning from the silent era to colour
- During the 1930s and 1940s he was considered one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood
- He was nominated for ten Academy Awards for cinematography, winning twice
- As well as being one of the first cinematographers to use deep focus photography, Howe pioneered techniques to augment eyes on B&W film, early dolly techniques, handheld camera techniques and shooting by unusual light sources, such as by candlelight on The Molly Maguires
Notable films: The Thin Man (1934), Algiers (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Rose Tattoo (1955), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Old Man and the Sea (1958), Hud (1963), Funny Lady (1975)
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