Monday
Update
Bit of an update on whats been going on - filmed for 'Tea' on Thursday. The day started pretty hectic but got better as we went along. We stuck to our timetable quite well and got the majority of the shots done. We're filming more over this week for atmosphere shots of Lee Rosy's so hopefully only a few hours of filming. I'm editing so it's on me really in the next few weeks. Going into uni tomorrow to capture the film then going to go home and get together a list of shots etc. also going to grab the story board from Dave so I can get stuck in. As I've got a pretty decent set up at home I was hoping to do most of the editing there rather than at uni cause those computers are soooo unreliable. I did a bit of editing in the MALac and I really enjoyed it so quite looking forward to this part.
Thursday
Timetable for Tea
As our filming day begins at half 8 in the morning, we've had to make allowances that some locations will be unusable until 9am, however this shouldn't be a hinderance as we have made a timetable allowing for travelling time etc.
Thursday
7 - Make sure all group members are up and contactable so we can make last minute adjustments for members not coming in/being late.
8 - Group meet at Eric's house in the Lace Market, near to our locations to make last minute preps and to pick up equipment from Eric's as we're collecting it on Tuesday from university to do test shots.
8.30 - Director will be meeting the actors at university building and driving them to our first location, parking is available outside (pay and display).
9 - Location one (Lee Rosy's Tea Shop) will be open for filming, all group members and actors will be arriving. Set up and filming there until 10.15am
10.30 - Filming will be wrapped up at Lee Rosy's and move onto Cape, our second location. Set up and film there until 11.45
Midday - Arrive at our third location, the House. Stop for a lunch break, lunch will be purchased the day before, or ordered in on the day so as not to disrupt filming schedule.
3.30 - Actors are due to finish, we will stay behind to take any missing shots, (atmospheric shots etc.)
Thursday
7 - Make sure all group members are up and contactable so we can make last minute adjustments for members not coming in/being late.
8 - Group meet at Eric's house in the Lace Market, near to our locations to make last minute preps and to pick up equipment from Eric's as we're collecting it on Tuesday from university to do test shots.
8.30 - Director will be meeting the actors at university building and driving them to our first location, parking is available outside (pay and display).
9 - Location one (Lee Rosy's Tea Shop) will be open for filming, all group members and actors will be arriving. Set up and filming there until 10.15am
10.30 - Filming will be wrapped up at Lee Rosy's and move onto Cape, our second location. Set up and film there until 11.45
Midday - Arrive at our third location, the House. Stop for a lunch break, lunch will be purchased the day before, or ordered in on the day so as not to disrupt filming schedule.
3.30 - Actors are due to finish, we will stay behind to take any missing shots, (atmospheric shots etc.)
Monday
One of many dream jobs
I think I'd have died and gone to heaven if I became a researcher, travelling across the world to get inspiration for projects would be amazing.
Sunday
Friday
Proposal
Tea is a short film documenting the failing relationship of two lovers who share an intimate bond through tea. On the surface the couple look fine but as we follow their story the audience see the relationship deteriorating before they can themselves.
The length of our proposed film will be exactly 6 minutes long including the titles & credits.
For the schedule we have decided to complete all of the required filming in just one day as we only have the actors hired for this time slot between 8:30am & 3:30pm on Thursday the 18th of November. To ensure the shoot runs smoothly we will be staging a rehearsal at the University with the actors on Wednesday the 17th of November, to run through shots and ensure everything is as we planned it to look/feel. Editing will commence as of the 19th of November, and will be completed by the 3rd of December.
The script has been written by Julius Ayodeji. Talent that will be used in our short film will include professional actors Melissa Simpson & Jarrod Cooke, who will be playing the main characters in the script. As for camera crew we plan to use solely up & coming talent who are current students on the multimedia course at Nottingham Trent University. We are also planning to use friends as extras within our pub & cafe scenes, as well as some members of the general public is permission can be given and the necessary paperwork completed.
For the film shoot we have decided to use a Sony Z1, which we will be filming in HDV as well feel this well give better execution of the film & for it to stand up to industry trends. We will be using a Sennheiser K6 mic to capture the audio as we feel the Z1's built in mic does not record in enough quality, or give us the option to direct the audio with the K6 will.
The stylistics we are going for in this short film are going to be nice, clean, simple & crisp look, leaning towards a modern feel. We took inspiration from the program 'How to make it America' with the style of their credits & art direction of the whole show, with the characters being a young, professional trendy couple who you would associate with a certain clique of people.
Here are some links to 2 examples of how their opening titles look, as well as how they cut from scene to scene sometimes, which works really well if executed right.
OPENING CREDITS EXAMPLE
http://vimeo.com/16484536
SCENE CHANGE EXAMPLE
http://vimeo.com/16484207
When looking at our locations we tried to keep in mind the the general direction & feel of the film that we were aiming for. Keeping this in mind we have decided to use 'Lee Rosy's Tea Shop' for the cafe scenes, The bar at ‘Cape’ for the pub scene and a student house for the kitchen and house scenes.
The length of our proposed film will be exactly 6 minutes long including the titles & credits.
For the schedule we have decided to complete all of the required filming in just one day as we only have the actors hired for this time slot between 8:30am & 3:30pm on Thursday the 18th of November. To ensure the shoot runs smoothly we will be staging a rehearsal at the University with the actors on Wednesday the 17th of November, to run through shots and ensure everything is as we planned it to look/feel. Editing will commence as of the 19th of November, and will be completed by the 3rd of December.
The script has been written by Julius Ayodeji. Talent that will be used in our short film will include professional actors Melissa Simpson & Jarrod Cooke, who will be playing the main characters in the script. As for camera crew we plan to use solely up & coming talent who are current students on the multimedia course at Nottingham Trent University. We are also planning to use friends as extras within our pub & cafe scenes, as well as some members of the general public is permission can be given and the necessary paperwork completed.
For the film shoot we have decided to use a Sony Z1, which we will be filming in HDV as well feel this well give better execution of the film & for it to stand up to industry trends. We will be using a Sennheiser K6 mic to capture the audio as we feel the Z1's built in mic does not record in enough quality, or give us the option to direct the audio with the K6 will.
The stylistics we are going for in this short film are going to be nice, clean, simple & crisp look, leaning towards a modern feel. We took inspiration from the program 'How to make it America' with the style of their credits & art direction of the whole show, with the characters being a young, professional trendy couple who you would associate with a certain clique of people.
Here are some links to 2 examples of how their opening titles look, as well as how they cut from scene to scene sometimes, which works really well if executed right.
OPENING CREDITS EXAMPLE
http://vimeo.com/16484536
SCENE CHANGE EXAMPLE
http://vimeo.com/16484207
When looking at our locations we tried to keep in mind the the general direction & feel of the film that we were aiming for. Keeping this in mind we have decided to use 'Lee Rosy's Tea Shop' for the cafe scenes, The bar at ‘Cape’ for the pub scene and a student house for the kitchen and house scenes.
Sunday
Saturday
Rotoscoping
How amazing is this? This is how rotoscoping SHOULD be used. Immaculate execution, clean lines and compliment the original photographs perfectly.
Monday
Programme Credits
Looking over the projects for this year one thing that really caught my attention besides the dread of two 2000 word essays (wtf etc etc) was the title credits we have to make. So thought I'd stick a few cheeky ones on here that I like so I have them to come back to when it comes to it.
Dexter. Award winning credits, enough said.
Just good. No two ways about it.
Just cause its so famous.
Catch me if you can. This was fresh on my mind as I watched it yesterday, but I really like how this is composed. I want to look at more digitally generated title sequences.
Dexter. Award winning credits, enough said.
Just good. No two ways about it.
Just cause its so famous.
Catch me if you can. This was fresh on my mind as I watched it yesterday, but I really like how this is composed. I want to look at more digitally generated title sequences.
WHP Idents
WHP 10 ROOFTOP from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.
One of a series of animations for www.thewarehouseproject.com 2010 in Manchester
Produced by the irrepressible Bonnie Anthony
Post by www.rossmcdowell.co.uk
Many thanks to Sam and Sacha, Paul, Cadi and Andy, Tim, JC, Nick and the gang
Music: Beauty by Silkie
WHP 10 STEPS from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.
One of a series of animations for www.thewarehouseproject.com 2010 in Manchester
Produced by the irrepressible Bonnie Anthony
Post by www.rossmcdowell.co.uk
Many thanks to Sam and Sacha, Paul, Cadi and Andy, Tim, JC, Nick and the gang
Music: 16bit
WHP 10 CASTLEFIELD from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.
One of a series of animations for www.thewarehouseproject.com 2010 in Manchester
Produced by the irrepressible Bonnie Anthony
Post by www.rossmcdowell.co.uk
Many thanks to Sam and Sacha, Paul, Cadi and Andy, Tim, JC, Nick and the gang
Music: Uranium by Radioactive Man
One of a series of animations for www.thewarehouseproject.com 2010 in Manchester
Produced by the irrepressible Bonnie Anthony
Post by www.rossmcdowell.co.uk
Many thanks to Sam and Sacha, Paul, Cadi and Andy, Tim, JC, Nick and the gang
Music: Beauty by Silkie
One of a series of animations for www.thewarehouseproject.com 2010 in Manchester
Produced by the irrepressible Bonnie Anthony
Post by www.rossmcdowell.co.uk
Many thanks to Sam and Sacha, Paul, Cadi and Andy, Tim, JC, Nick and the gang
Music: 16bit
One of a series of animations for www.thewarehouseproject.com 2010 in Manchester
Produced by the irrepressible Bonnie Anthony
Post by www.rossmcdowell.co.uk
Many thanks to Sam and Sacha, Paul, Cadi and Andy, Tim, JC, Nick and the gang
Music: Uranium by Radioactive Man
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