Before I left on my holiday, I have organised the Facebook group. I put a list of what each person has to do and the due dates. It would really make my job easier if they responded to the list as required and didn't need me to chase them around.
However, I do think that we are prepared for our principle photography on the 4th of january. One thing I regret not doing though, is location scouting. It would make the screenwriter's job much easier if she saw the setting first.
I started doing an analysis of Robert Schwentke's Flightplan. What shots were used, why they were used, and how it contributed to the mood of the film. I also realised that by watching the documentaries of the "making of" the movie, I was able to learn much more about the choices that the screen writer, director... etc used, and how it was done in a professional environment. For example, I learned how they shot the scene of Jody Foster circling around her; an arc. I was able to see that they had laid tracks on the ground to make the movement smoother.
I also saw how different colored lighting can change the mood, as well as tell the audience that it is a different time/place. For example, at the beginning of the film, the parts where Foster is imagining things and the parts where Foster is not imagining things have different lighting; one is noticably darker and bluer than the other. The plane itself has different hues. The economy section is bluer and darker, whilst the galleys is white and brighter. This could lead to change of mood in the audience.
By analysing this film, I also realised how many thing we, as students, will not be able to do due to skill/manpower/money/time restraints. For example, shooting a scene in the middle of causeway bay with 50 background actors would be impossible.
Interestingly, whilst analysing the film and searching up different film/shot techniques, I came upon the dolly zoom. I remember our group discussing how to make the object stay the same size whilst the background zooms in, and we weren't able to see how it could easily be done without using a greenscreen. When I came upon this wikipedia page, I learned a new film technique, which we will be able to fairly easily use in our Wong Kar Wai styled film.
However, I do think that we are prepared for our principle photography on the 4th of january. One thing I regret not doing though, is location scouting. It would make the screenwriter's job much easier if she saw the setting first.
I started doing an analysis of Robert Schwentke's Flightplan. What shots were used, why they were used, and how it contributed to the mood of the film. I also realised that by watching the documentaries of the "making of" the movie, I was able to learn much more about the choices that the screen writer, director... etc used, and how it was done in a professional environment. For example, I learned how they shot the scene of Jody Foster circling around her; an arc. I was able to see that they had laid tracks on the ground to make the movement smoother.
I also saw how different colored lighting can change the mood, as well as tell the audience that it is a different time/place. For example, at the beginning of the film, the parts where Foster is imagining things and the parts where Foster is not imagining things have different lighting; one is noticably darker and bluer than the other. The plane itself has different hues. The economy section is bluer and darker, whilst the galleys is white and brighter. This could lead to change of mood in the audience.
By analysing this film, I also realised how many thing we, as students, will not be able to do due to skill/manpower/money/time restraints. For example, shooting a scene in the middle of causeway bay with 50 background actors would be impossible.
Interestingly, whilst analysing the film and searching up different film/shot techniques, I came upon the dolly zoom. I remember our group discussing how to make the object stay the same size whilst the background zooms in, and we weren't able to see how it could easily be done without using a greenscreen. When I came upon this wikipedia page, I learned a new film technique, which we will be able to fairly easily use in our Wong Kar Wai styled film.
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