Mv production assignment evaluation form 2020(1)
- 3. RESEARCH There were many interesting videos I watched for my research however, only a few influenced my final product. Beastie Boys' Intergalactic, in that video they used time-lapse which had an impression on me. You can also see this influence in my edit test video which has a time-lapse. I really like the look of the sped-up footage, it's interesting and dynamic. There is also a reason behind the technique in my video, as stated in my planning- the third layer of the characters mind, the sped-up footage shooting round Helmsley, looking for something or someone- the key to unlock himself to come to terms with his past and accept it. One of my favourite directorsis David Fincher, I knew he came from making music videos, so in my research I went out to find some of the videos he worked on. Sure enough they were great, not my type of music but the video is well made. In particularYogue by Madonna. The shots are so smooth, especially the opening dolly shot. This impacted my use of the rig. Fincher famouly sticks to using the camera on a dolly or set up, rarely handheld. Therefore I wanted to make the choice of using a handheld shot impactful to the audience. Of course the tracking shots, were handheld as that was the only way, I don't have a gimble or stedi-cam. Not only did I watch music videos so I could understand the conventions and styles, but films went into my research as well. For example, The Converstaion. The segment of my video with the character sat at the desk is all inspired by that film. However, I have my character listening on his memories rather people. A more direct piece of inspiartion is Pulp Fiction, I didn't rewatch the film in preparation, it's the opening scene. That scene has stuck with me ever since I watched it, it's incredible. Music videos are littered with intertextuality, I wanted my video to have the same. Both direct and subtle.
- 4. PLANNING The planning helped me be relativley prepared for the shoot. I knew what was happening when, this was thanks to the structural breakdown. I could've planned better. I could have covered more detail which could have potentially quickened up the day of shoot and made things a tad smoother for myself. For example, write out a full scrept for the video, to act as my 'bible' on the shoot. All the shots are composed in my head, the script will help we stay on track, so I know what to shoot, as we almost forgot to shoot the final sequence.
- 5. TIME MANAGEMENT I shot the video over the course of two days. Day one, wasn't a problem for time management, we exclusively shot everything in my bedroomthat day, so we wouldn't have to come back and move things again. It just made sense. Jack lives in Helmsley so he didn't need to be back at any certain time. It was easy going, we got everything we needed to shoot. Day two was on location. I had Jack and Abi; Abi was coming in for 10am my mum picking her up. Only two main locations. Under the bridge. And the restaurant which closes at 3 but reopensat 5, only we had 90 minuets as they set up at 4:30. I allowed us plenty of time under the bridge and for lunch. Just before we went into the restaurant, we had enough time to film a few segments in Helmsley, that are only briefly seen in the final product. The restaurant was tight. Luckily, I had used that location on a previous film, so I knew what the time limit felt like. I feel I managed my time well. We were never rushing to get shots done, the project was completed on time. If I had additional time in the restaurant it wouldn't have made much difference, as while filming I thought I wouldn't have enough footage and when it came to editing, I found I had loads of footage. So extra time could've been used to get better shots, but I still would've had to fight over shots.
- 6. TECHNICAL QUALITIES - CAMERA The similarities and differences between existing products would first directly be the properties that inspired my video that I paid homage to. Wever that being a lighting decision, set dressing, narrative, or shadowing the movement of characters from the property like in my reference to Pulp Fiction additionally the robbery plan could be an extension of that reference.
- 7. TECHNICAL QUALITIES – EDITING/POST In editing, it's quite hard to compare to other products. However, I can talk about an inspiration of the editing, which affects the structure more. I had planned this before I edited, it was to inter cut throughoutthe video from memories to the visual metaphor to his mind scrambling through the streets. Part of this was influenced by the editing of Nicolas Roeg's films. It's exceptional. If I could go back and improve it, to would use more match cuts linked the memories to the visual metaphor. I did shoot a match cut however, that got left on the cutting room floor, so to speak. And it didn't work the way I wanted it to.
- 8. AESTHETIC QUALITIES I set out to make the video have a very distinict aesthetic, especially with the lighting. I think I achieved that greatly. The visuals were a big thing, since it was all visual storytelling, I imagined it as a silent short film, but with a song playing guiding the narrative. One of the weaknessesof the use of colour is not always having a meaningful reason to the narractive for the chosen colour. For example, the brief flashes of green the only reason I chose that was to have more diverse colours, it looked cool, and one of my inspirations Paris, Texas uses that green, but in a different shade, still I wanted to make an homage. The segment of the video at the desk. Pattern in colours- orange, red, yellow,a tint of pink to reflect greif loss and his death love, that being the pink as she wears a pink coat. It's a dark state of mind, but colourful for the video, nicely juxtaposed. One thing I would've liked to improve on would be the lighting in the restaurant, specifically this shot. I just think it could've used another main colour. We did light the left side with blue, but obviously the light setting was on low. And the right side was on purple and red.
- 10. PEER FEEDBACK
- 11. FEEDBACK 1 What did you like about the product? What improvements could have been made to the product?
- 12. FEEDBACK 2 What did you like about the product? What improvements could have been made to the product?
- 13. FEEDBACK 3 What did you like about the product? What improvements could have been made to the product?
- 14. PEER FEEDBACK SUMMARY What do you agree with from your peer feedback? What do you disagree with from your peer feedback?