Problem Solving and Experiments
- 2. Mind Map
- 3. Theoretical Problems Problem What would happen if it happened Solution Actors might be late or not show up Delay production and filming Set a new day for filming and reminder the actors that of day or find a replace if the actor can't be in your film Actors might not be albe to film if in lockdown Won't be able to film and delay production Use family members to be in your film if we are still in lockdown when production begins Bad weather conditions Would have to delay filming and find a new day to film or someone could slip and fall over Check forecast for weather updates to make sure that the weather will be good when filming starts and if I am filming make sure everyone is safe Actors might not be able to access the are your filming This would delay filming Supply transport to the location and do location scouting to make sure the location is accessible Actors might not be able to be close to each other This would make filming harder Might be able to close action scene unless with family members and for non-family members it could be a shootout scene so that they don’t have to get close Actors could need refreshments or might need to go the toilet If there is no toilet in filming location it would take time to find one and actors could get thirsty or hungry which will also take time to find a shop which will delay filming Make sure to bring refreshments if you are filming for a long time and do location scouting to make sure there is a toilet nearby. Some Crew and Actors might not get along This could delay filming because they might be arguing and might not be focus on the job at hand Make sure to involve people that you know get along and people that you trust but if this still happens talk to the people that are arguing and see if you can solve the situation and if you can't you might have to remove one of them from the production or both Actors might have to leave early or might be busy when filming This would delay production because I might not get much filming done When planning your filming make sure everyone that needs to be there can be and if not try to find a different day and if that doesn’t work try to find a replacement that can go
- 4. Practical And Technical Problems Problem What would happen if it happened Solution Camera can run out of battery during filming This would delay filming because I would have to charge up the camera Make sure the camera is charged before filming and always double check its charge at least one day before filming starts Camera and computer can run of storage during filming This would stop production because I would have to free up space before continuing with production Before filming or editing starts make sure you have enough storage to do all the editing and filming you want to do and make remove if you don’t by deleting old files or photos or videos that you don’t need anymore Equipment can get damage during filming This would delay production a lot because the equipment would have to get fixed or replace which will come with a cost as well When filming make sure anyone using equipment knows how to use it and how to use it safely, if they don’t teach them how to use it safely and don’t film in dangerous area so the equipment can't get broken Equipment might not be accessible because of Covid- 19 This would delay production because I would have to find some equipment or find different way to do my film without finding that equipment If you can't access college equipment use your own camera or phone to film production and for a tripod find something to rest your camera or phone on like a box Software crashes mid editing session This would delay production if I haven't saved recently so would have to start again Make sure to save regularly so that you don’t lose progress Software corrupts your files of project This would delay production because I might have to start my editing again Make sure to have backups of your project so you don’t have to start again Software might not accessible This would delay production because I would have to find new software Before production starts find free to use software that you can use a home instead of college software so that you can do production at home if we are still in lockdown
- 5. Health Based Problems Health based problem What would happen solution Someone on the cast and crew could get covid-19 If this happens this would delay filming because if they were in contact with everyone on set, we would all have too self-isolate Make sure everyone is following the COVID-19 guidelines and make sure everyone is wearing a mask and if someone isnt make sure they have one to wear If someone of the cast or crew has mobility issue If the person can't access the location it would delay filming because we would be missing a cast or crew member Make sure to do location scouting so that everybody in your cast and crew can accesses the location you want to film at. If someone in your cast and crew need medication If the person doesn’t have their medication when filming, it could be a health risk because if that person needs that medication when filming they could be a risk If anybody in your cast or crew need medication make sure to know about by asking them and remind them to bring with them when filming and incase so bad does happen make sure everybody has a phone on them to call emergency services When editing the film my eyes could get strained or I could hurt my back I could get a headachce or hurt my back which would make me lose my focus on my production Make sure to take a break every hour for 5 minutes so that your eyes don’t get strained and your back doesn’t hurt I could trip over a wire near my computer I could hurt my head if I fall over which would delay my production Make sure the room your working is clean, and all wires are tucked away
- 6. Finance Props These are the props that I want to buy for my film the total cost of all these props is £40.32 which is quite expensive the most expensive item is the rubber sledgehammer which is £21.97, I could try a cheaper item or ask a friend if they have something similar and if I could borow it. The rubber sledgehammer prop isnt that important because I can replace it with anything really, I just thought it look cool. The props are important though because I need the ski mask for one of the characters and my film won't really work without it, but the ski mask is only £7.99 so it's not that expensive. The other prop is fake blood which I have used before in my short horror film project and it work well in that so I would like to use it again in this, I still have so left over from the short horror film project but If I run out it will cost me £10.30 which is not too bad, but I think a have enough from my last project to use in this project.
- 7. Finance Equipment This equipment will be used during filming for my project and would cost me a total of £52.97 which very expensive. The most expensive piece of equipment is the shotgun microphone which costs £25.99, this piece of equipment is probably be the lest used because I could add sound effects in the editing phase or use the cameras inbuilt microphone or I can borow one from college but if we are still in lockdown, I might not be able to get one from college, also college only has limit stock so it muitple people are using them I might not be able to get one and when the equipment is returned it has to be sterolized which will mean ti will take longer for them to be back in stock. The next pice of equipment is a LED camera light used for scene film in dark areas and costs £13.99 which is okay but I college also has their own lights that I could borrow but if could have similar problems to the shotgun microphone. If I don’t manage to get one, I can just film my scene in a lighter area. The last piece of equipment is a camera stabilizer which will cost £12.99 which is the cheapest equipment on this list, but I could also use a tripod from college which doesn’t basically the same thing or I have my own tripod which I can use which has a handle attachment which is like the stabilizer
- 8. Experiments
- 9. Experiment 1 This transition was made showing off the first location and then moving something to cover the camera's Lense for this example I used my hand which create a black screen and then in the second location I started with my hand already on the Lense and then moved out of the way to show of the second location. This effect can be made better by using masking by moving an object in front of the camera and then using the masking tool in premiere pro you can make the second location appear while that object moves Infront of the camera but because I am working at home, I don’t have access to premiere pro, so I had to use free to use software and did I simple version of the transition without masking. I could use this transition in my final product in Mutiple ways. When I'm filming and someone walks into shot which covers up the camera, I could use this technique to recover the shot and use it as a transition. Another way I could use this technique is that I could plan out a scene where Someone covers up the camera like if the actors was hanging up a coat and the camera could the coat hanger and then I could use that to switch to a new scene or a different perspective.
- 10. Experiment 2 This experiment was made by having to shot which were moving the same direction in this case it was left and the first shot went from the hallway to a close wall and the second shot started with the wall shot and then a different hallway. This technique is useful for filming montages to show a character's journey like to work or school, it could also be used for a searching montage like if the character is trying to find something you can use this to show that the character has looked in a lot of places. This technique is easy and simple to do the only bad thing about this transition is that both the shots must be moving the same direction and the locations you are filming at need to have a wall or object that to can pan to make the transition work.
- 11. Experiment 3 This experiment makes the camera look like it went through a door and is done by filming the first shot with the door closed and moving your camera quite fast towards the door, makes sure that the footage of the first shot ends with the door cover up the whole screen like the middle screenshot on this slide. The second step is to then film your second shot but this time with the door open, try to start your second shot at the same place you ended your first shot, when filming the second shot make sure to move at the same speed you were moving with the first shot. This transition could be used for a chase sequence like if a character is being chased by supernatural being, it can also be used for if you want to use a room but then you want to transition to different room you do this technique for example you film you first shot for going close to the door and then second shot could lead to different room. The negatives for using this transition is that you need your locations to have doorways but other than that it is a very good transition to use.
- 12. Experiment 4 This experiment was supposed to be like experiment 2 but instead of the camera panning along it does 360 degrees spin, how I made this transition was that I put a monopod on my camera so that I could spin it around and then I did the first shot which was 180 degrees turn from the right with my camera and then I did my seocnd shot but this time the camera started upside down because that’s where the camera ended in the first shot and I did another 180 degrees turn but this time it was from the left, so then you edit the clips togeher you should get a 360 degrees spin but the tranistion didn’t really work. The first problem with the tranistion is that I think my camera auto correct the image so when I was filming upside down it just flip the footage so that it looked like the image wasn’t upside down. Another problem was that the movement is too fast to you can't really tell whats happen anyway. To fix this tranistion I will have to slow down the footage and when recorded make sure everything is filming how I want it. I will probably not use this transition in the future because it hard implement into a scene and it also takes too long to sort out and the result doesn’t always work.
- 13. Experiment 5 This experiment was made using to shots, the first shot was the camera panning into the blank space and then pointing the camera down quickly for a few seconds and then the seocnd shot started with the camera facing down like how the first shot ended and then quickly pulled up but instead of being a blank space being there I placed an object they're before doing the second shot, so it looks like the object has teleported into the location. This transition is really cool, and I like it a lot, but I think I will be hard to implement into my film but if I find oppuinity to add it into my film I will because it's easy to do and the result is smooth and works very well. This transition could also work to which location if you are in one location and then at the end of your scene quickly point the camera down and then in your next scene start it with your camera pointing down and then you pull up it could work and be a good transition to a new location
- 14. Experiment 6 This transition I tried was simple I found out my camera had a black and white mode, so I tried to make a transition using it, what I did was first filmed an object with bright colours with my camera without changing any settings and then for the second shot I filmed the same object but this time changing my camera to the black and white filtor and then in my editing software I put the two clips together and but a smooth transition effect onto the footage so that it looks like the object shifts into colour, I also did it the other way around making the object start in colour and then change into black and white. This effect could be good for flashback scene because it creates a contrast between the footage becuase of the colour cahnge which lets the auidence know this is a flashback. The bad thing about this tranistion is that in most editing software lets you change the footage into black and white so filming it two separate times isn't needed but if we stay in lockdown because of covid-19 and I have to use a free to use software which doesn’t let you change footage to black and white then I could use this method.
- 15. Experiment 7 This experiment was made by filming to different shots, the first shot was me moving my camera to towards bag and until in covered the whole screen and then the second shot start with a close up of the bag in the same spot were my last shot ended but then when I pulled out of the bag It was a new location. This transition is a lot like experiment 1 but this time using object to cover up the camera. This transition would be good for my final product because it would be easy to implement into my film and works well to change to a new scene. My only problem with this transition is that the ending of the first shot and the start of the second shot have to be nearly identical for it to work. This is a problem I faced when making this experiment because my second location was a lot brighter, so the bag had a different colour than in the first shot and I also filmed my second shot at a different angle to my first shot so it's easy to tell that there has been a change which ruins the transition. If I do use this transition again, I will have practice the shots multiple times so the they are identical.