problem solving this one.pptx
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Why am I problem solving? • Problem solving is an extremely Important part of my project. Normally with my experiences of doing projects I have had at least one problem, normally quite a few. I am problem solving now to minimise that chance of a big issue and to hopefully get none or at least a less severe one. Back up plans are very important because something that may not be an problem can become one that could ruin my project very quickly and also the project just benefits to having planning before hand. I have the best chance of making a high quality project with the right planning and contingency plan in place as instead of focusing on problems I have a quick fix for them and can concentrate on other more important areas. Especially for an amateur of filmmaking back up plans are a must because I will make mistakes this early on in my career, its inevitable. Theoretical problems are also a big risk as production can be unpredictable, especially with cast and crew. Weather also comes in to play as in England one day to the next can be totally different so having that extra support to lean on is going to be vital to having a great project.
- 4. Technical and practical problems
- 5. Equipment Not getting equipment would be a very big problem and could potentially undermine all the work I've put into the project so far. Not having equipment would mean I would have to use ways that will decrease the quality of my production meaning I wont be able to complete the project I originally planned. I will also need to be comfortable using equipment so I'm not using time when I should be filming trying to figure out how to use the equipment. With equipment I’ve previously had issues with not having enough charge and it running out while trying to get footage which can halt progress and quality of work as you have to rush knowing the camera will run out at any time. Solution To combat the first problem I will book equipment weeks prior to the when I start shooting so I can get all equipment I need for the days I'm doing production. For the second problem I will book out some equipment I plan to use before production begins to do experiments and just to get comfortable using everything I plan to do. Solution number three, I will charge all equipment needed a night in advance and make sure they are fully charged with a spare battery as well before filming has commenced.
- 6. Editing In my first year I had a problem with not being able to edit on my laptop when I got home, so all the work I could do had to be on the same computer making my whole project progression slower. I also somehow lost files trying to recover what I lost, I'm still unsure how it happened. Solution I will use my laptop for all editing so I can complete work wherever. This should allow me to be able to do my work to better standard as I can complete it on my time and not have to rush anything and do it at my own speed.
- 7. Crew skill level In my head at the moment I only need three people for my project including me. One interviewee and one voiceover and camerawomen. The person I’m using for the voiceover I’m very close with and spend a lot of time with so perfecting the voiceover the way I want won't be an issue hopefully, if it is I can get someone else to do it no problem. I am not worried with the filming she will do as she’s experienced with cameras and the task I’ve planned her to film shouldn’t be too difficult as its just documenting my gym session. The problem I may have with is my trainer Harry Strike. He’s a very busy person and has occasionally cancelled sessions. Its not certain he will be able to give a good interview either, if these points go bad it can have a drastic effect on the quality of my project. Solution I will make sure all people involved with a part in my project will be fully up to speed with what they need to do. I am going to send out the questions before hand so he can go over what his answers will be like. I will plan to do my filming early just in case of cancelations, so I wont be screwed if I don't have footage if he misses because I still have time to shoot another day. I will also do some experiments with my camerawomen filming my gym session so she can get used to it.
- 8. Production time and production quality It should only take two to three days to film and after that ill try and take my time putting it together as I want it to be of the highest quality possible. I want to put some edits together as well which can be time consuming, and take up time from other things I need to get on with. Production quality could also be an issue due to me having amateur filming experience. In the past I have had problems with only having a couple of nice shots and needing to go out and film more which can delay my time. I'm worried about my interview with Harry Strike as I would have to do it in a possibly packed gym making the sound muffled. Solution I think that doing experiments with filming shots that I would look like what I would include in my project, so I'm more familiar with it and the shots when I actually start production will be of a higher quality than my experiments. This should save me time on other things making my whole project complete in all areas. Doing experiments will also help my filmmaking skills improve as with more experience I can see what shots I like and don’t like. A solution to not having enough high quality footage is that every time I film for I will look over the footage I have and see if I like them enough to finish for the day, and if I don’t I will continue until I'm happy with the abundance of footage. Planning shots beforehand will also help with getting quality footage as I'll have experience doing experiments hopefully and I have thought about how I will film it, so I'm not winging anything. Doing my interview in the gym the with Harry, the sound could be affected as there are too much noise at high our times. For example 4pm to 7pm is normally highly active times within the gym due to people getting off work around them times. Doing the filming as early as possible should minimize this noise distraction. Using a microphone should also help as the sound drastically decreases the further away you are from the microphone so if my interviewee is the closest voice, then surely you should only hear his voice.
- 9. Technical and practical problem table Problem Why it’s a problem Solution Back up solution Evaluation Equipment- booking out equipment in advance and being used to it. This is a problem because not having equipment will decrease my production quality because I will have to use things like a phone. I will also have to book it out early so I can get fully used to using it beforehand be able to experiment with it first to see what works best for the project.. The solution to this problem would be booking out the gear I need weeks in advance and plan what I need weeks in advance. A backup solution would be borrowing a camera from my girlfriend's dad as he's got good equipment I can borrow there or buying equipment that I need if I can't get access to equipment form college. Having good equipment that I know how to use and know what shots I like will be very important to making a good project and them solutions should be able to help me complete them aims. Lighting and weather- shadows or brightness messing up the shot or weather effecting the shot. Lighting and weather is a problem as having bad lighting can make the project look amateur and look like little effort has gone in to make the project look nice. The weather and time of day will decide this. A solution would be Checking weather forecasts before filming and when planning days of filming. I will also make sure before filming that everyone will be warm enough to film for potentially hours outside, I will try and film a day that is warm, so this won't be an issue. If it is constantly raining, I can use an umbrella over the camera. A backup solution could be that I do most my filming inside as I don’t think that much quality of video will be lost doing this. I don’t think I will have any issues now as I have set in a contingency plan so that if anything goes wrong, I have solutions. Production time and quality- my filming skills and getting everything done to distinction level. It’s a problem because if I don’t have a nice video, I feel like my whole project is ruined to me, as to me the video is the most important part because that’s what I enjoy the most even if it is graded all equally. I am being a lot more productive this FMP so I think my time doing everything I want will be expanded. I will use my own laptop to edit and put footage on so I can do work from any location and that should increase the amount I can do in the time. I will try and do some edits I would want to include as experiments so I will be quicker doing it during the actual editing process. For the sound work I will use a microphone that I have used for two projects now, so I am familiar using it. A backup solution is doing the interview outside the gym so the noise will hopefully be less and should only be the interview being heard. I can always just do my work on the computer at college or use a memory stick to get it off this computer, in case I can't use my own laptop. I don’t have to do some of the edits I'm thinking about doing as I can still make my video look nice without them if they turn out to be too hard or time consuming. In evaluation I think that having a really good video is what Is most important to me on this project so I will put in the extra effort to do all these things I have said. Crew skill level- interviews going bad or filming going bad. Having a bad crew skill level is a problem because having a bad interview or camera work can make the project boring or dull. A solution to this is planning beforehand doing experiments with filming getting good angles that I could use later; this will get the camera women use to the level she needs to be for the project. Not giving too hard of questions to my interviewee will also be helpful as it won't over complicate his answer and hopefully, he will be more open to talk with a less complicated question. Not using a yes or no question as well will also be helpful so he can talk A backup solution would be just to plan out what shots I would like and hope for the best if I can't do experiments beforehand. If I can't get an interview with Harry I should be able to get one with other people, I would just have to make new questions. I think using the solutions I have produced, I should be able to get the crew to not be a problem, because with the planning and experiments I do beforehand there shouldn’t be much chance of an error.
- 10. Theoretical
- 11. Ultraflex closes down or unable to film If Ultraflex closes (the gym) I could be royally screwed. It’s a great place for a project, they have great lighting, very interesting to film, I have permission to film; so say in a world where it shuts down for whatever reason what would I do? If I am also not allowed to film that could potentially deescalate my whole project. Solution I would have to find a gym that would allow me to film but I also couldn’t get footage of me training with my trainer which will be quite disappointing. I would probably try and record anyway and see what happens.
- 12. Lighting and weather The issues I could face is when doing filming outside as in England the lighting of outdoors is very inconsistent, having the weather too dark due to cloudiness or too bright due to the weather being crazily bright can all effect how the video will look. For indoors I think I should be okay, the lighting in the locations are either I know are good (gym lighting) or at home are easily manipulated with three-point lighting. Outside I will also have to get areas where there are no shade so anything I'm filming is easily visible. Weather wise I’ve already touched upon how cloudiness and excess sunlight can negatively effect my quality of video, but if weather is too bad it can stop my production all together for potentially days. In rain I can't let the camera get wet as I don’t want to pay for breaking a camera. With rain it could also affect the mood as rain is quite depressing and that is not the desired mood I'm going for in all parts of my project. Wind can drastically worsen sound quality and potentially knock cameras over so avoiding all windy days to film outside is a necessity. If its a cold day as well, I will have to make sure all people helping me film have enough clothing to keep them walm for potentially a while if I am not happy with the footage. Solution Here I have evaluated that lighting wise, most my problems involve outside and weather-related issues. My solution to this is too avoid planning production outside in times and days that weather that could inhibit steady progression of filming; Ill do this using weather forecasts. Also Ill strive not to use places with dim lighting or any type of lighting that may hinder the visibility of the film.
- 13. Another lockdown In today's world anything can happen, and another lockdown isn’t out the realm of possibility, especially since it has recently spiked in my area. If another did happen that would restrict many things I have planned to do for my project. Having a backup plan for this could potentially save my project as if I don’t have one, I would be completely lost and may possibly be more likely to give up out of frustration. I would have access to only equipment I could afford, which would be phone equipment, a stand etc. Interview wise I would have to use family members which is not ideal. Lastly for footage I would have to use either existing footage I have from the past or film myself in the gym set up I have a home. Solution A solution to this would be before a lockdown is set in place, I borrow a camera from college or from a friend for the duration and get an interview before or ask someone to do it with their camera as I know they have access to it. I think I could get away doing a good project because I have a home gym which isn’t much, but it has a nice rustic style and looks quite aesthetic.
- 14. Problem Why it’s a problem solution Backup solution evaluation Lighting and weather- shadows or brightness messing up the shot or weather effecting the shot. Lighting and weather is a problem as having bad lighting can make the project look amateur and look like little effort has gone in to make the project look nice. The weather and time of day will decide this. A solution would be Checking weather forecasts before filming and when planning days of filming. I will also make sure before filming that everyone will be warm enough to film for potentially hours outside, I will try and film a day that is warm, so this won't be an issue. A backup solution could be that I do most my filming inside as I don’t think that much quality of video will be lost doing this. I don’t think I will have any issues now as I have set in a contingency plan so that if anything goes wrong, I have solutions. Ultraflex- cant film there. It’s a problem because I have based a lot of my footage on shots at Ultra flex and I require an interview from someone who works there. This is potentially a massive problem as I would need new footage and an interview. See if I can film the same thing at another gym and get an interview outside of the gym. Backup solution would be film myself at my home gym, with an interview with someone who knows me and says what I'm like working out. This is a very unlikely scenario, but if it did happen, I could still get my project done to a high level. Lockdown-corona virus This is a problem because a lot the equipment and footage I have planned involves things that I don’t have access if I am only allowed at home. A solution would be to plan to do it before the proposed lockdown or to do it with the equipment I have access to and try and do the best I can. A backup solution would be too do all my video with no actual m footage just a voiceover using my phone and footage from the internet, but I would rather not do that. In evaluation I think going into a lockdown would decrease the standard of my work but not ruin it because I can still make a project and get decent footage, and I feel better making this just in case it ever happened. Theoretical problem table
- 15. Experiments
- 16. Experiments: casual dialog Here I am getting experiment of more jokey casual snippets that I would put in my video. I will add these as it gives a good contrast to some of the more serious stuff I will be including in my project. I quite like these shots as the lighting looks nice. In these sections I would talk directly to the camera or do a voiceover. If I were to do it again, I would make these sections longer as I didn’t have a script, but I was just talking normally with the camera women. I will continue doing this type of research experimenting with audio recording equipment.
- 17. Experiment: GYM lighting Gym footage wise I was trying different methods of filming. Lighting wise I was unhappy with the outcome as it was over exposed. I could fix it in post, but I think if I did it again, I would take the exposure down and bring shadows up, this change would make the video look more natural, as the exposure makes me look too pale. Shadows should make my muscles have more definition as well.
- 18. Experiment: GYM filming • I tried to get quite cinematic shots following the weight or my movement. I liked this, as it would really make the final project look more cinematic. Of course, it is quite hard to demonstrate what I did in pictures, but essentially as I drag back on this 'prime row' the camera follows my hand. I think this adds a lot of enjoyability to the viewer when they watch my final product as it will make it easier to watch and make them feel like there watching it actually happening replicating the human eye.
- 19. Experiment: Gym filler footage • I experimented with getting footage that I could use as filler say if I don’t have enough footage in case or just use it while I'm talking for visual stimulation. For these shots I tried to film something that was quite interesting or entertaining enough to look at. For the image show I filmed the weight stack going up and down and I would follow the camera with it. This also falls into a lot of the genral filming I did that day as I was trying to get footage that would be entertaining for the viewer.
- 20. Poster one Poster one: for this I went for my research I did for the posters and did a grey background and red title as this a bodybuilder poster trope. I distorted it a little bit as well, as I think it looked quite old- school. For my actual photo I want to use an actual photo of me rather than a screenshot of a video. The title font is from Dafont and it is called 'bodybuilder', I used this as it fits the theme of my project.
- 21. Poster 2 Poster two: For this one I felt a bit more creative and tried something different. I was inspired when I was thinking about what my colour pallet would look like, I know Ultraflex is where a lot of my footage will be and that’s got a red and black these, so that’s what I went for here. The title font is from Dafont and it is called 'bodybuilder', I used this as it fits the theme of my project. I also feel this poster that I look less cut out as well for some reason that was the look on the first poster in my opinion.
- 22. Experiment: How lighting and angle is an illusion on muscle appearance For this I am using footage from my previous documentary Bigorexia. Here you can see under good lighting and the right angle I appear to have a lot more muscle than I actually look in normal life. Even in the photo below I look like I have twice as small as I do in the photo above. This is down to the lighting being slightly worse and the angle being unflattering. What I have learnt from this is that front angles tend to look better on specifically me and that is what I will use for most of my shots. This change will make the video more appealing as the transformation will look more appealing making the viewer more interested.
- 23. My camera work and audio My previous work Since joining college I think my camera work and audio has come on a lot. I didn’t do any sort of voiceover or interview work in the first year or even prior to York College I hadn't done any sort of project. I hadn't touched a camera before York College either and the only filming I did was on the phone. I think recently in this second year my filming has drastically improved. I was really proud of my last project about Newcastle because I went to Newcastle and came back with footage I can be pleased with. I also improved my audio as I used the microphone for all my interviews not using the normal camera quality audio and it came out nicely. How I can improve I think for camera work I can improve by getting a few more artistic camera shots and more creative ones as well. For audio I would say that not getting any movement on the microphone that may cause stutters or errors will help the project a lot and get it feeling more professional. A fix for this would be having the microphone resting on something as if I am holding It, human error can come into play and even a slight little knock to it will cause noise errors.
- 24. Experiment: the typewriter effect The typewriter effect is something I experimented using on my previous project, and I was inspired from other fitness influencers on YouTube. I like how it looks as there's something about it that gives a connection with the audience, which is a goal with my project. I also added a typewriter sound effect to go with it as well which worked quite well.
- 25. Experiment video
- 26. Experiment video analysis (rotoscoping) I did two different ways to rotoscope. The first being on photoshop doing a lot of different frames. In my opinion this was the inferior way to do it. It was more complicated and consumed more of my time. I had to do each frame individually copying over what I did previously on the last frame and that took a long time, so I tried doing it a different way on After Effects and that worked a lot better. At first I was hesitant and stuck as After Effects is a new thing for me but after getting showed how to do it and practice on my own time helped. I think what helped the most was getting After Effects on my own laptop because I can just develop my skills in my own time and that is what the pink car is. I just drew that for a few frames to get a hang of it.
- 27. Experiment video link • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lzfmyBx hPo
- 28. Problems I faced
- 29. Deleting footage • Early on in the shooting process, I was faced with a dilemma when footage I captured was deleted. I acknowledge my responsibility for this, I had little experience using the particular camera. However, although disappointed, I contacted the people involved in the lost footage and asked if they would help me re-shoot. I definitely learnt from this, thankfully this took place early on meaning I didn’t encounter this issue again for the remaining duration of production.
- 30. Being unsatisfied with footage • When the time came to watch through the footage I had so far collected, in hopes of editing it, I felt displeased with some if not most of it. This was difficult for multiple reasons. Firstly, and probably most obviously, it hindered my production schedule. I couldn’t start editing and creating the finished product until I had footage, I was proud of. This meant re-shooting some sections. Penultimately, this raised the problem of Identifying why I didn’t like the footage, so I wouldn’t just reproduce the same problem over and over again. Consequently, I had to re-plan shots and think of new ideas. Finally, it created the problem of morale. It was discouraging to look at footage for a concept I was excited about and not be pleased with its outcome. I had to look past this and remind myself that this created opportunity to capture better footage, footage I'd be proud of.
- 31. Lost footage • Unlike previous footage, this wasn’t deleted but lost. During the process applying effects and correctional techniques to my footage unbeknownst to me, certain footage was lost. This initially cause panic as I had no knowledge of where it had gone or what had caused this. After spending minutes looking for the footage with no luck of salvaging it, I remembered I had previously exported a draft of my work. I accessed the exported file and copied the necessary footage and pasted this back into the file I needed. I feel this showed ingenuity and was extremely glad this didn’t mean re-shooting.
- 32. Camera difficulties • For this project I was using two cameras. One of which belonged to collage. I had used this one many times and had familiarised myself with it, I was therefore comfortable using, and operating it. In contrast I also acquired a camera from an external source. This camera was fairly new to me, making it hard enough without factoring the slight technical difficulties I was faced with. During the process of filming, the camera would turn off. This meant that I had to re-shoot footage. The fact that this was a repeated occurrence was discouraging to me. I just wanted to be able to see my hard work visually, in form of my footage. I had to wait longer to achieve this, and it created anxiety prior to shooting, not knowing if the camera would turn off again. However, after a lot of re-shooting I finally achieved my footage.
- 33. sound • In postproduction I often ran into issues with my sound, as it was inaudible and had almost a static quality. This meant that viewers would have had to increase or decrease the intensity of the volume according to the audibility of the sound. This wasn’t ideal, and so the process of amending it involved adjusting each sound level to a state of equilibrium. I set all the sound samples to –12 DB (decibels). This solved my issue, making my project much more enjoyable for the viewer, and successful to me.