Friday, February 18, 2011

Schedule


This the shooting schedule we planned on for our final movie. 

The Shooting Schedule :- 


01:00:00 PM
:00
Reach at my house.
:15
Set up the equipment and the props in the room.
:30
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:45
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02:00:00 PM
:00
Finalizing the mise-en-sene.
:15
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:30
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:45
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03:00:00 PM
:00
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:15
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:30
Set up the camera and the tripod.
:45
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04:00:00 PM
:00
Begin Shooting.
:15
(Target for the first scene) Alarm clock scene.
:30
Shower scene commences.
:45
End scene (mirror scene).
05:00:00 PM
:00
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:15
Break
:30
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:45
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06:00:00 PM
:00
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:15
Flash back shots (computer scene)
:30
Flash back shot (Fired from the job scene)
:45
Rechecking and taking spare shots just in case.
Ending the shoot.

Monday, February 7, 2011

List of opening titles of drama genres watched movies watched

Below are the list of opening titles I have seen to get an idea of how a drama movies starts
  • The curious case of Benjamin Button 















 

  • The Boys are Back
















 
  • Is anybody there?
 
  • An education

  • Fish Tank


















  • Imagine me and you

  • An Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind

  • Miss Potter
 
  • Revolutionary Road





Sunday, February 6, 2011

Our movie budget and list of softwares used.



S.No
List OF requirements
Cost per object
Number of objects
Total cost/Rs
Use
1
Mini  DV
300
2
600
For the Handycam
2
DVD  - R
100
1
100
To keep backup of final and preliminary video
3
Photocopy of Questionnaire
2
250
500
For the questionnaire’s to be distributed amongst the students







Total Cost


1200





List of equipments and software’s used
Adobe after effects CS4
Sony Vegas Pro 9.0
Adobe Premier CS4
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Canon cyber shot camera
Tripod
JVC handy cam SD
Garage band
 Xilisoft Media converter


Saturday, February 5, 2011

Analysis of movie (genre:drama) 3


Camera angle, movement and shots.
The movie begins with the close up of the main character waking up. The shots used through the sequence are closeups, mid shots, long shots and high angle shots and wide shots are used. also a point of view shot is shown in the very beginning when the subject looks at the window after waking up. Camera  movements are shaky and handheld. A rule of third is also followed when the subject wakes up, keeping his face in the center and on the top of the frame. Mid shots are used when the protagonist he looks at  the dent of his car. A closeup of a thank you note is also shown which the protagonist writes to be sarcastic.

Another point of view shot used of the people sitting inside the train looking out of the window. The camera moves and stops as the train stops, keeping the protagonist in the middle of a frame. A wide shot is used here. A long shot of him running is shown when he realizes that he is on a wrong platform. Panning is shown when he is seated inside the train and looks out the window. High angle shots are also shown of the protagonist running over the bridge to reach to the other side of the platform. Focus pulls are also used at some places

Editing:
Action match and graphic match is shown throughout the sequence. The opening title show a morning routine of one person with no other inserts of other shots. In many places long takes are used. No transition effects are used and the editing here is quite simple. However in the first part of the sequence, there seems to be a blue filter on the shots that make the appearance dull and thus connotes gloominess and loneliness.

Sound:
We hear a diegetic music that woke the subject up and also a non diegetic music played very softly in the background. This shows that the situation is very serious and depressing.We also hear the voice over of the subject and no dialogues are used in this opening sequence. The slow music starts when he looks at the window.

Mise en scene:

The movie starts in the dark apartment of the protagonist showing less space and a sofa which can be converted into the bed. The location emphasizes the gloominess The room has the basic furnitures The attire the protagonist is wearing looks kind of disheveled along with his appearance which shows that he doesn't really cares about how he looks and his life is passing through a complicated phrase.

Storyboard of Journey to Hammad



Above is the storyboard of our movie Journey to Hammad. 

Poster made with Photoshop

On the Left side is the poster which I made for the documentary on media studies.This has been made in adobe Photoshop. In this poster I have used non-copyright images from http://www.sxc.hu/. After removing their background and other unnecessary elements using magic tool, I repositioned them on the page. The size of the canvas is 900x1300. All pictures were desaturated and a slight purplish color was given to the lights. Than I added the text and used spotlight effect form render tools. This is how the  final poster looks like.