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Old Frederick is completed – (Stopmotion film)

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Frederick from DANNI HE on Vimeo.

Come check out our group’s stopmotion short film. i must say the process was intense. But oh so rewarding. We wanted to experiment with green screens, did frame by frames, used all kinds of software… OH it was a beautiful nightmare. Staying overnight in the suites, or until the sun rises… You know all these nig-nags and hard work do pay off, believe me. Anyways I hope ya’ll enjoy this film:)) Cause I did, i will admit we could produce better work but we’ll need more practice! Practice makes perfect:)) Bye FilmTV1<3

final reflections

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Its finally a wrap now and looking back to day 1 i think i’ve nothing to say except that everyone agrees that the experience has been exceptional. For my final post i shall be saying my top 10 lists of experiences, strengths, mistakes/learning points:)) Tune In!

Top #10 Experiences

1. Scouting for a location all the way at Dandedong
2. Cleaning up a hoarder’s apartment
3. One of our really cute and sweet auditionees accidentally feel backwards during the audition and he laughed it off so professionally. Loved him.
4. Gardening and planting fake flowers for production designs
5. Creating my first ever stop motion sequence
6. Sleeping overnight at the edit suites
7. Panicking when the z7 and sound mixer didnt work during my auditions
8. Having practical sessions of Lenny exercises during tutorials
9. Creating props for our stopmotion scenes
10. Being able to pull through all hardships and working as an amazing team:)

Top #10 learning points
1. Always always take stills
2. Take more atmos sounds especially in external environments
3. Have a continuity logger
4. Have a wet weather backup plan
5. Do not rely on the z7’s camera screen to watch whilst shooting as boom shadows might be seen
6. Always keep on schedule and listen to the first AD.
7. Recording wild lines – ensure it is in sync with the scene
8. Always use shotbags or gaffer tape even when the lights seem safe
9. Have a proper equipment checklist
10. Ensure schedules are in line with the cast’s schedules and not the other way round.

I really do have a lot more to learn and film tv 1 is just the beginning. I couldnt be more excited for film tv 2!:))

Lastly, Thank you Michael Lincoln, Michael Sarlo, Danni He, Nadia Tan, Richiiie our awesome composer and lastly Paul and the super supportive Techs!

Old Frederick its a wrap!

Photography Stills for Film

Photography Stills for Film

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Photography Stills for Film

Caught these three girls in the edit suites and they’re currently doing media, specialising in radio:)

My point in this post: Photography Stills!

I guess I never realised the importance of photography stills until I started to edit the darn film:((((

We had a few scenes where our boom could be seen on the desktop but it was not visible on the z7’s screen. This seriously is causing us a huge pain and my definite take home point? TAKE SOME AWESOME STILLS! especially for the backgrounds and whatever production design? It’s always good to grab stills just in case (if necessary), needed in emergencies. Thank God we could edit ours a tad? But it’s still pretty obvious to my group members and II. Cross our fingers no one will notice:) HAHA.

Here are some other reasons why you should ALWAYS ALWAYS TAKE STILLS.

Film production stills represent photographs that are taken during the course of preparing and filming a specific movie. The use of still photography remains an integral part of the process of producing, distributing and marketing a film.

Scene Continuity

One of the jobs normally overlooked is keeping track of the production sets, clothing, jewelry, and general placement of items on the set. These photos are used for scene continuity.
The still photographs which were taken during the process of a day’s film shoot are used by the director and his production staff to make sure that each subsequent day’s scene layout and props would match exactly with the prior day’s scene. This is to avoid mishaps such as appearing and disappearing salt shakers, curtains changing color, tables and chairs in different places, etc.

Publicity

Still Photographs are responsible for generating early publicity about a film, including providing information to magazines and publications. In addition, they are responsible for providing the advertising department with information necessary to create the film’s promotional materials. Professional Movie Stills are a must for Social Networking Sites.

Creation of Posters

A skilled Still Photographer will capture the important elements of the film, during the process of a scene, behind the scenes, or staged promotional stills with the cast, to produce a single photo that will be used to best communicate the film on a poster (as well as DVD art)

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