#practical filmmaking

[justanotherfilmfanatic]

Forced Perspective

in Modern Times (1936) Dir. Charlie Chaplin

[finnicksannie]

If you feel like posting something anti-CGI/VFX on here, either watch this video series or Venmo me a million dollars (so I can distribute it to every out of work VFX worker I know, which is pretty much everyone I’ve ever worked with).

Otherwise, if you don’t feel like informing yourself about the state of the industry right now, please be quiet. You are actively making things worse.

[serendipitous-magic]

Spaceship Update:

So yesterday and this morning I tried valiantly to make the fishing line method of flight work. It did not. No matter what. So I tried using a wire instead of fishing line. Still did not work. Fishing line / wire simply does not work. There’s not enough control no matter what I do - the ship just bounces and spins and swings around every which way. Not exactly a spaceship-like movement.

So it’s time to test Plan B, using a black stick to control it from below. The stick definitely shows up in front of the stars (sigh) but! The control and “flight” is MUCH better.

I also did some lighting tests:

And, it’s good news bad news time:

Good news! I think I finally figured out the best lighting and ship-control combination.

Bad news: in doing so, the ship fell and broke like two of its engine struts. Which means that filming is on pause for the day while emergency repairs are made.

A little bit more good news: I got a tiny bit of footage before that happened. Which means that even if everything somehow gets fucked from this point on, I at least have a usable shot or two. 

Booyah.

[silver-arts]

Practical Filmmaking (10/10/15)

In this session we learnt some techniques that we can use in order to develop our ideas. As well as some basic information about short films.

Morning Pages - This is where you allow yourself to relax each morning, daydream and then you write 3 pages of whatever you like. This essentially reduces hesitancy whilst writing and increases your free thinking, allowing you to explore other creative ideas having cleared your mind beforehand.

Basic Short Film types -

The ‘twist’ - this is a short film with a simple concept which then has a point of conflict or indeed a ‘twist’, which breaks it’s own rules and usually ends with a surprise.

Condensed - this is a short film which takes from the narrative of a full film but is a more condensed version.