Month: March 2024

Session 5 2024 Production Project TEMPLATE v.3

SUMMARY

Role

Cinematographer

Intention (SMART Goal) for the Session

By May 10, as part of TEAM 4 as Cinematographer, I will have evidence of handheld camera movement by following Handheld Camera Movement for Session 5.

PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY

Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)

Primary Source

Secondary Source

The reason I chose this clip from Evil Dead 2 is due to the exceptional camera work. The fluidity and dynamics of the movement are unparalleled by many films and make the film truly feel like a rollercoaster. The use of a handheld camera specifically is even more impressive and is something I am using as an example while heading into this session.

Training Source(s)

  1. 3:01 Push Forward

2. 3:30 Pull out

3. 4:14 The Track

4. 5:09 The Tracking Pan

5. 6:00 The Dutch ‘Spin’

6. 6:40 Push into Focus

7. 8:37 Follow Over Shoulder

8. 9:30 Tracking Backwards

9. 10:13 Whip Pan

10. 10:49 Object Tracking

Project Timeline

Pre-production Milestones

  • Complete Pre-Production Blog Post
  • Complete storyboard
  • Finish script

Production Milestones

  • Film all shots
  • Complete reshoots
  • Edit story as needed

Post-production

  • Edit film
  • Finish post-production blog post
  • Complete film

Proposed Budget

Budget

Evidence of Team Planning and Decisions

Place screenshots of the following…

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QZaP2iRnTizw2cubkF2y6nAPPmFBf72UGK9wvZ8EkaA/edit?usp=sharing

PRODUCTION – ACTION

The (FILM, SOUND, or GAME Creation)

Skills Commentary

POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION

21st Century Skills

Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)

Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)

Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)

Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)

Reactions to the Final Version

Self-Evaluation of Final Version

Grammar and Spelling

Editor

Preparing a Film/Game/Song Pitch

LOGLINE

A person fights social media to get work done.

PROTAGONIST 

  • A person addicted to social media fights their rapidly piling up work.

PROTANGIONST CORE WOUND / MOTIVATION 

  • The protagonist is behind on work.

GENRE

  • Drama
  • Aberration

INFLUENCES and EXAMPLES

  • Yorgos Lanthimos

PLOT DESCRIPTION (FILM)

  • The film begins with our characters on their phone with pounds of work surrounding them. They continue to scroll on their phone as the work continuously piles up. Finally, they put their phone down and get to work.
    • yes

TREATMENT (FILM)

  • The world of this film will be dreary and dark, to express the emotions of the characters at the time. Their wardrobe will also express this with generally darker colors. However, when they begin to get their work done the light will intensify freeing the world of the darkness.

Session 4 2024 Production Project

SUMMARY

By March 1, as part of Team 4 as Cinematographer, I will have evidence of Exposing Film by following How to Expose Properly for Session 4. I did this by making a film that largely lacks moments of odd exposure and/or lighting. By putting in hard work and effort I could generally make a good-looking film.

Role

Cinematographer

Intention (SMART Goal) for the Session

By March 1, as part of Team 4 as Cinematographer, I will have evidence of Exposing Film by following How to Expose Properly for Session 4.4.

PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY

Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)

Primary Source

Secondary Source

Training Source(s)

Project Timeline

N/A

Proposed Budget

N/A

Evidence of Team Planning and Decisions

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dTL3umgpypNshCoGkwZLAWs_vQ051Y6KS-aKN-pji7o/edit?usp=sharing

PRODUCTION – ACTION

The (FILM, SOUND, or GAME Creation)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13B5tWXzYxUIRePBAgT-P5Nu06MaUnDjL/view?usp=sharing

An ambitious heist goes array.

Skills Commentary

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1A7ttAXjYHIIOVZldpLrsK8XKe6oc4KpxD8_JPq2pY4w/edit?usp=sharing

My name is Carlson and I was the cinematographer who focused on exposure.

POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION

21st Century Skills

Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)

I have grown through my ways of problem-solving in multiple ways. This includes how when our audio got corrupted I was able to adapt and quickly reshoot the scene to be just as good as the original.

Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)

I was a collaborator and communicator throughout our whole filming process. This was mainly based on my collaboration with my film team and all our different jobs, to make a cohesive film.

Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)

I used information and media literacy throughout our film to create an easy production process. By having the info on when everyone was available to film, and what our schedule was we were able to make a complete film.

Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)

I developed life and career skills throughout everything surrounding this film. Deadlines, organization, and collaboration, all were vital to having our team be a coherent group. These life and career skills will benefit me later on and help our film now.

Reactions to the Final Version

Sawyer: “The film could have been slightly longer”. This is good to take into consideration but with a few more heist scenes our film could have felt more full.

James: “The montage was really good.” This while not a critic is good to consider in the process of our film as it shows that our work did pay off.

Self-Evaluation of Final Version

In retrospect, I am very pleased with our film. We had a very smooth route to the completion of this project, and I feel as if that is all based on our team’s coherency as a group. This project allowed us to streamline our workflow which makes me very excited for our next film.

Grammar and Spelling

Grammarly

Editor

John