Self Evaluation - Kyle Nequest

Use Of Camera:
I think our use of camera was quite good, as all the shots were steady because we used a tripod. All our shots were framed appropriately, we also used a variety of shot types such as close ups, long shots and low angle shots. Our use of composition was average and could of been improved by thinking of the 'Rule of Thirds' a bit more when composing a shot.

Use Of Editing:
Our use of continuity is okay but not great as not all the shots flow smoothly as we had to cut some bits where we didn't film for long enough and just had to remove the shot, but apart from that the majority of the film has a nice flow. We didn't use any transitions to put our shots together as most transitions look cheesey and would of ruined the flow, also there wasn't any in the clip we were re-making therefore we didn't need to use them.

Selection Of Content:
I think we chose the appropriate costume as we didn't need make-up or many props for our clip as the original actor was dressed fairly normal. I believe our choice of location was quite good and similar to some shots in the original clip. I think the actor was okay as he only had to run and not do much acting therefore it wasn't very hard.

Self-Assessment:
I helped contribute to the film by doing most of the editing and helping out with setting up shots by following the storyboard, I also was the only actor in the film. We could of improved the film by taking more time and setting shots up a lot better and making sure that we film enough content and get 100% coverage as we ended some of our recordings too early. We could of also picked a more exciting film to record as the section we picked was quite dull and uninformative. When I come to do my final coursework film I will make sure I think out everything by taking more time on storyboards and setting up shots. I will also make sure I film everything twice so I have lots of clips to work with in case some mess up or have horrible background sounds. I will also make sure my final coursework film is a lot more exciting.

-Kyle Nequest

Assignment For Our Film Re-make - Ben Bushell

I would say that as I was the camera man, I used the tripod to keep the shots steady. So the camera wasn't all over the place. I think that we could frame a shot appropriately because we used our story board and got our shots in as well as we could. We used a variety of shots, like the reverse shot and low angle shot. We used composition techniques like the rule of third, and put hardly any space in some shots.

Some of the shots flow together, we missed out a couple of shots so it doesn't make sense. We didn't use any transitions accept from fade out for the end.

We didn't need costume, props or make up. We used an appropriate location for our re-make because it had places where we needed our shots to be. Our actor (Kyle Nequest) just had to run around so he was appropriate for our re-make.

I helped finish our film by drawing the story board, picking the location and I was the camera man. We could have watched the original film before re-making because we missed a few shots. Also I could have angled some shots correctly, and shot every shot twice for more coverage. Next time when it comes to coursework films I will angle shots correctly and get each shot more coverage. To make sense to the audience of what we are doing.

Psychological 2

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This is the film we aimed to re-make. 

Assessment Film - Ben Bushell & Kyle Nequest

This is our 30 second re-make of the film 'Pendant'.

It's strengths are that some shots had really good composition yet other shots didn't. Our last shot was well composed as it was in a tight area and the ghostly character was a lot more visible than the other shot. We also had a few camera problems such as accidently pressing zoom while recording, angling the shots right, moving the camera into the low shot and stopping recording too early. 

We also had limited time so we had to rush some shots and didn't have chance to film everything twice and achieve full coverage. It was a public area therefore many members of the public got in the way of shots and made it harder for us to film. It was also extremely windy which affected the noise on the video and made it distort. We should of thought about our storyboard more as it was hard to follow on the day, the original film doesn't make a lot of sense because we didn't watch the video enough times to understand every shot. We also picked quite a boring section of the film which doesn't tell much of the story. 

We also forgot to focus the camera on a lot of shots for example in the shot where the ghostly character walks tree to tree it is hard to see who or what it is because it was pixelated. Next time we film we will make sure we have more time and to film every shot twice to get maximum coverage. We will also draw and write out our storyboards in more detail. 

Film Production: Recee Sheet - Ben Bushell

Pictures located on this post: http://bilborough80085.blogspot.com/2011/10/these-are-few-pictures-of-destination.html

Test Shot/ Character Design

We didn't need makeup as our character is based on a normal man, not a ghost or any supernatural form. Therefore we only needed to change clothing for the character.

Film Production: Recee Sheet - Kyle Nequest

These are a few pictures of a destination we thought we could film our short film. There is some public usage and there will be enough light to shoot our short film. We will not need any power supply because we should finish before the camera dies.
-Ben Bushell & Kyle Nequest

Storyboard project

Our shots were well framed as we used the rule of third, this helped us shoot our clips as good as we could have got them to be. Our close up when the noise is made, we had this shot lined up with the grid lines. Our project jumped a little bit. Our actor (Kyle Nequest) could not put on a scared face so we had to re-shoot this scene. Other than that our continuity was alright. The strengths about our project is we angled our shots with the grid, and re-shoot every time we messed up. Our weaknesses are that we couldn't stick to the story board, also our camera man (Ben Bushell) couldn't  always use the rule of third, because he didn't use the grid all the time, so some of the shots were not angled correctly.

Test Shot/ Character Design

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Practical Continuity & Coverage Preliminary Excercise

Today we filmed a Practical Continuity & Coverage Preliminary Exercise by filming a short sequence of a character walking down a corridor and asking another character what time it is using various camera angles and shots.

We achieved seamless editing as the film doesn't jump and plays smoothly with good continuity. By using the skills we learnt last week we remembered to double check all the scenes and make sure that we hadn't left any scenes out at all. We framed all of our shots and angles correctly such as mid-shots, over the shoulder shots and close ups. We included the right amount of shots that we planned to film. It could be improved by possibly making sure that the character is in the exact same place as the last shot so it looks even smoother, also a better location could improve the film. 

-Ben Bushell & Kyle Nequest