Preliminary task update

Hey guys,

It won't be long until you are able to feast your eyes on our preliminary task!

Editing begins next week!! :)

Timeline for the Preliminary task

Post production Utopia

Utopia is unique in their overall look, despite other television shows who aim to get clean ,crisp and natural shots. Utopia aims for something completely different. They manipulate the colour ratio from a dull,neutral shot to a vibrant, colourful shot with the aim to recreate a comic book look.

An article from a WIRED magazine spoke all about the pre-production. they stated that normally in cinematography they would use greens,blues and reds but they use the opposite colours such as yellow, cyan and magentas.

Before 

 After

Before

After

As you can see from the before and after photos the post production of changing the colour levels from the everyday, average ,boring colours to eye-catching vibrant colours. It then has a  huge impact on the overall effect of the show, the vibrant colours are much more striking to the eye and create a sort of supernatural effect, then again adding to the main focus/ aim of making it look a lot more like a comic book.  If they were to keep the colours of the original shots it would look similar to a soap so this therefore at first glance makes you aware it is something of a different genre.

 

Short action sequence

To help us familiarise ourselves with filming we had to create a short action sequence which included using a whip-pan, establishing shot, shot reverse shot and some extreme close ups. Clearly we used some other different types of shots to help build the picture; but the main idea is to create the impression that we threw a knife without actually showing one, but simply using clever shots to make you believe it happened.

This is the final cut.

Camera shots 

(LS) Long shot using backgrounds / Establishing shot 

Low angled shot 

long shot (LS) and Close up (CU) using the rule of thirds. 

Over the shoulder shot (OSS)

An Extreme Close Up (ECU)

Tilt Shot/ Canted Angles

Three different views of the same shot from angles of your choice 

The narrative from these few shots is significantly powerful,  the main idea behind it is young inpressionable minds are able to be infulenced into making possibly life changing decisions. In this case the Antagonist in this is a drug dealer and the Protagonist is the young boy wanting to experince drugs and ended up becoming ill and affecting his life signifcantly. 

welcome to my first blog post.

Although i have just began studying Media Studies i have always been keen about film making, cinematics and different expressive art forms. As a current A-level art student i enjoy using different formats of techniques and materials; therefore i believe media was the perfect fit as it enables me to express myself in multiple different forms and allows me to use and develops  a whole different set of skills.

Moreover i am most looking forward to the film making and learning the craft of filmmaking, i am a very hands on person and have a great eye for detail which i think will go in my favour when creating my short film. The filming is the most crucial part in order to portray the desired message or theme of the film. So from my ability to create and read into messages from my art i feel as though i am in a good position.

The task we have been set is to create a 2 and a half minute film opening and i'm looking forward to exploring the media i have yet to familiarize myself with.

Hopefully it will turn out well.