PRODUCTION DIARY 7

In regards with what I am going to film for 'Winter', I took advantage of the holiday season and filmed candles, fireplaces and christmas trees, to capture the season and its connotations.

I filmed my christmas tree close up and from afar, both in and out of focus for the experimental effect:

I also filmed a candle, as people usually light candles in Winter (e.g Yankee Candles and other scented candles become very popular at this time of year) and my fireplace, again, changing the focus to create a blurred effect every now and then:

I will begin editing Winter and finishing the last of Autumn editing when I return to college. 

PRODUCTION DIARY 6

This week I have been mostly focusing on editing. I had began with the season of Autumn, as those are the clips I had first. I have the time lapse of the lake cross dissolving into the fireworks, which are layered slightly and I enhanced the colour of them to emphasise the light. This is then cross dissolved into the bonfire, which is the closing clip for Autumn. After this, I will add the 'winter' animation and begin taking and editing winter clips. 

PRODUCTION DIARY 5

This week I edited my film further. I combined the footage of the Lake with the footage of Fireworks as they are both the theme of Autumn. I used fade effects to merge them together (Final Cut Pro) and this weekend will film my final Autumnal footage - a waterfall. Hopefully I will be able to capture the colour of the leaves etc to reinforce the Autumn season. After this, I will begin filming Winter footage. I will also start finding clips I took from Summer and begin editing them, then when I come back to college to edit, I can combine all Summer, Autumn and Winter clips. Then I will focus on Spring and how I can achieve this through connotation (as I wont actually be filming in Spring). On my blog, I created a check list and got up to date with where I should be.

CAMERA SHOTS AND CAMERA ANGLES

Found on Youtube, this is an experimental short film created by an artist. It is titled "Angst" and uses many different camera angles and camera shots. 

This is an establishing shot used to set the scene. It allows the audience to know the location of the film which gives an insight into what the film may be about. It also lets us know the time of day and possibly even the season and time of year. I will be using establishing shots in my own work as it is very location orientated.

This is a screenshot for the first camera movement - about 20 seconds in. It is a panning shot which follows the train through the railings. This screenshot was captured once the train has gone past. I may incorporate panning shots in my film as it is effective when following a subject.

Another establishing shot is used here. Like my film, this piece uses a lot of establishing shots to demonstrate location. The clip also uses various close ups, which I will also use in my film to capture detail. Extreme close ups may be used to reinforce this.