Interactive Space!

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Starting the first week of Interactive Space, we all were taught how to use Dreamweaver and the html codes. To be honest it seemed a little confusing, but as the week went on I managed to get my head around everything a bit better. The aim of this project is to be able to create a narrative sequence using photographs that link together to create a short story. For the audience, the key is to make it exciting for them to use. For example, finding the link to the next page or making them go through different paths and etc.  
Therefore to start we were all asked to take three different sequences. Each sequence had to be only five images. This helped me with ideas and what would be likeable to look at. When doing this I also thought about composition when taking my sequences and I also used Adobe Photoshop to edit them slightly, especially the third sequence where I decided to use different shades to create the feeling of the image. 

1

Meg is lost in the fridge.

Meg finds her friends.





she's happy she has found them.















suddenly something falls on Meg's head.




Meg dies and her friends are shocked.
POOR MEG.

2


oven off.


turn oven on.


turn timer on.


timer goes off.














3


full cupboard


going down.


running out of food.

only a pot noodle left.


all gone.






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Car Crash One Shot!

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Throughout the three weeks I have learnt about filming, composition, lighting, sound effects and I have also learnt programmes such as Adobe Premiere Pro. From this I and my group were able to create a one shot film. Throughout the three weeks we researched and found inspiration that we gathered together to create ideas for our one shot film.
Our main idea was using spot lighting; to do this we used three lights and gels. The reason we used three lights is because the car crash moved to different areas of the room. For example, when the person in the car moved to the centre of the room, the light that was shining on him switched off and the centre light then turned on as he got to where the centre light was pointing.  
We also used grey gels, we put more than one gel on each light to make it quite dim, and this helped to set the mood to how we planned. We turned all the main lights off in the studio and tested the spot lights to make sure they only focused on one area.
When everything was in place we practiced about five or six times before filming, this was important to get right because of the timing for the lights and actors. After filming we then went to edit our film using Adobe Premiere Pro to add sound effects, such as thunder, rain, traffic noises, horns, car sounds and etc. We took all the sound out from filming, because you could hear the clicking of the light switches and the rolling of the chairs. Adobe Premiere Pro is also good for diming the lighting and changing different visual effects on the film.
When we were happy with our final edits we then rendered the film as our final. Overall I was happy with our group effort and how our one shot film worked out. I have learnt a lot over the three weeks, especially with setting up and using the lighting. I will now go on to edit the film myself, to enhance the video and to show my own edits.   

Car Crash One Shot Film:

http://vimeo.com/17332808

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One Shot Lighting!

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During week two of One Shot Film we focused on the use of lighting that we will be using within our film. Therefore in our groups we all practiced different lighting skills. We had to create the lighting so it looked as though it was daylight. When filming, we had to base it on an interview but the main aspect of doing this was to be able to understand setting up the lights and using them correctly to set different moods and atmospheres.
For this we were given a video camera, a tripod, one light and gels for the light. We set it all up as shown and moved the equipment around a few times until we were happy with the set up. We set the interview next to a window, which helped because it brought more light into the scene. The gels used for lighting help set the mood of your shot depending on what colour gels you use. For this we used a light blue colour, which made the scene look more tranquil and soft.
Doing this task helped us a lot and we now can think about what gels and how many lights we will want for our one shot film.
Looking back to our inspiration, our lighting is mainly going to be spot lights. Therefore we all discussed together that we would need around three lights and grey/black gels to dim the lighting and set the atmosphere. We then worked out how we would put it together and how the spot lights would work and then picked a date to start filming.

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One shot Research and Inspiration!

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Research
From watching existing one shot films, I thought it would be interesting and also good for our group to research a mixture of short one shot films before jumping straight into filming our own. The research could also give us inspiration for our own ideas, which we could work with when planning out what we are planning to create.
Whilst watching the one shot films we were able to find, we thought it would be best to show which films inspired us the most. Therefore we could talk about how we could possibly use similar elements that we have seen to boost up our own ideas.

The particular one shot short film below was interesting to include in my research because of the use of depth of field within the shot. I personally liked how the the woman is in the foreground and the two males are in the background, and the shot pans out slightly and focuses on the two men in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zyyn6UGlFc

I also like this one shot film because it captures all the elements of the fighting the audience want to see but in one shot. I think this would be quite hard to film but I like this because you follow the movement of the character in the film. This would be a good way to make the audience feel like they are apart of the film, as they might feel as though they're interacting with the characters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8kqNSQn5QU

Inspiration 
Recently I watched Lee Evans at The o2 Arena on DVD one night with a friend. As I was watching I thought the speed dating part (shown below) would be really effective for the use of lighting within our one shot film. So when we all met to discuss our ideas, I showed them the clip to see what they thought. We came up with various ideas that would go well with the similar style of lighting. However we wanted the storyline of the film to be quite gloomy and dull, which we suggested would work nicely with the spot lighting. To do this we thought of a variety of effects we could use to set the atmosphere within the shot. We talked about the different sound effects such as, thunder, rain and street noises, depending on what we were going to base the one shot film on. Therefore we thought it would be a good idea to decide what our film was going to be about. We all agreed on the spot lighting, the sound effects and how we wanted to set a dim atmosphere, which develops a sad, lonely or scary mood for the audience. Therefore we came up with two main ideas. Firstly we thought of a person’s life in different stages, for example, growing up and then the person dies in an accident. The second idea was a car crash, which showed the build up to how the two cars crash. We decided together as a group that the car crash would work a lot better because we could use more sound effects and we could also block out any sound from filming, such as the light switches flicking on and off. As a result, the clip of Lee Evans above is our main inspiration for this project.


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