An idea for folks to try out
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:01 pm
Wasn't sure where to put this, but it seemed as good a place as any...
We had a new starter at work late last year and it turned out he was a film maker (never heard of the IAC - although I have got him putting a film in this years BIAFF!).
Anyway between Christmas and New Year I went round his house and his actor matey turned up and we decisded to do a film making workshop. What we did was pick a scene from a film and re-shot it.
The purpose of this was to learn how to set up a scene, light it, get the camera angles, shot variety, prectice the acting and directing, camera moves, editing, gettingthe importance of sound...well, just about everything to do with film making really! We did add our own flavour to it a bit as well, including my poor attempt at an American accent that is heavily modified...
The scene we decised to re-shoot was from The Matrix; the one where Neo gets woken up by his computer. I have copied the link below so you can have a laugh at what we did. Perhaps this might be an idea for a new topic where people do scene re-shoots to practice their film making and learn from the pros. I believe this is something they do at film school too. Anyway, enough of me yapping on. Here it is:
For the gear geeks, like me, we used the following:
- Camlink tripod,
- Hauge slider
- Rode NG2 mic plus boom
- Just one table lamp bought on the day from Argos!
- Sony PNW-EX1 with matt box and focus puller
- Edited on Sony Vegas Pro 12
- Matrix colour grading
And that's it really. We did creat a sho list and story board to simily by taking photos off the screen of each shot from the scene in the film. Also videoed the scene on my phone to have quick play back 'on set'...ok in the kitchen - hehehe. Worked a treat and a lot was learnt in to process.
Hope it is of interest.
Alan
We had a new starter at work late last year and it turned out he was a film maker (never heard of the IAC - although I have got him putting a film in this years BIAFF!).
Anyway between Christmas and New Year I went round his house and his actor matey turned up and we decisded to do a film making workshop. What we did was pick a scene from a film and re-shot it.
The purpose of this was to learn how to set up a scene, light it, get the camera angles, shot variety, prectice the acting and directing, camera moves, editing, gettingthe importance of sound...well, just about everything to do with film making really! We did add our own flavour to it a bit as well, including my poor attempt at an American accent that is heavily modified...
The scene we decised to re-shoot was from The Matrix; the one where Neo gets woken up by his computer. I have copied the link below so you can have a laugh at what we did. Perhaps this might be an idea for a new topic where people do scene re-shoots to practice their film making and learn from the pros. I believe this is something they do at film school too. Anyway, enough of me yapping on. Here it is:
For the gear geeks, like me, we used the following:
- Camlink tripod,
- Hauge slider
- Rode NG2 mic plus boom
- Just one table lamp bought on the day from Argos!
- Sony PNW-EX1 with matt box and focus puller
- Edited on Sony Vegas Pro 12
- Matrix colour grading
And that's it really. We did creat a sho list and story board to simily by taking photos off the screen of each shot from the scene in the film. Also videoed the scene on my phone to have quick play back 'on set'...ok in the kitchen - hehehe. Worked a treat and a lot was learnt in to process.
Hope it is of interest.
Alan