BVA703 Research - S2 Week 5

 

07/08/2020

Kathryn informed us on what was needed for integration for the next research mapping. It did take a while to connect the dots in a different written format and I have trouble minimizing the introduction into two paragraphs.

I spoke to Kathryn and we discussed about my second research mapping. There were some flaws in most of the document, but she suggested for me to make improvements on the explanations in the next research mapping. Talking over about my research with Kathryn also made me realise how my findings are currently all theoretical and was in need of practical findings encounter in the actual film project, some of which may not exist until the shoot this weekend.

Kathryn also pointed out that I need to divided the paragraphs into new sentences since the current sentences are too long. She has confirmed with me today that I should have access to the seminar room and Upstage for shooting this weekend.

I have decided to save time in preparation by only having the indoor shooting with the URSA on a tripod and the location shooting with the URSA on a shoulder mount. I also took a last minute check at the interview questions and everything looks fine at that end.

I attempted to charge the batteries for the Flame only to find them fully charge already. I put them back into the Flame only to find them working this time. I must had not placed the batteries in properly last time.

I heard back from Stuff. They wanted to know what my documentary would be used for, how much did I want to use, and they informed me that their licensed footage tends to be in low resolution. I will need to think about over the weekend. I would played back the video online and I would say 30-60 seconds would likely be used, but it's also possible that I may use the whole video except the Stuff intro and outro graphics. This may drive up the price and the video is about 1 minute and 50 seconds (110 seconds) without those Stuff graphics. I wonder if they charge you per second like the United Nations does.

I also sent an email to remind Guyton about the shoot tomorrow.



08/08/2020

Arriving at campus this morning, I saw that there was construction noise out on Don Street, which concerned me because it could interfere with the interview's sound. I heard back from Guyton and looks like he will be coming 10 minutes early.

I checked the seminar room to see if it was accessible and switched on the desk lights to find a problem. It creates a buzzing noise that would interfere with recording sound for Guyton's interview.



I set up the camera before the crew arrived and it took less time than I thought.




They all arrived earlier than expected, but that was good since we had 20 minutes until Guyton arrives. The filming went swell and quick, aside from issues arisen from the Flame being onto the URSA. The interview only needed one take and it was perfect, I felt there was no need for more takes. The film crew was of great help today and we will be meeting up again tomorrow morning. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow with a full day of shooting from 9 until 5. 



I managed to ingest all the footage and sound, then back them up on cloud storage. I set up a Premiere project and synced the footage with the sound from the Zoom. I realised only then that the URSA's internal mic wasn't on, so this was a new challenge as an editor for me in syncing sound with footage. I'll be sure to make the internal mic going next time.



09/08/2020

It was an exhausting day to go through. Leigh pulled out for personal reasons and Ashleigh had a school exam pop up at the last minute and could only be available for the morning. 
I came on campus early and spoke to some of my crew that arrived before going over to Miharo to get access there from Mandy. 

I stayed there while the others carried over the equipment. I stayed because I thought it was important to have at least one person in the building at all times for security reasons. It took a lot of discussions and time in the one hour before Ashleigh in setting up sound and lighting. 

I came outside of Miharo five minutes before Ashleigh was scheduled to arrive to meet with her. She ended up being about ten minutes late. I had Oisin take BTS photos when he wasn't busy.

The most painful thing about shooting an interview today was the natural light being unpredictable. It was a stormy day overall, but when we were shooting the interview the sun would beam very brightly into the window, which would looks really bad and will make it very challenging to colour grade in post. I cannot afford the time in reshooting it another day and we had a strict shooting schedule this morning with it being a long interview, so we couldn't afford to do more takes. Eventually, I got annoyed by the changing skies interfering with the lighting and so I moved the camera angle and Ashleigh's seated position a bit.

Guyton's interview had similar lighting issues, but it was more subtle.

I ended up shooting the covid-19 then rather than in the artistic way I had planned at Upstage due to time constraints and the hell of it. We rushed the B-roll shots because we only had half an hour to do so and was shot in the Academy Ratio like planned. Sound wasn't needed since there's no dialogue or any particular SFX.

I got Oisin and Rhys to go and get the crew's lunch (pizza) while. This morning, I had the lunch set to be picked up at 12. My crew dismantled and carried the equipment back to campus with the interview shoot done. I also managed to get Ashleigh to sign a release form. I tripled checked the building and spoke to Mandy before leaving.

We shot something that I had in mind that I wouldn't mind experimenting with in compositing and cross-fading. The idea is that the type of VFX where you see the passage of time with cross-fading with one person being different spots within a stationary camera angle. Sound and lighting wasn't needed. Natural lighting was used.

I managed to ingest and back up my footage and sound from today while in an exhausted state before going home for much needed rest. Oisin managed to send me the BTS photos and it wasn't until I got home that I forgot my laptop bag.














10/08/2020

I managed to return all the equipment back to Chris with Oisin's help. I also got an editing suite booked for a week for editing my project. I couldn't find my laptop bag in either the Boom Room or the green screen room, so the only other place would have to be Miharo. I sent Mandy an email whether if I had left it there and it turns out I did. I will be picking it up at midday today.

I sent Caleb Lay a message to see if he would be free to replace Leigh's role in the shoot this Wednesday and he is keen.



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