Last week

I was looking for a high angle on a shot, and climbed to the top of a lift pylon to get the shot. Even though the footage came out quite well, I was getting a little bit of camera shake even though the camera was mounted onto a tripod. This was because the pylon was vibrating every time a lift passed through. After some research, I found the some of the current media production companies film from ladders and mobile platforms to get the high angle shots. So, this evening whilst filming I am going to try and use a step ladder to get some more shots.

Tonight

I have managed to secure a generator and 3 adjustable spot lights through my dad's work and am going to use them to setup my own spot lit feature this evening at the slope to get some footage for my production. This will enable me to get rid of the lens glare and streaking which I was getting on my previous footage.

The making of 'Refresh'

Here are some videos posted by the Level 1 film crew and team documenting the production of their latest movie 'Refresh'

OCR media blog

Here is a link to the OCR media blog with information on the course I am studying

http://www.getaheadocrmedia.blogspot.com/
http://www.virtualmediastudies.com/

For Thursday...

Create a 7 minute presentation per group including:

• Semiotics
• Meta-analysis
• Analysis of directors
• Evidence of criticising/denoting: -Sound (non-diagetic/diagetic/contrapunctural/synchronous/asynchronous) lighting, camera, editing and script.
• Storyboard
• Location

First footage

Thursday night I began to collect some sample footage for the edit. Mostly it came out alright, however, because I am shooting at night, I am getting some major problems with lens flare streaking across the shots from the floodlights by the slope. After some research, there are several different ways to combat the problem.

Firstly, I could rent or buy some cheap spotlights and run them from a generator to light specific features. This is probably the best way to combat the problem as then I can use the lights to make the shots look more professional.  Here is a link to HSS hire where you can rent lights and generators from.

I have also done some internet research on photography and videography websites about reducing and trying to prevent lens flare. The sites suggest some kind of lens filter which could be screwed onto the existing lens. Also, I found that lens hoods are a good way to prevent lens flare. Click here for more information.

JPI 5

JPI 5 is a skiing and snowboarding video contest held Boreal Mountain at the beginning of the season. The video contest, now in it's 5th year sees teams 15 teams of 4 riders, skis and snowboards embark on the Boreal snowpark with a few days to film and edit the best video.

More information can be found by clicking here.


Team Boone Skis: Stand Out Editing Award

http://vimeo.com/7045311">Team Boone Skis - JPI.5 Video Contest Edit from http://vimeo.com/user403134">Martin Rubio on http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7059922&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" />http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7059922&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="270">

http://vimeo.com/7059922">Team CouchBoys BOREAL JPI5 "Live 4/tha Funk" from http://vimeo.com/user974569">Kyle Grant on http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7037771&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" />http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7037771&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225">

http://vimeo.com/7037771">Team Moment JPI.5 Entry from http://vimeo.com/user399897">Stonebroke Films on