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Towards Production, Week 6, Project task



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In this blog, I will talk about how the project is coming along. I have been researching and finding out a lot about people that have been recently canceled. I have also found out that these famous people have been publicly shamed such as  Author JK Rowling, for comments deemed deeply insulting to transgender people. YouTuber Shane Dawson, for old videos of him in blackface, and singer Lana Del Rey, for a controversial Instagram post contrasting herself with black artists. France24.com 

The good tips I picked up from the project videos are when saving an illustration drawing it's best to save PNG for logos and line drawings and it's best to save in JPG for drawings in vector. When saving JPG can leave a white background whereas PNG leaves the shape as it is for your website or printing.  Digital Media Basics

I also learned 5 ways to instantly make better videos! 

1) Lighting. Best for colour grading.

2) Proper music and sound. Important to match the audio to the sound.

3) Learning software and training. Watch videos and learn.

4) Motion in shots Digitally fake panning and side to side action. Results end up better.

5) Location and time of day best time would be early morning or evening golden hour. 

Cinematic Lighting

4 characteristics of light- Direction of light, Colour of light, Quantity of light & Quality of light.

Direction is so important so it gives the right amount of depth to the shot. I learned that the best light is silty above the subject not too high or not too low. When you see the eyes lit up it creates more cinematic shots. Flat lighting gives no shadows it is used in commercials and beauty shots it is cinematic. Paramount butterfly gives a shadow on the nose. Loop lighting is used for rounder faces as it gives a slimmer look. Remnrandt lighting is made by the Dutch painter who used it in his paintings, it gives a triangle of light on the face and has been used in Hollywood films. Spilt lighting gives a super dramatic tougher look that can give the appearance to be masculine and backlight gives a halo or rim of light effect around your subject.

I found out a few tips and there are gadgets to help you produce a better film. Digital media production environments my YouTube studio set up  by Evan Edinger

Checking exposure when setting up can take a bit of time. To get the correct amount of shutter speed 50 is the best number as it gives realistic movement. The gadgets that can help when shooting is an ND filter that can come in handy to make the right amount of brightness into the shot. A sound blanket can help reduce noise, A gimbal tripod for the camera and phone can give the right amount of height. A Grey card for white balance is important. Final cut pro X is a good software to edit.

Other than researching I have been testing out animations and video editing which is really enjoyable. I have got a lapel mic that will help the group project with audio to do the voice-over for our project.

Our group will have a meeting this week and discuss the research each of us has found, after that we will start to make a script for the video and find out more about the location.

I think the best role that would suit me would be to do the directing or editing. I will see what the group thinks and what they would like to do.

 -Kelly

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