Teaser Trailer Equipment

TEASER TRAILER EQUIPMENT JOCELYN


Filming

We used a Canon EOS 7D to film our trailer. The benefit of using this camera is that the footage appears crisp and high definition. There are also many settings on the camera that can override each other, which I feel can effectively improve the quality of the shot.

Tripods

In all our shots we required tripods to hold the Kino-Flo Diva lights, to give us maximum stabilisation.
We also used a Steadi-cam tripod to film the shot two where Stacey is running into the distance, this helped create the feeling of chaos and immediacy.
A professional camera tripod was frequently used as it gives us a high level of control over using different camera shots whilst the character stays in frame e.g. panning shots, tilt, low angle shots, close-ups and medium close-ups.

Lighting

To film our teaser trailer, we used 400v Kino Flo Diva-Lite 400 and the 2-unit Diva-lite - soft lights from California, which allows you to manually reduce or increase the intensity of the lighting. In most of our shots we used one 2-unit Diva-Lite soft light and two 400v Kino Flo Diva-Lite soft lights, as the majority of our shots involved filming in tight corners and corridors so as to create the feeling of loneliness, isolation, fear and anxiety.

In the suffering shot and sink shot, we used a green filter to create a sense of hostility and sickness. The green filter often reminds people of hospital and so the colour green is symbolic of the suffering and pain experienced or witnessed in hospitals.

Rifa lights; We used a softbox to create soft key lighting; it has a soft fill and backlight which we used to light our photoshoots for the poster and magazine cover.

Photography

I used a Canon EOS 400D to take photographs for our posters and magazine cover. The camera was also used to capture behind the scenes shots.
We used a Bowens Gemini Esprit GM 500 flash unit, and connecting it up to a softbox so that the light perhaps delicate and 'soft' on Stacey's face. 

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Weekly Update

Wednesday 26th January 2011

In this lesson, Joshua and Melissa focused on the finishing the posters to post on Youtube and Melissa has started working on the Magazine cover. Stacey helped give use ideas as to what we could potentially add or get rid of to improve the magazine cover. I spent the lesson ensuring that planning and research , production and post-production are blogged. In addition, any equipment used, technology, and information on distribution companies are crucial and so I needed to ensure they are blogged. I also finished a few blogs and created new posts in this lesson and in my free periods.

Weekly Update

Monday 24th January 2011

Today, we focused on editing our trailer and making the finishing touches to the posters and magazine cover. I added the new shots to a storyboard on final cut pro, so that we know how the film should preview, and it allows us to rearrange shots so that when we are editing the film to distribute for audiences on Youtube, you will see the rough cut and it will also help us to think about whether shots are relevant or not and where we need to make cuts and transitions.

Weekly Update

Wednesday 19th January 2011

Today, we recorded sounds for the trailer; screams, heavy breathing, door handles shaking and door closing. The one variable we struggled with to reduce was echoes and so we overcome this variable by recording about 15cm away from the subject or using the subject in such a rapid manner that echoes are not heard as much e.g. the door handle shaking. This echo was created as a result of the open, empty corridor and its failure to block sound waves.

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