Production Folder

January 04, 2018

Production Folder

Below, please find documents and evidence of our planning for our films:

Treatment for 5 minute experimental video

Filming timetable

Shot list

Post-production Timetable

Videos we used as research and as inspiration:

This video heavily influenced us in the making of our experimental video. It contains a lot of experiments that we decided to try out. Below are some of the behind the scenes clips from this video that we used to help us replicate some of the experiments. The next video was very useful in explaining the effect of how a camera's frame rate can result in strange phenomena when capturing the movement of an object oscillating.

Production Photos:

For filming equipment in our video we used: 1X Sony FS700 1X Metabones adaptor 1X 24-70mm lens 1X 70-200mm lens 1X Canon 5D Mk III 1X Manfrotto Standard Tripod 1X Track & Dolly My designated role on the film was primarily sound design. In our first short experimental film I had just added sounds that I thought matched what was going on on-screen after the edit was complete. However, as this was going to be over double the length of that original piece I was worried that could become boring and just turn into an arbitrary collection of noises. To try and counter this I thought it would be appropriate to create a piece of music that could carry you through the film. This meant that I wouldn't have to wait for the edit to be completed before I could start working on it which, in turn, meant I had a lot more time for trial and error and working out what would sound appropriate for the subject matter. I created the music in Pro Tools with a MIDI keyboard and I used a variety of sources to create the sound. I used different synths and drum samples to start off and then added effects such as EQ filters, de-tune, side-chain compression and reverb. I also decided to record the sounds of a wine glass resonating by rubbing a wet finger over the rim and flicking it to create a chime. I then sampled these at different pitches to create a tune which appears in the second half of the video. However separate samples of wine glass resonance were used throughout the piece. Once I had created most of the music I handed it over to Aaron to edit with so he could add some of the cuts to the beat. As it wasn't fully finished by this point I added a metronome part towards the end so he could use that as a reference. When the edit was fully finished I added sounds that matched what was happening on-screen such as the sound of running water when there was water in shot or the sounds of sand falling when there was shots of salt moving in a petri dish. This gave the piece of music a more organic feel and helped tie the piece of music to the video.
Screen-grabs and audio production shots: