Week 12

As it was clear from the previous week, we needed to reshoot the video and try to correct as much mistakes as possible.
Thus for the sake of a good image we took lightening devices: two projectors.
The place of the shooting was changed, however not due to reasons connected with the video, rather due to the difficulties met to deliver the equipment to the former place.
Firstly we have discussed every moment of the video in detail. After consideration we have achieved good agreement.
the lights was on, the shooting have started.
in opposition to the previous trial, this time we have devided the video in small parts each with different angle of shooting, camera position etcetera.
thus we had around 10 scenes. most of the scenes was shot ssusseccfully and required 2-4 takes. however some of them was rather difficult: or the chocolate would open in a wrong way, or the fasial expression would be wrong, or something would go wrong and so on.
This time it took up around 2-3 hours to complete the task.
Hopefully we have all the nessesary materials to make a nice advertisement, but we can see it only when we will make in the Pinacle Studio.

we tried to be professionals and every take was marked with a number)

week 11

this week we had already had to have some materials for the add to edit.
thus we took camera and gathered for shooting in Irina's appartment.
Me and a frind of mine was choosen as actors, Irina and Alex was mainly directors and camera people. However during the shooting everybody was contributing and sharing ideas on various issues.

The video was fun. During the shooting we have tried many different ways how to make each of the scenes, and in the end have finally achieved to a satisfactory result.

The hext day, when we came to the class, we had an opportunity to see our mistakes.
Forst of all the lighting was bad.
Secondly the zoom in/zoom out technique defenitely didn't fit the required dinamics of the video: it takes to loong to zoom, wasting the time.
As well personally for me I could catch my own acting mistakes and try to improve the next time (becouse we have desided to make another video)
In addition we make our story board better and more detailed.
And this is the draft of our second storyboard, improved.

Week 10

The second assessment is approaching, we started to thing adout the concept of 2d video.

The task: 30 sec add for chocolate

details:
- every frame should be perfect
- backshoot in the end
- create product, slogan etc...

Ideas:
1 dirty mouth, childish look - camera mooves away - it is adult eating chocolate
2 man sitting on a big chair eating chocolate. Down - little girl watching and wanting the chocolate.

Week 9

by the week 9 we had to bring our video materials, edit them and complete a nice finished video.

Apparently I made a mistake when shooting: in some scenes Alex had a heat on her head, in some not, thus I have got a problem to cut the video: she cannot apper one second with a heat, another without, and again. However some video effects have helped me a lot to cover this mistake.

The editing was fun and interesting, even though I have got tired, it was an experience I really appriciate and like.

I used a nice music for the video: 'in the jungles' song from the Lion King, and in the end many people found the thing entertaining)

I used several effects and appropriate fonts for the sake of integrity. And played around with speed in some parts to make the funniest parts expressive.

Week 8

It was the week when we had to shoot video materials for individual assignment.
Me Irina, Alex and Dmitry agreed to meet in a park to implement our ideas.
For my video I had to buy flowers and potted plants on the way. I was ready to leave my appartment when I have occasionally looked at the wall in my room.
I have to mention, that the last semester we had sculpture lesson and I have got 3 papier-mâché mask as a memory, and put it on the wall.
the masks are 2 african looking and one funny white face, supposedly of a transsexyal.
"what a nice contast!" - broke out in my head. "why wouldn't I make a video, the idea seem funnier that the current one!"
I have picked the mask and left. The idea of the plot came on the way, and in addition was polished and improved with help of my dear friends.

The shooting was fun, we laughted a lot.

week 7

Time to submit the video was approaching so we started to make story board for our videos.
I had a creativity crisis, however in the end have got a nice idea. The contract broken heard vs love and happiness.

Week 5-6

we was told that our individual assignment is approaching and that we have to start thinking about the concept for a 30 sec video. the topic was - contast in any way.

The teacher showed us a professional camera and for the rest of the lesson we was messing around with its functions.