Video and Sound Production - Project 2

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Video and Sound Production - Project 2



17.04.2020 - 19.06.2020  (Week 1 - Week 10)
Wong Kai Yi (0340236)
Video and Sound Production
Project 2

1. LECTURE

Week 1 (17.04.2020)

Zoom session with Mr Martin and Mr Razif
Module briefing by Mr Martin and Mr Razif. Mr Martin will be in charge of the visuals and video, while Mr Razif will be in charge of the audio.
Project 1: Audio Editing Exercises
Audio Editing Exercise: 3-5 exercises, they are meant to build up fundamentals in audio. Project 1 is to fine tune the skills and understanding.
Project 2: 30 seconds Digital Magic W9 submission
Pick a Zach King video and dissect it / watch his Behind the scene tutorial video and pick a Zach King trick.
Final project: 30 seconds Stop Motion
Theme: PSA (Public Service Announcement); a short informational clip that is meant to raise the audience's awareness about an important issue
Not a direct message

Tasks:
  • Install Premiere Pro, Audition, After Effects
  • Select a Zach King trick/video for Project 2 (with tutorial)
  • Post 3 favourite stop motion videos on the blog (include reason)
  • Choose not more than 3 PSA topics for final project
  • Order a tripod

Week 2 (24.04.2020)

Storytelling in Cinema (part 1)
"I write in pictures, I show what others tell." - Jean Cocteau

Narrative: Chain of events cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space
Don't explain, just describe
We make sense of a narrative by identifying its events and linking them by cause and effect, time and space.

Story: The set of all the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers, constitutes the story. (What happened?)
e.g. He is sad because he is facing a midlife crisis. He is called to fight a machine. - description

Plot: everything visibly and audibly present in the film, and material that is extraneous in the story world. (Why they happen? And how?)
e.g. He needs to fight the machine but it keeps getting stronger. He realized that he needs the whole family to defeat the machine. - explanation
Break down: Scene by scene, every scene is described briefly in a separate line.
reveal the film's overall structure and its smallest details.

We create the story in our minds on the basis of cues in the plot.

Week 3 (01.05.2020)

No class - Labor Day

Week 4 (08.05.2020)

Storytelling in Film (part 2)

Fig 1. Lecture slides

Note: LALIN is non-linear

Week 9 (12.06.2020)

Premiere Pro


2. INSTRUCTIONS


3. PROJECT 2 PROGRESS

Week 1 (17.04.2020)

Choose a Zach King Trick with Tutorial
I looked at a few videos on YouTube as below:

Fig 3.1 YouTube video with tutorial 1

Fig 3.2 YouTube video with tutorial 2

This video is more comedic and lively as it is talking about a boy who thought that his worm was a snake. It then tells the story of how he goes through life with his worm and he slowly develops a bond with the worm.

Choose 3 PSA topics:
PSA topics list: PSA list
  1. Water conservation
  2. Talk to your kids
  3. Verbal abuse
Others (just in case): Noise pollution, Mental health

Week 2 (24.04.2020)

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Week 3 (01.05.2020)


 Plot Segmentation for Project 2

 Story:
Kai Yi is stuck at home and bored because of quarantine. She wants to play with a guinea pig. She draws a guinea pig on paper and a carrot and make it real. Then, she feeds the guinea pig.

Plot Segmentation:

  1. KY is at the door, slowly putting her hand on the grill.
  2. KY takes a piece of paper and a black marker.
  3. KY draws carrot slices on the paper.
  4. KY takes the carrot slices from the paper.
  5. KY takes another blank paper.
  6. KY holds it up and puts it on the floor.
  7. A guinea pig appears on the floor and the paper is already cut.
  8. KY feeds the carrot slices to the guinea pig.
Shotlist
Storyboard: can take pictures for storyboard, not necessarily need to draw
Focal length:
Wide shot 18-35mm
Medium shot 50-80mm
Close-up shot 90mm above

Do by next Tuesday - WA sir to check

Week 5 (15.05.2020)

Shotlist and storyboard submission

Fig 3.4  Storyboard 1

Fig 3.5 Storyboard 1

Feedback: Everything is too close up, try changing the shot sizes.

Week 6 (22.05.2020)

Upon receiving feedback, I changed my storyboard. This is the 2nd version.

Fig 3.6  Storyboard 2

Fig 3.7 Storyboard 2
Feedback: 1st shot is unnecessary.

Week 7 (29.05.2020) - Week 10 (19.06.2020)

After recording and editing, the first draft is shown to Mr Martin and Mr Razif. I did not follow the storyboard exactly as there were some minor changes after receiving feedback.

Draft 1: https://youtu.be/2J4d38alSdw

I added the first and last shots, but haven't done doubling for the sounds.
Draft 2: https://youtu.be/TQtKMogTIys

I did the sound effects and doubling, so no original sound from the individual videos are used.
Draft 3: https://youtu.be/kqiidZJu50g

Upon receiving feedback on the audio, Mr Razif suggested that I add sound effects when the magic happens. (Cucumber and guinea pig appear from paper)


Final video:




 Fig 3.8 GUINEA PIG DRAWING COMES ALIVE?! - Project 2 Final Submission

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