Why do we need visual effects?
Visual effects are helpful when it comes to doing what cannot be actually done e.g. transformations, backgrounds, face changes etc. They’re amazing for so many things in the field of film to the point where there can be thousands of effects used without a viewer even realising.
VFX shown in TV and Movies
This movie is weird but because of the general plot and subject matter of psychedelic drugs in las vegas, the movie is allowed to take vfx to weird places. Some effects like the floor pattern moving to the walls is cool, where as some like the woman’s eel head is just a little strange. The movie has many weird vfx moments throughout however this “weirdness” is done purposefully as this is the aesthetic the movie is going for, and any effects that may look bad in say an ocean movie with the eel, are excused as the strangeness is fully the point.
Risk Assessments:
What is a hazard?
A hazard is anything that puts a person or equipment on set in harms way
What is a risk?
A risk is anything that could be the cause of harm to said person or piece of equipment e.g. wires to trip over etc
Who or what are you protecting?
Any person or object on set. This generally has a financial saving basis as to not get sued or have to buy new equipment, however we don’t want anybody or anything getting hurt either
What is duty of care?
The moral or legal obligation to ensure the safety of others, just the official name of what I talked about above.
What is a risk assessment document used for?
To help avoid risks and hazards coming to fruition before work actually begins. With a risk assessment document it makes people more aware of what can and might happen on a production if people aren’t careful.
My Bedroom Risk Assessment:
Tapestries, posters and lots of other flammables = fire hazard
That’s about it I reckon
Industrial Light and Magic:
Star Wars:
Who set it up? Why?
George Lucas and producer Gary Kurtz enlisted the help of graphic effects expert John Dykstra to realise the ideas of the film because effects technology made it difficult at the time, John got together a ragtag group of college students, artists and engineers to build the foundation of the space sage. John Dykstra created the Dystraflex, which was the first moving camera used in films and revolutionised how videomakers shot videos for years to come.
What is Pixar? What have they done on TV as well as film?
Pixar is a 7.4 billion dollar horizontally integrated company owned by Walt Disney who specialise in animation films. Pixar have created an absolute avalanche of animated classics including Monsters Inc, Cars, Lilo and Stitch, Toy Story, The Incredibles and that’s just to name some movies. Pixar have done a LOT when it comes to animated tv and movies
What have they done since 2010?
Pixar has came out with both new films like Inside Out, Brave, Coco and Onward, as well as many many sequels and spinoffs from already existing movies like Cars 2 and 3, Incredibles 2, Toy Story Toon’s and Monsters University.
Current and Upcoming projects?
That I could find on the internet, upcoming productions include;
Death on the Nile
The Eternals
West Side Story
and lastly, Cruella
Awards? Games?
Pixar have countless amounts of both, both stemming from or being awarded from the movies that made them big.
Green Screen Task:
Shot Planning:
We planned out two different ideas to do. First, a city timestop video which I did originally work on, and second, a rubber ring floating video which Harry would end up working on. I ended up instead using the timestop footage to make a forest fire video where Jonathan (in the video) hits his watch and causes the forest around him to light on fire.
Team Members:
Me (Ethan Goodings) – Cameraman
Jonathan James – On camera and the best at editing
Harry Wright – Not much except from watching COD Cold War Zombies videos but he says “Director”
Connor Williams – Risk assessment and photos
Risk Assessment:
- Wires (from the light boxes) – you could end up tripping on the wires while filming. To solve this make sure that all wires are pushed to the edge of the area so that they are out of the way of people’s feet.
- Hot light boxes – A light box could fall on top of someone. To prevenmt this from happening make sure the base of it is secure.
- Edge of the Ceiling – you could bash your head off it if your to tall. To prevent this get on your knees and flim that way.
- Chair – if your filming with a chair you could end up falling off it. However if you sit on it properly and make sure the chair is safe to use. You can prevent this from happening
Still Image Of Production:
Screengrab of Project setup:
Initially I had edited Jonathan into a forest which changed seasons. I next added a transition and added the flames by taking two clips of flames and layering them in appropriate places. This ended up looking really nice when added with the orange hue. In honesty the transition could be better.
Camera Trick Task:
Harry: Camera man
Josh: Idiot
Me (Ethan): In film and risk assessment
Jonathan: Main editor and Main Cameraman
Risk Assessment
Matte Painting
A matte painting is an image created with both digital and traditional painting techniques, some examples come from movies like The Wizard Of Oz and Lord Of The Rings, as well as from games such as Dark Souls and Sekiro. Matte paintings are a pretty way to show off a landscape in a fictional world.
I am going to use the last two examples as inspiration for my matte painting, which i will be using old looking buildings in town to replicate the fantasy feeling.
I chose this image, taken in a part of Consett last summer by my girlfriend. I chose this because of the woodland fantasy feeling it immediately gives off. I am gonna use the foreground as a base and simply touch up the colours of the entire image, while adding to the background.
2D Tracking Task
My team was made up of:
Myself – On camera
Josh – Nowt was speaking to Ben
Jonathan – Camera man
Harry – No excuse, insignificant (may as well not be there)
We recorded just outside of out building, I stood 2m back from the camera and improvised the actions while Jonathan set the camera up. We got the shot quickly then headed back inside. Here is the raw footage.
First, I had to track the movements onto my right hand. I did this by selecting the tracking interface and allowing it to move frame by frame. Next I repeated this process with my other arm and began planning what to do with my edit. So far I feel like I’m going to go for either a Dragonball or JoJo’s bizarre adventure angle with it.
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