Unit 44 VFX

UNIT 44 VFX

Sound Operator: 

I think i would make a good Boom Operator as i have good knowledge of electronic equipment as when i was younger my phone wouldn't charge up so i took it apart cleaned it all and then put it back together fixing the connection so it could therefor charge. I have great listening skills as my teachers always set me a task and i never ask questions as i hear them very well. I believe i have good physical  stamina e.g. in sports day i came first in my long distance running. I also use to have a paper round. This helped me become very reliable as people counted on me to deliver there papers to there door, And i always did six days a week. 

Art Dept:

Becoming an Art Dept is an ideal job for me because i am a great fast quick learner e.g. when i moved choruses to gcse art I worked  hard to complete work that i hadn't been there for in a substantial quality. 

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GREEN SCREEN: A green screen is a background sheet that is placed up behind the actors/ models  it can also be blue but it is most commonly green. It works with the luminous green behind and because luminous green isn't a common colour it is easy to edit it out in a software such as Adobe Premier then adding in a replacement background of your choice e.g. Mountains.    

The start of the 19th was the first ever green screen by Georges Melies.

Next the film The Great Train Robbery 1903 a train is shown going past but actually its green screen.

Then glass was used as green screen to slide into th camera to make the effect by Norman Dawn.

The traveling matte was by Frank Williams on a plain black background.

Blue screen was used in king kong in 1933 this acted like a green screen but could only be filmed black and white.

The yellow screen was invented my Petro Vlahos standing in front of white screen lit by sodium vapour lights.

They the green screen is used for digital video it was easier and cheerer less light works well outside.

Spy Kids 3D Game Over a green screen was used to add the effect of being in a video game. This was used by filming the actors in front of a green screen with a digital camera to be able to edit the background. Overall I think the green screen effect is terrible in this film. It is not convincing what so ever although I understand that the characters are meant to be in a video game it just looks like no time or effort has been but into the editing of the background.    

MATTS & MATTE PAINTING: A Matte Painting is a illation to give of the impression of the place they want to create is real. Film makers do this ether because it is to expensive to get the that certain place and shoot the perfect shots or that the place is a fantasy so they replicate what they want it to look like overall.

In 1905 a man named Norman Dawn invented the first Matt Painting.

In 1985 Chris Evans created the first ever digital Matt Painting that was used in the film Young Sherlock Holms.

Present day This is now called a Digital Painting as it is used for Digital Cameras

The Wizard Of OZ Matte Painting was used to show the landscaping of the yellow brick road and the emerald castle. It was used because it was a fantasy so finding that castle would be impossible but creating it there is no limits also making the budget cheaper so save traveling to a distant location. I think for the time the film came out it was very impressive but looking back at it now with the way technology is going more Matt Paintings have been developed to look a lot more realistic.

ROTOSCOPING: Rotoscoping is to do with animation they copy/ trace over the footage used. This is used in animation films and live action they are drawn in on thin glass one frame at a time.

Max Fleischer in the 1920s along with his brother created Popeeye the first ever Rotoscoping animation video.

In the 1930s The Fleischer's partnered with Walt Disney to use Rotoscoping in there own animations.

From the 1940s to the 1960s was frequently used in animation series and films.  

From the 1990s Rotoscoping moved digital to computers.

Present now days Rotosocping is still used and the there are many software's developed specifically for Rotoscoping.

Alice And Wonderland uses Rotascoping. It was used to create the fantasy character like the white rabbit and still able to have the character in the same shot. Overall the Rotoscoping in Alice And Wonderland was very convincing as the white rabbit looked very convincing with the way it spoke and moved I think it was a very convincing technique used in the film.

Contingency Plans 

Can't hear the dialog clearly- This would be an issue as dialog from characters are very important in understanding there role and status. Also dialog is key as the audience wouldn't be able to understand what the characters/ actors are saying. The solution for this is having a boom mike over the scene we are filming as this will capture clear dialog. Also making sure everyone on set is quite so the boom mike picks up every decibel of sound.  

Use of copyright- This would be a large issue as we are making a film if we posted it up to any media sight it would be immediately taken off because of the music used is from another artist. To work around this we would have to either get permission from the artist to be able to use there music, or make are own music track from a software such as Garage Band. Lastly we could search up music that hasn't got copyright and use it in our TV Crime Drama film.   

Can't find the right music to fit- This could be a problem as finding the right music could be very hard. The reason for this is because there are tones of music and sound effects, the issue is that we have to find out if they have copyright on them or not. Fitting the perfect music with the right clip could be a task as we don't want calm soft music on an intense chase scene. To work around this we would have to thoroughly search the internet for music that fits a certain clip we have filmed.  \

Dropping the Boom Mike- This could happen in any scenario such as filming half way through or even at the start of filming. This could be a major issue as when we wouldn't be able to record top quality audio and dialog for the audience to enjoy. To prevent this from happening we would need to make sure that I have a firm grip on the boom mike so I don't drop it. Plus having intervals as it could become straining on your arms holding something that be up for long periods of time, it could increase the chance of me dropping the Boom Mike.  

Creating the wild track- This wouldn't poetically be a problem as all I would need to do is hold up a mike and take in sounds around the setting. The only issue is if someone on set is talking or there is an unusual sound that doesn't make the wild track a wild track.