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P1: Research and understand green screen
Green screen is a special effect that is used as a background for films, TV, video games and other productions in order to make it easier for the post production to get rid of the background and place another one. They do this by using computer software Autodesk Smoke, Final Cut Pro, Pinnacle Studio, Adobe After Effects and loads more programs. The colour green or blue is used because it differers for the human skin colour.
Green Screen History:
Georges Melies first used green screen in 1898 for a film called 'Two heads are better than one' He used the Matte technique to combine more than two shots in one film. Later on in the 1900 that same techniques was developed called the Glass shot which is glass with background painting on it and than placing it between the camera and the cover up. 1950's was when Norman discovered that the glass can be pained black and then the matte picture painted on top, this would make the picture last longer. The black background was then created which means that anything that is in black can be cut out or replaced with a background. However that was a problem as the shadows that appeared on the screen would be lost. The dunning process was then invented used by lights to light the background colour blue and foreground in yellow then using dyes to separate the two colours and turn then black and white. Blue was used because it was the colour that was furthest away from skin colour. That still had issue because it took a very long time to edit the colours. Hollywood then used a white background that was lit by a sodium light, this automaticly produces a black background without the picture being effected. in the 1990's green screen took over as it was cheaper and easier to light than blue screen, it works well outdoors and the bright green is less common in costumes than blue is.
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is only of the TV Shows and films that uses green screen. They filmed most of the episodes on green screen as it was hard to film shots of New York, Queens and Manhattan without any interruptions and it was also a lot cheaper to film on green screen than it was in real life. The green screen became so effect that it was even better than shooting in New York. This saved the show a lot of time and money therefore they filmed it LA with green screen. The only down side about it was when the actors were performing they weren't sure where to look or where the scenery around them would be placed. This confused them so it took them a lot a shot for them to complete an episode.
P1: Research and understand matte paintings
Matte painting is a specific location, set or landscape which creates an illusion of non realising or non existing place. It would cost a lot of money to create or build it so instead they use Matte paintings.
Matte Paintings History
Matte Paintings originally began with glass where a glass with be placed in front of a camera and behind another painting. When they start shooting a painted is called in to pain on the glass the rest of the set following the painting from behind. In the 1980's matte painters started suing digital computers, Chris Evens first started using computer graphics animation on a stained glass window. He pained the window in acrylics and scanned the paining into Pixar system to play around with the digital painting for his final shot. This was the first ever digital painting which is still now a days used.
Star Wars
Matte painting were used a lot in Star Wars to show a lot of the characters multiplied with saved them tie to film and the cost of hiring that many people. They made sure that the lighting was blended of the painting so when it was was filmed and edited it would look more realistic. It takes a lot of time because the paintings have to look good enough so they look realistic and the audience is then satisfied with the quality of the visual effect.
P1: Research and understand Rotoscoping
Rotoscoping is a techniques used by animators to create animation films. They do this by using live footage and tracing over it to create the movement of the animated characters.
Rotoscoping History
Rotoscoping was invented by Max Fleischer in 1918 by making 'Out of the Inkwell'. Then later on made other well know cartoons like Koko the Clown which he got his brother to dress up and then traced over him to create that clown character. Later on Disney very much liked that idea and used it to make Snow White, however they adapted that idea so instead of tracing over it once they would draw over it twice to make the characters less stiff and more realistic.
Snow White
When Disney made Snow White they find it very useful to use the rotoscoping technique as it would have them a lot of time. They also used the same characters to play the different roles which saved them money from hiring other actors and that made the process even quicker.
Contingency Plan
ART dep:
I need to make sure that everyone that is able to bring in props would be able to bring them in when we shoot. On the day of shooting I will communicate with my group and remind them that they need to bring in the props needed. If they accidentally forget we know that the place where we are shooting has the props that we need and has offered us to use them. If they do not have what we need we will have to replace some of the props with something else or not use them at all.
The actors are bringing their own costumes, however if they forget to bring them we have already discussed that it would not be problem if they don't have them because in the scrip they can wear casual clothes. This wont effect the character's role in any way.
I need to make sure that I would be able to find the location and I would be there on time. I will do this by asking for the directions and I will make sure I get the earlier bus so I can have enough time to get there.
Shooting
When we went out shooting on Friday 15th Jan at the Old Spring pub we tried to follow the scrip as much as possible however when we were performing it some of the dialogue did not fit in with the genre we were going for. The actors discussed with the director what parts of the dialogue worked best for our crime drama therefore we were still following the script with only few small changes. The storyboard on the other hand we did not follow that much because when we got there the set was different to what we had expected so we had to move around within the space that was given to us. Luckily that was not a massive problem for our group when we were shooting because we still had the chairs and the tables the only thing missing was the bar but we worked our way round it as a group. When we arrived at the pub we made sure by speaking to the owners that we would meet there at a time where it will not be busy so we do not disturb anyone and so there isn't any problems with the footage and sound. The tables and chairs were set up closely together which made it difficult for the tripod camera and sound set up to go there so we made sure that we moved the equipment carefully and we were all aware of the space around us. Once we started filming we shot 3-5 takes per scene so the director and producer were 100% sure that we had good enough footage. We tested the sound and the camera before we started so we got the best sound and camera work.
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