It Has Begun!

Over this past week, my partner and I have been busy with the research and planning sections of our coursework, which is displayed on this blog. We have crafted a logo for our production company, practiced some basic camera shots, and I even have my first short-film posted.

As mentioned in the last blog, the logo for our production company, Mirrored Reality Productions, has been completed. We are fairly proud of our logo, and I have been working on posting to my blog, though I am admittedly having some issues doing so. In the mean time, it will be attached to this post.

As a part of our planning, my partner and brother, Riley, and I have taken several practice shots and have uploaded to our own blogs. We were required to film an establishing shot, a close-up shot, a first person point of view simulation, an upwards tilt shot, and a Dutch tilt shot. I was fascinated when we were filming these shots, as I have never filmed anything with the mindset of someone who is making a shot for a movie, even though none of these shots will be used in our upcoming film opening. The one I am most proud of is our establishing shot, and the type that I think we need to work on is the close-up shot. Overall, using these techniques will no doubt help us when we actually have to film our film.

The final assignment that was due this week was a short-film that consisted of at least four lines in the script. This scene had to utilize four different techniques: match-on-match, eye line match, shot reverse shot, and the 180 degree rule. My film was about a father interrogating his son to find out if he broke his coffee mug, with my brother acting as the son and my father acting has, well, the father. For my first short-film, I am really proud of how it turned out, and I look forward to creating more throughout my remaining time during this course.

Next week, I will post about the script and storyboard that my partner and I are going to have made for our end of the year film opening, as well as how we came up with the ideas behind the plot and creative process.