The crime/gangster genre is highly popular in Asian Cinema, especially Japanese and Chinese, with their organized crime groups, the Yakuza, and the Triads respectively. Known for the way that these films tend to blur the lines between good and evil, they have caused some controversy…
Oh hey, I actually wrote music! When I wrote my previous blog post on music, in which I basically said that I may have to resort to using royalty free music in my project, I was under the impression that I my music skills were…
This reflection is a little different to my other ones. Instead of talking about on what I learned during reflecting, instead, I’ll be reflecting on what I learned during the process of making. So, in this post, I’ll be talking about editing (or more, shooting…
Scrolling Clip The first thing I noticed that I needed to do in this shot, before doing any sort of colour grading, was to fix up the brightness of the curtains in the background. Firstly, I tried to lower the…
A cameras focal length can be adjusted by two things; the aperture, and the focus. In this exercise, we were challenged to experiment with using the focus to mess around with the focal range between two subjects. The aim was to focus from a closer…
Lighting is important in film because without light, you can’t see shit (obviously). A camera works like an eye, in that it reads light, and so there are so many ways to manipulate what the camera sees just by playing around with the illumination of…
So, today, I took a little road trip to bloody woop woop, to scout out locations for where we want to film our project. We found a place that looks exactly like what I’d pictured when I wrote the scene, which was good. The only…
Ah, music, the make or break when it comes to making a good scene. Without good use of sound and music (or lack of use, in some cases), you can really ruin the mood. For our project, we’ve looked at the script, and decided what…
This bit is always a bit of a hassle, finding someone who fits the role you’ve written, whose timetable fits well into your schedule, and will be at least somewhat committed to the project. And when you’ve written the script, you really want the character…
So, this time, I’m pulling apart this scene from Shaun of the Dead, because it’s one of the main inspirations for my main project I’m working on for this studio. (Spoilers for those who haven’t seen it) As some of you may know, I’m an…