Sam's Media Art Blog

Monday, 23 December 2013

Project 1 Improved Shots

Bad Shot Good Shot
-The shot was to faraway - The shot is more to the action
- It needed to be cropt - The crane isn't there anymore
- The action is to faraway - The lighting is a lot nicer

Bad Shot Good Shot
-The phone isn't in focus - The phones in focus
- Can see the phone more clearly

Bad Shot Good Shot
- THERES A BIN IN THE SHOT - Theres no bin in the shot
- Cant really see the guy on the floor - Can see the guy on the floor more clearly
- The edge of the tables in the shot

Bad Shot Good Shot
-The background is cluttered with -The poster was removed
a poster -The shot is closer into the action and actors

Bad Shot Good Shot
-The shot is faraway from the actors -The shot is closer to the actors
-There's a green screen in the -The green screen isn't there anymore
background -But the camera bags on the floor

Bad Shot Good Shot
-The shot is faraway from the actors -The shot is closer to the actors and see them more clearly
-The shot is at a odd angle -The shot is head-on can see facial expressions more clearly
-Half of a person on the right hand side

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Project 1 Research Rotoscoping

Rotoscoping is an animation technique used by animators to trace footage frame by frame in animated films and live action. Originally with Rotoscoping they use to project the live action film images onto a glass panel and the animators would redraw it but this was later replaced by computers. Rotoscopings was used in most animated films to trace things and to make the movements of the drawn characters feel realistic instead of imagine and guessing what the movement was, It was used for this purpose In Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs.
The Rotoscoping technique was invented by Max Fleischer he started using it in 1915 he used it for Out of The Inkwell, for his first bit of Rotoscoping he got his brother to dress up as one of the characters and he used the footage as a live action reference for the character. Rotoscoping has been used in things such as The Yellow Submarine, Looney Tunes, Charlie Brown, Flash Gordon, He-man. Martin Scorsese used Rotoscoping in The Last Waltz to get ride of some cocaine hanging from Neil Young's nose.
The Rotoscoping in The Lord Of The Rings animated film it is quite easy to tell when its being used because it is in a different tone and colour compared to the other parts of the film.
In The Beatles Yellow Submarine film they used some Rotoscoping for the Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds sequence. It looks like it was used for the people dancing in the sequence without knowing what Rotoscoping it was and what it was used for I don't think I would of know when it was being used and wouldn't have noticed it, but in the sequence I think it quite noticeable when its being used but I think its very effective because the video and songs suppose to be quite trippy and it fits nicely with the art style of the entire film and fits a lot better than the movement Rotoscoping in the animated Lord Of The Rings sequence.
I think Rotoscoping would be very useful in after effects when masking out something supporting a character or object to make them float or fly and it would fit in easily for the superhero film unit, but I don't think the part of Rotoscoping that they used in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs and The Yellow Submarine (tracing the movement of a character) because I don't think it would fit well with the superhero unit but it would be very useful if we ever did any animating. I have done a bit of masking before by making a Lego figure fly I had to go into every shot a erase the support beam in the shots and I found it very long and tedious and I wasn't at all pleased with the final product.

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Project 1 Analysing Your Cinematography

BAD SHOTS

The main purpose in the shot is to see the phone but its not even in focus in the shot and the character in the shot should be annoyed but there smiling. I think the shot has a nice rule of third.

There's a nice bit of pattern and symmetry in the background. The shot isn't shot very well there's a bin right in the middle of the shot and a table sticking out along bottom where Matt took the picture. To improve this we could crop around the table or mask it out but its properly easier to re-shoot it.

The main thing wrong with this shot is that its portrait when all the others and they should all be landscape other than that I think its a good shot the books in center and focus and that's the main draw for the shot.

This shot gives a sense of movement and has a nice rule of thirds but there's really too much in the shot and most of its boring the shot really needs to be croppt.

Again another bin in the shot and the backgrounds very cluttered with posters that arnt even symmetrical. we did take another shot of this scene without the bin in it.

GOOD SHOTS

I like this over the head shot it shows a nice depth of field leading lines. I think the blurriness of the background gives the shot a good effect and makes the character stand out more.

This shot has a nice angle and viewpoint to show the book. The book could probably be at a better angle to see the cover and there's a nice rule of third.

The handshake is right slap bang in the middle of the picture makes it the center of attention and that's a good thing for the shot. The shot would be better if the hands where a equal amount in the frame.

This photos kind of apply s to the rule of thirds but it gives a nice viewpoint and a sense of height as if the character is towering over the other character.and it kind of frames the other character.

This photo gives a really strong sense of movement I think it also has a good rule of third and I like the slight angle the shot it makes the character look straight and centered while the rest of the scene is at an angle.