Week 2,3 & 4: Developing ideas for minor project

Week 2 (26/09/16)

I have began preparing a pitch for my minor project. This week, I am hoping to get some test footage to help me present my idea and also begin experimenting before creating a final piece. This will include some small green screen experiments to help me pitch an idea. Since I have some visual effects I can do for another student, we will be working in collaboration together. However, if I don't have enough footage from that, then I have been thinking about extending my knowledge to look at animation in film. Therefore, I plan to do some research into that in the next couple of weeks.

Week 3 (03/10/16)

This week I have been mainly researching into some visual effects techniques and trying to develop some ideas. Hopefully by next week, I will be able to put some of my research into practice. However, there hasn't much more progressed in the practical side this week.

Week 4 (10/10/16)

This week I pitched my idea and all went well. However, after pitching, even though all was well with what I proposed to do, the person I was collaborating with changed their idea which has left me to figure something out that will be enough to meet all requirements. In my research, I was looking up on Matte Painting, this way I can still also look into some green screening, to place a person into the scene afterward, and use techniques I have and develop them to create new ones.

Week 1: Minor Project

Monday, 19th September 2016 - Sunday, 25th September 2016

This week I have began putting together my ideas to form a proposal for my minor project. This will be due on the 14th November 2016, As my chosen pathway is editing, I want to develop new skills in visual effects. Experimental ideas so far include:

• ·         Animation into a realistic environment

• ·         Green Screening.

• ·         Split Screening

• ·         Mapping.

I will be researching on how to do some of these VFX and will gather some footage to test some of these before I do a final piece.

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After my session on Friday, I have thought further into what I can do as an experimental piece. As well as partially collaborating alongside another student, I have began thinking about how testing different colour screen when chroma keying a background. Examples: Green, Blue, Orange, Red screens. Then discuss the outcomes and see if it makes any differences. I still also want to add in some cartoon animation into realistic environments. Space Jam is an example of what I could look into.
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My current thought process is now, doing a dream state experimental piece. I want to shoot it from a POV perspective as the character is walking. I can add creepy animated models into the sequence as well as allowing me to experiment with different film effects. Experimenting with overexposure and brightness. I want it to be very dream like.