- Treatment
I aim at introducing 5 films from 1970-2010s in this project. I will also match up the movies with audio clips which have been edited by me personally. These incorporated sound clips in the audio track are taken from either the film trailers or the theme music of the films. These audio tracks would be utilized as small trailers for each of the films in context. For this project, the target audience is the film lovers who are aged 18-65.
II. Rundown/Script
III. Shot sheets
IV. Equipment and Facilities
Two cameras would be needed by me, apart from a switcher, a server, an audio board and a character generator.
V. CG List
VI. Crew List
AD: Ronnie
Server: Steve
Audio: Alina
TD: Braden
CG OP: Masha
Director’s Diary
The actual shooting required much more time than what was calculated by me beforehand. We ended up with two dry runs and 4.5 actual recording. Unfortunately, Dennis failed to show up on the day of the shooting. Hence, Mike had to step in to take over Camera 2. The CG operator had to make changes on the CG in order to make the shooting go smoothly. The crew members did a very good job and the shooting process proceeded well.
In retrospect, I believe that there were a couple of things that I could have done better. Starting with the audio track, the scream sound bite was supposed to be matching with the scary face on the CG. Unfortunately, the scream went on before the face popped up. Originally, I had made a 19 seconds CG on the film, The Shawshank Redemption, to match the 19 seconds audio track. But, during the actual shooting, I comprehended that the CG is too long to match the audio track. Hence, the CG operator required to trim it down to 13 seconds. I believe that I could have exuded more creativity with the CG on The Shining. I could have made the scary face on a separate a CG which would have matched the audio and have the eerie effect. Also, the scary face could have been made to pop up on the CG just like what was done by me in poster of The Shining. This would have created the visual scary effect with panache and quintessence. I also could ask the TD operator to do a quick switch between the CG and black. That would have created an ambiance with a much enhanced scary visual effect. Thirdly, I should have just burned a CD instead of putting the audio track on my phone. As a consequence of this shortcoming, the audio was not as crisp and clear as I had wished it to be and so we had to “fix” it. Lastly, I could have been much more efficient with the time and I could have also been more accurate with each shot that I called out.
As a whole, I like what I did with this mentioned project. I firmly believe that the entire crew did an excellent job. The camera operators were quintessential in capturing each shot. The TD did a great job with my order which sometime got “confused” and the audio person too was fantastic. The CG operator came up with a flabbergasting work aiding me to make changes with the CG. The AD was excellent and promptly reminded me of the time. Lastly, I want to thank Mr. Pines from the core of my heart for giving me the extra chances to make it work greatly. In my conclusion, I would like to opine that the job was fantastic in its totality in spite of the few alterations which were made impromptu by us.
