Cant wait to use this baby

Pentax 35mm with macro lens and filters

Retro

Photo fun :)

Just because just becoz

Fun

Almost end of year

Fun wit class mates :)

Corrected 2min mem vid

Ok this is my post for my 2mins video as the previous attempts were in correct I have been exporting and rendering my videos wrong, so the final result was not doing my work any favours at all in fact you could barely see them and it looked as though I filmed every thing with a very low quality and they videos were very blurry because my ISO when filming was far too high. Although this was my first video so I have plenty of mistakes to learn from.
So I have corrected my mistakes saving at 1080p 25f and have much clearer picture, excusing the opening shot as it was blurred on purpose I also think I filmed a lot out of focus.

video 8

Every runner has a reason

 http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/07/24/every-runner-has-a-reaso/


The reason why I chose this video is simply because of the story told, I really like videos with a story and meaning, I was instantly drawn to this video from the opening scene and the sun flare caught.

I like the clean crisp video work and how it relates to the runners story.

I like the use of line work that is created from when he runs in-between the buildings and under the bridge, I also thought this scene with the graffiti in the background brought this scene to life with the colours used.
Very moving video clip with a relatable story on how people see other people, and how you should really look at yourself and others before judging.

I also liked how he used the moving trees as a memory image because it is the same thing I did in my two min memory video

This is from the videoclipThis is my shot

Analysed vid 7

This weeks video I found on short of the week

http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/09/07/the-light-and-the-little-girl/





The reason I chose to use this video is because of the lighting used and I thought it would actually be a nice video to recreate.
I like how it portrays the innocence of childhood, how kids always touch everything and kind of entertain their own minds, like how to capture light? just like a photographers dream of capturing the perfect lighting.

I really liked this shot and the lighting used in it just this picture tells a story, of sadness and how the room is darkened to show you it is a child that is upset. The clip darkens off and then opening again with what looks like only natural light.

I thought this video was a moving piece of work with lots of emotion brought in to it.

My lighting work

as you can see my lighting source is positioned as three point lighting, how ever I had a lot of trouble trying to fade the shadow in the background 

This is the examples of my work and the colours I used trying to keep it controlled, 

I also had a natural light source coming in from in-between the key light and the fill light.

Using only natural light and a 60watt light bulb

Using natural light and one key light

Using blue gel and all lighting 

all lighting I think it actually just come down to the position of the camera and I should of tried to put the key and fill lighting a little higher, also I had the subject way to close to the wall.

My Colour Controlled video

This is my colour controlled video 

This is the scene I tried to work from and also the colour spectrum I tried to stay within

The colours I used were quite dark and I tried to use the sunset as my only light source, I could change the colours used although left them as they were so that you could see the original image.

My Interview video/ audio /music

EDITED

Edited with background music and audio recorded with the digital recorder 

Whats working- The video footage and correcting the colours with the RGB colour corrector

Whats not working- would have to be the audio matching, still haven't mastered it but I will get there.

Future - Take more care with sound audio and mixing I would also reconsider the lighting source as I had to colour correct the clips just to brighten the scene a little more.

Sound Equipment /Audio

Sound Equipment AUDIO

Enable you to get closer to the source of what you are videoing

16Bit sound

Dvd 44.1

The bigger the file size the better the quality although bigger files take a lot of processing

Good sound 48khz

48/16 will give you the best quality sound

If you record something to low, like at 8 you just cant expand on it because of the quality

External microphone

Shot gun Microphone Short/Long

Short records mostly from front some side but none from back

Long in the direction you face it

Battery operated 

If you want good sound the most important thing is to get close to the source

Keep note 2 volume controls on side is record level

And head phone level

Average and try keep level -12 or around -20 to -12

Switch to Manual To keep sound at the same level if you have it on Auto if you are interviewing someone and they pause the auto level will try to compare noise at the level of the voice.

Colour Correction Experiments

Colour Correction with RGB Curves My work so far.

Edited photo 
So you can see the effects you can get by adjusting the colours through colour correction 
from a more natural look to a drastic look that you would probably not use. 

As you can see in this picture I dulled the grass down so its not so bright and to bring out the subject more. 

Original photo

video analysis 6

http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/103411714



http://vimeo.com/14074728

After going through a few videos this week I decided to stay with this one because I thought the sound track suited the video, it doesn't really tell a story, I just like the use of slow motion in the video.
The music brings a sort of peacefulness and has captured my impulsiveness which has drawn me into the video.
Although the film is of a Sunset  breezy in both content and tone, if you look below the surface, it does raise a lot of interesting and relevant subjects, like the feeling you have when you sit and look out at the ocean, it just instantly has a calming effect to it.

The processes used in this video where close ups and slow motion which draws you in, I also thought the establishing shot of the beach made the video worth watching.

lighting Temperature

 

Blue is a hot - heat, and red is cool

Lighting

White balance

3200 k

5600k daylight balanced

Fluorescent light

CRI 100-sun

Led

Colour temperature

There is no such thing as white balance it just what your eyes want you to see.

So cameras don’t know there is.... no white balance you have to set it yourself.

Instant Dramatic Color ** NO PHOTOSHOP

Using colour gels in photography

My video analysis for this week

https://vimeo.com/65268704


The reason why I decided to use this video is because of the shallow depth of field used, I like how the sharp focus brings you into the moment and makes you think your there.
This video caught my attention
By the first clip used, as I have a fascination with island settings and sunrises.
I like the scene with the bike and how the camera has focused on the movement. The blurred background, and then tracking went well although I thought faded out a little to fast.

I like the use of close up shot used and gave you a feeling of been there.

My first interview video

My first video Interview

This was shot in the kitchen of my place, this video was shot in the evening, I went for a kitchen environment so that you didn't have to look at your every day sit down interview which may not of worked out as well as I thought it would, as you can see I didn't quite have enough light in the kitchen, and the background appears far too dark.


The reason I shot in the kitchen was to give my interview a more personal look in to my interviewee, as he is a very uplifted and relatable person, who is full of life, and I wanted that to show.
This was video was shot on a tripod, and I had to adjust the setting, letting in a lot of light just so you could actually see the kitchen So I did have a high ISO,  I did forget to record my settings. Although will do in my next video. I did set up the camera DSL60D to have a shallow depth of field so you can focus on the interviewee, and not the background.
Because it was my first interview video, I wanted to leave all my mistakes in, so I could see where I need to improve.


As you can see a lot of improvements are needed.
My video work was far to dark, and my audio taught me never record while there is background noise thats going to drown out my interviewees voice.
I needed a lot more footage than what I actually had, and should of recorded his voice separately.

I remixed the music audio into the interview only where I thought it was needed and have since learnt how to adjust the volume levels.


As you can see I had a lot of trouble matching up the video with audio, and left it how it was just so you could see where I went wrong.
Room for improvement from the lighting to the sizzling of the pan to the audio matching video work.

My video mixing

My video mixing made this clip look more like an ad than a actual video clip I applied the audio track and then adjusted the audio, I applied the music track and then added key frames to suit the video.

Today we worked with Key frames and Audio Mixing I learnt a lot and this was my final result 

Creatitivity 1

Creative writing our group came up with this piece of poetry.

WE SAY YOU SAY AS FEARS GROW

THROUGH CLOUDS OF WAR, QUESTIONS GROW

POINTING TOWARDS A DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIFE

THE BACKLASH TRAUMATIZED FAMILIES VICTIMS STRUGGLE NEVER STOPS

THE GOOD SOUL FIGHTS

FOR GLIMPSES OF THE PATH TO PEACE 

OUT TO STING, A BALANCING ACT

ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART 

THE STRUGGLE IS REAL A TEMPORARY LIFETIME.

Editing and creating my Interview

I am leaving my Interview as much as I can in the original format, because it is my first Interview I would like to show all the mistakes I made and how I learnt different skills by making those mistakes.

Not quite finished yet I will upload as soon as possible.

Memories and my videos analysed

Where I view my memories, I am always trying to re-capture my memories almost to the point where I would like each memory to be re-created as the same moment.
The point I wanted to get across with my videos on memory, was a sense of fun, and innocence, I decided to use the colour in my work the way I did because I wanted to express a clear crisp memory almost as though you could reach out and grab it.
I blurred the flowers so you know that the thought could fade and its not as fresh as when it happened, although I cut in and brought the flower into focus so you know that moment although faded can be re-created.

Looking back on the bridge scene was supposed to be fast, almost to a flickering image, because I didn't like crossing that bridge when I was younger.

The shots of mud was to represent as a child putting on our gumboots and walking along in the mud,
the shot was filmed fast as though that is a memory I would like to forget.

Finally the shots sitting under trees is how I still have a clear memory of sitting staring up at the clouds and thinking if I do that now I can instantly be taken back to that place it doesn't even have to be the same tree.

The shot of me from behind is a way of showing how I am looking back into my life.
The shot of the eye is to re-present looking through my eyes, although re-presenting today because its my sons eye and I want him to see what I used too.

The quickness and short shots are how brief that moment feels now.

Video 4 for this weeks video analysis

http://mashable.com/2014/08/06/slow-motion-new-york-city/

Like this style of video, tells a story even though it only plays music, it clearly shows a different side of New York through the eyes of a Photographer and video artist.
A lot of close up shots all done in slow motion I like how action is frozen in time.
I like the use of D.O.F and S.D.F
The slow motion effect brings the video alive and gives it a life of its own.
This is a direction I might like to look in to as I like the way it looks like bringing a photo to life.

After Effects TUTORIALS - Missile/ Meteor Effect with Trapcode Particular

After Effects TUTORIALS Harry Potter Apparate/ X-MEN Nightcrawler/ RE We...

How to make someone disappear with AE

After Effects TUTORIALS - Creating Realistic Ocean Scene

A easy to follow tutorial on using After Effects

Funny Video clip
The video is awful  but still worth the watch


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2717066/Apparently-Ive-never-live-television-Five-year-old-boys-scene-stealing-interview-local-county-fair.html


Unscripted Interview of a child puts fun into the interview with out realizing.

My 2min Memories video's Edited

These are my videos that I made for our memories task I had to re save them due to incorrect settings

Video one
The Park

Video two
Trip to the zoo car-park reason in my first save for memories

For future in saving video's at the right settings, my mistake I was saving the default setting with the wrong settings, not the correct exported file.

Creativity one John PULU

On the 4th we had a guest speaker by the name of John Pulu from TVNZ one 
I really enjoyed Johns Seminar, A journalist from Tangata Pasifika From Tonga 
Migrated to New Zealand with his family at the age of 9 the Tongan journalist, first gained experience 
at Otahuhu College, where he attended school. 
John had work experience at TVNZ and this is where he decided he was 
interested in Television.

He graduated from A.U.T in 2010 from a course on Communications and Television degree 

He has worked with music artists like  J boog and Aradnah Patel, he has traveled extensively, but the stories he likes to cover the most are stories with meaning and in helping pacific Islanders to share their stories with the world. 

We learnt from john how they search for stories , pitch a story , go out on a shoot and construct the shoot, warn the interviewee, and how they pre-script their stories, the stories and video work are edited and then await the producer to approve the footage, and then it appears on T.V .

We watched a clip on you-tube of John at the food festival in Auckland because he said those were the interviews he liked to do  and that they were very entertaining.  LOL! @ my terrible writing think I noted down all of the things that weren't important.

He later caught me running out across the car park not long after, because, I didn't stay till the end. "he said to me was I that bad"?, I felt so embarrassed and ashamed that my lame excuse really just sounded like a lie. lol !  "um no I had to leave my rides here". which actually was the truth.  Although may of wasted your time telling me the important parts cause all I heard was food, punched by a bodyguard and your name. p.s sorry haha!

Moving Image 3

The video I chose for my critique this week is

The pleasure of

from Vitùc PLUS 1 year ago ALL AUDIENCES

https://vimeo.com/48236494

I like the use of camera work on this video opening with a ice cream melting in time-lapse and the use of close ups and shadow work to introduce the video captivated me from the start.
The shallow depth of field used is really well done I also like the movement and hand held camera is bought in at the right time.
I really like the use of blurred camera movement. And noticed the colour correction in this video the audio matches perfectly and does make you think of how all these sounds are taken for granted.

Really enjoyed this piece of video.

Video 1 analysed

https://vimeo.com/82113014

This is a video that I found inspiring I have a fascination with time lapse and the beauty of it, I know it is just a lot of filming without work put in to it I just really like the end result.
I found this video work uplifting and moving just from the camera work.
I also like the positive image that the audio gives.

Moving Image AUDIO

Todays work with audio
First lesson Always make sure you are recording, Learnt this the hard way.
Learn the names of Equipment so you aren't calling anything wire thingys.
Always check batteries are working
Always try to keep your sound levels at -12

Long Shotgun Mic

Headphones

Digital Recorder

Premiere

XRL

My Memories Vids

This is a short video, I made of the zoo entrance and how I always remembered as a child pulling into the zoo more than the actual zoo itself.

My 2min vids for Memories working on 60D EOS 

my video work 

This video I made of memories at this certain park I had in my childhood I remembered how we used to cross the bridge and spend time sitting under the trees making daisy chains, I used to go there with my granddad and have a lot of treasured memories there.

Working with different IOS settings and different styles of focus 

Not putting IOS up to high, and just trying to get a deep depth of field and shallow, using a bit of movement and getting used to aperture, IOS and experimenting.

Canon 60D Info Screen Learn easy fast DSLR Tips Tricks

This video gives you a clear understanding of all the functions on the 60D  I found this one helpful

Canon EOS 60D Tutorial 1 - The Basics and Picture Taking

Tutorial on EOS and tips on where to start if you are a beginner.

The science of aperture

This link explains the science of aperture in detail and why we look at a particular image in a certain way

http://www.cameratechnica.com/2011/02/03/117/

Which one do you think pops of the page and draws your eye straight to the flower?

moving image vid 2

Out of all the videos I have watched this one was the most inspiring to me from the story to the camera effects I liked the sun flares in the video and this video gave me a direction in the kind of style I would like to create within my own work.

Topher Mohr and Alex Elena - Trouble (royalty free music)

Going to be using a lot of this music for my Moving Image work unless a artist is willing to donate their brilliant work to me :)

Tour the World - Official Music Video

I decided to write about this video because of the effects used I am not sure if I chose it because of its artistic approach that gave it a different them and way to explore video or just the fact that I liked the way the song matched the video and made it fun.

Im guessing this is pause motion and would of taken along time to make.

Its basically just a fun view on how to see the world.

MOVING IMAGE VIDEOS

I really liked this tutorial on video effects, I thought it was explained really well and I liked the style and  way it was taught.
I just decided to post this video because I would like to use this kind of technique in videos I make.

Pintrest/Aperture Moving Image

I have started a new pintrest page because scoop it limits the video's you can post this is my Pintrest url


http://www.pinterest.com/debriez22/

Ive been researching Aperture for Beginners


http://photographylife.com/what-is-aperture-in-photography

Starting to understand how it all works.