https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/119075
https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/119076
https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/119077
Here are some representative film clips that I made in week 1, in order to play with the camera. I didn’t upload it at first cause I don’t think they are important, now I see they represent my learning experience and exploration on camera angle, infrared mode and composition. They are very inspiring for my final video.
https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/119042
https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/117954
Text video is something that I would like to try and I’m glad that we had the opportunity on class. Making a text video is more convenient than making a visual postcode or audio postcode, yet it is challenging to construct meaning with mere words, font and colour.
Moreover, this is a trial for my final assessment. I aim to pill up words and still image to stimulate my audience frequently. I don’t know whether I succeed, I only know for sure that this editing style took too much time. I might adjust my plan of final assessment.
https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/117741
This week I tried to film real human. With the help of my partner Ivy and Angela, I explore various camera angle with human portrait, such as close-up shot. Also, I tried to make the scene potentially meaningful, with props I can find in the common room, for example, asking my partner to sit nearby bookshelf and read a random book. I think it would be good to add some drama in our portrait with meaningless montage.
https://mediacentral-upload.ucl.ac.uk/LibraryContent/DownloadMedia/116999
This is the lighting practice that I did with my favourite figures and plush toy. These are very important objects for me so I’d like to film them with lights that best indicates their ‘characteristics’. For example, the plush toy that laid on my bed was very warm for me, so I applied soft yellow light that resembled sunlight on it. While for the girl with blue and white dress, I used blue light so the light echoed with her dress, but also soft light as she’s an amiable and friendly figure for me.
https://mediacentral-upload.ucl.ac.uk/LibraryContent/DownloadMedia/116572
This is the first time that I played with a recording tool. It’s actually more easy to use than I expected. More importantly, the audio tool wasn’t as eye-catching as the camera, so I feel more comfortable walking around with it and recording nearby a group of people. As a result I get an abundance of sound, from people chatting to water fountain. Moreover, I enjoy mixing the sound together in editing process, making the imaginative scene in my audience’s mind more rich and diverse. It is like creating a chorus of Westfield.
https://mediacentral-upload.ucl.ac.uk/LibraryContent/DownloadMedia/116306
This is the video that I made after a hour of filming in a public park in central London. Honestly the filming experience was very exciting for me, because passengers looked at me like a weird person carrying a huge camera. Gradually, I got accustomed to it and became more brave to film publicly. Yet when I had the tutorial with Ms Rebecca, I realised that the film clips had some potential issues, such as over exposure and camera shake. These are the problems that I should pay attention to in future filming.