In Thursday’s class (3/4/10) we went over different things to use for our short films. We had a workshop on different ways to use the camera and what kind of sound we are looking for to put in our movies. Eric gave us great tips to use for our films. He suggested that we find live music because it will sound much better in a movie. He also told us that holding the mike will be a little difficult because it might be in the way. I’m the sound director so I think that will be really hard for me to do. Also, he told us that we should think about the different types of actors we want in our movie. We should do a casting call so that we can have great actors in our movies. But, we also have to do paper work and handle a lot of legal issues so that we won’t get sued or go to jail. I didn’t think we needed to do all of that for this short film but we do.
After our workshop, we broke up into our groups. My group went over our story board. We wanted to make it better. We actually had a great story board but we really didn’t have a story line behind the story board. But throughout the class, Cameron, our script writer, came up with this awesome script for our film. With having a script we can move along with much faster. We now know what type of actors we are looking for and the setting of our film. Our genre is horror and I know it might be hard to “scare” the audience but I think we will do a great job of that. We are in the process of finding what kind of sound we want in our movie that can be accomplished in time and that will set the tone of the movie. The movie is horror so we need creepy scary sounds that will help the movie seem scarier than it is. We are also thinking about what types of shots we are going to use in our film. We want to use a long view, zoom in and out, dolly, and other shots as well. The effects of the shots will also help the genre of the movie. Another important element we are thinking about in the process of this movie is the lighting. We have to figure out if the lighting in the place will be enough or if we are going to need additional lighting of our own. It’s a lot to think about even for a short film so imagine for a long film.
Ending question: which genre do you think is easier to work with?
I think all genres are challenging because they all involve conventions -- for the audience to know what they're seeing, they have to receive something familiar in some way. So that familiarity has to be conveyed intentionally. And there's the ever-present danger of cheesiness with the familiar!
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