Friday, 30 November 2007

Look at and describe an object. Visual Asthetics


These images are of my sound system in my car. They are 2, 12" Infinity Kappa Perfect 12's. Powered by a 800 watt Visonik amplifier.
The two sub woofers have 350 RMS wattage, and dual voice coil and can run at a maximum of1400 Watts. Due to the size of the sub, i am now unable to put anything bigger than a pair of shoes my boot. It measures up at 35"X16"X16".
I have put two silver guards over the subs for protection. However they can sometimes cause rattleing. The subs are held in by nails to a simple ply wood box, covered in a special carpet material which helps amplify the sound and stop the box vibrating. I then drilled the amplifier into the back of the sub box, and connected the wars throughout the inside of my car into the back of the head unit.
All together my entire system cost between 600-700 pounds including shipping costs and labour on wireing everything up.

Monday, 26 November 2007

One Shot Film

For the final production of my one shot film, I have decided to take narration from two films and use them over the backing music for my production. The main narration, has been taken from the film "Donnie Brasco", in a scene where Johnny Depp was being asked what "Fuhgettabout it" meant. I have chosen this because it has 3 characters interracting with one another, and it fits my production well in terms of being in New York/New Jersey in the 1970's. The second narration i have chosen is from the film Goodfellas. It is a simple one sentence quote which I will use right at the end of my production, on just a black screen.
I have chosen both of these because I am creating my one shot film as if it were one scene taken from a film based on one guy, and the film is from his perspective. In my one shot film, that person is me and I would like to give my audience the impression that I am telling my story.

Monday, 12 November 2007

One Shot Film

Today we filmed our one shot film. We filmed it without sound, as we are having a narative over the soundtrack. Our filming lasts around 1 minute, and we plan on slowing it down to last 1 minute 30.
We shot the film 5 - 6 times, to try and get the film exactly how we wanted it, and to ensure it lasted the required time.
We brought along props, such as a round table into the studio, a pack of cards, poker chips and some bottles of alcahol. 3 of us wore suits, and i was casually dressed to give the impression of an underground/illegal poker game. We tried to create the set too look as if it was filmed in a run down low key building. Here are some photos of the set.


Friday, 9 November 2007

One Shot Film

Last week we were assigned the task of creating a one shot film. We were put into groups of 4-5 and told to come up with an idea for the film, where it would be shot and take into consideration lighting and sound effects.
We decided to base our production on a 1970's style New York/New Jersey Poker game, with myself doing the narration. We are having a rehersal on monday, i will take photos of the set and upload them onto my blog.

Monday, 5 November 2007

Visual Narcotics final product

I have recently finished my still picture animation. I am unable it to youtube as the file is too big. I have it saved to memory stick on request. My film is approximatly 2 minutes long as i wanted it to last the majority of the soundtrack.