We had to create Carl Burgess (More Soon)'s 'Ratatat - Drugs'. This pretty much consisted of the whole class individually (sometimes in pairs or 3s) standing in front of a camera, performing a chosen expression which would fit within the mood board that More Soon had created.
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| More Soon's mood board |
We were all given the option to bring in an object that meant a lot to us so we could use it in our shot for the production. Some people decided to use them, whereas others opted for the cheesy-focusing-on-the-face side. We all had to do 2 shots each that lasted 10 seconds, and we could make it our own. We got to choose the emotion, and the lighting of the shot as we would do our best to make it fit with the emotion, (e.g. darker light for angry/sad and bright light for happiness/laughter).
When it came to my part of the production, I became really anxious and nervous. I did not, for the life of me, want to be in front of that camera. I felt so embarrassed and apprehensive to the extent where I was almost in tears. I really didn't like it. Thankfully, the amazing Katie offered to do my shots for me. I had to choose her expressions and lighting as they were still classed as my personal shots, it's just she was on camera for me. (Seriously Katie, thank you.)
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| Katie The Great |
As you can see from the shots above, when I chose for Katie to be angry, I made the lighting very dark so her face didn't have much light reflecting off of it. This way, it really captures the atmosphere correctly and I'm really happy with how this shot came out. The happy shot (left), I positioned the light so it was on the left hand side of the shot as this reflects the sun. Sunshine = happiness.
When it came to editing the production together, it took longer than I thought. There were 2 shots for every person, and this meant 100 shots in total. Importing them and sorting them in Adobe Premier Pro was a bit of a headache, as I kept on getting confused with who I'd included in the final take and who I hadn't. Whilst I was watching the recorded footage back, I decided I wanted to make a bloopers reel as I found some pretty funny bits that couldn't be missed.
OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: More Soon - Ratatat: Drugs
I really enjoyed editing this production as I think that getting the whole group involved in the large project was a perfect bonding point, and it really made us feel happy because it was absolutely hilarious to edit.
If I had to choose one thing that I would do differently, it would be the approach I had towards the editing of the whole production. Whenever I watch it back, it seems like I just plonked a load of 10 second clips together without thinking about putting them in synchronicity with the music beat, volume and speed.
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| More Soon expressions by this wonderful bunch |
Overall, I really enjoyed this production and I thought it was one of the best of this whole assignment. Editing it was just pure joy and I hope we do one like this again in future months.
Cheerio. :o)
- Olivia.
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