Film Noir - BDM234

So far we have seen what COLORS can do. But how does it feels like without colors?
We were split into groups and my group had three students in it including me.
Moseley, Lana and me. (hmmm...Sounds like a movie's name).

Genre - Film Noir.

Getting inspiration from famous 'film noir' films, we went for the typical detective/suspense/classy/smokey/dark...kinda feel and look.

Andrew played the detective and he acted really well. The make up mattered a lot.
We filmed the whole thing on BlackMagic. It was my first time with BMC. I didn't like it very much, to be honest, in comparison to Canon XF305.
Basically, FILM NOIR is a black film. Lighting plays a major...major...major role.
We used cardboard blinds a lot to give that 'part light part shadow' effect.

I enjoyed the filming. Ash, Adam and Seth came down to help us and it was really great of them to do that. It was fun.

Make up is really important. Use of red colors(or dark colors) is beneficial when filming a Film Noir.

The famous blinds. 

Bones of Essimer - BDM331

Pre-production was fun. It was my first time when I involved in designing a set for shooting. Art directors did a good job. On the other hand, I had no slightest idea about what were we making. Then I started looking at the storyboards and communicating with Brandon. I understood that they wanted more and more hands on the set. I became like one of those slaves of Essimer. Lol.
My job was 'DESTRUCTION'. Yes...I had to break wooden palletes and provide wooden planks that could go into making of the set props.
Apart from that... I drilled things, cut things, tied things, hammered things, glued things, spray painted things, brush painted things, chopped things, cleaned things, pushed things, pulled things and nailed things. 'PHYSICAL REALM...YO'

Things Learned:
1. A lot of planning and preparation is required, even for pre-production. (pre-production for pre-production).
2. Team work is essential. If you stand 'alone', you'll be just standing.
3. Team briefing. Apart from 'team briefing' being a good excuse for taking a break, I think it's a nice way to keep track of the progress.
4. Wear gloves when working with wood and iron.
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These kind of scenes were pretty common then.

As I said...my job was to convert this...

...into this.

A little bit of painting.

Made fake shackles.

There was this particular hoarding in front of tin shed that I used to see all the time. Which said "SAVE EVERY DAY 3.99 NZD".

A hoarding of a supermarket or something. For me, half of that poster, was like a message, asking me to work extra hard to "save the day". Just a booster.

"save every day"