Pre-vis and Storyboards

This past week, the team and I decided to change our weekly meetings from Wednesdays to Sundays because of scheduling and convenience. I went back in the calendar and changed these updates and also updated our budget to where it was more concise and clear. At our meeting, Sunday, we as a group went through the different shots that we had discussed before, as well as discussing new ideas we wanted for pre-visuals. Mike wrote up a shot list and Ally worked on storyboards, while also explaining her full concept of the vision she sees. I worked on putting the Powerpoint together as well as getting the secured location we will be shooting at. Together we collaborated about storyboard ideas and how we wanted to present our images to the class. Next weekend we will have our first test shoot, where we will test out the choreography, lighting and designs of how to setup the teacups. It should be interesting since it is a test, so it leaves room for creativity and exploring different avenues to take until we come with a concrete idea of how to manipulate stop-motion. So in our meeting we talked about any equipment we may need for next week and went ahead and planned on getting that before our first test shoot.

You say teacups, I say teacupz

This past week we met up and put together our presentation for the Week 3 Assignment. I went ahead and created a Google Drive folder for our group and divided it into major subsections such as Lighting, Sound, Production, and Cinematography. In our meeting this week, we put together the presentation and discussed the potential budget and shooting schedule. Ally worked on who our target audience would be and the style and form of the film. The more we work, the more we become more concrete with our idea, even though we've realized there is a lot of wiggle room for creativity. Mike researched equipment we would use and their rates to incorporate with the budget. He also discussed new ideas for shots and considering a night time shoot with the teacups. The shooting schedule is now put together and all the due dates are on there as well. It is even color coordinated to determine what's pre-production, production and post production. For the upcoming week, we will meet during our weekly meetings and start to put together story boards and visuals.

 

Teacups and Teacups and Woooh!

This week we met up on Sunday, Sept. 14th, and discussed the concept and outline for our experimental project. On my part, we discussed locations and props we would need for the film, such as teacups, paint, plexi glass, and corn starch. We talked a lot about potential camera shots and angles we would want and the concept of how we are going to create the vision of our film. This week I went ahead and printed out several different forms we would need for production such as talent release forms, location permits and participation agreement forms. Soon we are going to secure locations and pick a weekend to go ahead and shoot our stop-motion.

Week 1 Festivities Boom Blap !

Wednesday, Sept. 3rd: My group and I met up at Port City Java for about an hour to discuss our treatment plan. Ally discussed her vision for the project and we came to find out it was leaning more towards a narrative. So together, as a group, we brainstormed ways to keep the project experimental. She mentioned a cool idea she has always wanted to do: Stop Motion Film of Teacups dancing/moving on water. Mike has done stop motion before and showed us his work. He will help us achieve stop motion when we are filming; I, also researched outside of our meeting about stop motion. As a group, we are pretty excited about our idea and look forward to getting started!

I also went ahead and made a separate calendar of dates to be aware of and a Facebook page to keep everyone in our group aware of when we are meeting and what to look forward to each week. I am beginning to structure together our production binder with multiple parts to start considering such as shooting schedule, budget, and equipment needed.

The Treatment is located on our Director: Ally's blog!