Intro / Outro Idea

Whilst looking through all the file sharing footage, I thought this could make a cool little intro or outro to put on the end of films that I make -

I'm not sure what kind of sound to put on it though.
And here's an edit I did purely for my own amusement, and to try out reversing footage. This won't be handed in, as it's really stupid, but enjoy -

Second Edit

Here's the second edit for my advert -

This one's exactly twenty seconds, which is cool, but I think some of the cuts are a little too fast. Again, I'm not sure about the soundtrack either, so there's still some work to be done.

Heider And Simmel Animation

Here's an interesting animation I found whilst doing research for the PRP essay -



This was an animation made in the 1940's for an experiment into 'apparent behaviour'. Participants were asked some questions about the three shapes after viewing this video, and, unsuprisingly, the majority of people viewed the large triangle as a villainous bully, the circle as tense and scared, and the small triangle as more relaxed, and more eager to provoke the larger triangle. This is pretty much the impression I got from watching the film too.
Later on, an experiment was carried out by Sandra K. Marshall and Annabel J. Cohen, whereby the same experiment was carried out but this time played to different participants with and without sound. Different sounds were able to distort or strengthen the emotions and actions percieved by most viewers.
This is great evidence for my research project, and I also think it'd be useful research for any animation topics too as it demonstrates really well how you can give an inanimate object a clearly defined character.

EDIT : Here's another awesome example of how sound can give and emphasize character.

Filming The File Sharing Frenzy

I filmed my footage yesterday in the Arboretum, and it went pretty well. I have pretty much all the shots I need, and it was fun to film too. Big thanks to Will, Matt, John and Realexis who helped out as both cast and crew!








And here's another version of the first edit, but with a different soundtrack. I'm not sure which I prefer really at this stage, but I think the first is maybe a little more succesful.


Annoyingly enough, in the second shot, where the file sharer is shown buying a CD, you can see the other table in the corner of the shot. I'll see if there's any way of hiding this, as although not enormously noticeable, it's quite an irritating error on my part haha!

First Edit

Here's the first (and really rough) edit for my file sharing ad -



There's still a lot of work to be done, this edit is twice as long as the brief states, and some of the cuts look a little rough. The sound too is in it's first stage, and will likely change drastically before the final edit. There's a silent edit here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhhdRXE9Gk
However, I'm pleased with it at this stage, I'll be posting up tighter edits as I make them, as well as some production shots and more about the filming process.

Location

Here are some shots I took in the Arboretum for possible locations -







The Arboretum is a good location for this, and is pretty convenient as it's in walking distance both from Waverley and my house, so will be easy to transport equipment and props there.

Car Boot Sales?

After having a look at some car boot sales to get ideas for the stall in my film, most of them seem to simply have a table -




I think I'll still need a sign to make it totally clear what's going on, but this sign could be like the one in front of the stall in the second picture, just written on a piece of card and rested in front.

Pre-Production

I've chosen to use my idea with the two guys sat at the stalls, as I feel it's my most concise and effective idea. To begin filming, I'll need the following things -

- People
I'll need two guys to sit behind each stall, and react accordingly with what's happening, and then around 6 or 7 people to run to the download stall at the end.

- Filming Equipment
I'll need a camera and lighting equipment, but not sound recording equipment, as all the sounds in the advert are non-diegetic (none of them are created by any of the things we're actually seeing in the film). I'll make a short piece of music to accompany it, and provide a voiceover, but at this stage I'm unsure whether I should add any sound effects or not. This is probably something to worry about in the post production however.

- Location
At the moment I was thinking of filming in the Arboretum, I'll need to take some photos tomorow to help me visualise this.

- Props
I'll need several CD casess for the file sharer to copy, and I'll need to print out a front cover for each one so that it looks like an actual CD. I'll also need to make two stalls, which will need to be easy and quick to set up. I was thinking of making small structures out of wood, or maybe just use a table with a blanket over it and attach a wooden sign above it. This is probably the main concern at the moment, I'll need to figure out how to make them, and quickly!