DVD CASE DESIGN TERM 1

DVD CASE DESIGN TERM 1

(5/04/2011)

(DVD CASE term 1, Lizzie Cutler, 2011)

Going with the theme of my DVD I used a street concept.  Using Photoshop I tried to make the writing look like Grafitti. 

DVD Menu Design for Folio term 1

Shoot Image for Screen Production Folio

(5/04/2011)

(DVD MENU, Lizzie Cutler, 2011)

This is my DVD menu that I created using Photoshop and then edited on Encore.  I used the graffiti look, which I got inspired by the art in the fourth film on this DVD.  I used the music 'Smells Like Teen Music - Nirvana' as the menu music and it is on continuous loop.  

Graffiti in the big Smoke

Use of Different Filming techniques

(4/04/2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOtgWI_zdRE
(Graffitti in the big Smoke, Lizzie Cutler, 2011)

This is some footage I took in Melbourne on my Phone.  It was not actually for this subject but when I watched it back I really liked it so I thought I would ad it in.  I really like how you can see the reflection of the hustle and bustle of melbourne's city and the mixture of "relatively" new arcitecture with old arcitecture and the differences between them.  I love street art so it really speaks from what I like, I chose to use the Graffiti theme through the rest of my dvd including the cover and the menu, inspired by the art in this video.  I chose to use "Year book - from Garage Band" because when I think of this type of art I think of youth and I dunno they just seemed to represent each other to me.  

Lights over 24 hrs...

Use of different filming techniques

(Focusing on lighting)

(4/04/2011)

(Lights over 24 hrs, Lizzie Cutler, 2011)

This video I tried to explore the use of lighting in different scenarios.  There is really no story to it, but I tried to make it depict a day in my life.  I tried to break up the scenes with the use of my car.  I chose 'Monday - Living End' because it kind of went with a 24 hr day in a normal week (except possibly the night club part).  The music is not of my making and I do not mean to steal it.  This is only for educational purposes.  

(sorry about the smallness of this clip it was Full HD and proper 15:9 PAL format but Youtube kept rejecting it and taking to much of my upload limit so I resorted to making it smaller in I-movie)

Let the world walk by...

Use of different filming techniques

(4/04/2011)

(Let the world walk by..., Lizzie Cutler, 2011)

This next video was my way of looking at people.  I find it interesting how we can all be in the same world yet so detached from one another.  In this video I filmed people in area around Warrnambool.  It uses a lot of feet shots, and close ups.  Unfortunately I haven't mastered the ability to keep my camera still so I appolagise for the jumpiness.  The music in this video is Tripod - Let's take a walk (from there album Middelborough rd) and Dr Hook - Walk right in.  I do not own or mean to plagourise these songs it's purely for educational purposes.


(sorry about the smallness of this clip it was Full HD and proper 15:9 PAL format but Youtube kept rejecting it and taking to much of my upload limit so I resorted to making it smaller in I-movie)

A day at the Beach...

Use of different filming techniques

(29/03/2011)

(A day at the Beach, Lizzie Cutler, 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGAm7dFBOSw

This is my first ever film.  It is of a day I spent at Warrnambool's main beach.  This is for my Shoot Material for Screen Production in my Certificate IV Interactive Media.  The point of it is to show my knowledge of different camera techniques.  I mostly used zoom, panning and straight on shots.  The Sound is from partnersinryhme.com and freesound.com.  A special thanks to Missy Lindsey for her company and help.  

Research examples of Shot material demonstrating a range of techniques and styles

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9/03/2011 - Examples of different shots from video sequences...

I see dead people.  - Shot from 'The Sixth Sense' (2009)

I like this shot.  This is one of my favourite movies, and a momentous part of film history.  

Its an extreme close up of a child.  The camera zooms in on the child's face the child's expression and the movement of the camera you get a feeling of suspenseful innocence.  The music is slightly chilling giving the feeling of fear needed in a this thriller.  

Shot from music video 'Nothing to Lose - by Billy Talent'

I like how the book kind of frames the bottom of the picture.  The foreground that being the book and drawing the person which your seeing in there point of view.  You can see how the background is blurred which makes the video more interesting.  The shot follows the person and is at eye level so you are seeing the shot in his point of view.  This brings a feeling of isolation, especially how the other people in the shot are blurred, which goes with the lyrics about being lonely and isolated at school.  

Another shot from music video 'Nothing to Lose - by Billy Talent'

I like this shot because of the reflection of an institution looking building in the puddles.  The shot follows a person walking in the rain.  You get the idea that they are a school student from the silhouette.  The rain gives you an idea of melancholy and the fact that the camera angles is looking down on the person.  Giving the feeling that everyone looks down on the character.  

Shot from music video 'Asylum - by Disturbed'

This is a shot that you would find in a cooking show.  Its a close up on the major point of the video and blocks out the background of the shot.  I like it cause its freaky and really accentuates on the eye.  The eye is really in focus.  The video doesn't really have a feeling or message portrayed with this part of the clip I just wanted to add it cause it looked cool :P .  

Another shot from the music video by the 'Disturbed - Asylum'

This shot is an extreme close up of someone falling onto the ground.  The camera is sitting on the ground.  You see the head fall into the shot.  It gives up a feeling of pain and suffering, and a feeling of giving up.  It makes the person look like a victim.  

Shot from the trailer for 'Donnie Darko' (2001).  

This is a shot of an eye, I like this shot because I have a fascination with expression especially the eye.  It is an extreme close up of an eye.  It has an image of an animation on top.  I'm not sure what the actual people did to do this shot, but you could put the image into a program like after effects or used transparency layer in programs such as premier pro or final cut pro.  

Another shot taken from the trailer for 'Donnie Darko' (2001)

This is a shot of School children coming out of a school bus.  I like how the image in the shot is at a rotated angle.  The camera was either held differently or the video was rotated in a video editing program.  I also like how the light reflects on the camera.  I just find this a very interesting shot.  

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15/03/2011 - More Examples of different shots from video sequences

Shot from 'Session 9' (2001)

This is a shot from Session 9 (Horror).  I love the lighting used in this shot I think they used light coming in from the window, probably from very bright lights outside the windows.  Because the light comes from behind the person it silhouettes the images in the foreground.  I also like how the camera looks up into the figures making the room look almost endless and timeless.  

Shot from the 'Lord of the Rings' Trilogy 'The Two Towers' (2002)

I like how the light is used in this scene.  The camera is using a full shot.  I like how the light comes from  the top of the composition.  It also comes behind the character framed in the composition.  It gives it a surreal look.  This works well because the movie is a fantasy.  It also gives the authority to Gandalf (the white guy LOL) as he is the leader it really works for his introduction back into the film.  

Shot from 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1' (2010)

I love how Daniel Radcliffe's face is reflected on the shard of mirror.  Im not sure how the image was actually captured on this video.  Its a point of view shot but they somehow could find an angle that would look like a point of view but without the camera showing in the reflection as well.  possibly they used a long shot and then focused in but I'm not particularly sure.  I just wanted to add it cause it looked cool, and it's from my all time favourite movie series.  

Shot is from 'The Poltergeist' (1982)

This is a shot from The Poltergeist I like this image because of the way the light makes the video looks eerie.  The green tinge to the light from the TV just brings out the shockingness of the scene.  The camera is capturing a full shot and the shot is really well composed and framed.



Shot from 'Psycho' (1960)

This is from one of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous films Psycho, this is from the shower scene which is a momentous scene in film history.  It's in Black & White so the use of light is very important.  Its a close up of the murderer.  The lights are focused from behind so that the character is in shadow from our view.  Its a fantastic shot I love the way the water from the shower puts fragments of light over the shadowed figure.  

Another shot from 'Psycho' (1960)

This is also from the Shower Scene in Psycho.  Its a clip of the shower water running down the bathtub into the plughole.  The video pans from the shower to the plughole, it uses an extreme close up with a pan.  The shot has contrast with the blood from the murder washing down the plughole.  I love how this is done and think its an extremely good clip especially in the black and white film.  

Another shot from 'Psycho' (1960)

I tried to do this shot. Looking at different angles I had a few theories I tried zooming in on the shower from a close angle looking up. It didn't get the look of the spray coming onto the lens like Alfred Hitchcock achieved. Then I thought maybe it was edited by cropping the clip.

In order to capture the straight-on shot of the shower head, the camera had to be equipped with a long lens. The inner holes on the spout were blocked and the camera placed farther back, so that the water appears to be hitting the lens but actually went around and past it.  

"Rebello, Stephen (1990). Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. Marion Boyars. (accessed through google search)"

Shot from Criminal Minds - Season 3, Episode 10 "True Night" (2007)

I like how this shot is done.  It's kind of mysterious but you feel like the character in the shot has authority over everyone else.  Its a mid shot and shows quite a bit of scenery.  I like how the colour makes it look like its from a comic book.  

A shot from Gothika (2003)