This week we've been given a 48 hour film project. In groups we need to produce a film in 48 hours in any genre and style. The only requirement is the use of 1 prop and quote given to us by Phil.
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| The brief for our 48 hour film project |
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| Our helpful assistants (camcorders) |
I'm in a group with Annita, Wendy, Fincher and Kaitlin and our prop is a hat and our quote is
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so". We've spent most of this afternoon trying to decide on our genre and story, and although it took a while we eventually decided on a Film Noir, Detective type comedy that we want to edit into a Charlie Chaplin-esque style with the black and white and sped up scenes. The storyline will revolve around the detective tracking down the 'missing hat'.
I have NO idea (currently) about camera's, but Wendy and Fincher have previous experience with making short films and we're using a Canon Legria HFR56 and Sony HDR-SR5E.
I've been having a play around with how to use them and setting them up on the tripods (nearly knocked out by one) and already feeling a lot more confident about using them! I'm really liking the lightness and image produced by the Canon. It seems to have a bit more colour than the Sony, although it's probably only a little less clear.
We're going to start shooting our scenes tomorrow, focusing on the detective's 'office' (Thank you Tower Building room G3) and Kaitlin's roped in a couple of her house-mates to play the male roles that we'll need (a secretary and a client). On Wednesday we'll be going to Broughty Ferry to film the rest of our shots on the beach and around the town.
