Production Starts
Very tired. But fun and productive day today.
Day started off with Jem and I working together on the script. We had to cut down on a lot of stuff as to fit everything into the 10 minutes video time. We worked especially hard on the end credits, trying to choose the right words for the motion graphics by going to http://www.dictionary.com/ to look up for words that have that "medieval" or "epic" feel to it. It was quite fun. But it was definitely tedious to finish up the script and try to get it perfect.
We finished it by 1.30 pm, printed it and handed in to Wahidah to have a look. Then we went for lunch. After we came back, Wahidah sat down with us to discuss the script. She said this version was much better then the previous one. On hearing that, all of us became so relieved. Finally all that hard work and tediousness had paid off. However, she still felt that it was too long to fit into 10 minutes as there was too much content to be squeezed into 10 minutes. But overall, she approved of it and gave us the green signal for our shoot. Awesome!
Greg did not have DHC class today so he joined the rest of us directly after P1 class for filming. First thing on the agenda: do a voice-over recording for the end-credits. We went into the class next to P1 class for our recording session. Before we started, Greg put up a sign outside the door, "NO ENTRY! FILMING IN PROGRESS!" And on top of that, he used a masking tape to seal the two doors together. It was really hilarious. Funny guy man!
Anyway, it was really hard trying to get the recording done. Because Greg and his usual comical nonsense. Man, that guy is a really good stress reliever. We did about 27 recordings, through which he just couldn't help but laugh off in between, thus having to re-start the recording process. Also, Jem had set up my camera that I had brought today for filming and set it up on a tripod, recording all the behind the scenes and all the humourous comical stuff that Greg was doing. Oh, I can't stress how helarious he was. But in the end, after one and a half hours or so, we finally managed to get two proper recordings done for the part before the end-credits.
However, something unfortunate happened. The tripod on top of the table, standing upright, was left unattended. However, it was not stable and it fell and landed hard on Wendy's head. OUCH! That must have been so painful. So Wendy's scalp had turned red and she was in so much pain. Greg and I ran down to the canteen to get a bag of ice to put on her head. She even felt like vomitting, which really made all of us worried. But phew, thank God she was alright afterwards.
We wasted a lot of time by getting ourselves distracted. We entertained ourselves by having an ice-cube with the ice cubes we got for Wendy and the three of us teamed up against Greg. It was quite fun, but a lot of precious time wasted.
After that, we went up to the 5th floor studio to film Greg since he's in the scene introducing 3D Art Fundamentals. Oh my God, this was so damn freaking tedious. We must have taken more than 50 takes at least, with Greg forgetting his lines and bursting out laughing halfway. The poor guy must have walked up and down the stairs at least 50 times today. Halfway through filming, we realised that the shot that we had been working on was aproximately a minute long already. TOO DAMN LONG A SHOT! It was then we realised what Wahidah was trying to point out to us about cutting down our script even more. We were so so so damn frustrated. And I was so stressed out. Many a time, I screamed at Greg to be serious. Sorry bro, no hard feelings. Feel damn bad. Bros for life man, you did a great job.
Anyway, after realising our flaw, we decided to sit down and re-edit our script. And this time, we did it with proper timing. Each of us spoke out our lines throughout the script and approximately timed each other. Only when all was good did we resume on shooting Greg's scene again. This time, I sat down with him and helped him memorise his lines while Jem did the bloopers shots.
Oh, did I mention how awesome Jem was today. Simply cool with the camera. He seemed to have the exact cinematography in his mind and he did very good job with the camera work. The first few times, he tried using a tripod and panning. But it did not work out too well. Thus, he decided to use the hand-held technique. And my god, one should have seen how stable the camera was in his hands. It almost looked like it was shot on tripod. I handled the microphone and directed the scene. Wendy had already left because she wasn't feeling too good. Get well soon Wendy!
Finally, we were done with the shot for today. We were so high and so stressed. Personally, I feel that I was pretty impatient with the entire group today and almost ended up raising my voice at my fellow Crewsaders. I'm sorry guys. I know how equally good you guys want this production to be. And I even know how much effort you guys are putting into this. But no hard feelings people. Really appreciate all the hard work you guys are doing. Keep it up! Hope no offence taken from me =)
We finished packing up at about 9.45 pm, went to eat dinner opposite school, and made our way home by eleven.
We were pretty exhausted. But happy that our day went well.
*I must not stress out and lose my temper* =(
Day started off with Jem and I working together on the script. We had to cut down on a lot of stuff as to fit everything into the 10 minutes video time. We worked especially hard on the end credits, trying to choose the right words for the motion graphics by going to http://www.dictionary.com/ to look up for words that have that "medieval" or "epic" feel to it. It was quite fun. But it was definitely tedious to finish up the script and try to get it perfect.
We finished it by 1.30 pm, printed it and handed in to Wahidah to have a look. Then we went for lunch. After we came back, Wahidah sat down with us to discuss the script. She said this version was much better then the previous one. On hearing that, all of us became so relieved. Finally all that hard work and tediousness had paid off. However, she still felt that it was too long to fit into 10 minutes as there was too much content to be squeezed into 10 minutes. But overall, she approved of it and gave us the green signal for our shoot. Awesome!
Greg did not have DHC class today so he joined the rest of us directly after P1 class for filming. First thing on the agenda: do a voice-over recording for the end-credits. We went into the class next to P1 class for our recording session. Before we started, Greg put up a sign outside the door, "NO ENTRY! FILMING IN PROGRESS!" And on top of that, he used a masking tape to seal the two doors together. It was really hilarious. Funny guy man!
Anyway, it was really hard trying to get the recording done. Because Greg and his usual comical nonsense. Man, that guy is a really good stress reliever. We did about 27 recordings, through which he just couldn't help but laugh off in between, thus having to re-start the recording process. Also, Jem had set up my camera that I had brought today for filming and set it up on a tripod, recording all the behind the scenes and all the humourous comical stuff that Greg was doing. Oh, I can't stress how helarious he was. But in the end, after one and a half hours or so, we finally managed to get two proper recordings done for the part before the end-credits.
However, something unfortunate happened. The tripod on top of the table, standing upright, was left unattended. However, it was not stable and it fell and landed hard on Wendy's head. OUCH! That must have been so painful. So Wendy's scalp had turned red and she was in so much pain. Greg and I ran down to the canteen to get a bag of ice to put on her head. She even felt like vomitting, which really made all of us worried. But phew, thank God she was alright afterwards.
We wasted a lot of time by getting ourselves distracted. We entertained ourselves by having an ice-cube with the ice cubes we got for Wendy and the three of us teamed up against Greg. It was quite fun, but a lot of precious time wasted.
After that, we went up to the 5th floor studio to film Greg since he's in the scene introducing 3D Art Fundamentals. Oh my God, this was so damn freaking tedious. We must have taken more than 50 takes at least, with Greg forgetting his lines and bursting out laughing halfway. The poor guy must have walked up and down the stairs at least 50 times today. Halfway through filming, we realised that the shot that we had been working on was aproximately a minute long already. TOO DAMN LONG A SHOT! It was then we realised what Wahidah was trying to point out to us about cutting down our script even more. We were so so so damn frustrated. And I was so stressed out. Many a time, I screamed at Greg to be serious. Sorry bro, no hard feelings. Feel damn bad. Bros for life man, you did a great job.
Anyway, after realising our flaw, we decided to sit down and re-edit our script. And this time, we did it with proper timing. Each of us spoke out our lines throughout the script and approximately timed each other. Only when all was good did we resume on shooting Greg's scene again. This time, I sat down with him and helped him memorise his lines while Jem did the bloopers shots.
Oh, did I mention how awesome Jem was today. Simply cool with the camera. He seemed to have the exact cinematography in his mind and he did very good job with the camera work. The first few times, he tried using a tripod and panning. But it did not work out too well. Thus, he decided to use the hand-held technique. And my god, one should have seen how stable the camera was in his hands. It almost looked like it was shot on tripod. I handled the microphone and directed the scene. Wendy had already left because she wasn't feeling too good. Get well soon Wendy!
Finally, we were done with the shot for today. We were so high and so stressed. Personally, I feel that I was pretty impatient with the entire group today and almost ended up raising my voice at my fellow Crewsaders. I'm sorry guys. I know how equally good you guys want this production to be. And I even know how much effort you guys are putting into this. But no hard feelings people. Really appreciate all the hard work you guys are doing. Keep it up! Hope no offence taken from me =)
We finished packing up at about 9.45 pm, went to eat dinner opposite school, and made our way home by eleven.
We were pretty exhausted. But happy that our day went well.
*I must not stress out and lose my temper* =(
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