Mood boards
When studying William Wordsworth's composition on Westminster Bridge, I decided to concentrate on two lines of the people, one of which is "The beauty of the morning; silent, bare." For this part, I've decided to take it literally and capture the sunrise of a beautiful morning, but I'm still undecided about the location I'd like to use for my shoot; however, the images above are what I was thinking of going for.
I had the idea of the sun and the moon meeting in some way to tie the two very different ideas together. One way the two could be linked is through a flickering light, the idea of a lightbulb flickering and exploding or shutting off, and the entire mood of the adaptation changing and turning into a type of horror.
The second line that I wanted to highlight was "The very houses seem asleep," since it reminded me of abandoned houses, which have a horror connotation. The images above are some of the shoot concepts I was considering for the project.
Equipment research
Because the fiction adaption project is an experiment, I've decided to shoot the entire thing with an iPhone 12 Pro and a DJI om5 phone gimbal, which is technology that most people have or can readily obtain. Several films have been shot previously by big directors, such as Unsane, so it is 100% possible; but, in order for the shoot to go well, I need to look into the equipment and how it may be optimised for the greatest result.
Because the iPhone's battery life isn't fantastic, especially when used frequently, a battery pack will be required for the shoot to avoid the phone dying and leaving you unable to shoot for the remainder of the day.
The iPhone camera app is not the best tool to use for filming video because it has few to no choices such as shutter speed and iso. As a result, the app relies on auto exposure while shooting video, which is not what you want. As a result, I've chosen to examine third-party video capturing tools that would be more practical to utilise.
Filmic pro-
What We Like
The best interface among available options.
Full range of professional features.
Output comparable with pro-grade camcorders.
"FiLMic Pro is powerful, feature-rich, and ready to line up against any other video application and come out on top. In addition to manual controls for virtually every function, the app brings features from professional video cameras, such as zebra stripes for exposure warnings, focus peaking, and log gamma curve recording for later color grading.
You'll also find more common features like frame rates from 24 to 240 and various file format options. Audio recording is equally professional, with granular controls and advanced tools for experienced filmmakers.
If you're serious about recording video on your iPhone, this is the app you need. You will, however, pay for it. The app costs $15 and offers in-app purchases for many of the most professional features."
Mavic-
"MAVIS is another dense recording tool. It's packed with professional and broadcast-level features like shutter angle, a real-time color vectorscope and exposure waveform, and custom frame rates between 3fps and 240fps. Audio recording options are impressively broad, including audio monitoring passthrough and support for recording audio through devices connected to the iPhone's Lightning port.
Shooting assistant options include zebra bars, false color for exposure and ranges, and focus peaking for precision focusing. Uniquely, selectable bitrates range from 10Mbps up to 100Mbps, and embedded timecodes appear in video files.
Like FiLMic, MAVIS offers a massive array of professional controls. The interface is clean and professional, but the broad toolset is available only to iOS users, free of cost."
After researching these apps, I decided to use the software that came with the om5 gimbal because it has numerous functions that can operate in tandem with the gimbal, including active tracking, panning, time-lapse, and even hyper-lapse possibilities. In the app, you may select a manual preset that allows you to change the ISO and shutter speed while recording, allowing you to shoot in a variety of conditions.
Locations
Looking into different locations, I discovered Shorne Country Park, which has a long list of things to see, including a sensory garden, orienteering, fishing lakes, a trim trail, picnic and play areas, and 288 acres of rolling woodlands, wetlands, and meadows that can be explored via a variety of waymarked trails. because of these things I have decided to do my filming in this area.
Shots
I chose to look at a few YouTube videos by other artists for shots that I could potentially use from shootings so that I could see what type of images everyone uses and what could also work for my shoot. One of the YouTube channels I decided to investigate is studying online video, where he publishes footage teaching others how to utilise gimbals and other equipment. While viewing his video, I noticed a transition movement that he uses that I thought would work well in my adaption piece; the transition is gently panning past a solid object to be able to cut to a different shot; given my location, I believe this would be quite effective with trees. Pull back, push forward, panning, push forward, and tilt-up shots work well and will be used during my shoot, as will movement pictures and utilising foreground to give the shots more dimension. A few shots I have simply figured out whiles testing out the gimbal in my spare time, one of the more interesting shots that I found was the spin shot, I believe that the spin shot can be used well both with transitions and simply for interacting effect.
Editing
In terms of how the clips are put together for my edit, I've decided to keep it simple. However, I wanted to make the first half of the edit very beautiful and cinematic, so the first half would only require colour grading, which I'll investigate. However, the second half will be much more difficult because I need to change the scenery from a bright sunny day to a spooky nighttime scene, which will necessitate a large number of colour grains. I've never done colour grading before, but it's something I'm interested in learning more about. My edit will also necessitate a significant amount of after-effects work in order to give the scenes that eerie feel, with the goal of possibly creating a continuous fog throughout the sequence. After doing some research, I've decided that DaVinci resolve is the best software for the colour grading portion of the edit, as it has a lot more features in that area than after-effects or premiere pro. I watched a few YouTube videos to learn about DaVinci Resolve software, which has greatly aided and guided me in the editing process. The video I watched was one by Casey Paris, who guides you through the process of converting a day shot to a night shot.
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