Video and Sound Production - Final Project

Mohamad Irfan (0326620)
Video and Sound Production
Final Project

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INSTRUCTIONS

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FINAL PROJECT (Week 11 - Week 17)

Week 11

For our final project we had to film and edit a short film for FastJobs who are our client and sponsoring us. The chosen short film for my group is originally Megan's story. It has undergone some changes over the weeks but the concept of a girl who bought expensive makeup and neglected her mothers situation is still in the story. I was the director of photography for my group and acted as a main character for Suzy's group.

Cast list:

Director: Megan
Assistant Director: Shan May
Director of Photography: Irfan
Sound: Afsah
Editor: Allen

Story:


This story is about a teenage girl and her relationship with her working-class mother. The girl is extremely self-centered. She loves the idea of being pretty and spending a large amount of money on items she thinks is a necessity to live. Her mother has a personality involving patience and kindness. She doesn't show her feelings through her actions, as that could avoid causing pain to her family, especially her egoistic daughter. Her mother does all the housework, whilst her daughter goes about being carefree, thinking her life is that easy, constantly returning home late and not caring about her own mother who tries her best to provide for the family. Her mother wants to purchase a brand new stove for the apartment, but can't afford it due to all of her daughter's expenses. The daughter gets her hands on the stove once she realized that her mother is sick, and ends up spoiling it by accident. The daughter had come to realize that she hardly ever appreciated her mother's presence, and never cared for how she felt, and the fact that her mother wanted a new stove. She realizes that makeup really isn't a necessity to live. It's her mother who is the priority. She removes her makeup and packs her products away, closing that chapter in life. She finds a job so she could earn, to get what her mother really wanted. After surprising her mother, she changes to become a better person. After all her days of overspending and being self-centered, it wasn't beauty that was important, she realizes she's gifted with the best mother a daughter could have.

We then proceeded to make the shot-list.

"Gifted" Story-line:

"Gifted" Shot-list:



Week 12

This week we met up with Mr Martin to finalize the shot list. We added images for visual reference. We also discussed the locations, the actors, and the shooting date which will be on week 13 (21/11/18).

Final Production Plan:



The Actors:

May Liew - Mother

Suzen - Daughter

Location:

Home Scenes - CK's House

Working Scene - Ecomart

Props:

Newspaper for cooker ad

Mirror for daughter 

Letter written to mother from daughter

Envelope

Week 13

Finally it is shooting day. We brought the equipment from the studio all the way to CK's house in the morning where we will be shooting the majority of the scenes. After setting up all the equipment and moving things around the room for out first shot, I had to prepare the camera. Having little to no experience with using the camera made me anxious. The first few shots were slow, but as I gained experience and practice the following shots came much more faster and efficiently. We were able to finish shooting the home scenes after 12 hours.

Behind the Scenes - Actors and Makeup:

Behind the Scenes - Camera and Lighting:

Behind the Scenes: Living room and bedroom scenes:

Behind the scenes - Kitchen Scene

Behind the Scenes - Working scene

And it's a wrap!

Everyone involved in this production!

Week 14 - Week 16

After finally finishing the shoot it was time for editing and post production. Allen was the editor for our short film. Allen had to edit the video to be under 2 minutes, therefore cutting down a lot of the shots. He also discussed with Mr Martin the colour grading for every scene to get the right mood.

Colour Grading References:

Beginning Scenes

Middle Scenes

Ending Scenes

Colour Grading Process

Sound Editing Process

Final Outcome of "Gifted":

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Acting for "From Nothing to Something" (Week 14)

I was the main actor for Suzy's group. The story and process can be found on her blog. Overall it was a new experience for me. I was extremely tired having to wake up so early in the morning but it ended up helping me for playing an emotional/depressed character. I was nervous at first but the father actor who had experience guided me and made getting the shots much more easier. Overall the experience was deadly tiring yet enjoyable.

Suzy's Blog

From Nothing to Something Final Outcome