This shot will really work well for special effects because its so close up to the makeup prosthetics, it allows the audience to see it in great detail.
I think that this shot is really great in terms of expressing the characters personality, and that is why it is really great in expressing the narrative of my production, because through Isaac's acting you can see the mischievous side to him, as he some what mocks the lens of the camera, which is really what the sequence is about.
Because I'm planning to put a security camera filter over this shot, I think having the cut as a fuzzy sort of T.V static white noise screen as it will fit in with the aesthetic and will add extra depth that just a normal cut wouldn't.
I think I will use this in my final edit, because I think that it will look effective. The main reason I think this is because it will show the intimidating character that he is, and will really express the darkness within the character. I think this is quite an interesting shot because it isn't very common for a character within a fictional film to have direct contact with the camera, so I really like the originality of this, which is another reason that I think it will be effective.
I believe my directing of the actor in this particular shot was quite good, because he made everything I said into a reality, and the overall shot is exactly how I imagined.
I think this shot in particular will work great for visual effects, because the way he casts his wand is perfect for the effect I want to add onto it. It will flow incredibly well because I told the actor to imagine he's firing an energy ball from his wand in order to cause an explosion, and despite the lack of the visual effect, you cans see it through his expressive acting.
This shot will help the narrative a lot because it shows how the dark wizard uses his magic to create mayhem and it also shows his manic personality as he goes from a stone still stance to quickly striking with his wand. It helps the narrative and shows the audience what the character is like through his expression and movements.
I'm not intending to use a really complex cut to attach this shot to the next because I don't think that would suit the production as a whole, however I do want it to be quite fast to match the pace of the trailer and really continue the flow, so maybe a swipe as that sort of movement will match the movement of the plan.
I think that this shot is quite effective, primarily because I think the way the camera moves with the actor adds an extra depth, and it also uses an effect from my storyboard.
There were quite a few takes with this shot because it was quite had to match the coordination perfectly, so I think if I had taken the time to explain it a bit better this may not have happened, therefore my directing could have been better for this shot. I experimented with a few different versions of this shot to try and find one that I thought was most effective, and it proved to be this one.
I think that this shot is good for special effects because the way he turns means that the prosthetics are revealed slowly making them quite effective and scary.
The fact that this shot is in a park, but its dark and the park is empty shows how no one goes out anymore because they fear Isaac. So it helps the narrative in the sense it really sets the scene of the whole production.
I'm planning there to be some text in between this shot, therefore I think the best cut will just be to black and then it will make it seem a bit more seamless as the background for the added text will be black.
I think this shot will be very effective in the final piece because it is very dramatic. The slow reveal really adds some suspense. The fact that the character is the only thing lit up, surrounded in darkness is also very effective because this is the focal point for the audience.
My directing is once again quite effective, because the shot looks precisely how I imagined it, therefore my directing must have been quite good.
This is my favourite shot from the whole thing. I think it will work very well for my visual effect. This is because the quality of acting was effective on its own, therefore with the effect added post- production it will really look good.
This shot will help the narrative by showing how powerful he is, and his dark magical talents. It shows how he uses his magic for the wrong reasons, and that he is causing havoc, which is really the narrative of the entire story.
I'm intending to use a bright flash of light to cut to the next scene, because I think it will work really well with the fireball making it look like it has expanded or exploded. This should be really effective and be a very creative way to cut to the next scene.
I'm planning for this to be my biggest effect in the production, therefore it will be very effective as an overall scene. I was going to make Isaac look like he is conjuring a fire ball with his bare hands. He responded incredibly to this and he even makes his hands shake as if they're holding something very strong and powerful. I think this will look really great once the effect is added, especially as the shot and the CGI will really slot together nicely. So the quality of acting alongside the visual effect should be very effective.
The quality of acting in this piece is the best in all of my shots, therefore I would say that my directing was quite good. The way Isaac made his hands shake and the way he moved his hands so it appeared he was holding a fireball was exactly what I told him to do.
This shot is great in showing my special effect. I spent hours trying to make the prosthetic makeup look as realistic as possibly, and so the fact that this is probably the lightest shot in the sequence is great because it makes the makeup really stand out. So i think it works very well for the special effect.
I think this shot will be very good for helping explain the narrative as it shows the prosthetics in great detail, therefore giving the instantaneous impression that he is not human. It helps explain that although he may appear human like, he really is far from it.
I'm intending to edit this shot so that it looks like its flashing black. Because of this I think the best cut to the next shot should just be black. Because I'm planning this scene to be very intense, so I think it would work better paired with a simple cut away.
I think this shot will be incredibly effective, because the slow rise of the head adds a lot of suspense, also as the opening scene, it should be very intriguing. It is the first glimpse of the deformed head that the audience will get and so that is effective in itself.
I think my directing of this shot could have been better because although it is still good, I did want the rise to be even slower, which I obviously did not make clear to the actor.