Week 13 – Final Film & Reflection

Kitchen Creations – Final Film Reflection Overall I am very pleased with the final outcome of my video although there are things that I could improve on given the extra time. Some of these improvements would include changing my title sequence as I think the current one does not suit the film style as much

Week 8 : Design Making Decisions

Week 8 : Prototyping

This weeks focus was on creating my analogue prototype based on my initial concept as well as inheriting some design designs learnt throughout my surveys and interviews. Here a list of the pages in my application I plan to create for my analogue prototyping, after this has been created I will run through the prototype

Week 12: Post Production & Presentation

Presentation Above is my presentation for the class to briefly outline my goals, research, inspiration and the process that went into producing my first complete draft film. Please see the full presentation above. Colour Grading Colour grading has been a continuous process through out post production. This is a comparison between unedited and the final

Week 11: Post Production

Paint Brush Tutorial I chose to do some research into how to create a paint brush effect in After Effects so I can make my title sequence text be painted in, I chose to experiment with this style as it implies a sense of creativity as I want to portray in the kitchen. Title Sequence

Week 5: Contextual Inquiry

This weeks focus was to conduct some interviews to gain a better understanding about what potential users would expect to benefit from by using my proposed application and highlight any potential downsides or concerns about accessibility and usability. Being in lockdown I found it difficult to identify users to take part in this interview so

Week 4: Quantitative User Research

I created my survey on Microsoft Forms as it was free and allowed me create targeted questions based on the users responses. I then created a link to invite people to take part in my research, I shared this link on Instagram and directly to my friends and family. Survey Results Over the span of

Week 4: The pivot

This week after trying to conceptualise my form of transmedia for the film Inception as a game, I decided that I don’t think I will be able to design a concept that will encapsulate the complex nature of the film Inception in the time given. I tried to think of ways I could simplify the

Week 10: Filming & Post Production

Handheld Filming Research As I had no prior experience in to handheld filming I decided to do research in to techniques and tips to improve stability and create smooth unique shots to further enhance my film. The three key points I took out of this video is to extend the camera out from your body,

Week 9: Experimentation & Filming

Transitions Research – This week I did some further research into smooth transitions and learning how to make effective use of continuing camera movements to alleviate harsh cuts between related clips. This video covers some techniques I would like to experiment with when producing my film including zooming transition, panning transitions and using motion blur

Week 8: Experimentation & Filming

#2 Underwater filming – Reshoot This shows some of the footage I captured for my reshoot for the underwater footage I would like to have in my film. This time after doing further research into underwater product filming. I was able to capture much clearer results and eliminated as much of the reflection as I

Week 6: Research & Filming

Stop Motion – Title Sequence Idea I came across this photo on Google Images that gave me inspiration to somehow incorporate a similar result using stop motion for my title sequence. I think this could be an effective way to introduce my film as the title sequence plays a vital part in immediately captivating the

Week 3: Preliminary investigation of audience

This weeks focus was all about doing some initial research on our potential target audience. To kick this off I filled in the audience analysis sheet given to us in class, as can be seen below. I then also began to do some of my own research into popular techniques to identify and get to

Week 2: Chosen feature film analysis

Below is SWOT analysis containing further research into the potential of expanding the transmedia universe of the multi award winning film I have chosen, “Inception” by Christopher Nolan. My research found very little expansion into new medias using the concept of Christopher Nolans masterpiece Inception. After the films great blockbuster success there were rumours of

Week 7 : Final AUT Promo Video

Below is my final promotional video for AUT South Campus, overall I am happy with the outcome considering we had limited filming time due to the Covid-19 lockdown situation. I think given more time to film my final outcome would have been a lot different as due to the limited footage, I just had to

Week 1 : Location Research

Location Brainstorm Video Research

Week 1 : Feature film analysis

This week we were tasked to identify a feature film that would make an ideal candidate for expansion through the use of transmedia, whether that be through the medium of a game, book, comic, magazine or even an infographic. My chosen feature films to analyse: Slumdog Millionaire Forrest Gump Avatar Joker Inception Toy Story Monsters

Week 6 : Post Production

This week with my full sequence of clips formed I started to add some post production effects. I first focused on lining my sequences up with the music to make smooth transition with the notes in the song. Prior to my scheduled one on one review with David; I then started to experiment with adding

Week 5 : Colour

Colour Grading

Week 4 : Location Research

My Kitchen (Change Of Location) Due to the recent news of going back into level 3 lockdown, I have made the decision to change my location to my kitchen. I decided it would be easier to have a location I am able to access often and at this stage I am unsure when we will