Tuesday 27 January 2015

Lighting: Creating the Effect

A still from the thriller film Drive




An attempt at creating a similar effect:  coloured light, low key lighting with reflection in the computer screen.


Friday 16 January 2015

Capturing stills from a DVD has changed on a mac


Simply taking a screen shot while the disk is playing with the built-in DVD player will result in this:


From the Mac users forum:

Apple has been pulling on the Digital Rights Management (DRM) reigns really hard.
It's a definite no go for any DVD Screen capturing (anything) using iTunes or their DVD Player.
Best bet is to use VLC.

Using VLC to play a DVD:

 

1.Click on the VLC player icon in the dock to launch





2.Go to File> Choose Disk












3.When the DVD is recognised, click Open














You will then be able to play through the disk and take screen shots as usual, using:
Cmd+3 for a shot of the whole screen, or
Cmd+4 for a target mode screen shot

 screen capture using VLC player to play the DVD

Friday 9 January 2015

If you don't label your clips you won't be able to find them again


One editor writes:
"There are two major concerns which I address in my system:
  1. MEDIA MANAGEMENT Files should always have unique names, and never be renamed after capturing. FCP reconnects clips to any QT file, not checking for tc, length or tape number. Reconnecting when you got several identical file names – or if you don’t even know the file name – you bring chaos to your project.
  2. EDITING Files should be easy to find, but also easy to backtrack – where are clips from the same situation? In large projects, I find a search takes far to much time, and the “Reveal Master Clip” doesn’t always work – especially if a clip is moved or copied to another bin.
I always log the clip before capturing. I make one bin for each reel."



musicless music video - an example of foley design