Week Seven

This week we looked at camera matching. I first downloaded the image of the table and set it as the background image in 3DS Max. We had to assign camera helpers at certain co-ordinates on the view port and then assign them to different points around the table. Then we had to insert some geometry on to the table making sure the shadow button is ticked. Making sure that the background image will still appear after the render, I rendered the image from the perspective view port:

Week Six

This week we were working on blue screen. I had to find an image that I wanted to have behind the video and drop it below the video with the blue screen because it will then be underneath the video when I view it. Then I had to put the effect chroma key, to do this go effects>video filters>keys>chroma key, then click on visual.

 Then I used the colour dropper and select the blue screen, this didn't make all the screen go so in the filters view port I had to widen the blue colour and then fiddle the luma and saturation until the blue of the background had been completely replaced by the other image. 

Week Five

This week we learnt how to put special effects into a video, explosions etc. 

Week Four

This week we started off with a quiz about our final cut knowledge, after completing this we had a go at doing the 'Sin City' effect. Basically this mean leaving one colour and making everything else black and white.

We did this by clicking on the colour correcter three way (video filters>colour correction> colour correcter three way). After applying the filter, click on the tab and use the tool that suck up the colour of what ever you click and click the colour you don't want to be black and white. Then untick the luma and saturation and then drag the saturation down and it will turn the colour you selected black and white. Then simply click the invert button and everything is black and white apart from the desired colour.

Week Three

This week we looked at split screen and using it in such a way that it would appear that there are two of you in a piece of film. To do this I had to keep the camera on a tripod a basically film the same scene twice exactly the same with the exception of the person in the film. In one he is in the left side of the screen and in the other he is in the right side. 

Then in final cut pro I had to drag both pieces of film into the timeline starting and finishing at the same point. Then both pieces need cropping down by 50% so you can see half of both pieces of film. If the colours in the background of both pieces of film don't look the same the you just have to tweek them a little with colour correction. 

Here is what the end result looked like:

Week Two

This week we were looking at what file types have what advantages, for example size, quality and render time. I then showed the results in a table.

Week One

This week we had to get into the groups that we were going to be completing the whole project with. In our groups we divided up the work load for this session so each of us had a different job. The other two in my group filled out the risk assessment for filming and got the camera and the other drew up a storyboard, they then went off to film it.  

Meanwhile, I downloaded final cut pro as well as a piece of film, made up off lots of short clips, and two audio files. In final cut pro I cut the video up using the 'I' key for in and the 'O' key for out to determine what sections of the video I wanted. Then I put all the selected bits together with one of the pieces of audio over the top. I then put some rolling credits at the end of the film by dragging it on top of the video on the timeline, this way it will show up on top of the video when you play it back.
Then using the skills I learnt practising with the video I was given I put together the videos that the other two people in the group had filmed and storyboarded, along with credits, here is how it turned out: