Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6K 




It's great to know what other people think of this camera because I am then able to compare it to my own opinion of it and get an idea of how other people see things. Its great to have an open mind when it comes to these things  because that is needed for the creative process.

Fake blood



For this task I have researched the easiest and most effective way of make fake blood. Here is what came up:

• 16 Ounces of powdered sugar
• 1 Ounce of red food colouring
• 1 Tablespoon of cocoa powder
• 8 Ounces of water
• Blender
• Paper towel for cleanup
• Tablespoon measurer

1. Add 8 ounces of water to the blender.
2. Add 16 ounces of powdered sugar to the blender (you can find a 16 ounce box of sugar at the store). Blend it up. You may need to turn the blender on and off a few times to make sure it blends well.
3. Add 1 ounce of red food coloring (you can also purchase a 1 ounce jar at the store). Blend it up. Make sure it blends well.
4. Add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder. Blend it up. Make sure it blends well.
5. Use a spoon to scoop out some of the fake blood. Drip it on a paper towel our your hand.

Learning how to make fake blood is useful as it gives us an option if we didn't want to buy an amount. It gives us an idea of the costs and which option would be better to choose.

For my first research task I have looked into the top 4 most popular Virtual Reality headsets and how much money they cost, I have also researched the most popular games played on the VR headsets. Here's the answers:

Below is the list of people who we think would suit the roles needed in our opening sequence:

Main character:
Callum Henderson


English/ Good side:
Callum Henderson,
David Heal,
Edward Paradise


Russian/Bad side:
Myles Lamond,
Ben South,
Mike Niland,
Denys Sochinski.

For costume, we are going to be using costume likewise to the type of thing people would wear in the army. I have researched army costumes and costumes from action/fighting games like call of duty. We could dress the characters up in layered clothing to go alongside the cold weather and how people fighting would wear full protection or we could add to the whole unrealistic game element and dress them with little protection and layering, the only problem with this idea is the opening sequence will be shot outside in January- we cant let our actors get too cold.

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My group have decided that it would be a team effort when working out the order of the shots and so we created a google docs so that we were able to access and edit it from any of our computers.

A photo showing we could open google docs on the different computers (taken by Nandi)

 As we were doing this, I quickly drew out sketches of the typed of shot, character positioning and location so that when it came to drawing the final storyboard, it would be well thought out and faster.

Here's an example of one of my quick sketches

A storyboard in media is a graphic representation of how your video will unfold.Each shot is represented through a number of boxes with illustrations or pictures. Usually with notes about what is happening in the scene at this point. Storyboarding is important because it's a great way to share your vision, it makes production much easier because it will help the production and editing team execute your vision and it will save you time on the day of the shoot. When making a storyboard, a thing to keep in mind is that it has to be logical and coherent, it should be visually consistent from beginning to end. Relevant details should be included like props, background setting and character so that the idea is as clear as possible.