Research Blog 3
12:51Blackmagic 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.
First of all, heres a short film shot on a Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6K:
The purpose of this task is to hear another opinion about the Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K as it is important because it is the camera we will be shooting with.
Here's a review of the camera made by a youtuber:
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.
Research Blog 2
11:59Fake blood
For this task I have researched the easiest and most effective way of make fake blood. Here is what came up:
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 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
- Add 8 ounces of water to the blender.
- 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.
- 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.
- Add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder. Blend it up. Make sure it blends well.
- Use a spoon to scoop out some of the fake blood. Drip it on a paper towel our your hand.
Below is the video demonstrating:
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.
Research Blog 1
11:53For 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:
Top most popular VR headsets:
- The Oculus Rift- £480.47
- Play Station VR- £319.52
- HTC Vive- £639.84
- Samsung gear VR- £78.46
Top 7 best selling VR games:
- Raw Data (HTC Vive exclusive)
- Subnautica (Oculus Rift exclusive)
- Lucky's Tale (Oculus Rift exclusive)
- ADR1FT (Oculus Rift exclusive)
- The Climb (Oculus Rift exclusive)
- Everest VR (HTC Vive exclusive)
- Shooting Showdown 2 (Gear VR exclusive)
Contacting the cast
02:46
After selecting people we think would suit these characters the best, we sent an email to see if they're interested. We will wait to get a reply and hope all of the people are interested in being involved.
Casting
10:38Below 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.
Main character:
Callum Henderson
English/ Good side:
Callum Henderson,
David Heal,
Edward Paradise
Russian/Bad side:
Myles Lamond,
Ben South,
Mike Niland,
Denys Sochinski.
Costume ideas
01:51For 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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Storyboard
15:35
As a group, we worked on which shot will go where and what will happening in it, we discussed the locations and which characters will be included when in the story. After this was completed, with help from the plan, I did a drawing to go with each shot and then scanned it so we could access the images and the information digitally. Here they are:
