15 members braved the cold winter night
Film Byte
We kicked off the evening with a film byte introduced by Glenn called
ath by The No Film school that had no dialogue and just used imagery and humour to tell the story.
Script writing competition
And the winner is our most recent member, Pamela Jeffs, for her moving script titled Momentum. It will feature in the club's upcoming activities. The runners up were scripts for The Birthday Cake (Heather), Too Easy and Gone (Glenn)
A Journey to Euphoria
Nigel showed short sections of the shoot he and Neal attended of the talented entertainer Rachel Riggal. The shoot was challenging in that it had low light, no rehearsal, a very limited viewing angle and literally nowhere to film from. It was a 3 camera shoot with only 1 take to get it right! Under the circumstances, a quality product was delivered.
Droning at Redland Bay
Glenn showed a short video of his drone launched off a boat ramp in Redland Bay with David and Jenn both having a go. His narration covered the types of shots you could use with examples.
Stuffed Dog
Sarah showed us a light heart canine POV short file titled Stuffed Dog that she had intended for a past UGG Competition, It's amazing where a dog goes with a GoPro!
Storyboarding
After the break, Jenn took us through Story Boarding theory followed by a bit of members hands on as we broke into pairs.
So why use storyboards?
1. Visualisation. - A storyboard is your roadmap when you make a video. Like a script, your storyboard visually guides you throughout the production process. By planning your video, you know which shots you need to create and how to create them when filming begins. To make a good storyboard, you don’t need to be a visual artist (though you can be). A storyboard can be anything from comic book-like rough sketches to stick figures to computer-generated drawings. A visual aid makes it much easier for you to share and explain your vision for your video with others. We’ve all had experiences where we were trying to explain something and the other person just can’t see our vision.
2. Production Plan - When you storyboard a video you’re setting up a plan for production, including all the shots you’ll need, the order that they’ll be laid out, and how the visuals will interact with the script. The video storyboard is a starting point or suggested through line around which you can plan your coverage (all the angles you will shoot of a scene). This really comes in handy when you’re making your video, as it ensures you won’t forget any scenes and helps you piece together the video according to your vision. While it may take you a little while to put your storyboard together, in the long run, it will save you time in revisions later. Not only will it help you explain your vision to your team, but it will also make the creation process go more smoothly. So how do you do it?
Create blank slides.
The first step in creating a storyboard is to draw a series of squares on a piece of paper.
Add your script
Beneath each picture, write the lines from the script that will be spoken in that scene and jot down some notes about what is happening.
Your storyboard should read like a comic book, so readers (co-workers, clients, etc.) can get a sense of exactly what will happen in your video.
Sketch your story
Next, you should sketch how each scene will look visually. Note that your storyboard doesn’t have to be incredibly detailed — you don’t have to draw in all of the props or even use colour. (Hint: You don’t have to be great at drawing either. Bad drawings are far better than no drawings at all.)
Just provide enough visual detail to give an impression of what is happening, which characters are in the scene, and what the general framing will look like. The script and notes will help fill in the rest of the details.
Hand-drawn storyboards
The classic storyboarding process is drawing by hand. You sketch out a mock-up of what each shot will look like.
As mentioned, you don’t need to be a great artist to create a storyboard—stick figures are enough. The principal goal is to convey the main action that is happening in the shot, so each frame doesn’t need to be very detailed.
DavidF's Journey as a Filmmaker
David took us along a very personal journey of his career in video and photography.
He worked for Sony Melbourne selling broadcast equipment (lighting, cameras, sound) to universities, production houses with a million dollar sales target. As a side hustle he started out as a photographer/videographer shooting Greek & Italian weddings on weekends and as a family photographer shooting family portraits. Marketing was the key and he hit up shopping centres with canvas shots, and would end up booking 40 to 50 photo shoots over 3 days. But his real passion is film making, where he shot commercials on Briz31, interviewed Jim Soorley, Wayne Goss and learned a lot about production, did 100's of interviews, and even did corporate videos for yellow cabs.
David told us his dedication to his craft unfortunately ended up with the dissolution of his marriage, with his long days and heavy workload taking a heavy toll. He shot a film in 1992, of which he was the director and writer. titled Entangled Dream, which was based on the personal events in his life that led to his marriage breakdown. David retired two years ago, and wants to do a 'mocumentary' with a storyline set around the single scene with interviews, narration with the advent of social media and the Internet.
The movie 'Entangled Dream' was transferred poorly from DVD by some back yard operator using a mobile phone and recording off a screen. Methinks Nigel needs to do a session on DVD transfers and Hand Brake for video conversion in the future.
UGG Competition - Tea and Coffee: A conversation
Like Highlander, there can only be one, in this case there was one winner as there was only one entry from Peter. Well done Peter.
Next Meeting
AGM
Interviewing - Peter
Production planning for Momentum - Glenn & Nigel
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