Aurelija's TV production blog

As with most of my projects, I wouldn't say that I'm completely satisfied with the finished result, because I know that if we had a little bit more time, it could have been so much better.  I know that during the shoot I did my best, however, I wasn't at my best and I feel like that reflects in the footage. But due to how much time we had left, there was no time for me to be sick and for us to reschedule the whole day. I was using a new camera which was both scary and exciting, but I chose to shoot this with a DSLR deliberately, as I never used it before and wanted to see the difference between a DSLR and other cameras I have used. And it is a very big difference and personally, I found it hard to get more comfortable and confident while using it as it didn't have the features I was used to seeing in other cameras. I found it really hard to focus with a DSLR when it came to tracking and other moving shots where the focus needs to change, however, I think I did a ...

"Color has always been an obsession in movies. Before movies could be shot with color film, colorists hand-tinted, dyed, and stenciled film in order to satisfy the filmmaker’s vision <...> Color continues to be an obsession for filmmakers today because we now have the ability to not only shoot in color but also digitally manipulate any image to any color range our minds can imagine."(Andersson, 2015:337) For our film, we ended up using one light in the office bit to create a shadow behind our character. Initially, we wanted to film that scene at night but had to compromise for our actress who couldn't stay late. Thus we ended up with a pretty well-lit room where we tried to block out the sunlight. In a way, it worked to our advantage as we wanted that red hue in the office shots. Other than that, for the bar, we ended up using only the lights that were in there as the image looked good and didn't need any changes. When we were discussing lighting for this pr...

After 2008, when Nikon released the first camera that could record video, more and more manufacturers started adding the feature to their cameras. Now DSLR cameras are very popular amongst independent filmmakers as it is a more affordable option and by using different lenses, filters, and other attachments you can create a cinematic look  (Andersson, 2015:1). They are lighter than professional film cameras, are more discrete, great at capturing images with low light (some even better than professional cameras) and by using different lenses and rigs you can achieve a different look to most films. However, DSLRs are made for taking stills rather than filming, so they do have their setbacks, but it's nothing you can't work around.  DSLRs come in a big variety of cameras to choose from. Some things to consider while picking out a camera to use is the sensor size. There's a full-frame sensor and a non-full-frame sensor, commonly referred to as a crop sensor. A full-frame sens...