Please help. It's for a student documentry for school. I'm doing it on Ida Lewis. Thank you!
2007-10-18 13:56:25 · 5 answers · asked by 小石 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Shorty-- Good idea, but how could I do that? Is it expensive?
2007-10-18 14:06:29 · update #1
Stephen K- What you said sounds real smart and tech-savvy, but this is the first time I ever have worked a camcorder, much less made a finished product. Would it be possible to do that with my very little experience? I also kind of didn't understand some of you terminology, could you explain it a little simpler? I'm sorry, and to everybody, thank you so much!
2007-10-18 14:10:03 · update #2
Basically, Ida will be looking on from a real small wooden boat, and then rescue them. Not very complex yet.
2007-10-18 14:13:39 · update #3
you could use simulation technology [computer animate it]
no it is not expensive
u could go 2 a video place and they will show u how 2 do it
[i did dat once on another topic & got an A]
2007-10-18 14:04:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Underwater shooting would be very dynamic, but make sure that you have a waterproof housing that was designed for your camera before you attempt it. DON'T use a Ziploc bag and duct tape.
A lot of short takes (shots a second long or less) from different angles will make the scene look more violent when edited together. Just have your actors splash around in the water (make sure they don't laugh or look like they're frolicking in the water), and then end with them doing a "Dead Man's Float." That is, just have them float face down in the water without moving.
Anyway, that's just one way of doing it.
Good luck!
2007-10-18 21:36:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Editing is your answer, along with careful framing.
Since it is not important that we see the entire drowning episode, you give visual clues to allow us to fill in the blanks ourselves.
certainly the flailing to stay afloat helps. Is someone looking on? The ability to cut away for a reaction shot will help, not only to eliminate a lot of scenes, but to push along time
A reaction shot is that we see the action, then cut away (change the scene with an edit) to see a person's face reacting to the situation).
The careful framing is keeping the camera tighly focused on the "drowning" person so we don't see he is actually splashing away in a pool or that the water is really only three feet deep.
Sadly, I am old school, so i use an 8mm film camera and did my own physical cuting of the film to achieve my ends
2007-10-18 21:06:12 · answer #3 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shot of boys in the water, flailing and going under. Cut to reaction shot of person on shore, boat, pier, whatever. Cut back to water, but the boys are gone. Maybe police or other rescuers searching the water.
For safety, you can film the water scenes in shallow water. If you frame the scenes carefully, no one will be able to tell.
2007-10-18 21:39:13 · answer #4 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alright i am looking to go to a filmschool next year and i consider myself pretty knowledgeable in this area. is the person drowning in a tub? lake? pool if u can make ur camera waterproof it would help.(ziplock bags and duct tape) but don't hold me responsible if it breaks.u can film underwater and have the person fall in flail and fall out of frame(slowly) n u can cut to air bubbles coming out of the top of the water(by use of balloons and letting the air out slowly) but be careful not to kill urslves by idk... not coming up for air??? i hope ur project goes along well and i don't know much about ida. GOOD LUCK
2007-10-18 21:22:38 · answer #5 · answered by stork 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋