we removed any unusable clips marking them red. and any clips which were unusable but things like water and splashes could be taken out of them yellow.
here is a screenshot of our organised file names:
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Organising File Names- John Swift
We have renamed all of our shots to more suitable names so when it comes to editing them in final cut pro we will know what shot is what and can save a lot of time. we have named them in the different stages of the sequence for example: drowning1.mov, drowning 2.mov, drowning/withpush.mov.
we removed any unusable clips marking them red. and any clips which were unusable but things like water and splashes could be taken out of them yellow.
here is a screenshot of our organised file names:
we removed any unusable clips marking them red. and any clips which were unusable but things like water and splashes could be taken out of them yellow.
here is a screenshot of our organised file names:
Editing - Colour Correction - John Swift
After importing the images into final cut pro we realised that the white balance was completely off on Thomas Herds camera, this left a Green tint on the water and was extremely noticeable when switching between shots where the white balance was set correctly.
To solve this issue we used the colour correction filter, RBG to lower the green highlights and mid tones in the shot. this left the image looking extremely red, after lowing the red the water was blue like in the other shots, this was really effective and luckily did not effect the colour of Harrys skin too much (it was green tinted anyway).
Friday, 7 March 2014
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Filming at The Dolphin - John swift
Filming at the Dolphin last night was successful and a lot of fun! We got some great underwater shots and filming done.
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Underwater Filming - John Swift
Here are some useful tips and techniques when filming underwater:
Avoid ‘fire hosing’. That is moving your camera around as if you were putting out a fire. The steadier your shots, the less seasick your audience will be.
Take your finger off the Zoom button. The Zoom should only be used to compose your shot. Then capture the shot. Zooming in and out can be quite distracting.
The camera can run and you can wait for action to happen. All you have to do is keep it in focus and steady.
Shooting underwater video with available light, you’ll want to be where it is the brightest. Use a colour correcting filter whenever possible. They do work. You can see the results in your view finder.
White balance often, If your housing doesn’t have manual white balance Set it on Auto. You will still need to shine it on a white surface constantly. Or, point it to the Sand or the Sun. Only point at the sun while you’re underwater of course.
www.uwphotographyguide.com/underwater-video-tips
Know when the camera is on. Learn how to tell if the camera is recording, and check it often.
Use a colour filter (UR PRO Filter) between 20-80 feet with sunlight and no external lights turned on.
Remember when using lights, no filter-otherwise everything is too red. Too close to surface will also make everything too pink.
Avoid ‘fire hosing’. That is moving your camera around as if you were putting out a fire. The steadier your shots, the less seasick your audience will be.
Take your finger off the Zoom button. The Zoom should only be used to compose your shot. Then capture the shot. Zooming in and out can be quite distracting.
The camera can run and you can wait for action to happen. All you have to do is keep it in focus and steady.
Shooting underwater video with available light, you’ll want to be where it is the brightest. Use a colour correcting filter whenever possible. They do work. You can see the results in your view finder.
White balance often, If your housing doesn’t have manual white balance Set it on Auto. You will still need to shine it on a white surface constantly. Or, point it to the Sand or the Sun. Only point at the sun while you’re underwater of course.
www.uwphotographyguide.com/underwater-video-tips
Know when the camera is on. Learn how to tell if the camera is recording, and check it often.
Use a colour filter (UR PRO Filter) between 20-80 feet with sunlight and no external lights turned on.
Remember when using lights, no filter-otherwise everything is too red. Too close to surface will also make everything too pink.
Sunday, 2 March 2014
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