Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Pre-Production Tech Sheet

     This scene requires 5 roles to be filled; the father, the mother, the oldest daughter, the son, and the youngest daughter. The roles will be filled by the following (a description of their costumes will be included as well):

  • Father- Daniel Cotler (Dark/plain pants, button-down shirt, ring)
  • Mother- Leah Cotler (Dark/plain pants, gray sweater, ring)
  • Oldest Daughter- Isabella Atehortua (Basic plain pants/shirt)
  • Son- Rey Arellano (Basic plain pants/shirt)
  • Youngest Daughter- Plascencia-DiCaprio (Bright colored shirt and pants, bracelets, hair pigtails/braids)
    To shoot this scene we will be using a gimbal, a Manfrotto tripod, a Sunpak tripod, and a Nikon D350 camera. The sound will be whatever the camera picks up on its microphone, but we will be adding Carol of the Bells in post-production. Additionally, the props for the scene are as follows:
  • Chip bag
  • Ketchup
  • Unscented candle
  • Plastic/kid knife
  • Milk
  • Cup
  • Napkin
  • Basic tableware/utensils
  • Potatoes
  • Salad

Shot Number

Shot Type

1

Medium OTS (Dad)

2

Medium

3

Medium OTS (Dad)

4

Medium

5

Medium

6

Medium OTS (Dad)

7

Medium (OTS Y Daughter/Mom)

8

Medium OTS (O Daughter)

9

Medium

10

Master HA (Quaddruple)

11

Medium (OTS Mom)

12

Master HA (Quaddruple)

13

Medium (OTS Mom)

14

Medium Triple (OTS O daughter)

15

Medium (OTS Mom)

16

Medium Double (OTS Y Daughter) - slightly left of shot 14

17

Medium (OTS O Daughter)

18

Medium

19

Medium (OTS O Daughter)

20

Medium (OTS Dad)

21

Medium Triple (OTS O daughter)

22

Medium (OTS Mom)

23

Master HA (Triple)

24

Medium Double - slightly right of shot 16

25

Medium HA (OTS Mom)

26

Medium (OTS O Daughter)

27

Medium HA (OTS Mom)

28

Medium (OTS O Daughter)

29

Medium slight LA Double

30

Medium HA (OTS Dad)

31

Medium slight LA Double

32

Master Double 

34

Closeup

35

Medium

36

Medium

37

Closeup

38

Double HA

39

Long (foreground out of focus)

40

Double Medium

41

Medium (OTS)

42

Master HA

43

Closeup LA

44

Medium

45

Closeup LA

46

Medium (OTS Mom)

47

Medium

48

Closeup

49

Closeup

50

Closeup

51

High angle medium

52

Closeup

53

Medium

54

Medium

55

Closeup

56

Triple/Quadruple LA (Foreground Blur)

57

POV

58

Medium

59

Double LA

60

POV

61

Double LA

62

Medium into Closeup Dolly (Tilt up and get closer)

63

Triple/Quadruple LA (Foreground Blur)

64

Medium HA (OTS Mom/Dad)

65

Triple/Quadruple LA (Foreground Blur)

66

Medium

67

Medium HA (OTS Mom/Dad)

68

Medium

69

Medium double

70

Master HA

71

Quintuple LA - slight right of 65 (Foreground Blur)

72

Double LA (OTS Y Daughter)

73

Master HA

74

Medium (OTS Dad)

75

Medium (OTS Mom)

76

Medium Triple

77

Master HA

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Establishing Group/Roles and Scene

     For our first project in the class, we will "swede" a scene from a movie. For this project, I will be working with Brianna, who will be the director while I will be the cinematographer - both roles which we want to maintain for our final project later in the school year.

    We went back and forth over which scene we wanted to "swede." She had suggested a scene from Whiplash, but it was too long and contained too much dialogue - in addition to inappropriate content. I had suggested a scene from Nortbit, but despite meeting time requirements, it was too much dialogue and inappropriate content too. Neither of these scenes could be adjusted in order to meet content requirements. 

    Brianna then suggested that we do the dinner table scene from the 2018 movie, Instant Family. It met time and content requirements and was not dialogue-heavy either, making it an easy choice. Additionally, what spoke to me about the scene was the repetitive and simple nature of the shots, thus making my life as a cinematographer much easier. Despite there being 77 individual shots, most are from only a handful of angles. Additionally, the scene itself is supposed to be chaotic which will allow our actors to exercise their artistic liberty.

Below is the scene we picked from Instant Family:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy8mz4gu2oQ&list=LL&index=1

Welcome Back!

     Hello! My name is Brendan, and I am a Coral Springs High School senior. A little bit more about myself I play lacrosse year-round for my school, a travel team, and for the Israeli National Team (field and box). I own and operate a sports graphic design company - K5 Sports Designs - and look forward to leveraging my graphic design skills on my various projects. 

    Going into this school year AICE Media Studies A level is one of the classes I was most excited to take. I had a great experience with the AS-level class last year, and I look forward to building off the skills and information I learned last year. This year, I want to make sure that when it comes time for my production I improve upon the mistakes I made last year; not procrastinating blogs, clearly outlining each job's duties, and planning ahead.



Reflection

In the writing and production of Mi Corazon esta Contigo, we aimed to represent issues of familial relationships as well as substance abuse....