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Back to the Future Error

by Joe! Posted in Video Editing, Videos | 3 Comments »

This is what happens when you don’t have a good enough monitoring system or the head of continuity has a toilet break… Although for it to get past them is suprising, but for it then to make it past the editors and post-production crew, that’s just special. Enjoy!


Behind the scenes

by the Really Short One Posted in Rie-G Comics | No Comments »

Okay, taking a cue from the tall one I´m going to give you all some info on the filming of the pilot episode. The street scenes were filmed in the town near us. We couldn´t cut off the street so we´d have to film whenever there was a lull in the noise. We´d have to stop filming to let cars go by. Standing around in a bunny suit attracts a lot of attention and our town is small so by the next day everyone knew we were up to something. Some would stand on their balconies to watch :D The night time scenes we did really late, to avoid cars and noise. The tall one was filming and I was on the boom mic. It was so cold and we were shaking so badly, we really had to concentrate hard to not mess up the take. Poor Joe! was only in a windbreaker.
The police officer´s uniform was put together with a belt, walkie talkie, a cap and a jumper. Joe! printed out the word “police” on a couple of pieces of paper and we stuck them to the clothing with pins. The reflective jacket was what really sold it. Rachel, who played the police officer was really good about the whole thing especially considering her son´s english teacher walked past us as we were filming and had a good look at her. The next day everyone knew that too.
In most scenes with the Bunny I was the one under the mask. The mask itself was made by Joe! and Jayme with papier mache and covered with fur, which came from the lower half of the curadell bunny suit. The eye holes were covered with gauze to make them look white. The result was an amazing looking mask.
I couldn´t actually see much out of the eye holes, I could just about make out the edges of things if I tilted my head, this was made worse by the fact that i wear glasses. It was winter and the mask´s only breathing holes were the eyes, needless to say it got pretty hot in there so much so that my glasses would steam up. So I´d take them off; didn´t really help much considering I´m short-sighted. In the battery scene Jayme had to call out when I was near the door so I would know when to turn. And they laughed themselves sick when I missed. Come to think of it I hit into the wall more whenever I listened to Jayme…
Here´s a couple of photos of the mask and of the view from inside it.

The Long Take

by The Tall One Posted in Video Editing | 1 Comment »

Con todo esto de ayudar con los vídeos musicales y con el capítulo piloto, he vuelto a la mala costumbre de ver películas fijándome en todos los detalles técnicos habidos y por haber.
De ahí que me haya obsesionado un poco con los planos secuencia (y por culpa de la película que ví el otro día: Atonement).

Un plano secuencia (en inglés long take o plan séquence en francés) es aquel que se rueda sin realizar cortes entre los planos que contiene de modo que la cámara sigue toda la acción. La dificultad que acarrean estos planos es extrema y requieren mucha preparación y ensayos previos. Evidentemente, cuanta más acción o gente esté implicada más mérito tienen.

Hay muchos ejemplos de estos planos así que me limitaré a mostrar los que más me han impactado de todos los que he visto:

Atonement (tiene la inserción desactivada)

Children of Men:

Thai Dragon:

Existen planos secuencias falseados en los que, por ejemplo, la cámara se acerca mucho a algo negro y ahí aprovechan para hacer el corte y enlazar con otra escena. Un claro ejemplo de esto se puede ver en un capítulo de The x-files titulado Triangle que fue grabado al completo de esta manera (ver minuto 1:43):


Yo diría que en Children of Men, en este otro vídeo: en el minuto 4:07 hay uno de ellos porque hay sangre que desaparece suavemente en el 4:20, en mi opinión en el 07 cortan y añaden la sangre después digitalmente.

También un último dato curioso que he leído por ahí. Existe una película filmada en su integridad en plano secuencia (y sin editar) y su duración es nada más y nada menos que 96 minutos, je. El título: El Arca Rusa (Me fascinan los planos secuencia pero no tanto como para tragarme semejante experimento). Ahí os dejo la información por si alguien se anima a verla y ya me cuenta.