Blog Investigation and Work Log

When shooting a film, you as the creator/director of the movie/show, need to make sure you have the perfect place(s) in which your story is located. Granted, a lot of films nowadays, use green screen to film more, complex backgrounds. But, for films who may not use green screen, the director needs to look through the script multiple times to decide where the best area would be to film. Then, once they figure that out, they need to figure out what shots can be used to fit best with emotion, action, and what angles they can use to add perspective as well. Most of the time, the director hires a location scout, who does all of the searching, before taking notes down, and bringing them back to the director who then decides whether or not it will be okay. 

When it comes to sound for a film, it is important to know which microphones will do the best job in catching/picking up the audio that the director is looking for. Whether it be the actors talking, the wind blowing, or the sound of feet walking on gravel. Each and every sound made in a film is there for the audience to hear, for a reason. The directors want you to use your senses when watching a film, due to the increase of feeling as if you are involved or part of the film. That's why there are different genres, so then the audience can be engaged in the experience of the film.  

With color schemes and lighting, it is important that the lighting matches the mood. So more bright, maybe neon colors for happy, and more grey, white, darker shades of colors for sad moments. Lighting is also important when it comes to showing a characters entrance. It could be with a dark, evil character where there is a melancholy circle behind them that acts like their halo. And then there could be the good guy who enters where there is a white or golden  circle behind them, showing their positive, good soul. 

SOURCES:

https://www.neworleansvideoproductions.com/location-scout/

https://happymag.tv/sound-for-the-pictures-an-introduction-to-recording-sound-for-films/

https://www.adobe.com/express/feature/design/color-palette