Kyle's Super Swag Film Blog

Transitioning between different clips is one of the foundations of creating a film. The most commonly used transition between clips is a cut which involves no special movements or visuals between clips. However, different transitions can be used in order to enhance the visual look of your film. I chose to research a few transitions in order to hopefully make use of within my next film. Whip The Whip is a transition that uses quick movement. In order to recreate this transition, the camera operator must shoot the end of one clip with a quick and sudden movement as well as the beginning of the next clip with a similar quick movement. The direction of this movement should be consistent between both shots as to keep the flow of the transition. I feel that this transition can be used to its fullest potential during more fast paced portions of a film. Here is an example of this transition Match Cut While similar to a normal cut, a match cut transitions between two similar things i

Despite learning about the process of color grading during Film II last year, I wanted to refresh myself on the topic. With me wanting to incorporate color as an important element of my next film, making sure I can properly manipulate color through editing is important. Color Correction Basics The basics of color correction begin with adjusting the Blacks, Whites, Highlights, and Shadows. Adjustments are made to these values by moving the corresponding sliders in order to change the look of the image. These adjustments allow for easier color correction as the image is flat and isn't too light/dark. Next, the clip is white balanced either by manually moving sliders or using Adobe Premiere's built in auto white balance tool. After the base image is corrected, the editor can use the RGB and Hue Saturation Curves to create their desired look. Masking Masking allows the editor to select a particular section of the clip to manipulate. This provides the opportunity to have dif

With the second marking period at its end, I am now once again able to reflect on the work that I have completed over this period of time. Intention Definition & Exploration Of Ideas Following the end of the first marking period, I was faced with needing to complete the project I had begun as well as begin to think of an idea for myself to develop following its completion. I chose to look back at the themes that I took interest in from the beginning of the year and see which I would want to explore for my next project. After comparing these themes with the few ideas that I had already came up with, I chose to attempt to follow the theme of politics and the social order for my next project. I plan on exploring primarily the social order portion of this theme, with my idea of being how people differently see good and evil within the social order. Planning During this marking period I had to create a plan for both post-production of my first marking period project as well as