Filming: Shadow - Short Film

Filming started today on our new short film hopefully coming out soon.

Looking forward to see the result. Since I'm working very close to the director and I'm filming it, I can see the film being edited together. Let's hope everything will be good! Scene 2 and 3 are finished today. Next Sunday we will be filming the first scene.

Among Thieves 2 Finally Out!

Our Sequel to our first film Among Thieves is finally here! We worked on it for 4-5 months. We had some problems with over-exposure in the fight scene and colour grading in the second scene where the street turned pink for some reason and I didn't notice it. Sound improved although in the final scene it could be better. Since it was a darker film than the first one we had a lot of dark locations and we needed lighting.. that was a little problem. In the next film, we need to improve the lighting. Overall quite happy with the result. A third film won't be happening. This is the epilogue to the Among Thieves series.

We also released the bloopers today including an Alternative Ending and all the accidents!

Photography Lesson: Light Painting

Today we learnt how to paint using light. Camera on a Tripod and move the light while taking the picture.

 Shot using white light

Shot using yellow light

I shot this today with the help of my lecturer. I'm impressed how it turned out. Really great. Will be using this technique more often.

Contacting Mark Doneo for the Interview

For our interview with my colleague Johann, we decided to make it on directing films in Malta and how films are funded.

We think that Mark Doneo could be the best interviewee because he's one of the most experienced directors in Malta. We contacted him and he accepted to do us a favor.

After he accepted, it was time for research...

Ratchet and Clank Movie

It's almost 2015 and the Ratchet and Clank Movie is almost finished in production!

Can't wait for this movie.. 

This movie will be a retelling of the original game. 

Also, the Movie company has released a new poster! Looking great so far!

DVD and CD Cover for Trailer - The Darkness

For the final Graphic Design assignment we had to create a DVD Cover based on the trailer. From my sketches, I came up with this cover and I am quite satisfied of how it came out. My intention was to make it really dark and red smoke to show the darkness within and that there will be violence in this film. 

We also had to create a CD Cover for the DVD. I made it similar to the front cover.

Re-filming CSR Advert

We got feedback from our lecturer and I knew what he was going to say. It has plenty of room for improvement. We decided to re-film it for a better quality advert. We decided to film with a DSLR this time and use the same Lights.

The Lighting and colour turned out better with the DSLR without any colour correction and we also took care of headroom. 

Shadows are better, even the lighting.

 The lighting was hard to set up to do it as the first time. The lighting was so dark so one member of our group suggested this nice shot and so we improved this part. 

We also decided not to show the messy things and focus more on the messages being sent to the victim.

 Due to low lighting we came up with this interesting shot. Lighting is definitely better in the new re-shoot.

The first filming shot is so over exposed! We managed to take care of it the second time and focus more on his face by filming a Close up.

In my opinion, if we didn't re-film I am still saying to myself how badly it is filmed. I am really satisfied now with colour, lighting and even acting. The message is more clear.