11/03/11 Log (Overlapping Test Shot)

Today in media studies we decided to do some test shooting before we shot the real footage in order to determine if our ideas were possible to carry out. We thought that this would initially save us time when it came to editing; in case our ideas didn't work, we would be able to find a solution now rather then after we shoot the real footage.

The image overlapping that we had practiced today showed us that we could face some difficulty in making all three images appear in one shot. Izak filmed a few shots of Kadeem with his head tilted in three different directions. What we wanted to accomplish was a final shot of all three of these shots combined into one, with each layer having different opacities. We uploaded the shots that we had filmed up onto Final Cut Express and from there, we cut them to make each shot the same length. We then layered each shot on top each other and changed the opacity of each shot so that the shot of Kadeem sitting up straight was opaque, and the other shots with his head titled either side were slightly more transparent.

However, the shot of Kadeem sitting up straight isn't quite as opaque as we wanted it to be. It is slightly transparent. To overcome this problem as a group we decided that we would trial various different editing tools and see if the idea will be possible. If we are not able to overcome this overlapping problem then will will need to alter the way in which cinematography will portray the distorted male played by Kadeem Gordon.