2020 A Space Odyssey

 2020 A Space Odyssey - Making movies module

We (me and Ryan) worked together to create a few shots we thought could fit into the same genre as 2001 and hold a strong resemblance regarding aesthetics and sound design. First we watched the film again and took notes on what we thought the meaning was. More importantly we were looking at how it looks for inspiration for our work. 

Things we had to consider: 

• The times in which we filmed and where a-bouts  in the house, to catch the natural light as much as possible   
• Make sure the green screen we use is as flat and evenly lit as possible
• Lenses being wide enough. Unfortunately our GH2 wasn’t wide enough so decided to film using an iPad 
• White lights overpowering the red/blue lights 
• Time for building sets in Blender.  
• Making sure the iPad is stable and doesn't move during filming    

 

Here we used a remote controlled lightbulb that you can change to any colour on the colour wheel. Here's what it looked like from the back 

 We trimmed and cropped the footage making sure the green screen was fully in shot then it was down to Ryan to start building the sets in Blender

 
  

Here is a clip Ryan has added special effects to to simulate the anti  gravity environment. Love the pen floating across the screen from behind me.

WHAT I LEARNED

Blender is really powerful. I didn't think it was going to work so well especially with our lighting and green screen setup in the Cellar. 

You don't need a big budget to make something interesting, just time.

I need to learn to use Blender when I get spare time in order to understand to a point I can confidently talk about it.