The Final Product

 The Final Cut:

The Final Cut of the Matrix Swede

CCR #1 (Ad campaign)

 How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

Post Modern Attempts:

A News Papper of the initial reaction

An ad on a build board

Modern Ads Attempts:

An advertisement about the film.

A review page for the film

A review response (meme format)

How to do a CCR post: Reasearch

What is a CCR Post?

CCR: Creative critical reflection. This type of reflection is used to reflect upon their work. There are multiple ways to do this. I can make a video over, a voice over or image collages. However, there are specific questions that need to be followed for this post. Since this is a practice for the actual thing we are only required to one so I will decide that later on.

What are common types of post for a Cinematographer?

My "Executive Producer" or teacher gave us pervious years of CCR post to look at to identify what could work for us. Let's look at some examples and what style did they do:

Example 1: Jade Blogs: CCR Question One

This Blog uses an interview based set up on making the film. This is reaction-based review of the film as it is being played. Pointing out the best part of the film itself. The lack of emotion is a worry for the interview/reaction based style.

CCR 1

Example 2: Jean Cheers Productions: CCR #2

This next common type is a market campaign. The way they do this is make multiple images marketing the films. It is mainly used for the question of:  How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text? This image has the entire campaign of this film which would be easy to do. This type of interaction for the campain allows the use of social media. The image below:

CCR #2

What Type of CCR post will I do?

I will be doing the ad campaign. In the spirit of a swede, I am going to make an ad that already exist to be thematically correct with the project. I will be making stills from a few of the ad campaigns. For context here the video with an organized list of the ads:

The Matrix Commercials! | MATRIX EXPLAINED

The add will be stills so, they can be finished in a reasonable time frame.

Evaluating How Effective Was the Shot List - Reflection

 The Use of the Shot List:

The shot list was for us to stay in order so we shall be able to get all of the shots needed. The director uses it to name the shot for the editor. The editor used it to stay on track when editing. For the cinematographer it was the order they need to follow.

The one we used:

The old post about it: The Procedures of Media. The learn how and making of a Film. 2025: Shot List - Planning. This post has the original shot list that I will use to see how well we followed the actual film.

The scene again for reference:

Matrix (1999)

Why am I Evaluating the Shot List:

Before, filming our editor was wondering how to make the scenes more fluid when it comes the audio and how to work with the cuts. So, he researched a way to make it easier. What he found: film at one angle for the entire time. This really only works on heavy cut dialog scenes. There is a thing called a voice over which we used. We went away from the shot-list. Was that necessary? The question I propose is, how successful was that way? 

The Answer:

Looking back at it. It was not successful. We gave more work for the editor and less to me. This has caused the cut to be less fluid and more effort to be put into fixing it. I wish we were able to get more filming time so, we could do it the proper way and make the work more balanced. This has caused strain in the editing prosses.

Hope we fix this and do not pick the lazy option next time.

Comparison of Film-to swede Last 3 types of shots: Implementation

This is a continuation of a previous blog:

Here is a link to the old blog for reference: The Procedures of Media. The learn how and making of a Film. 2025. But, we will be following the same princibles as before:

The Criteria that We will be Following Today are:

• Angle; this allows us to make sure we get the feeling correct that the original had. 
• Distance; this can show the intensity and how vital the line is for the film
• Mise-en-scene; this is used for following lines and reflections in the scene

This allows me to evaluate my cinematography to match it up with the original scene to see If re-shoots are necessary. These are mostly generalizations of the film. Warning, nothing is perfect.

Scene Type Four:

This forth scene I will be implementing the storyboard into the scene. The plan was to have the scene was composed of: Deep focus and Extreme close-up shot.

Attempted

Actuality

This scene now looking at it was made terribly. The lighting is way too bright. The angle is a low and not leveled. The Position of the camera is too much to the side. The distance of the camera is too close. The only thing that we got right was the basic position and colors of the pill.

Scene Type Five:

This fifth scene I will be implementing the storyboard into the scene. The plan was to have the scene was composed of: Eye level, Shallow shot and Extreme close-up shot

Attempted

Actuality

This is one of the closer pictures to the actuality. The reflection of the classes has the hands, and the talent are on the right Mise-en-scene lines. The actor is however farther away from the actual scene with this offsetting the actual scene. The lighting again is front facing.

Scene Type Six:

This fifth scene I will be implementing the storyboard into the scene. The plan was to have the scene was composed of: Clean over and Close up shot

Attempted

Actuality

This scene is Mainly a problem due to the lack of prop which changes the effect. However, the cinematography of the scene mostly the same with the distance being similar along with the actor leaning in the scene. The Chair is how ever pretty similar.

What could have been done better?

In today's blog, the main problems of the shots are lighting, and slightly wrong angles/distance. The ways now looking on fixing this could have easily been to have more practice shots with the actual actors. These factors effected by the lighting and others of this nature could have been fixed if we went in a more controlled environment. But now knowing this we could, next time fix this issue by asking the director to worry about the lighting. With all of this complaining, some of you may think it is all negative-nitpicks. This scene allows us to improve and be better for the final. 

Mistakes are natural. All 6 scenes were made to what we could do. The positioning is all good.

Comparison of Film-to swede first 3 types of shots: Implementation

Evaluation Criteria:

In today's blog we will be looking at the swede and compare it to what it was based on. The requirements for today include same angle, distance and general position of the actors and props. For the distance and angle, we need the general height direction of the shots, without this some of the meaning of the shots go away. The actors can be fully replicated so we do not fully ca replicate that presence. The props have the general area with what we have to do.

Summarized Criteria:

1. Angle
2. Distance
3. General Position of Mise en scene

Scene Type One:

The first scene I will be doing first is the first I did while planning: Eye level, Close up, Low Angle and Shallow Focus shot. 

Attempted

Actuality

These scenes are almost purely identical. The actors are more forwards, but the scenes look similar enough. However, the glint of the glasses is coming from the wrong side counter argument the set regardless has that glint in other places.

Scene Type Two:

The second scene I will be doing first is the first I did while planning: Eye level, Close up, High Angle and Shallow Focus shot.

Attempted

Actuality

These scenes both are on the same mise-en-scene of the film itself. The lighting is as close as we can get with the set up but in ours, we got more light on the left side of the face. Now looking closer at the scenes, I do not know if the camera was more zoomed or it was just actor's head. This does align with criteria but is shaky.

Scene Type Three:

The third scene I will be doing first is the first I did while planning: Wide Shot and Deep Focus shot.

Attempted

Actuality

In this scene the lighting did not at all matter. The mise-en-scene was effective with the bing on the lines. However the film has the bar lines to shrink the scene so that is the main difference. The Lighting is also non existant.

Recap:

All the scenes from the 1st three unique shots all had bad lighting. Which is something to Improve later on in life. But these scenes all work.

Filming Starts: Implitation

Filming: finding each angle and level-

In todays' blog we will go into the process of setting up the camera for each shot. I will show the cameras position with the actual shot that was done. With these shots I will next see if they match up with the actual shots. But I am getting a head of myself. So now lets start the blog.

Example 1 of Shot Set Up:

In this shot I had to set up a semi (not exaggerate) high angle close up. This allowed to show the "talent" properly. In this angle allows it to follow the actual scene very well. This was 11/24 on the night of filming our talent was in their place so I could find where to shot. The Extra camera stick is extra lighting to support the cameras lighting problem.

The 1st Shot Produced:

This shot I want to say this is a blooper and will not be in the final film. However, this is scene 1 shot 1. This is basically the camera test. I wish it had better lighting. 

Example 2 of Shot Set Up:

In this shot I had the second shooting day on 11/25. Same scene but-we swapped camera it with the director's camera. Their phone has a high intake of light but worse tracking movement. With this we were able to get the proper lighting. 

The day 2 set up different perspective.

The Actual Shot Produced:

 

This seen as a comparison high better lightning. This allows the editor to add extra ideas put together. This was day 2 Shot 1 day two.

Reflection of the shots:

With these improvements to the shot the positioning and lighting we were able to get the rest of them to the standard. Now looking back before filming I wished to have a bigger practice figure. So, I could get the steps down faster.

Diegetic Sound: The Making of the Rain: Implementation

Making of the Rain Sound:

In today's blog, we will go over the venture of recording the sound. With out this sound the diegetic sounds will no real work. He is my research: Post: Edit

The way of making of the sound, that I chose, will be the frying oil or contains an oil in a pan with water, to make the rain sound. (I want make food while doing this.) So, I will record the sound and play a video of what the prosses is and put into the blog.

First Attempt:

The oven was around 300F. I opened the oven to find the grease heated up producing the popping of the heated oil. This is a replicating shot, because I forgot to take a picture because someone opened it early and I had to rush.

Here an after (after) picture: 

Finished Product:

                                                                         Rain Audio

This rain had a few problems, but it turned out good for what we were doing.

Reflection:

This audio allows the scene to set into place. To make the rain was an interesting journey, started confusion and dread. Now then understanding. Then application. Now with understanding multiple ways that all have their use to a film. This was a fun venture. With this the foreboding rain