Problem Solving

Problem Solving
Jake Whattam-Smith

Resources
Equipment Needed Possible Equipment Needed
Costumes Lighting
Props Boom Microphone
Camera/Phone Audio Recorder
Tripod External Hard Drive
Stabilisation Method Different Lenses
Headphones Go Pro
Extra Batteries/Charging Station
Memory Cards
Carrying Bag

Technical Problems
Potential (Technical) Problem - Brief Severity Likelihood Impact Factor
#1 - Internet/Power Goes Out Medium - High Very Unlikely 1
#2 - Storage Corruption/Maximum Capacity Reached High Possible 2
#3 - Camera/Phone Battery Runs Out High Likely 2
#4 - Defective Equipment (i.e. camera or phone) Medium Very Unlikely 2
#5 - Missing/Hidden Files Medium Unlikely 2
#6 - Computer Breaks High Very Unlikely 3
#7 - Software Crashing Low Possible 1
#8 - Can't Export Edited Video Medium Possible 1
#9 - Sound Not Recording Low Unlikely 1
#10 - Forgot Equipment Medium Unlikely 2
#11 - Couldn’t Get Access To Equipment Medium Likely 1
#12 - Working At Home Low Definite 2

Technical Problems
#1 (Internet/Power Cut)
Potential Problem - In the event that the power goes out across the area or house because of whatever reason, this would resultantly cut all power to
devices that require a constant power supply to be used, tehse including things like the lights or wifi router, or in this case when doing production, it
would be something like a desktop computer or certain filming equipment either being used or charged ahead of filming.
Effect On Production - Because this significantly limits the amount of things I can be working on as all power intended devices stop working, which is
most things during times like these where wifi and electricity is dependent on almost everything, this would slow down the process of production
significantly, whether intending on shooting footage or not I won't be able to charge up batteries for the camera/phone, or having already gotten all
the footage and now editing it all together, without power I can't develop anything when acknowledging the fact that all my work is digitally enhanced
and generated through PowerPoints and different software's as such.
Solution/Control - Understanding that in most cases when problems like this occur, it affects the surroundings households in addition to yourself so
going across the street or to your neighbours to avoid this issue isnt possible, especially given the time of writing up this document covid-19 is still
very impacting and we're in a national lockdown so households as such cant mix or be in contact in any way already. Its possible that backup
generators can keep a good supply of electricity to keep you going, but the chances of having one are extremely minimul so the best cause of action
here is to wait out the blackout and use a phone or laptop, if it still has a sufficent amount of charge/battery, to jot down some ideas or a plan of
action ahead of whatever tasks your currently doing. Its not an ideal situation to be in, but when problems like this occur, they usually get onto cases
like these immediately because of how impacting it can be, especially at times likes these with lockdown and still remaining winter season where the
temperature is a lot colder on a near constant basis.
Person Responsible - Regarding that this isn't particularly anyone's fault and cause of action that’s deliberately caused this problem from occurring, it
remains inconclusive that nobody is responsible for a blackout/power cut in the vicinity, but contacting the local authoritizes and government in
association to the problem, if its not been resolved already, I could find out when the power would be fixed and begin forming a plan in
acknowledgement of these issues being dealt with.

Technical Problems
#2 (Storage Corruption/Maximum Capacity Reached)
Potential Problem - Mostly present when on shoots gathering the footage needed for whatever products your filming or taking photography for, reaching
the maximum capacity allowance for storage on whatever devices your shooting the film/images on can regularly happen when doing constant re-takes or
slight changes to the work your doing, and similarly getting corrupted footage or data can arise from trying to fit in as much footage possible into a space
that just cant fit it all in one, making it damaged and or lost completely, especially when filming in 4K for instance.
Effect On Production - Because you may have reached full storage, this resultantly means that you cant continue with the filming process that you was
probably just doing before, and therefore re-scheduled filming dates as such impacts your overall structure to the production phase as time management
techniques and certain schedules you may have arranged for further things in the future, like other filming arrangements, are all delayed and extended an
overdraft for reaching your deadlines.
Solution/Control - Finding out that your storage capacity is full, you would often resort to looking over the footage on-site and start removing the ones that
look offputting to what you intended on establishing, as such with re-takes or shots that generally didn’t work out to what you wanted, and eventhough
this does work it is wasting your time at the location which should be used efficiently for filming and the benefits of your other crew members on set.
Understanding that you may have already started getting rid of some of the pointless files, like I had mentioned, your better off leaving it because theres a
higher chance of you deleting something accidently given your at a point of stressing at the situation, so simply bringing over spare memory cards and
external hard drives resolves the need to remove anything, instead transfering it all over to somewhere else that’s safely stored away; and in addition to
this, it often speeds up whatever device your using, likewise with a phone for example, because less stress is on the cpu and storage capacity. However, at a
price, memory cards and external hard drives can be quite expensive financially, so saving out on some money, planning ahead of the filming taking place
by transfering it onto your computer before going out to film, or deleting some of the unnecessary files in some of your spare time means you can focus
your full attention to the filming and shots taking place on set.
Person Responsible - This is totally down to myself (Jake Whattam-Smith) being the director, filmer, and organiser to the film and shootings taking place as
a whole, because its of my responsibility that everything is at the ready before and during the shoots through the many plans and contingency forms made
ahead of schedule.

Technical Problems
#3 (Camera/Phone Battery Runs Out)
Potential Problem - Increasingly more profound when on long filming shoot locations or generally outside of the vicinity of electronic accesses,
your phone or camera, dependant on what your using, may run out of battery charge to carry one working and being used as a way of capturing
the intended footage; similarly, this could also come under forgetting to bring spare batteries (camera) or a portable electronic charger (phone),
or completely forgetting to charge the devices beforehand ahead of going out and filming.
Effect On Production - Because the device/s can't technically be used because it needs power to run, this means that it's more the less
impossible to gather any sort of recordings, whether sound or video, resultantly wasting a lot of your time going to and fourth to pickup/charge
the devices and then go back out; or in some cases if the locations isn't easily accessible (i.e. needs a long road trip or permission from
somebody), re-scheduling the date is the only option other than not be able to film there at all, which would impact the whole project and
planning elements already made ahead of filming, and more importantly time management considerations as you would be highly likely to go
over deadlines or submissions to stay on track with everything.
Solution/Control - Now the easiest way of controlling this problem is to ensure everything is well organised and managed before going out to
film, but in the case your at the location and the batteries run out, bringing over spare pairs of batteries or charging devices is the most effective
way because they're small and portable, easy to fit into a carrying bag as such I intend on taking for transporting various pieces of other
equipment; but in addition to this, most locations require a mode of transport to accesses because of distance, so even brining some like a
charging cable so that you plug the devices into the car to charge on set would work.
Person Responsible - Again, this is truly down to my own organisational and management skills ahead of filming, because I'm the director,
filmer, and whole operations organiser (Jake Whattam-Smith), so ensuring that the equipment is up to its best ability, whilst sustaining a good
plan of what's needed on set, remains my own responsibility in most cases – other than when using somebody's else's equipment and its their
job to bring it over for filming (like with college cameras or the crews belongings).

Technical Problems
#4 (Defective Equipment)
Potential Problem - When shooting something, ensuring the equipment your using is good is your number one priority because without it, it would
be impossible to shoot anything that’s reasonably good in the first place, especially if its something like the camera or sound your relaying on for the
video itself, aside from the fact that you can make a film without lighting equipment as such; but its possible that some of this equipment is
sometimes already damaged, or becomes defective when using it vigorously, something that can be catastrophic to a films progression.
Effect On Production - The likely hood of this actually happening is very unlikely, but in the case that some of the equipment was to become
defective, it could stop the progression in that day completely if it was a significant piece of equipment for filming, likewise with the camera; now in
most cases you could avoid stopping production if something like a tripod had become defective, because you could quite easily adapt shots that a
way, but because the equipment you take is mostly needed from its own reasonings, you would in most cases have to re-visit that location on a
further date which would evidently impact your time management and development in the project.
Solution/Control - If the equipment was to become defective from either using it or not on set, its important that alternatives are available to use,
especially when considering that some of the desied shooting locations can be quite far away so going back and fourth isnt an option; the main piece
of equipment is the camera, and if this becomes defective then the situation can become serious because finding another camera as such is quite a
big ask for how expensive they can be now-a-days, but phone cameras are a good alternative, especially when recognising they're usually built up to
shooting at 4K surprisingly (or atleast my phone does). Regarding some of the other pieces of equipment, like with tripods or lighting in most cases,
because theyre less technologically driven, physically mending these pieces on set if some tools are to hand can easily be fixed, so bringing a toolbox
is optional, although this doesn’t always work out, so asking a friend is always a really good shout, but evenso a lot of people don’t have lighting
equipment or tripods so re-scehduling to another date will be most necessary, picking up the equipment from college as of before the arrangement.
Person Responsible - I would go as far to say that its whoever's responsibility that broke the equipment or is to use it, because even though its
possible that it was already broken when having received it from college for instance, it should have been checked before moving over to the filming
location, therefore it still remains the filmer's, directors, and organisers fault (Jake Whattam-Smith).

Technical Problems
#5 (Missing/Hidden Files)
Potential Problem - Sometimes shoots throughout even a single day can add up to a lot of recordings, whether audio, video, or
photography related, the footage can get to an extent where you start to get confused at the large abunance of things to go through and
organise, often making mistakes along the way in the forms of managing them in the wrong places, or even missings and losing them
compltely on your computer and recording device (i.e. camera card or phone).
Effect On Production - Remaining still very common in day-to-day productions, finding missing or hidden files is always a struggle as it often
takes up a lot of your time in production, whether using it on finding the missing file/s, or even going back out to shoot and get that footage
again; this sometimes leaves out-standing pieces of work to be finished up after deadlines or in your free time to catchup, but this
resultantly means that everything is pushed back and can sometimes imply work that has been rushed to get it completed on time,
evidently achieving lower than expected grades, so its important to try and avoid these scenarios at all costs.
Solution/Control - In most cases its down to a lack of concentration and organisational trhought behind transferrings the files over from
whatever device you had used, whether it be a camera or your phone, so I would definitely consider using a good level of organisation and
management in the places you transfer the files, making numerous named folders, and renaming some of the various files so that you both
strategically arrange the footage/documents to whatever best suits you, whilst making it easier for your future self when following trhough
your file explorer and needing a specific set of files whether it be for editing or PowerPoint writing purposes, it make it much easier and less
time consuming.
Person Responsible - Because I'm the person organising the whole project, and actively engages in activities around the work I produce
through numerous amounts of files, I am therefore responsible (Jake Whattam-Smith) when considering I'm the one that shoots/makes the
files in the first place and is the only one that works with them continuously.

Technical Problems
#6 (Computer Breaks)
Potential Problem - In the worst possible case scenario, given the current times were living in (covid-19), the computer I'm using on a near
constant daily basis could break. Because of an abundance of possible reasonings, my computer is by far the most essential component to any
project given I use it for everything, so it breaking down on me during the project could be highly likely, especially when acknowledging that ive
had a constant computer message stating that 'the battery needs to be replaced' because it can't provide enough power'.
Effect On Production - Whether breaking down because of an overload of use, or as a result of wear and tear over the past few years, the effect is
immediately devastating to the project, stopping all progress and development to move ahead because everything needs to be acessed digitally;
either typing up information or constructing products through software, this isn't possible without a computer to perform such tasks on so
alternatives are imperative to use under immediate action.
Solution/Control - This could be resolved under the circumstances that I have another laptop/desktop pc to hand at home, which I do have
accessibility to understanding that it would have to be during the time periods when my parents arnt using them for work (I.e. throughout the
night or evening at the earliest), but because this isn't typically conviniant most of the time, I may have to resort to borrowing a laptop from
college or a friend, or working extra hours in the college aslong as its open having lockdown ended and not extended again. Fortunately, I am
creating my own desktop pc, building it anytime soon having all the parts bought and readily avaliable to build, otherthan the graphics card due to
short demand online, but seeing through this and buying one before production means I could build and use it for the purpose of editing and
working from home.
Person Responsible - I wouldn’t necessarily say that its anyone's fault if this problem occurred given it would be highly likely down to the fact that
ive owened this laptop for a few years now and that it's starting to show some disfunction but given that Ive had a battery issue which hasn’t been
resolved, and that I could damage it through overuse and transportation, this still remains my own responsibility to take control of (Jake Whattam-
Smith/Director and Organiser).

Technical Problems
#7 (Software Crashing)
Potential Problem - Whether using a software like photoshop which is for higher quality professional use, or something like photopea
(having looked at this during my client vlog task) which is a much cheaper and lower quality software in comparison, the software crashing
in the case of simple things like having a power cut, wifi router disfunction, laptop battery running out, or its simply crashing because of an
overload on the computer programming its use, this means that a lot of your work (if not saved) could have been lost.
Effect On Production - Because of a software crashing issue, this stops the current progress made on whatever software being used; in
most cases you could simply reload the software to continue with whatever you was just doing as close to 2 minuets ago, but in rare
occasions it could be affected across the app, stopping all development as of until it has been uninstalled and re-installed. In addition to
this, because software crashes randomly occur, this also means in most cases you lose some sort of progress that had been made, whether
it was up to an extensive amount or only minimal.
Solution/Control - Because a software crash is only temporary in most cases, I could simply reload the program as soon as the software had
fully closed down, however, it is know that sometimes a software crash can result in more permenant damge to the files, so in the case
where the software wont run, uninstalling and reinstalling the software may be the only turnaround, although this may take longer than
expected, it should fix the issue.
Person Responsible – Acknowledging both the fact that a software crash is completely random and cant be controlled, I would like to think
that its not anyone's responsibility, but factors like having many processes running at the same time or the computer becoming over heated
could cause such thing to occur, so id have to once again say it my own responsibility, especially if I hadn't saved my work regularly and lost
some progress to an issue like this.

Technical Problems
#8 (Cant export edited video)
Potential Problem – Whether it comes down to a piece of video footage coming corrupt or a technical error in the program, this
could mean after taking the time to get all the footage and edit it up all together, the software wont let you export your edited
video.
Effect On Production – Putting off your edited video from exporting the final outcome, this could mean that you need to spend
time identifying the issue and resolving it if possible, however, dependant on what the issue is, this could take any time from a
quick 2 minute fix to over a week, not only affecting the work of other elements because I should be showing a focus to
completing them, but also increasing the likelihood of going over deadlines and ruining any sort of time management and
organization.
Solution/Control - The immediate course of action would be to identify the problem because in most case scenarios it could be as
simple as a piece of footage being corrupt, therefore not allowing the export, resolving it by simply re-uploading the footage or re-
recording the shot if the corruption remains in the files; otherwise, it could be a software issue in the files of the program used to
edit up your video, so whether you close the application and try again, it may result in a complete uninstall and reinstall because
its not fixable in the application.
Person Responsible – Because at the end of the day it comes down to either footage getting corrupt or the program having a
technical error that cant be prevented or lowed in the chances of it occurring means that I would consider it not anyone's
responsibility; although its true that its the editors job is to make sure everything's running smoothly as they go through the
process of editing up whatever video, this is more a technical error in the files that isn't impacted from the things you do,
supporting my judgement that it isn't anyone's responsibility further.

Technical Problems
#9 (Sound Not Recording)
Potential Problem – Having come across this issue before, I had recorded and gathered all the footage that I needed for that day at the
shooting location, pleased with the outcomes I had gotten, I presided to go on to start compiling the footage in the editing software, and to
my surprise no audio was recorded; only the visuals from which wasn't a particular issue, because I was putting my own sound over it
anyways, but in the case you need sound then the progress made would have been more or less pointless.
Effect On Production – Dependant on whether or not you need the audio to use in your project, this can either be not as much an issue if
you'd planned to have music over the top or make your own audio, therefore using it as it is anyways, but in the case of needing sound, then
it will take you a long time to get it back, possibly reaching over deadlines in the process, or having to move onto something else if you have
to wait for the audio, which may come more useful as your using the time productively.
Solution/Control - Regarding solutions to the problem, its apparent to me that if you just check both the video and audio are working
properly, by either shooting a test shot or going into the settings, then you wouldn’t have to worry about the situation: however, if you've
recorded already with no audio and the intentions of keeping that footage, then working with doing some foley work may be the only
option, otherwise it would be easier to go out to the location and film the same shots again, making sue the audio is recording this time.
Person Responsible – If it comes down to someone's responsibility, it would have to be the person's who recorded the footage as it should
have been their job in making sure everything is running smoothly before starting, even so, they should have been checking the footage as
they go along the shoot to not only make sure your pleased with what's being captured, so that you can makes amends on set, but also for
the instance that the quality is lower than usual or the audio isn't recording.

Technical Problems
#10 (Forgot Equipment)
Potential Problem – In the case you’ve travelled to a location, and you about to start the filming process, you soon come to realise that
you’ve forgotten a piece of equipment, whether it be a source of lighting, tripod, the camera itself, or something more subtle like batteries, a
spare camera, memory, or even props or costumes, these would all classify as a piece of equipment because you’ve brought it with the
intentions of using it either during the filming or as a backup.
Effect On Production – Dependant on what the piece of equipment is that you’ve forgotten, this could either have not much an effect if you
could manage without it during filming, for instance a tripod because you could quite easily hand record it and stabilize it in post if need be,
or it could take a big toll on your work, sometimes even calling off the shoot if it’s a piece of lighting you need to lighten a dark shot, or
another significant piece like the camera or batteries to use the camera, stopping all progression until either resolve it on set, or
rescheduling the filming date as a whole if the location isn't easily accessible.
Solution/Control - Fixing the issue, it should always come apparent to a director or filmer that before going to whatever or wherever the
location is, that you make multiple checks making sure you have everything, even sometimes bringing up a check list if its something that
happens more regularly than you would have hoped: in addition to this, I would also consider maybe distributing the equipment to other
members coming to the location, then its not entirely your fault managing and making sure everything is brought.
Person Responsible – Because remembering to bring equipment is more an independent issue, its down to the person that was meant to
bring whatever was forgotten, because at the end of the day, its there responsibility and actions that lead to the issue becoming more
apparent; however, suggested as a part of my solutions for this problem, I implied that if we consider distributing the equipment beyond one
person, then it soon becomes an issue not targeting one individual, but a group of more than one.

Technical Problems
#11 (Couldn't get access to equipment)
Potential Problem – Although everybody these days has access to at least a working camera, typically using a phone for instance, there are
other certain pieces of equipment you are likely to not own, whether it be a source of lighting for a scene, or even audio recording devices
to get better sound quality than what your phone would pickup, in most cases, especially around these current times with covid, you
wouldn’t have the ability to access such equipment , either because its been fully booked out with other students on the course looking
with similar intentions, or the college aren’t allowed to distribute their facilities with covid hanging about.
Effect On Production – Dependant on whether you need the equipment urgently or not, you could be waiting up to a week for the desired
gear to next become available if it had been booked out by another person already, offering them the time to return it for your sake,
otherwise you could be using the time productively by getting on with filming if the gear isn't necessarily required.
Solution/Control - In the case that the necessary equipment is unavailable, whether having been booked out by another individual or not
having the accessibility to go into college and retrieve the gear (as a result of covid), then you could consider investing in buying the
equipment yourself if you have the financial capabilities to do so, otherwise, if the gear is essential to the development of the project and
filming more importantly in this case, then it might be worth waiting out until it is next available, or carrying on with production as normal,
excluding the need for such equipment by planning around its use.
Person Responsible – Because at the end of the day its your responsibility to make sure the equipment is booked out, if necessary, and
available for before a filming day, it is therefore the camera mans issue in addition to the main directors as they should be managing
everything so that we can work as efficiently and quickly as possible to move ahead with production.

Technical Problems
#12 (Working at home)
Potential Problem – Especially considering covid-19 constantly on the uprise as a reoccurring event in recent times, its highly likely covid
for instance, would result in me working from home as opposed to going into college, however what's important is the restrictions that
come alongside this, like not being able to retrieve the correct equipment and actors that are needed for certain processes to work.
Effect On Production – In most cases, something like this when I'm working from home wouldn’t be that much an issue, because I have the
accessibility to computers and certain software's to continue with the writing and editing aspects during production, however, when it
comes down to filming processes, it could get more complicated in the sense that pieces of gear may not be accessible, and location
availability is much slimmer
Solution/Control - Despite there bein a solution/control for every other problem mentioned, this is the one issue that can't be resolved in
the sense that if ive been told to work at home, this is the last case scenario that can't be avoided and or changed, so I would have to plan
ahead of this going ahead; because the main issue that comes with this is avaliability and getting acess to equipment for insatnce, the only
thing I could do is getting this sorted out earlier before going into working at home (I.e. get the equipment beforehand).
Person Responsible – Because its comes apparent to me that going into working at home in the first place is an last case scenario issue
that would tend to be national, so like being covid-19 related in this day and age, its isnt anybody responsibility in the first place as to this
problem occuring, however, I would consider it your own responsibility to plan ahead of something happening like this if the impact it
makes can be reduced, so for the most part its your own duty to carry on with the project as easy on as you can get it going, alhtough im
sure if it came to it, it wouldn’t be calssed as your issue because its mostly unpredictable.

Theoretical Problems
Potential (Technical) Problem - Brief Severity Likelihood Impact Factor
#1 – Crew Falling Out Medium Very Unlikely 1
#2 – Weather Conditions Medium Possible 2
#3 – Unnecessary Sounds Low Unlikely 1
#4 – Time Management/Schedule High Likely 3
#5 – Health And Safety Challenges High Possible 2
#6 – Finance Medium Unlikely 1
#7 – Crew Ability/Effort High Unlikely 3
#8 – Location Access High Unlikely 3
#9 – Crew Accessibility High Possible 3
#10 – Organising Props Or Costumes Ahead Of Filming Medium Possible 1
#11 – Prop Or Costume Damage Low Likely 1
#12 – Unintentional Incidents With The Crew (i.e. getting ill) High Very Likely 3
#13 – Haven't Organised Personnel's Ahead Of Filming Medium Unlikely 2
#14 – Interruptions From The Public Low Unlikely 1

#1 (Crew Falling Out)
Potential Problem – When pulling together a crew for the filming production aspect of my project in this instance, its come apparent to me
that it can get stressful at times when put up against the clock and even weather if you need a certain atmosphere making in the condition
outside, in addition to of course early mornings and late evenings for the right lighting, and so the possability of the crew fallling out in
some way is more than likely to happen, especially if they're being constantly called out to filming at different places.
Effect On Production – If its come to a stage where my crew truly despise of each other or myself, then it could take as long as until theyre
happy to continue with the process, therefore anytime for 24 hours to a week, otherwise if the issues not been resolved quick enough,
filming deadlines can begin to crop up, even going past these dates in some cases and therefore affecting the grade I get if I don’t manage
to finish off the work.
Solution/Control - Because I would make this a high priority to resolve, if its comes to a stage where its starting to affect my time
managemnt and grade on the course, after leaving it to themselves to try and sort out in the first 24 hours under my survielance, then I
would have to intervein more strictly if it got past this time, organising it so that they're not present on set of filming together, or in the last
case situation getting a new person involved as a replacement.
Person Responsible – Its without a doubt that its between the two people as to whose responsibility it is, sorting out out between
themselves, but I would also consider it partially the directors responsibility too because they should be managing the situation and
preventing anything like this for getting out of hand, if anything sorting it out being the main person on the project because its their
responsibility to make sure everything runs smoothly through production.

#2 (Weather Conditions)
Potential Problem – Everything in the build up to filming can go smoothly, all up until the filming where the practical side of things makes it
not only more difficult to manage, but therefore also more difficult to control what's going on, in this case the weather which plays a
significant role in any filming process, whether the weather isn't what you had expected, or it is the perfect conditions yet extremely tiring
and dangerous for your crew, it can play a big factor.
Effect On Production – Coming into filming the weather could play to 2 different issue, either the weather is what you had planned for and
needed, yet the condition cause a lot of tiredness or slowness to your production possibly adding an hour to your filming on that particular
day (for instance if it was rainy then the process of getting to shoot location could be delayed), or in the worst case scenario the weather
changes and is different to what you had planned for so a re-schedule for another day or later time in the day may be required because
certain weather is needed for a scene or to match some footage you had done already.
Solution/Control - The easiest solution to this problem would be making call sheets, not only tracking the weather by looking into the
future of the weather forecast to choose and make sure the conditions on that day is what you had expected, but in addition to this we see
a plan of what shots you will be doing on whatever day making sure production is as efficient as possible.
Person Responsible – Completely reliant on the director, its their job at making sure that everything on the day of filming goes as smoothly
as possible, and so this would also include the weather because this element can't be changed, and so vigorous planning should be made
to ensure production efficiency is at its most making them responsible here.

#3 (Unnecessary Sounds)
Potential Problem – Having been involved in this issue before, coming into filming has meant that after getting all the footage to start the
editing process, it soon becomes apparent to the editor that there is some background noise heard in the footage that throws you off of
the shot, this could be anything from the hissing you get at quiet scenes to outside traffic or people talking, all in all playing the role at
distracting the audience more than anything.
Effect On Production – This isn't as much an issue on the production, because a lot of it could be removed in post with audio effects and or
cutting it out if the section is past the sounds or visuals you need, but this can sometimes adjust the sound making it more unrealistic than
before, so in some cases the shot or audio recording may need to be re-taken which could therefore take up a lot of your own time going
to the location if necessary, taking up from anytime in a day to a week if it isn't easily accessible.
Solution/Control - The best case scenario for an issue like this would be to make sure during filming the shot is completely silent other
than the audio that’s needs for the recording, eliminating the needs to remove unwanted sounds, however in some location a background
noise is inevitable, whether it be next to or near a working machine for example, so either good timing or straight up recording the sound
separately and linking it up in post-production is your best options.
Person Responsible – In this case where there is unwanted noise coming from the background of the recording, its considered both the
filmer's and director's issue because they both in the case should have recognised the issue beforehand, whether it was through a location
recce in the planning section or first arriving on set, a plan should have been made in the instance something like this was to happen from
the individual/s under these roles.

#4 (Time Management/Schedule)
Potential Problem – This has cropped up a lot over my time at college in various projects, but coming into production, a key area to focus
on here from all roles involved is your time management and or scheduling everything to get it all finished ahead of reaching deadlines;
you could have great intentions in the project, but if at the end of the day you don’t get it all finished on time, it will affect many factors in
the future causing a butterfly effect.
Effect On Production – If this theoretical problem occurs, its almost certain, unless having started earlier than the beginning date, that you
would run into going over deadlines, causing an immediate butterfly effect because you would have to spend your own spare time getting
it finished which may impact whatever work you need to move on ahead to, applying the same as you go trough and so on.
Solution/Control - The obvious solution to this problem would be to making sure that I have organised and managed my time sufficiently
to get everything done here earlier than the due deadline, because this makes up some extra time if you need to run into the next section
a bit later, however, this often isn't the case when it comes to lack of time management because I have over planned, and so doing a
production schedule not only gives you a time frame to follow, making it easier to manage different things, but organises everything ahead
of time so that I can focus on doing the work rather than worrying about it during the time I would be doing it.
Person Responsible – At the end of the day its only ever going to be one persons responsibility to get the work done in that day, and its my
own being the director, manager, and all of the above because I should be the one aiming to get the work done before the deadline for my
reasons including getting feedback from which I could then apply to the work, all in hopes that I can achieve the highest grade possible for
the project.

#5 (Health and Safety Challenges)
Potential Problem – Despite the problem being quite vague as it covers a large area that could be talked about, there could be
things or situations that challenge some of the health and safety rules you'd see when filming, from public consideration to
managing the spread of covid-19 in the workplace, these could be challenged and therefore broken, causing minor or serious
injuries in the worst circumstances.
Effect On Production – As mentioned, if the rules put in place to keeping everyone safe whilst filming was to be broken, this could
result in anything from a 2 minute fix to taking a week off or even completely stopping the filming process; dependant on the
injuries inflicted on the crew, we could see grazes and scrapes were the filming can continue as normal as long as the damage is
only minimal, whereas tripping and knocking themselves out could see 1 to 2 days, or in the worst cases a broken bone could see
them from leaving the whole filming process.
Solution/Control - What should be conducted on all filming locations, not only is there permission slips they can give in the case of
something like this happening I'm not accountable for their own actions, but health and safety documents, like these as such,
should be considered more, acknowledging every outcome of every situation possible with the locations, equipment, and people
around.
Person Responsible – I would like to consider it partially their own fault if it was by freak accident, however, if it was a case of
somebody else's actions, then they are both accountable for what's happened as they should have been aware of their
surroundings.

Health and Safety - List
Hazard Present? Severity Likelihood Risk Factor
#1 - Alcohol/Drugs N N/A N/A N/A
#2 - Animals/Insects N N/A N/A N/A
#3 – Audiences N N/A N/A N/A
#4 - Camera cable/grip equipment Y Low Unlikely 1
#5 - Confined spaces Y Medium Likely 2
#6 - Derelict buildings/dangerous structures Y High Unlikely 3
#7 - Electricity/gas (other than normal supplies) N N/A N/A N/A
#8 - Fatigue/long hours Y Low Very Likely 1
#9 - Fire/flammable materials P Medium Very Unlikely 2
#10 - Hazardous substances P High Possible 3
#11 - Heat/cold/extreme weather Y Medium Likely 1
#12 - Laser/strobe effects N N/A N/A N/A
#13 - Machinery/industrial/crane/hoist N N/A N/A N/A
#14 - Materials (glass, non-fire retardant set materials) P High Possible 2
#15 - Night Operation P Medium Likely 1
#16 - Noise (High sound levels) N N/A N/A N/A
#17 - Manual handling Y Medium Very Likely 1
#18 - Public/crowds P Low Very Unlikely 1

Health and Safety – List (continued)
Hazard Present? Severity Likelihood Risk Factor
#19 – Radiation N N/A N/A N/A
#20 - Scaffold/rostra N N/A N/A N/A
#21 - Smoking on set N N/A N/A N/A
#22 - Special effects/explosives N N/A N/A N/A
#23 - Special needs (elderly, disabled, inexperienced) N N/A N/A N/A
#24 - Specialised rescue/first aid N N/A N/A N/A
#25 - Stunts, dangerous activities P Medium Possible 2
#26 - Tall scenery/suspended ceilings Y Low Very Likely 1
#27 - Vehicles/speed P Low - High Very Unlikely 1
#28 - Water/proximity to water P Low Very Unlikely 2
#29 – Weapons P Low - High Very Unlikely 2
#30 - Working at heights N N/A N/A N/A
#31 – Covid 19 Precautions Y High Very Likely 3

Health and Safety - Assessments
Hazard No. #4 Risk Factor (1-3): 1
Description Camera cable/grip equipment
Person(s) exposed - (detail if cast/crew (C), outside of
company (O), or nearby public (P)
C
Action to take Ensuring all cables and equipment are out of the way/out of reach from others
, exempting the filmer, such as with chargers, lighting, and or tripods, whilst acquiring
a backpack to store these cables/equipment or signage up to warning others.
Person/company responsible for action Jake Whattam-Smith (Director/Organiser and Filmer)
To be completed at agreed later date
Exposed person(s) informed?
(y/n)
Agreed action taken?
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)
Description Confined spaces
C
Action to take Asking each member of crew who are necessary for filming in the confined space,
find out whether they're comfortable with filming there before production ahead of
schedule to avoid panic attacks as such, whilst ensuring water is available to cool.
Person/company responsible for action Jake Whattam-Smith (Directo/Organiser), and actors themselves
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Description Derelict buildings/dangerous structures
C
Action to take Making sure the location is safe before shoots, location recce's and having only the
necessary people enter, possibly wearing head protection, with exits accessible at all
times makes sure in the case of falling debris everyone stays safe from harm.
Person/company responsible for action Jake Whattam-Smith (Director/Organiser), and Crew.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)
Description Fatigue/long hours
C
Action to take Assuring that breaks are present intermitting filming on locations, a schedule should
be made ahead of filming so that people can take breaks regularly, whilst clarifying
some refreshments, drinks and food wise, are available to hand at all times.
Person/company responsible for action Jake Whattam-Smith (Director/Organiser)
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Description Fire/flammable materials
C, O, and P
Action to take Establishing a source of extinguishing a fire should be accessible at all times during
shoots, whether a large bottle of water or extinguisher, it should also be contained in
a small area not near to sources of expanding its flame (like cardboard or wood etc).
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)
Description Hazardous substances
C
Action to take This isn't particular because I want to use substances in my film, but regarding the
location sometimes being used as a dump, hazardous substances could be there so a
recce before shooting and having gloves to remove it should be conducted if need be.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Description Heat/cold/extreme weather
C, O, and P
Action to take Making sure that the weather doesn’t affect our progress during production, using
means of transport (aka cars), applying the right amount of clothing adjacent to the
weather, and having things like radiators or coolers if necessary on set.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)
Description Materials (glass, non-fire-retardant set materials)
C, and P
Action to take Brining over bins and gloves to shoots, this means I can extinguish the danger of glass
if any is present, and doing recce's of the locations before filming means any dangers
like this should be spotted and sorted beforehand.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Description Night Operation
C, O, and P
Action to take Brining over equipment like lighting and head torches will mostly be necessary to
avoid accidents like tripping, or the risk of coming into contact with something or
someone by means of covid-19 precautions and hazardous substances.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)
Description Manuel Handling
C
Action to take Doing some choreography before hand ensures that both members performing the
operation reduce the risk of mistakes and injuries, whilst ensuring they're both from
the same household for COVID-19 related reasonings.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Description Public/crowds
C, O and P
Action to take Always remaining aware of your surroundings, we should keep a distance from
others by either doing the shoots at less busy times/days, or maybe having some
signage to show the activities were undergoing.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)
Description Stunts, dangerous activities
C
Action to take Could have somebody whose actively engaged or experienced in dangerous stunts to
do them, or have choreography sessions and practises before in preparation to try
and eliminate any mistakes whilst seeing what the final outcome may be like.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Description Tall scenery/suspended ceilings
C, O, and P
Action to take Could endorse some sort of head safety clothing is necessary, but understanding that
they'll mainly be trees, the risk is near to minimal.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)
Description Vehicles/speed
C, and P
Action to take Making sure an experienced driving is taking the wheel, speed shouldn’t be too
excessive, sticking to the limits set, and if the desired road is busy, then other
considerations should be made, as such moving to somewhere else.
Person/company responsible for action Jake Whattam-Smith (Director/Organiser) and Driver.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Description Water/proximity to water
C, O and P
Action to take In the case of it raining as such, should have clothing to prevent being drenched and
hypoferremia risk, whereas exposure to lakes or streams, wellies and avoiding those
areas in general is an options, having spare clothes if necessary.
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)
Description Weapons
C
Action to take Although I wont be using dangerous weapons in particular, making sure they're safely
concealed when not being used, and professionally managed with chorography
practises if necessary should avoid blunders with the weapon/s.
Person/company responsible for action Jake Whattam-Smith
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Description Covid-19 precautions
C, O and P
Action to take Making sure only households are mixing, there should only be the necessary amount
of people on shoots, whilst sustaining a distance from others at all times, and
constantly sanitising hands after contact, maybe having tests beforehand.
Person/company responsible for action Jake Whattam-Smith
(y/n)
(y/n)
Risk removed?
(y/n)

Experiments - #1 (Camera Stabilization)
Link To Experiment On YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vRylVYnw6Zs

Why
In all film and tv production-based work, whether you have a good structure and or storyline development, ensuring the camera and quality the work gets
across these ideas makes or breaks a project. Because this is what the final audience eventually sees, it gives off the impressions made about myself (the
director/project manager) and whether or not they're going to enjoy watching the film, often only viewing the beginning to set their expectations for the
rest of the film/trailer through the quality it gets across in the visuals (shots) and audio (sound effects/music). Recognising this, it makes the way I get
across the trailer/s more than ever important in the shot quality, and so therefore testing the camera stabalization, mainly for long panning shots I
perticualrly want to use in my trailer/s, we want to achieve maximum stabilization with the limited amount of resources I have to offer given im highly likely
to be in lockdown (staying at home) when gathering the footage; this should make it more stabalized, resultantly making it more engaging, aesthetically
pleasing for a low budget film, intuative, and varied with the different shots types I want to achieve in the visuals.
Process
Using two methods to achieve maximum stabilization with the resources I have to hand at home, this included both practical methods, having elastic bands
attached to the upper-body of the tripods, and technical methods, using a stabilization effect on the footage through my editing software in post-
production.
In the porcess to get this stabilization, starting with my elastic band method, I had used two elastic bands that wrapped around the top part of each tripod,
managing them in a specific way to have full control of the tripod when moving around with it. Attaching all the elastic bands correctly, which is shown in
the next slide, these act as a way of stabilizing the camera or phone that is mounted onto the tripod in the first place, holding the tripod by the bands at the
top, to take on the vertical buoyancy when going over bumps, and the tripod handle to direct what your camera will focus on horizontally, giving two points
of contact, but for added stabilization you can have three points of contact to make it even smoother when moving around.
Now having gathered the footage, which should look significantly smoother than being hand-held in the first place, it will still be noticable that slight
fluctuations to the movement of the shot make it somewhat still moving and not the still, smooth movement you desire, so going into Da Vinchi Resolve
(the editing software I used here), we can apply the stabilization effect in the inspector tab when selecting whatever clip you want to stabalize. With a
single click on this effect, using the default settings that should be already set, this takes a couple of minutes to render the clip and remove these
fluctuations; this is done by changing the perspective ever so slightly in the clip so that it remains smooth and unoticable to the eye unless you focus on the
certain objects.

Applying the first
elastic band, this
goes around the
base part of the
tripod until going
around the point
where your
camera/phone
would sit
Adding the second
elastic band, this
simply gets attached to
the back of the other
band by looping it
under and then
through the hole of
the band, attaching it
to the other band
Then finishing of the
aplication, the band, in
my case, is wrapped
around the phone holder
at the top giving an
elastic handel to hold
above your camera or
phone. In other cases
where you cant wrap it
around like this, you can
guide it around or
underneath something
to hold it in place.
Using a smaller and larger tripod, they both have their own attributes,
including weight, stabilization, quality, and transportation, and so
because of these different qualities, I applied all experiments to both to
counter which one would be most suiting to whatever environment,
location, or shot I desire to use or film around/within.
Beneath are the two tripods im using with the phone adapter, which is
on the top of the left tripod, that can be transferred between the two .

Strengths (Elastic Bands)
• The use of elastic bands make it extremely budget friendly and available to use for something like what I'm producing, a near to low if not zero
money spent film trailer that needs to remain DIY given the current situation in lockdown and Covid-19 in general.
• Using the elastic band methods is extremely easy to use once the bands have been attached to your tripod/methods of holding your camera or
phone, because all you have to do is hold the bands from above, and direct the camera with your tripod arm to focus on particular things.
Strengths (Editing Software)
• The process of adding the stabilization effect is seamless, with one click and a couple minutes of rendering, the effect is done to an amazing
standard which significantly improves the quality of your work.
• Because of how easy it is to use, anyone from somebody's whose experienced with editing or not can use it to their liking, making it very user
friendly, especially considering that its free to use.
Weaknesses (Elastic Bands)
• Although you would think that its fairly easy to get elastic bands, the ones I had particularly used were thicker and the perfect length for the job,
when in most situations this wouldn’t be the case, and it'd take more time than you think to get the right bands.
• Because your holding the weight of the tripod and camera/phone by an elastic band, there's an increasingly high chances of it crippling under the
weight and snapping, which resultantly doesn’t compliment the difficulty at finding the elastic bands in the first place.
• Even though the bands act as a very good and cheap way of stabilizing your footage, a lot of the work is through your own footwork when
shooting and going over rough terrain, so having some experience or insight to camera movement would definitely be helpful to the situation.
• Applying the elastic bands to the tripod can also be of difficulty, whether having too much or not enough length to the bands, or the shape of you
tripod prevents yourself from attaching the bands correctly to evenly distribute the weight, it can also be a little complex to understand when
doing it for your first time or working around the difficulties mentioned.
Weaknesses (Editing Software)
• Although free, Da Vinchi Resolve requires a lot of power to be used without damaging you laptop or desktop pc from over-heating, and in
addition to this the effect, when applied, will slow down your processing and editing a lot, so doing this last in the editing post-production may
be necessary.

Project Influence
The process of finding DIY ways, like with elastic bands, to make my footage stabilized makes my project extremely budget friendly and free to an extent,
especially when considering the software used is also free for use and download; because of this, not only can I achieve very proffesional looking shots
given its much more fluid in the camera movement, that in addition to this opens up a lot more oppertunities in teh development of what im working
with, but during these unprecidented times where covid-19 remains present in day-to-day life, finding such obscure methods means I can work almost
similarly to my full potential from home as opposed to in college with the equipment they offer. Whether having the option to acess equipment that can
stabalize my footage or not, I think using the elastic bands and software is capable enough to be used throughout the filming production process instead,
especially when seeing teh end results with their use and how effectively it works with my aspirations in the project, because its both very cost and time
efficeint when cosnidering that picking up and dropping off the equipment, with the addition to signing off safety forms etc, means a lot of time would be
wasted moving from place to place when elastic bands are easily transportable and inexpensive, whilst of course sustaining similarly amazing results in
the outcomes of each.
Audience Influence
Having now the capabilities to produce smoother motion footage for certain shots, this in itself makes it increasingly more aestehtically pleasing,
engaging, and reflective of other similar porducts in the film indsutry where a more porffesional approach is disinguished. Implying a well-put together
porduct, using camera stabilization keeps an audience hooked because of how much more proffesional it looks, upping the expectations and judgement
immediately throughout the audiences given 'proper equipment' had been used to create it. From this, it also conveys a higher budget production in
relation to big films and TV screenings, and so therefore people stay attentive and focused more intentively from these interpretations being made, when
in reality im using elastic bands and default stabilization effects in an editing software as opposed to high-end production equipment.
In addition to refelcting a professional, high-end budget appraoch, camera satbilization also works well in adapting an atmopshere in the scenes or speed
at which it is used/moves. Because it is often used for much slower paced scenarios, like with panning or long shots tracking soemthing, this can give off a
lot of the atmosphere being created in relation to the genre that’s being exemplified, which makes it resultantly more emotionally drawing and engaging
on-top of other things; for instance, in a thriller film like mine, having a stabalized long shot tracking someone could be in anticipation of someone or
something happening because a lot is being shown shot, making the audience more aware of whatever is happening and therefore effective at getting
across the suspenseful, fearful at all times intentions being made.

Experiments - #2 (Colour Grading)
Link Here Of Experiment To YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acAK0-ABroo

Why
Despite the fact that you may have gotten some amazing shots, good quality practical productionn outcomes, and a stroyline that’s perfectly suited to
what you have filmed already, these are all key elements to consider and do well during the production phase, but color grading is as important, if not
more eleborate and inclusive of the auidence than most other things. Whether its used to establish something in the narrative, a change of focus, or a
greater understanding of the atmosphere being created, color grading can really make a product pop-out for the rest of the competition as it gives you
that leading edge in the engagement of your auidence as it often conveys a lot of meaning and feelings; this is something that ive come to realise over the
past few years when working closely with the media in a lot of my hobbies and education, because it just works well when wanting to get across certain
ideals or tones to create judgement and thought behind your work as it includes the auidence, making symbolic referances and interpretatoins towards
things, and this is not exception. I really want to look into this effect for the numerous things already mentioned because I really think it will benefit the
'thriller' genre im wanting to get across, and so therefore looking into this more, unedrstanding how it is done, and why/where it should be used is key
having not looked into something like for previous projects.
Process
When doing the color grading process, this usually involves either a color grading apllication being added during production, so with the device I would be
recording with (phone/dslr camera), or in post-production during the editing phase where effects can then be applied to individual clips or across the
board.
Starting with my phone device, this was fairly simplistic and easily understood having gone into your standard video camera role there is a symbol present
(retro video reel) across the top halve when portrait, upon being selected a drop down of various amounts of options appear which can be used by a
single tap to change the coloring of your image being perceived; there are about 15 options here, each with distinct differentiations for the rest with
some including suspense, sentimental, and blue which give off extremely threatening and cold conventions in comparison to something like fresh, dawn,
and velencia which are almost the complete opposite.
Whereas, when using a software in post-production, more specifically Da Vinchi Resolve which I have also used across all of my experiments, there is a
numerous amount of different options when wanting the change certain aspects through the color tab across the bottom halve of the main page, these
consist of things like the brightness, contrasts, significant colors, temperature, and etc more to offer a great insight into the porcesses involved to
envelope something to a good standard, especislly when undertsanding how much more complex and time consuming this can be to get the right
adjustemnets; this resolves around slight changes using various wheels and dragging elements to get the specific detail perfectly alligned with the effect
you desire, but theres also the ability to select already made presets and add nodes using the color dropdown tab along the top, whilst being able to
grab whatever clip you had color graded, grabbing the 'still' and applying this across other various clips that don’t have to aplicant by right clicking the
color graded vversion, selecting 'grab still', and the going to one another clips, right-clicking and selecting 'apply grade' to each.

Process of using phone
Here we have the most likely source
of recording my footage, using
my personal phone (the Huawei Mate
20 Pro), as it offers anything up to 4K
recording, both 30 and 60fps for a
soother recording.
Here we can see the initial page when
opening the camera application, and
the page necessary to color grading
once having selected the 'retro film
roll' symbol to re-direct myself
according to what I want (the colour
grading options page in this scenario).
Offering many additional elements to
the video recording process, we see a
flashlight, settings, alligner, zooming,
and slider when switching between
video, photo, and specific recording
styles, whilst for the colour grading
page we have all the pre-made pre-
sets for adjusting the colours, in
addition to the same features
previously shown.

Strengths
• Without a doubt, applying colour grading to an image can make it much more aesthetically pleasing when adjusting the contrast,
exposure, gain and many other features, in most cases taking a washed out image or video and turning it into something eye-catching
and professional looking.
• When trying to establish a colour scheme of style, colour grading can be extremely helpful, particularly in my project where I could use
it to get cold and darker images to suit the thriller genre I'm targeting.
• If there's an object or person that plays a significant role in the narrative, colour grading can applying more of a focus point to that
prop/character, helping build that understanding in your audience if your trying to get across an idea.
• In comparison to some of the more complex processes you may see whilst editing, colour grading, although how much a difference it
can do to an image, doesn’t take long at all, of course the more time and effort you put in the better the outcome, but I can be done in
as little as a couple on minutes or even a few seconds when using a phone and filters.
Weaknesses
• Although you could do your colour grading in the space of a couple of minutes, its recommend that you spend more time because you
will end up getting a better outcome, and therefore a greater effect and more professional looking product to your audiences, emitting
a more positive outcome and appreciation overall.
• Even though its highly recommended that you do some colour grading across the industry, only some software's come equipped with
the colour grading ability, some better than others, for instance Da Vinci resolve with specialises on this area, so you would most likely
need to invest in some money into a program, otherwise you could opt for Da Vinci resolve with is completely free.
• Its worth mentioning that despite the fact you would be changing the contrast, highlights, shadows, and possibly hue as a few options
available to use, it can get more complex than you would initially think, because you could easily go overboard making the shot look
more unrealistic that eye-catching and enticing.

Project Influence
Applying my own knowledge and experience using editing software's, more particularly Da Vinci resolve, colour grading is an aspect I would
like to strongly address throughout my trailer in all of my shots, not only with the intentions of getting across a darker and more
cold/sinister atmosphere, therefore upping the contrast levels, shadows, and lowering the temperature to get that chillness across, but I
know, having touched slightly on colour grading before, how much a difference it can make to a video, especially when considering that I
would really like include a lot of hidden contextual meanings, and so I could use colour grading to my advantage by making such features
more obvious, whether it up the brightness/gain and a mask around that particular object, it would also advocate the idea behind putting a
lot of effort into my work, something I had come to realise that audiences appreciate in my survey and research conducted earlier on in the
project. In addition to this, its worth mentioning that the software I'm using, because I've used this program over the past 2 years and have
become experienced with the features available to me through it, will be Da Vinci Resolve, and conveniently, this specialises in colour
grading in particular, so when it comes to including colour grading in my film trailer, this should be well achieved when acknowledging
everything you could possibly think of is available to hand, getting the right composition to suit the mood I'm getting across.
Audience Influence
Despite the fact that adding colour grading will make my trailer much more aesthetically pleasing to watch, therefore showing a stronger
sense of engagement in my audience because its likely they wouldn’t carry on watching if it wasn’t good looking, I would also consider my
viewers showing an appreciation, especially when acknowledging covid being around in these un-predicamental times, as seen in my
research survey where a gratitude to things like these are recognized, because I've put the extra effort into my trailer by adding colour
grading. Following on from this, I would also advocate that adding colour grading would make the storyline more understandable in places,
for instance when adding a higher contrast ratio, shadows, and a colder temperature, this elaborates the thriller genre more, and when
applied to certain objects through masks, then this can really start to bring out some of the hidden contextual meanings in my trailer,
involving the audience more as they begin to show an understanding and therefore receiving their full attention.

Experiments - #3 (Text Opacity Effect)
Link To Experiment On YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vooCmszBgf8

Experiments - #3 (Transparent Text Effect)
Why
Ive really come to realise over the past month and a bit Ive been working and developing my project since starting it, that not only does thriller
films/trailers rely on audio a lot of the time to create interpretations and the suspenseful atmosphere you see in this genre, but the visuals, more
specifically visual effects, are something, aside from other genres of films, that are used to an extensive amount because of how effective and unique
they pose to the audience watching; often following through with the conventions of anticipation, curiosity, and psychological thrillers in general,
because they're usually very singular and juxtaposed against the common use of visual effects, they place the audience in unfamiliar situations that
bring out the audiences feelings and awareness more vividly, this remaining something that I would really like to emphasise because I truly believe,
having looked and analysed a varied range of products that use this technique, would suit my own project and the intentions I desire throughout.
Process
Adding in a background node and then text node to the fusion tab in the da vinchi reoslve software, here we can enlargen, size, or change to text
font to suit your own style in the inspector tab besides, ensuring that before moving on with the effect your text is what you want or intend on
demonstrating for this perticular technique – this can be changed at any time but its better off getting it done so its out of the way from impacting
your time management in the editing process. Its also worth mentioning that if you want your text bigger than the limit in the inspector tab (which is
typically located to right hand side of the page), then adding a transform node when having selected the text node gives you the ability to change its
position, transforming it much more specifically, whether you want it enlarged, angled, or even pivoted here you can do this.
Selecting the merge node and moving across to the inspector tab, here we can see an 'operator' option, chossing 'XOr' in the drop down makes it
transparent for the first 'black outline' effect as the text becomes surrounded by coloured solid color once attaching this merge node to another
merge node in the actual clip; removing the background node and replacing it with a clip of your choice, this makes it the 'video overlay' effect,
where as keeping the background node and changing the 'apply mode' drop down to 'overlay', this makes the text overlay effect over the
background clip.
Aside from 'video overlay', 'overlay', and 'black outline' title effects, which focus on using the operator dropdown from the inspector tab, the 'black
outline zoom' final effect needs more care due attention to create it well. Using now two separate video clips instead of just the 1, we need the
desired clip you want to use and a plain solid out black video clip which you can get through the software or recording something extremely up-
close; doing the same process as before in the fusion tab making whatever text you want transparent, you apply this over the top of your clip, then
using a range of keyframes on the text (black video) clip we can make this separate video move in or out for the zooming processes – and you can
change the speed it does this limiting the amount frames between.

Video Overlay - https://youtu.be/L2AMkCvkhiQ
Overlay - https://youtu.be/xv1tlE7rdyE Black Outline Zoom - https://youtu.be/J2rlYGXXwp0
Black Outline - https://youtu.be/RX6gDub48cg

Strengths
• Refining most of the time to working in the fusion tab, everything is compact and easily managable meaning it takes only
about 2 – 5 minutes dependaing on what title effect your doing (I.e. the black outline zoom takes longer because there's more
technical thought behind creating it in comparison).
• Using Da Vinchi Resolve in this case is always a good advantage, given it’s a good quality professional software and free to
use, so anybody can get to grips with using it in their own project whilst financial investment is also kept to a minimum.
• Because the effect itself draws your attention to whatever has been typed in or is being mentioned, it can make a lot
of interpretations and atmospheres about things, confining the audiences view to something in particular that may make
themselves think more about it and therefore involve themselves in addition to making it generally more engaging.
Weaknesses
• Using the Da Vinci Resolve software in the first-place means having a decent enough computer/laptop is required, as it draws
out a lot of power to use, and so people who may not have these capabilities to run the application or can run it with a lot of
constant buffering and loading reconciliations, prevents people from using it to their full potential and efficiency.
• Without some sort of experience in editing software as such means it's more difficult for beginners looking to learn, but using
YouTube in this situation is always a good alternative rather than going into it not-knowing what everything does and their
individual purposes, as they are relatively clear and understanding about everything you need to know.
• Unless the effect is done to a good amount of quality, it can sometimes look a bit tacky and cheesy, or even off-putting, so
making sure that whatever clips your using, or effect and text in this case goes will with your intentions for the project, it's
probably better off leaving it out and keeping it to a minimum.

Project Influence
I definitely thinking using this effect would be great for both the time management throughout, and the supportive unique style that it
represents myself across the project. Only taking what seems a matter of seconds to do to a good level of quality, this effect in itself is
really good and easily achievable through what was abouts 1 - 2 minutes each (exempting the fact that the first time it had taken me about
7 minutes); this is greatly beneficial in the timing of the project as I could therefore build up some spare time to improve and look back at
certain aspects in the editing (where I would use this technique), but I would also go as far to say that because of how compact the
process of creating this 'text' effect is, only ever staying in the fusion tab, this also gives the opportunity to attach and expand other
techniques further onto this. Following up on that, because this is extremely unique having not seen it in any others existing products, it
almost acts as a way of breaking up the video, speeding it up or slowing it down as it creates a main point of focus which could therefore
be used as a way of transitioning into something effectively - I.e. a date or time could work well to emphasise the point that we're moving
either ahead or back in time to make it more understandable, or the title could be repeated (as I had seen in the run trailer) to remind
them to take actions as a part of AIDA.
Audience Influence
Because each of these effects typically limit what you can visually see to the text you have chosen, they're extremely helpful when
wanting to focus in on soemthing in perticular, perhaps an object or person, but because it focuses in on the text and video behind, this
confines what the audience can see; this often emphasises the fearful (almost castrophobic) intentions and atmospheres being created
because of this effect, making them think about the situation and therefore involving/engaging them fully, following through the thoughts
and expectations set across thriller films to remain suspenseful, unpredictable, and in anticipation of what's to come.
I would also like to say that because this is quite a unique way in which text is visually demonstrated in a film, whether to state the title or
drive the narrative, because its very exclusive to mine if not very little other film trailers, it makes it much more intreguing and visibly
captivating to carry on watching, hooking the audience as an immediate sense of proffesionalism and dominating atmosphere are created
when hindering the audiences perception, hence supporting the desired emotions and moods being set for a thriller film as its meant to
break down the audience, making them fragile and exposed to the rousing suspicion and anticipation of whats to come.

Bibliography
Problem Solving
. Unknown. (Unknown). Video Production Equipment.
Available: https://www.desktop-documentaries.com/video-production-equipment.html. Last accessed 04/02/2021.
Experiments
. Tracking Stabilization - That Modern Dude. (2019). LOCKED-ON STABILISATION Effect in Davinci Resolve 16.
Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC00484WyWE. Last accessed 04/02/2021.
. Transparent Text Effect - Billy Rybka. (2019). 5 super SIMPLE, EASY & COOL Text / title effects for Davinci Resolve.
Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmXuPYhpsfU&t=168s. Last accessed 04/02/2021.

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