Richard Edkins
UCW Film Showcase at Cineworld, Weston
Richard Edkins
Artes Mundi 6, Cardiff - Trip
MUSIC, Industry, Film
Mark Hankins
Steve Albini talk about music distribution.
Steve Albini talk about music distribution.

Colour Temperature - Short film progress

I've decided since the beginning of the year that I am going to make my Final Major Project in a melancholic blue colour tone to empathise the somber feeling and internal struggle of the lead character, but I am now considering transforming the colour tone into a more warmer tone towards the end of the film when we come across the characters ex-girlfriend.

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This is the current colour palette for the majority of the film, however at the end this is what I am thinking of making...

This is not simply a matter of these outdoor scenes looking better with warmer palette, this is also a symbolic meaning. The film has been sad up until this time, at which point our hero finally might have a chance to make things better for himself. And when we find out that this is not going to be the case, I am intending the colour to become slowly colder as the character finally accepts his fate and he discovers that his journey has become all but for naught.

Profusion - Contemporary Arts, Photography and Film Degree Showcase

Profusion - Contemporary Arts Degree Showcase

24 Apr 2015 10:00 – 29 Apr 2015 16:00

Profusion is the end of year degree show, which showcases the work of Weston College University Campus Contemporary Arts, Photography and Film degree students. Eleven of our Contemporary Arts and Professional Studies students specialising in Photography and Moving Image will present finished work covering a range of subjects including gender, sport and surveillance. Film work by FdA Film & Media Arts Production will also be screened at the show.

Opening house: 10am - 4pm
Private view: Friday 24th April, 7pm - 10pm
Location: Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane, Bristol, BS1 1EA

Find out more at www.centrespacegallery.com

Shooting directly at the sun is annoying

Currently I'm making a side project filming the streets of Weston at Golden Hour in order to learn more about composition and to try to create something that might be different from the usual projects that I normally do which are narrative.

The problem I'm facing with it at the moment, aside from dodging cars, getting the balance of colours right and exposure. 

Its hard enough to keep light consistency with the sun going down, but with these two shots that are only 3 minutes or so apart, one is facing away from the sun, the latter is facing straight towards it. Even in S-log that retains more detail I have to close my ND filter in order to retain sky detail. But the problem is that makes the darker spots more obvious and makes it look like it was shot a long time later.

I've decided in future I'm going to blow out the sky detail even if it doesn't look as pretty because it is more valuable to me that the shadows are retained.
I'm also going to get around this issue by not shooting directly at the sun in the first place.