Pentimento
Pre-Production
During this stage I spent most of my time making pre-production documents (such as shot list, camera kit list, camera mount schedule)​​ Creating the look of the film. (both camera and editing)​​ and we did many camera tests with a macro lens to capture all our close up shots
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The Shot list for this project helped reduce static shots,​​ helped with time and location management by knowing how much time we'll need at each location by the number of shots needed.
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When creating the look of the film I started by finding similar films for inspiration​ and created a colour palette to help the director and the team get a better picture of what the film would look like when during production and editing.
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during camera testing, we started by researching the uni cameras and found the Sony Fx6 to be the best for the style of the film. we picked it because ​
it's a lightweight​ camera which is good for close-up shots ​and night shots/low-light​.
​​​we used many camera mounts for this projects including steadicam, jib, slider and dolly. This gave us the option to add a large amount of shot types/movements.
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Production
During Production I spent a lot of time talk through each shot/movement to the team to make sure everyone knew the plan​ and what everyone needed to do to produce the shot needed.
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Most of the time we planned the shots around the location and space we had to work with so with the smaller location we had to use the camera mounts that would fit like the slider and tripod but with the bigger location we could use the dolly and jib.
On set, I made sure we were Lighting for the camera and checking how it would look with and without a Lut on the two monitors on set.
We tried many new techniques and thinking out of the box​ we decided to include lots of detailed close-ups of painting shots. we
even had shots where we painted on the lens filter to make the camera seem like it was the canvas.
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Post-Production
During post-production, I created many different promotional materials for this film some of which included posters and a trailer for the film. Before starting the edit I went through all 400 takes to find the best shots to create into a rough cut. After creating a rough cut the duration of the film was 30 minutes which I had to cut down to 10 minutes so I used many editing techniques like fast cuts and split screens to save time.
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we wanted to use lots of detailed shots to fit the art house and short film genre and Tried to keep the shots/cuts interesting for the viewer throughout the film. we also wanted the music to fit the theme of the film so we picked a few classical songs that worked well with the edit (paint and classical music go hand in hand). I edited to the beat of the music throughout the film to create a good pace and excitement for the viewer
Knowing the film will be shown at a cinema I ran ​tests and adjusted based on the cinema screen. I created 4 DCPs in different resolutions and frame rates depending on the cinema projector and created ​​different deliverables for TV and Internet.
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When creating the film trailer I wanted to make it cinematic to create excitement for the film so I added black bars and edited to the beat of the music along with lots of close-up detailed shots.
I created many poster designs where I ​​played with font and different images from the film and sent them in for ​​feedback from Damon (head of marketing for Trundle Films) ​ I Adapted and changed my design until I was happy with the end product.
