With the continuation of the epidemic in foreign countries, foreign art schools have also created new requirements for the collection of works. Video works have to be integrated, but how to make the collection of video works for studying abroad? How to make personal video works? Next, we will study Natural Light Art to analyze how to make film and television works.
How to make video works
Under the influence of such an irresistible factor as the COVID-19 epidemic, fresh graduates from all over the world, especially art graduates, have really gained a unique experience. Cloud graduation, cloud group photo, the usual graduation exhibition of major art schools has also been changed into an online graduation exhibition.
01. Dynamic trend
After seeing the graduation exhibitions of various universities, the natural light found a trend:
That is, all over the world, no matter what kind of major art students are, in addition to our commonplace "interdisciplinary" direction, they are also moving towards new media and dynamic trends. Specifically, dynamic images and videos.
I don't know whether it is because art students are forced to display their graduation works online. When the audience, works and creators are blocked by space and the exhibition environment is limited, they have no choice but to shoot videos in order to ensure the delicate relationship between the space where the works are located and the concept and the atmosphere of the works.
In China, the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), which has relatively innovative and academic standards, launched the VR virtual art gallery of "Cloud Academy of Fine Arts" in May this year.
● According to the data provided by the Central Academy of Fine Arts Network Center, the first 24 hours of the graduation exhibition online, 2.13 million visitors and 530000 independent visitors
CAFA Cloud Exhibition Site
A "Graduation Exhibition Never Going Offline" provides a platform for the exhibition of nearly 30000 graduation works of more than 1000 graduates in 2020.
What if there are too many inspirations for works collection? How to screen efficiently? The practice of "VR Cloud Graduation Exhibition" itself is to make the screen dynamic and the scene virtual when the space is limited and the exhibition can only be viewed online.
In addition, many graduates have added video forms to their works. Through these videos, some works are richer in appearance, and some works are more complete in content and concept with video as a supplement.
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On the other hand, online exhibitions lose the sense of experience brought to the audience by space interaction, and weaken the expressiveness of such art forms as installations, sculptures, etc. that do not rely solely on visual expression.
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Students majoring in art and children interested in art know that the traditional viewing habit is similar to walking into the exhibition hall, standing in front of the works and looking at the works, reading the preface and the introduction of artists and works.
02. Necessity of video works
There are many critics who criticize that works of art that only pay attention to technology and form are not art, they are just an artistic expression of technological progress. At the same time, audiences who enjoy more traditional exhibition methods will also be curious. Online exhibition is a means in a special period. Generally, if all works of art are displayed on mobile phones and computers, what is the difference between online exhibition and microblogging?
How to make video works
Audiences who are unwilling to accept online exhibitions may not accept that art becomes popular and popular culture. Why? Because the form of Internet "cloud exhibition" is more widely accepted by the public and the industry "threshold" is lower.
How to make film and television works
Isn't the online classroom a classroom? Isn't an online conference room a conference room? Isn't online livehouse a performance?
Everyone has their own answer.
In addition, video and live broadcast (real-time video) have almost become the exits of all forms of activities on the cloud. The artistic works of "Cloud Exhibition" also show their integrity through videos.
How to make personal video works
Artists and artistic works have also become a trend to explore new possibilities in the industry like online teachers, leaders and employees of online conferences, bands and musicians in variety shows.
03. How to do the videos in the collection
Since video works are the trend of the times and are so important in the Internet era, students who are non imaging majors and have not even taken cameras will be puzzled:
My videos compare with those of film and television majors
Can you see it so rough?
Video playing in the portfolio is really helpful for application
Instead of exposing my weakness?
Next, the natural light will share with the students several forms of art that can be "quickly mastered". Students who are not basic need not worry about not making videos. Don't miss them, and continue to read!
#Theme selection#
Self filming is a relatively comprehensive job. If there is no story in the short film, a temporary crew needs to be formed. Including screenwriting, filming, actors, art, post production, etc.
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Even if the workload is reduced to the minimum, it is difficult for people without shooting experience to complete the shooting of a short film alone. As a result, many students chose experimental short films that were different or even opposite to mainstream commercial short films and documentary short films.
When people talk about experimental films, they are often described as "avant-garde", and earlier people also used the vague and general definition of "underground" to try to generalize this film with a unique style.
The word "experiment" in the word "experimental film" describes some remarkable features of this kind of film well. For example, unconventional narrative sequence, shooting and editing techniques that deliberately distract the audience from the image (such as deliberate defocusing, scratching marks on the film, fast editing), asynchronous sound, or even no sound at all, etc.
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In fact, the definition of experimental films has been debated all the time, because many "experimental films" are actually not "experimental" at all, but those film types with obvious characteristics, such as the general public's lack of story plots, the pursuit of poetic and impressionist pictures and narrative styles, are called "experimental films".
The purpose of all these "experimental" shooting and production methods is that the director hopes the audience can have a more active and thinking experience.
The production cost of most of these films is extremely low, except for the funds of the filmmakers themselves or very little. In most cases, all the work of the whole film is completed by the director alone.
#Freeze Frame Animation#
Stop motion Animation, also known as frame by frame animation, is the most popular category in video production today. It is an art, but also a kind of animation production technology.
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The principle of stop motion animation is to show different images of each frame continuously to produce animation effects. The most basic way to make stop motion animation is to use the camera to take a series of photos for the subject one by one, move the subject a small amount between each photo, and then play the whole photo quickly and continuously to create the illusion that the subject can move.
In principle, any movable object can be the shooting object of stop motion animation, including models, clay dolls, puppets, paper-cut, daily necessities and even real people. It can also be made by painting. But generally, clay is used as the material. Because clay is easy to change, the finished product is also called clay animation.
Stop motion animation is often not suitable for huge works with complex plots because of its tedious production. A short story may catch the audience without explaining everything to everyone: as long as you have a good idea.
Flow Chart of Freeze Frame Animation Production
The stage of preliminary planning should be as long as possible. If you do not plan to implement it well, you will soon find yourself in a dilemma.
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The shot splitting script determines the position, time, scene change and character action of each shot, and even marks sound effects and dialogue. It is an important tool necessary for every animator. You don't need to draw a beautiful shot script, even if it is very messy, but you can understand it yourself.
#Post production#
1. Editing
French new wave film director Godard: Editing is the official start of film creation.
Film editing refers to the process of selecting, choosing, decomposing and connecting a large number of materials shot in the film production to finally complete a coherent and fluent work with clear meaning, distinct theme and artistic appeal.
Starting from the American director Griffith, he used the method of shooting by segments, and then combined these scenes, thus producing the art of editing.
How to make film and television works
Editing is not only an essential work in the film production process, but also the last re creation in the film art creation process. The editing of experimental short films is not limited to a specific technique, and the creation is relatively free.
2. Color mixing
The problem of color matching is really not a simple one.
This generation of designers can use more color tools than the previous generation.
Nowadays, it seems not easy for us to make good use of the rich colors provided by computers. Even those who are engaged in the work of designers can easily get lost in the world of color.
When designing the background color and graphic color, we often encounter the formation of various shapes with several colors. As the background color, we tend to push it away, while as the color of graphics or text, we need to pull it closer.
This requires us to understand what is affected by the color matching relationship. Generally, bright and bright colors are more likely to have graphic effects than dark and turbid colors.
The picture is from Mu En, an ordinary person on Weibo
Therefore, in order to achieve a clear graphic effect when matching colors, the relationship between the graphic color and the background color must be considered first. The graphic color should have a certain contrast with the background color.
Only in this way can we clearly convey what we want to show. The graphic color we want to highlight must be able to attract the main attention of the viewer. If not, it will dominate.
Today's summary
With the arrival of the 5G era and the progress of AR and VR technology, it is almost inevitable that science and technology in the digital era will replace the traditional display, production and viewing methods. The future exhibition of "pure manual manufacturing", including the exhibition arrangement team, galleries, art galleries, and guide staff, may all appear with new platforms and posts.
Like digital albums instead of black glue and tapes; Just as mobile apps replace physical players, online space is bound to gradually replace some of the physical space.
Whether it is the rise of various short video platforms or the requirements for video creation put forward by major art colleges, all kinds of signs indicate the arrival of the video era. The theme of students' works should respond to the current era, and at the same time, let the works move in order to more fully express their ideas. This is how to make a video portfolio.
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