Media Two, It’s Been True

And considering the name of this studio, it has been true. Translating Observation has really been about translating our observations, transforming the things that we see and feel and experience in real life into short films. This studio was actually my first preference and it was the studio description that really got me interested. I […]

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Let’s All Collaborate

And have good time. The second half of this semester has been a pretty intense few weeks of group work. After everyone pitched their film ideas and got into groups, things really got underway with pre-production of our films considering the amount of time we had to complete them. There really wasn’t a lot of […]

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Now We’re Done

And now, we conclude. This week was our last week of classes, and also our last full week of working on our group film. Our primary focus now was on solely editing, but to be more specific, this meant adjusting the colours, sound and refining shots. We made sure that all the shots we needed […]

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And Once More

And now, let the re-filming begin. After having spent the past two weeks filming and then immediately reviewing the footage and making very rough cuts of scenes to see how they would potentially look like, we carefully examined each shot to ensure there is visual continuity throughout each scene, and to also find out what […]

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Play It Again

And let the filming … continue. Last week, my group and I have begun filming for our short film assignment (and click here for a recap) which now brings us to our second week of production. We began the week by reviewing all the footage we had captured and did a somewhat rough cut of the opening […]

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