Lighting and Track back

This week I have learnt some lighting and camera skills and things that we have to plan beforehand such as: floor planning- where actors stand, lights setting... etc. For example:

Theme: Interviewing someone

Place: Waverley Theatre

Theme: Track back of someone

Place: Graveyard 

The following is what we have done during the same, and I have added some text to explain what had happened.

Suppose to film...

We were supposed to film today, but our actor didn't up for it which screwed up our plan. Initially, we planned to film it before the easter holiday! Therefore, we can have time to improve if anything goes wrong. But everyone is going back home for the easter and the bank holiday- means 2weeks off. Now, we plan to film on the 03.05.2011


Initial plan:
"Hey tomorrow we can pick up the equipement between 4-4:30 so could some people come and help collect everything about 4-4:15ish and then maybe we could go set up and have a few practice runs at filming while we have the light and everything?
On Wednesday the flat is free from 1:30 so we can go and film when our seminar finishes.
Cheers!" 

End up:

"Ugggggghhh, I've been really screwed over, Lucy can't film tomorrow in the day either. I'm thinking we quickly try find a new actress or we are gonna be way behind our schedule. I'm really sorry guys, I thought she'd be more reliable but I guess not :("

Our Presentation and the first seminar with Phil

P.S. Editing effect video:

This is whatI want to create at the start. E.g. Introducing the actors.

There will be stop frame in our film and this is the style that I am looking for.

Fade in and fade out transaction. 

We were the first group presented, nervous! But Phil was happy about what we have done.

Finally...

Recently, I was busy on my haunted house project and I have tried to figure out the lighting and camera in order to deliver my work in a good standard. And today I have spend 6 hours to render my animation. Click to view and leave me some feedback please.

Overall I was appreciated with my effort, but this was not the perfect one, there are areas that I can improve such as:

1.    1.   More light can be add when the cart passing through the corridor before the sudden drop.   

2.    2.  Background music can change to a Japanese music, so this may enhance the scary feeling of the animation.

And I have posted this in my Facebook and our NTU multimedia Facebook group which allow my course mates give me some feedback of what they think.