"And... Action!" progress

Shot my footage. might do one more shoot to have more footage to choose from before i begin the editing process. ive decided that to show action in such mundane activities, picking the right song is very important to edit to. ive began looking at danosongs.com and archive.org for free public domain music to use. another great way to speed up the action when editing to music, is to throw in a bunch of quick cuts from different angles before extending the last cut by making it slow motion. the speed of the cuts will rise before, all of a sudden, a shot of our character doing something will be in slow motion. below are some stills taken from the footage being shot.

And... Action!

for my third project, i have decided to use movie magic to make an everyday, ordinary event into an action sequence. Doing the dishes is a chore, but filmed in a way that makes it exciting can make something seemingly ordinary into something extraordinary. Below are some websites that had bits of helpful information on shooting and directing action sequences.


http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/photography-techniques/production-how-to-shoot-action-scenes.html#b


http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/film-and-video-production/post-production-how-to-edit-action-scenes.html#b


http://www.wikihow.com/Stage-and-Shoot-a-Fight-Scene-for-a-Film


http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/2010/09/how_to_direct_an_action_sequen.html


I've started some rough sketches also that show some zoom shots and where movements might be shown sped up or in slow motion. I've also found a site that ive been listening to some music from that i thought i might use.


http://www.danosongs.com/


Below is a list of other ordinary tasks that i thought i could film as an action sequence:
checking e-mail
sweeping the floor
feeding the cat
doing the laundry