Reflection on the Kane Project

I feel like the project went well as we achieved a shot that is similar to a shot from Citizen Kane with our own twist to it. I think the shot looks smooth and flows well. We achieved this as we shot the video with a gimbal. During editing I put the audio down to -10dB so you focus on the video and not the sound. I then took out all the vibrance and saturation and then corrected the shadows and highlights to make sure it is well exposed. I then took away so contrast to try to emulate the film look even further. Finally, I added an 8mm film grain overlay and blended it over the shot.

I think we could improve it by putting the camera on the end of a longer arm so we putting the camera right next to the hand-rail at the start of the shot. I would also use different camera settings as the shot was shot in 4K at 60fps (frames per second) this means the the quality of each frame is very high and the high frame rate means that everything is sharp and there is no motion blur and old cinema cameras from when Citizen Kane was made would have shot it in 24fps at a resolution around 480p or possible less. If I was to re-shoot this I would change the settings to be 720p (HD) and the frame rate to 24fps. Finally, I would try to control the lighting more by using a studio light without the softbox or any (minimal) diffusion to achieve a harsh lighting look similar to Citizen Kane.