Pre-Production Unit | No Man's Land - A Witcher Series | Shoot Days
Shooting The Title Sequence
This week was spent shooting the material to be used during the opening sequence. Shooting took place at Tilgate Park, Broadfield and Upper Swell. Shooting went well overall, being able to acquire the large majority of shots that I wanted as well as some more unique ones that I wasn't expecting to be able to get. For example, I was able to capture a crow wandering through grass before taking off and out of frame, this is particularly relevant to the series with crows being a prominent feature within existing interpretations of The Witcher universe, in fact several in-game/book locations are named after them such as Crow's Perch and Crow's Landing. Furthermore the symbolism of the crow holds connotations of evil sorcery within the world of The Witcher, with the powerful sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg using them in black rituals and curses.
I was also able to get several great close-up shots of the swans on the lake which will be useful when overlaying them onto the portraits of the 2 lead sisters of the series, given that Lyria & Amelia's house crest depicts a swan. Weather-wise most of the shooting was ok, however there was some light rain during my time at Tilgate Park, leading to a slightly more overcast looking tone to that portion of filming. Fortunately this shouldn't affect the sequence all that much regardless, as the amount of editing and effects that will be layered on top of the image will likely distort past the point of recognisable colour.
I was pleasantly surprised at the performance of the Panasonic Lumix FZ330 in the field, with a 600mm zoom I was able to punch in far out into the middle of the lake or into the trees in order to acquire a nice depth-of-field effect on several shots - I have included some images from my shoots below for reference:
In general, I'm happy with the way shooting turned out and am incredibly excited to get into the post-production phase of this unit, given that it will be the basis of my work on the opening title sequence. Watching everything come together towards the end of a project is always a satisfying and rewarding experience.
This week was spent shooting the material to be used during the opening sequence. Shooting took place at Tilgate Park, Broadfield and Upper Swell. Shooting went well overall, being able to acquire the large majority of shots that I wanted as well as some more unique ones that I wasn't expecting to be able to get. For example, I was able to capture a crow wandering through grass before taking off and out of frame, this is particularly relevant to the series with crows being a prominent feature within existing interpretations of The Witcher universe, in fact several in-game/book locations are named after them such as Crow's Perch and Crow's Landing. Furthermore the symbolism of the crow holds connotations of evil sorcery within the world of The Witcher, with the powerful sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg using them in black rituals and curses.
I was also able to get several great close-up shots of the swans on the lake which will be useful when overlaying them onto the portraits of the 2 lead sisters of the series, given that Lyria & Amelia's house crest depicts a swan. Weather-wise most of the shooting was ok, however there was some light rain during my time at Tilgate Park, leading to a slightly more overcast looking tone to that portion of filming. Fortunately this shouldn't affect the sequence all that much regardless, as the amount of editing and effects that will be layered on top of the image will likely distort past the point of recognisable colour.
I was pleasantly surprised at the performance of the Panasonic Lumix FZ330 in the field, with a 600mm zoom I was able to punch in far out into the middle of the lake or into the trees in order to acquire a nice depth-of-field effect on several shots - I have included some images from my shoots below for reference:
In general, I'm happy with the way shooting turned out and am incredibly excited to get into the post-production phase of this unit, given that it will be the basis of my work on the opening title sequence. Watching everything come together towards the end of a project is always a satisfying and rewarding experience.
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