Dark Clouds by Journey by Hyunjung Yoo

~ WEEK 1

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 18:55:05 UTC

- UHB brief
- Idea pitching
- Collecting the ideas and recruit the crew
- Allocate the work

WEEK 2

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 18:55:20 UTC

- Treatment
- Story board
- Audition
- Costume design and making
- Chreography making
- Hair and Make up
- Music and sound
- Finalize the script and concept

WEEK 3

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 18:56:14 UTC

- Location
- Camera and Lighting
- Booking ( food, studio, equipment, transportation )
- Complete costume making and choreography
- Compromise pre-production

WEEK 4

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 18:56:19 UTC

- Everything on set
- Final rehearsal
- Shooting day

WEEK 5

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 18:56:24 UTC

- Rough cut screening
- 3D animation making
- Editing
- Sound design

WEEK 6

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 18:56:28 UTC

- Peer presentation and final comments
- Polish the work ( edit, sound )

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 19:11:31 UTC

- Realistically worried about not able to get to London. Due to COVID-19, decided to stay in Korea for spring semester and work with Korean crew. Decide to be a Director/ and Art director ( with doing chreography, hair and make up, costume design and making ). Recruit the Director of Photography, Producer, AD, Lighting assistant.The people I worked with before thankfully decided to help.

Director, Art Director, Editor - Journey
DOP - Jaeha
Producer, Art assistant - Kyeolyeon

AD - Yoonmi
Composer- Mickey
Gaffer - Dongjoo
Lighting Director - Hyewon

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 19:19:17 UTC

- Treatment
Using treatment template to finalize the concept and script about film. it was really helpful to think about each point. ( approach, longline, script, cinematography, cast, location, edit, sound, crew, Covid 19 safety, legal and ethical issue) I thought about it really carefully and try to write in down detailed but simplified.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 19:22:44 UTC

-Read the brief and start to think about the fundamental ideas about the fashion film and production. Came out with key concept : traditional and modern, Korean thing, Spiritual and shaman. Researched and develop the ideas more about it.

-Had pitching but thought myself I wasn't fully prepared for the production. Do more research about tradition and modern, Korean culture and select out more.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 19:49:24 UTC

- Not only the fashion but choose to work with Korean music, and Korean dance.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 19:51:39 UTC

- All crew off-line meeting and Covid-19 rule
Location hunting was good but faced it it is hard to filming in COVID-19 era.( can't gather more than 5 people in one place). Set up plan B for social distancing and make rule for social distancing. so we decide 1) actress to go to small make up shop near the location where can go by walk 5~10min. 2) Producer should be at the out of the studio and wait in the other room. 3) Eat the lunchbox seperately. 4) wear the KF94 medical mask. 5) Use taxi or own car beside public transportation 6) everyone measure the temperature and use alcohol swap before get into the studio.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 19:58:29 UTC

-Location hunting and lighting and camera rehearse
-Make the equipment list with DOP, Lighting Director
We decided to use the two camera for various angle in limited time. Think about using 3 different type of light ( white or green screen / grey / black ). studio have sky panel that can borrow without extra charge.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 20:31:36 UTC

- Actress recruit / zoom audition
it was hard to find adequate actress who can do Korean dance and acting together. find the actor's community and posted the audition for the role. more than 30 people send me the profile. we had 'zoom' audition for 1st round and had off line meeting for choreography. lucky find the actress with all the conditions.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 20:37:24 UTC

- Costume : modern style 'Hanbok'
Went to the traditional market for searching for old & new style of Hanbok.
It is really hard to make a Hanbok 1 to 10, decide to reform the top part(저고리) and make the bottom part (허리치마). Purchase various fabrics and decorations to make costume.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-17 20:48:58 UTC

- Cherography
conbine traditional Korean dance and modern dance together. I practiced a lot and went through many revisions and discussions. It is still in progress, but meet with actor from time to time to practice in the practice room, and continues to exchange videos and give feedback. I thought it could be a little difficult to make facial expressions with dancing, but it seems okay. The actor said that it is more comfortable to act with a slight frown to fit the subject rather than dancing with a smile.

Production logs in chronological order

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:02:08 UTC

< Dark Clouds > - Journey ( Hyunjung Yoo )

Final : https://youtu.be/CBzo4G7OFAY

Rough cut screening : https://youtu.be/Oa4OU-m8jPE

Peer screening :https://youtu.be/8R_MY4SysEc

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:07:18 UTC

- Rough cut screening
When doing rough cut editing screening, the time was too tight and I couldn't do anything but cut editing. However, I was able to hear the opinions of various people about animation, and as a result, it was very helpful. In fact, many people told me that 3D animation was not suitable, so I thought that I should change the color, texture, and density of the animations created earlier.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:16:27 UTC

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hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:19:11 UTC

- Costume fitting
The fitting proceeded with the finished costume. Fortunately, it's a custom outfit and I measured the size the other day, so it fits well. Due to the nature of the choreography, I thought that I should trim the Velcro part a little more, and I even adjusted the length.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:33:35 UTC

- 3D animation work with cinema 4D

I tried 3D animation for the first time. I wanted to express a kitsch feeling in the video, so I tried to create some unrealistic shapes and shapes of clouds. tried to create objects or organic shapes. Did some test

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:34:57 UTC

- Sound design
I met with the composer and sound designer to exchange various versions of music and sounds. According to the composer's opinion, the music itself is so cool and cool, but she wanted to add sound design, so we started looking at it later. In the middle of the composer's music, instead of piano notes, sound effects were added to add a shamanic feel. It seems to fit better with the movement and choreography. It was a little tight that there was a change just before completion, but I wanted to get a little closer to completion.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:37:56 UTC

- Final editing
The main problem was to make the color of each cut uniform. Continued color correction and worked hard for a natural transition. Also, I realized that editing the choreography to time with the music was not an easy task. Constantly worked with the actor (choreographer) and edited the music. In the last edit, I decided to delete the animation.This is because I wanted to match the serious and heavy atmosphere in a unified way. The advice was very helpful.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:45:17 UTC

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 06:59:38 UTC

- Hair and make up test

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 07:12:25 UTC

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 07:18:12 UTC

- BTS

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 07:23:17 UTC

- Equipment list

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 07:24:22 UTC

- Story board

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 07:29:59 UTC

- Choreography development

try sample :https://youtu.be/ho3C9Z8ZYYU

Final version :https://youtu.be/UsYxJBEYOao

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 07:47:40 UTC

- Title and typography sample work

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 07:51:47 UTC

- Casting
There are many reasons for casting an actress, but she had the most Korean and oriental face and a long career. Also, when I actually met her, I realized that the dark and lyrical feeling would be suitable for acting 'Dark Cloud'. also I was fortunate to have a very similar residential area (200m distance...) with her.

hyoo0720201_2 — 2021-02-18 14:56:29 UTC

3D animation practice