Telekinesis Practical Process

Chronicle is a film surrounding teenage students who wake up with telekinesis like superpowers after exploring a private piece of land where an unexplained power source is found. At first they use these powers to produce elaborate  pranks and for self gain however, as their powers grow so does their ability to control it.

These harmless pranks can be scene in the ‘Psychic Pranks’ scene in the film where the students test out their abilities in a supermarket. Each character tries to one up the other leading to the pranks escalating. For example, the first prank they deliberately control a trolly and make it seem that it has a mind of it’s own causing the customer to try and chase it to regain control. This is nothing compared to the final prank in the scene where one of the students moves a parked car to another spot to confuse the customer as to where they parked.

During these pranks I made notes on the type of objects they used for their telekinetic powers and how they appeared to move and blend in with their scene. The telekinetic effect is only believable if the objects are suited to their environments and you don’t notice the editing. Once the audience is aware of the editing it will completely take them out of the world you are creating. To make sure my objects blend in I will need to focus on lighting, colour correction and shadows.

It appears all of the objects used were either green screened or digitally 3D modeled. As I will be editing largely over the holidays I will not have access to a green screen and so I will produce my telekinetic props on Cinema 4D.

By using online tutorials from both Youtube and Lynda I am confident in creating life like Digital 3D objects. For example this tutorial by ‘TheMinecraftGuy105’ explains how correct lighting on its own can make an object really belong in any scene. This accompanied by creating the correct textures and movements for my objects will allow me to create life like digital 3D objects.

MOVIECLIPS. (2015) Chronicle (1/5) Movie CLIP – Psychic Pranks (2012) HD. YouTube. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBSibz9xdic [Accessed 3rd December 2017.]

TheMinecraftGuy105. (2017) How To Motion Track In Cinema 4D. YouTube. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvuiEAxs3I [Accessed 3rd December 2017.]