i have managed to do a rough edit of one of our films. it needs to be tidied up a bit but the group seems to like it.
This weekend also saw our flashmob executed with mixed success. The Bournemouth Echo very kindly featured a small article about it and agreed to write a story on it. me and Matt (a group member) managed to distribute 100 flyers to different groups of 14-24 year olds in bournemouth gardens (two minutes away from bournemouth square where the flashmob took place) in the 15 minutes leading up to the flashmob. we seemed to generate a lot of interest and as the flashmob started, it was clear that a lot of these youths had turned up to see what was going on. unfortunately, a lot of them and the surrounding people became shy as soon as the cameras started to come out and so we didn't have that many people join in the actual march. i still believe that this was a success though because the whole point of the flashmob was to raise awareness of our campaign and i think we did just that. ok not many people marched but a lot of people watched us and saw the t-shirts, the flyers and the banners. job done.
usually in news bulletins there comes a lighter news segment towards the end. "and in other news..". that sort of thing. here's one for this blog entry. i cleverly managed to forget my ID in london which means that i have been grounded to nights in for a little while. i started to fill out an application form for my provisional driver's license 3 years ago and have nearly finished it so yeah, there's no backup ID from that route. being the 'filmmaker' that i am, i have decided to be a little constructive and creative and so i have started a simple animation using just iMovie, paintbrush and Gimp. it's actually going fairly well and it's hella fun too =]
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Backlog 17: The Summer Project - Week Three
On the whole, i think this week went well. one of our shoots was ruined by the quality of our sound. having written down everything from the sound tutorial last week and connected everything up as they should be, me and (fellow group member) Lee felt that it should be ok. it turned out that this wasnt the case so a reshoot is on the cards. thankfully the sound went well with every other shoot. unfortunately, one of our actors couldn't complete one of our shoots as he had to go to hospital (don't worry, he's fine) and so we may have to shoot this again also.
we managed to create a few snappy adverts which have gone onto out newly made Youtube channel and they seem to have gone down well.
we managed to create a few snappy adverts which have gone onto out newly made Youtube channel and they seem to have gone down well.
Backlog 16: The Summer Project - Week Two
Week two went pretty darn well also. we managed to recee (i still do not know the correct spelling) our chosen locations, the script for our film pieces have been prepared, and i attended a sound workshop ready for filming. we're having a bit of trouble with permissions which would allow us to film so we might have to slightly tweak our script. we have planned and organised a 'flashmob' (see current t-mobile adverts for details on what a flashmob is) for May 16th in which we will march on the spot for two minutes. we're even having custom designed t-shirts. swish.
Backlog 15: The Summer Project - Week One
the first week was a fruitful one for me and my group. we got to know each other, decided on a campaign, created a (very good) logo, created a highly joined facebook group and made a twitter account. our campaign aims to prevent political apathy from a young age as we feel that politics isn't adequately taught at school level. a lot of people within the target age range of 14-24 know little about politics and consequently vote without really knowing what they voted for or even worse..don't vote at all. our twitter has been followed by a few political parties which was pleasing to see so yeah....hopefully the rest of the project will go well.
Backlog 14: The Independent Project - Putting it together
The filming went....well. the actors and i had a laugh and a friend very generously offered to help monitor sound. i went to edit straightaway and i think i have my shot =] a few hours later, i left weymouth house having completed my independent project. good times to be honest
Backlog 13: The Independent Project - Easter Planning Part II
I've managed to create my script. i've asked a scriptwriter friend to check it and he seems to like it. my actors have been sorted so i'll just check dates with them now. i should have done this earlier to be honest. hurrah i have managed to book a camera for me independent :] the ball is rolling...
Backlog 12: The Independent Project - Easter Planning Part I
It's the Easter holiday (Merry Easter everyone) and I need to properly plan my 'Perform!' piece. From what i've heard the cameras have been booked like hot buns (it's only 'hot cakes' if they've been sold - "they sold like hot cakes" and 'hot buns' if they've merely been booked - "they were booked like hot buns". yep you're confused)
Backlog 11: The Independent Project - Lizzie's response
She seems to like it :] i've been given the go-ahead to try it out
Backlog 10: The Independent Project
I am assuming that you have already read about 70 blogs detailing the nature of BATV1's independent project. to sum it up, we had to create a one minute film consisting of one shot and based on the theme 'Peform!'.
as expected, i dreamt up a few clichéd ideas at first involving dancing, singing, sports bla bla bla. i then had a slightly less obvious idea which i was fairly pleased with but found out that a friend was going to do something very similar. i put my thinking cap on again and that night came up with an idea that i was pretty happy with. i imagined a 'point-of-view' of a balloon in which we see it get blown up from the inside of the balloon. the balloon would then be released by it's blower/blowee/blowist and we would see it whiz around the room. the idea of a dead, inanimate object such as a balloon being able to go faster and higher than most humans (without the aid of technology) is how i see this piece as a 'Perform!'. i hope Lizzie likes it. i've set up a meeting with her, wish me luck =p
as expected, i dreamt up a few clichéd ideas at first involving dancing, singing, sports bla bla bla. i then had a slightly less obvious idea which i was fairly pleased with but found out that a friend was going to do something very similar. i put my thinking cap on again and that night came up with an idea that i was pretty happy with. i imagined a 'point-of-view' of a balloon in which we see it get blown up from the inside of the balloon. the balloon would then be released by it's blower/blowee/blowist and we would see it whiz around the room. the idea of a dead, inanimate object such as a balloon being able to go faster and higher than most humans (without the aid of technology) is how i see this piece as a 'Perform!'. i hope Lizzie likes it. i've set up a meeting with her, wish me luck =p
Backlog 9: Comedy Panel Show - The Pilot
Why hello thar, um yeah..panel show. I contacted a friend who I knew was interested in sound to see if he would be interested in helping out on the show. Fortunately he was and so our growing team got together and planned what we could do with audio. We were restricted to two boom mics and one tie clip. [end punctuation/spelling/grammar correctness to increase speed] we had no mixer which was a bit of a problem as we only had 2 DVC 30 cameras which would be reach the teams if we were to connect the microphones directly to the camera. a lack of microphone ports on the cameras and the fact that no microphone could reach our presenter from our camera positions meant that we had an issue.
wearing our friendliest smiles, we approached a couple of very helpful fellows who had access to a sound desk to see what we might be able to get. a legendary half hour later, we had secured ourselves a sound desk and four lollipop mics. we were pleased.
our last rehearsal came and we had a really fun 5 hours (originally meant to be 2) in which our presenter nailed her lines, the set was set and markers were put down for us to be able to reassemble it on the night. we did this also for our camera tripod positions and we managed to learn how to turn on, change, and set our lighting design. we were on form, the lighting was good, presenter was happy and confident and the crew had bonded greatly. it was a good night.
the pilot finally arrived and our crew had assembled. i managed to find 8 willing TV students to help out with camera operating and a few scriptwriters took on the role of welcoming our audience with wine, biscuits and cakes (hyper audiences - ftw). the crew had just 30 minutes to set up everything and i had this time to brief and remind everyone of their duties on the night. our first problem arrived when we discovered that our lollipop mics had no grips. a lot of sellotaping later and the issue was resolved. our next problem arrived again in sound with the simplest yet nontheless panic-inducing of issues. our sound op's headphones didnt have the required jack to plug into the mixer meaning that he had no way of listening to the audio. no one had a jack on them and so i tested my jogging abilities by running all the way home and back again just in time to give Mr Sound his jack with a few minutes to spare. we set our lighting up according to the design we had constructed in our rehearsal. however, it was different. not right. (it transpired that the lighting rig had been moved by someone) and so our lighting didnt look right. none of us were lighting experts and so we had to make do with what we had. the show started...
it went well thankfully. the audience laughed, the VT worked and we finished on time. many handshakes and pats on the backs took place as the audience slowly filed out. one audience member asked me if i had made the show, i replied that i had directed and he said "that was amazing" with a facial expression lacking in forced politeness. that was nice.
a few celebratory drinks followed and we all went to bed rather pleased with ourselves.
wearing our friendliest smiles, we approached a couple of very helpful fellows who had access to a sound desk to see what we might be able to get. a legendary half hour later, we had secured ourselves a sound desk and four lollipop mics. we were pleased.
our last rehearsal came and we had a really fun 5 hours (originally meant to be 2) in which our presenter nailed her lines, the set was set and markers were put down for us to be able to reassemble it on the night. we did this also for our camera tripod positions and we managed to learn how to turn on, change, and set our lighting design. we were on form, the lighting was good, presenter was happy and confident and the crew had bonded greatly. it was a good night.
the pilot finally arrived and our crew had assembled. i managed to find 8 willing TV students to help out with camera operating and a few scriptwriters took on the role of welcoming our audience with wine, biscuits and cakes (hyper audiences - ftw). the crew had just 30 minutes to set up everything and i had this time to brief and remind everyone of their duties on the night. our first problem arrived when we discovered that our lollipop mics had no grips. a lot of sellotaping later and the issue was resolved. our next problem arrived again in sound with the simplest yet nontheless panic-inducing of issues. our sound op's headphones didnt have the required jack to plug into the mixer meaning that he had no way of listening to the audio. no one had a jack on them and so i tested my jogging abilities by running all the way home and back again just in time to give Mr Sound his jack with a few minutes to spare. we set our lighting up according to the design we had constructed in our rehearsal. however, it was different. not right. (it transpired that the lighting rig had been moved by someone) and so our lighting didnt look right. none of us were lighting experts and so we had to make do with what we had. the show started...
it went well thankfully. the audience laughed, the VT worked and we finished on time. many handshakes and pats on the backs took place as the audience slowly filed out. one audience member asked me if i had made the show, i replied that i had directed and he said "that was amazing" with a facial expression lacking in forced politeness. that was nice.
a few celebratory drinks followed and we all went to bed rather pleased with ourselves.
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