Backlog 18: The Summer Project - Week Four

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 =]

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.

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)