tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13636572238432849312024-02-20T22:54:49.461+00:00Shocksuspect's BlogRoss Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-78007283955020909342010-05-24T10:09:00.005+01:002010-05-24T10:17:13.279+01:00May<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Our video project is now complete and handed in. Unfortunately, we didn't finish the video in time. We handed in what we did though, we're praying its good enough for a pass. We feel as though we could have created something special if we had more time.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >We then took upon a research task where we had to find all about the work of a chosen Media practitioner. I chose to research Will Smith due to me already being rather familiar with his work and because the man has done a lot in different areas of Media (e.g. TV, Film, Music). I have now completed my 3000 word essay on him.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I am now evaluating all the work I have done over the course of my time at college. I'm writing my Reflection on Commission now and I also need to research for my timed evaluative essay tomorrow. I'm currently finding all the materials I need for the exam (e.g. evaluative reports).</span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-53275544962353578482010-04-19T12:30:00.002+01:002010-04-19T12:36:01.986+01:00Back after Easter<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have just come back after our Easter holiday and this week, we need to get the finished product ready. We have to fully edit our video for Friday, so the pressure's on. All filming has been completed, although if we do get our editing done with time to spare, we may re-film some shots which could have been steadier. We may also not have enough shots, we'll just have to wait and see.</span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-27561576027879904892010-03-18T14:28:00.002+00:002010-03-18T14:38:02.450+00:00Gym Video Updates<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nigel Redmond is on board with the video. We had an idea that we could film the gym in the Westbrook building and include that in our video, but our client Jane Marshall explained via e-mail, that the Gym might close due to financial restraints and that she needs to promote the Trinity Green gym solely. We have all our pre-production documents completed. We will meet again with Nigel Redmond tomorrow to discuss filming dates. He said he needed time to brush up on techniques for the Gym equipment instructional parts of our video.</span></span>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-60219004954710602162010-03-08T12:08:00.002+00:002010-03-08T12:13:22.513+00:00New Project<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our new project is to create a promotional/instructional video for the Bradford College Gym in the Trinity Green building. Our client is once again, Jane Marshall. We met and discussed ideas for the video, where we want to try and inject as much humour as we can and go for a feel similar to The Gadget Show. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We are going to meet with a member of the Gym staff (Nigel Redmond) soon. We're going to discuss his role as a Presenter/Instructor in this video, and depending on his charismatic qualities, we will write his role for him appropriately. </span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-14643551120465959502010-01-19T11:12:00.002+00:002010-01-19T11:16:59.026+00:00Back for the new year....<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We've been busy this month. After applying for UCAS and university, I've been planning and researching for a 6000 word dissertation. We have some leniency when deciding what subject we want to write it on so I'm going to be writing it on a subject on something I'm already quite familiar. We have to choose a controversial media-related subject and I'm going to look at how bad/good video games are for the consumer. Because we're in the middle of a gaming revolution (with the Wii out and new motion technology coming later this year) I figure now is a good time to write it.</span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-13312679464966403122009-12-15T09:42:00.000+00:002009-12-15T09:59:05.125+00:00Last Week Before Christmas<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All my work is now complete and ready to be handed in. I've just written up my evaluative report and my audio interview and photographs have been burned to disc. All my work has been properly organized and chronologically ordered and now, as I write this blog, I'm beginning to see how good this project was for me. It has seriously boosted my organization skills as well as making me more confident and less stressed under pressure. It has also taught me the art of working in strict time restrictions. Now it is time to rest. This is Ross saying, Merry Christmas!</span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-65459368308918185232009-12-04T10:18:00.000+00:002009-12-04T10:47:35.583+00:00After the event...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Well, the tea dance and exhibition have come and gone. The tea dance was successful and we got very positive feedback from the questionnaires most people filled out. The exhibition was quite quiet though, but people who filled out questionnaires told us the stories of the WW2 survivors were fascinating. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We will be moving on to our next project after Christmas. At the moment we are evaluating and organizing all our work. I will post next when all of that is done. I need to finish off some reports and print out some promotional materials.</span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-74490909116746864502009-11-23T14:41:00.000+00:002009-11-23T14:49:59.309+00:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; font-size: small; ">After talks with Damian O'Keefe of the performing arts department, we are waiting for some dance students to turn up at tomorrow's dress rehearsal so they can show what they want to do. Damian's wife, Julia, is also on board to sing at the tea dance. We are also waiting for a couple of poetry readers to surface. We're speaking with Damian tomorrow about all these things. We are also going to be in talks with the costume/make-up department too, to discuss what our performers will wear.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm currently writing what I'd like to say at the event. I will be the compere. I will also run the raffle stall and meet and greet guests. I've just finished a questionnaire so visitors can fill in to give feedback. </span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-34366138579561441452009-11-10T11:31:00.000+00:002009-11-10T11:51:45.874+00:00Meeting with Clare Lambkin<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We met Clare Lambkin this morning whilst visiting the Henry Mitchell Hall (which is where the tea dance will take place). Whilst there we had a look at the room's layout, as well as what kind of facilities there were there. We found a room where our acts can get ready to perform. Clare said that the room will have to be emptied in order for everyone to have enough room to get ready. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There was also a few items there we could use. As long as we get a pianist, we can have them perform on a supplied piano. We also found numerous novelty microphones we could use. There was also 2 projectors with screens already there, so we could play slideshows of old archive footage (for example) as the acts perform their routines. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We decided that dancers should perform on the floor whilst singers perform on stage. We will do this because the floor on stage isn't terribly even. Also, we feel if dancers perform on the floor, guests may feel the incentive to do so.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We discovered the college had all the rights to play any form of media. That's a lot off our minds. We also have the rights to do covers of any song too. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We also met up with Damian (a performing arts teacher at Bradford College) to discuss who may be interested in actually performing. He says a couple of people are currently interested. He also said his wife would be willing to sing. I can imagine her singing perhaps being the highlight of the show. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We are now designing flyers and posters for the show. After that we will need to work fast to get performers so they can have time to develop routines. </span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-47878738606744691682009-11-05T14:13:00.000+00:002009-11-05T14:51:11.421+00:002nd Year - World War 2 Project<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I haven't blogged for a while now so I will try to catch up.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">My second year has now begun and we started of with some work with the first years. We looked at how the James Bond films have changed over time and how the series had been revived with Daniel Craig's first outing in Casino Royale. We also were tasked to write a plot for the next Bond film. Mine was set in Japan and featured Q and many futuristic weaponry and gadgets (which would now seem more believable now as technology like that is nearly here).</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Afterwards we were tasked with writing a brief for a revival of an old television show. We were given 'Love thy Neighbour'. Our group worked well with this. We decided to change it to an animated show, and we also changed character stereotypes so it would make more sense today.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Right now we are working on a project which revolves around World War 2. Our first task was to find out as much as we could about the war. I produced digital sheets about different areas and aspects of the war (e.g. warfare, allies, axis powers). We were also tasked to create a moodboard (a collection of images put together to represent the mood of something). For practice, we created one which represented ourselves. I included images of my favourite hobbies, shows and other things which I thought told people all about me. After this we started on our World War 2 versions. I made mine in monotone, but at the expense of showing off a bit, I decided to include the girl from Schindler's List in the moodboard. The girl's red coat is the only thing in the movie you see in colour, so I did the same thing. Fellow students seemed to like the idea.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">We now have been put in groups for an event we now have to organise and set up. The groups were:</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- Management of the Public</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- Costume and Make-Up</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- Entertainment</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- Curation</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I decided to go in the Entertainment group as the Entertainment industry is where I want to go. Our team is responsible for managing acts to come up on stage and perform. We want to get singers, dancers and maybe drama acts, but we haven't decided that yet. We also have to get music to play during the event and to do this we need permission to play it. Each member of our group has no particular responsibility. We all just have to make sure we turn up, contribute and work hard. We are planning to work together as much as possible and not deviate ourselves to work on separate aspects of the project.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Myself and Luke were tasked to interview a war survivor. We interviewed a fascinating lady called Veronica who had a lot to say about her years as a schoolgirl in the war. We have processed her interview and edited it down to roughly 5 minutes. We have also added a music bed in the background. We decided to use Vera Lynn's 'They'll be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover'. We used this song because it was very popular during the war years and since the music is so soothing to listen to, it was suitable to use as a music bed.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">There were numerous things we thought of to have at the Tea Dance, but we have restraints. Such things we wanted to do included:</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- A big band, but due to a limited budget, we couldn't afford one</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- A kids corner so they can play and watch old World War 2 cartoons, but since this event will be held during school time, we decided this was pointless to organise</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- A big TV showing old archive footage, but a TV would be too expensive and heavy to carry around</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- A short movie advert to advertise the event, but due to time restraints we can't</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Next week we are planning to contact different groups who may be interested in performing on stage at this event. We will be contacting course tutors mainly, as we want Bradford College students to do most of the performing. We plan to meet with these tutors and their students to organise what they want to do and how they would do it. We would organise any music they would need and we would also hope to get a pre-taste of their performance before they actually perform. We aren't choreographers so they would have to choreograph their performances themselves. This is something I'm worried about, as I don't know how good these students actually are. Another thing I'm concerned about is, would they actually be willing to perform for free? </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Our time is limiting but I feel we will get things done on time. We may need to do some work at home too, but we will get it done.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Some more challenges we will face include:</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- Copyright - If we were to ask permission to use certain music or videos, would we actually get a response in time and would we be actually granted it? Also, would it cost money?</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- Absence - I'm worried my group might not show up as often as I would hope. A bug is going around right now and I know one member of my group is certainly not feeling well.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- Time - Three weeks to do this? Other projects we have had, we have had months to do them.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">- What to Do - Sometimes I worry if we actually will know what to do. We might ask permission for copyright, ask people to perform, but as we wait for a repsonse, we might not know what to do.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I'm most looking forward to the event itself. I'm looking forward getting dressed in World War 2 attire and having a good time. Due to myself being in the Entertainment group, I won't be doing much else other than telling people when to go on stage. I may be doing a bit of announcing at the event (i.e. introducing acts on stage). I'm looking forward to the challenge of that the most. </span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-22909545809675892212009-06-30T09:39:00.001+01:002009-06-30T09:44:34.316+01:00Finishing off Capture work<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've just finished off my director's commentary for the healthy breakfast video. This was the main thing to do for Capture and now I can focus on organizing my folders, making sure all my work is in them. Some work still needs to be finished and I think some is missing, so I'll have to do them again. That's not necessarily a bad thing as I can do the work better now and I've learnt that organization is key in a course like this.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">As soon as I'm happy with my finished folder for Capture, I can then turn my attention to organising my group's Interaction folder. </span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-77759494040635539482009-06-22T15:38:00.000+01:002009-06-22T15:42:41.245+01:00The Finished Video<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our video is now complete, and as I write this, we are exporting the movie file. I'm pleased with the end result. If we had better luck with our contacts, we would have better footage to work with, but with what we had to work with, I think we did ourselves proud. The video is on the short side, scraping just 3 minutes, but it's quality that counts and, with what we had, I don't think we could have done any better. </span></span>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-25924548345996818512009-06-16T11:35:00.000+01:002009-06-16T11:40:49.159+01:00Editing<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; ">We are now currently in the editing process. After getting a few interviews (no visuals unfortunately) we are now putting it all together for the rough edit screening later today.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">We have a nice introduction and at this exact moment, we are capturing the rest of the footage we got. We may need some more variation in our establishing shots, so after our rough edit is screened, we will plan to get some more footage we can work with. It would be nice to have an interview where we saw the interviewee. I also fear our video will be too boring for viewers with our current footage. If we got an interview which was more in depth and personal with the interviewee, we will be on the right track.</span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-20503001359565926362009-06-11T14:51:00.000+01:002009-06-11T14:55:19.530+01:00Filming Continues<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Trying our best to get some kind of interview, we finally got a good one. There were sound issues unfortunately, so that was really disappointing. As we get all our footage, we are capturing it as we go along. We got lots of establishing shots of in a park today, we just need an interview! </span></span>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-67120372940869980022009-06-10T12:18:00.000+01:002009-06-10T12:30:53.332+01:00Idents - Final Ideas<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today, I've just thought up my final idea for my ident. I want to use hand puppets. I want to pretend the puppets are outfits and that characters or celebrities are in them. I want these people to say 'You're watching The Grid' and they can say something relevant to their character and their current situation. For example, Andy and Lou from Little Britain could be sent to The Grid to plug the channel and Andy could go on to say how terrible it is. </span></span>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-34568924851962165202009-06-08T11:41:00.000+01:002009-06-16T11:42:18.403+01:00Change of Plans<p align="justify"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today, we realised a lot of our contacts may not be interested in filming at all. Instead, we've had to resort to voxpops, which is something we are going to do either today or some time this week. Due to not all of our group being here today, me and Charliey have come up with some questions to ask young parents we pull off the street. </span></span></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We also got our footage of the establishing shots we took of Lister Park and the Centenary Square water fountain onto Adobe Premiere Pro. All our pre-production portfolio is done, it's just a matter of organising it.</span></span></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now we just need to get some footage to work with. Hopefully, someone will come through to work with us. In the meantime, it's back to filming voxpops.</span></span></span></span></p>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-72451351175885690132009-06-04T14:22:00.000+01:002009-06-04T14:37:05.102+01:00Still Waiting for Contacts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thursday, and still without people to film. We haven't wasted our time though. I've created a piece of music to use within the piece. I've created several versions and am getting feedback to see which is more appropriate for the video about young parents. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">I also finalised by individual proposal. Hopefully I'll get good marks.</span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-39278152234095503422009-06-02T14:16:00.000+01:002009-06-02T14:21:59.564+01:001st Day of Filming<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; ">We filmed some establishing shots today and also took some pictures for the location recee. We filmed a couple of kids playing in a water feature, as well as getting some shots of the park. The weather was unbearably hot today. Combine that with carrying a heavy tripod around, and I was ready to collapse by the time we got back. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm going to do my director's commentary soon for the Capture Unit, but it's National Award in Media tomorrow and I need to do my ident powerpoint before anything else. </span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-90913847323444881122009-06-01T14:20:00.000+01:002009-06-01T14:27:21.214+01:00End of Planning<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">We are still waiting for contacts to get in touch with us unfortunately. We have finished most of our pre-production portfolio. A final storyboard and script though is needed, and we can't get them until we know who we are working with. We are waiting for a response from our contacts to confirm this. All the rest of our sheets are done and tomorrow we are heading for the park to film establishing shots and maybe some kids playing there. We would have to ask parent's permission of course. For our video, our footage is going to be mainly audio, so we need a lot of visual accompaniments. </span></span>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-64799961950860705092009-05-21T14:15:00.000+01:002009-06-01T14:19:35.655+01:00Work Experience<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our work experience was a worthy experience. We had the opportunity to work as a media team in a press conference and I really enjoyed it.</span></span><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As we arrived and got ourselves acquainted with people there, our first job was to film some voxpops. We all took turns doing the various things such as asking people if they wanted to do voxpops along with actually interviewing them and taking control of the camera.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As the conference went on, my job was to take pictures with a camera I fell in love with. Digital SLR's are expensive, but they are so fun to use and you feel really professional when using it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By the end of the conference I got some nice pictures, which got better when I figured out how to zoom in. All in all, it was a fascinating experience. </span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-32312304472822377202009-05-19T21:55:00.000+01:002009-05-19T22:01:21.677+01:0019th May 2009<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >We've worked well today. We've had a couple of replies from contacts and we have arranged meetings with them to discuss filming opportunities. I have started on a few other pre-production sheets such as the budgeting and the role allocations. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >I've also realised today that everyone seemed to have a stronger work ethic. This is a good thing, but in future I've got to make sure that no-one has nothing to do. This job really is all our responsibility, so I think a group meeting to discuss what everyone is going to do would be a great idea. We're going to work well together, it's just a matter of getting used to it, that's all.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >My work experience is tomorrow as well and I'm looking forward to this. I'm looking forward to the realism of the situation. We are attending a conference about midwifery and we are to film the conference, take photos and conduct voxpops with the speakers and audience. </span><br /></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-85947050386592830242009-05-18T18:23:00.000+01:002009-05-18T18:50:58.606+01:0018th May 2009<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >My group has chosen to do our video on the subject of young parents. This week we are coming up with filming ideas. We are also contacting possible groups we could work with. Today, we have set up a draft e-mail to send to our contacts explaining what we're doing with this current project and to arrange meets to discuss filming with them. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Currently, we have sent an e-mail to a Church which has a 'Love Bradford' project currently taking place. They have a family support group there, so it might be a good idea for voxpops (as there will be a large number of parents there) and we may be able to get further information on other organisations which support families. </span></span><br /></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-66949638054146497472009-05-07T12:40:00.000+01:002009-05-18T18:23:19.705+01:006th May 2009<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I haven't blogged for a while, so I'll try to get up to date.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:85%;" >Our healthy breakfast videos are almost done. Jane Marshall gave us very positive feedback, saying our video just 'flowed'. We fixed a few issues with sound and transitions and re-shot some things. We now have a nearly perfect finalized version. We just need to dip the music where appropriate. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:85%;" >As for other things in the Capture Unit, we now just need to do our director's commentary. Once I have an Ediroll I'll get to narrating.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:85%;" >We've started our new unit now; the interactive unit. I've been put in a new group and I was pleasantly surprised when I heard who I was with. Jade, Charliey, Nic and Jordan are all great additions to a production company. I have a good feeling we're going to work well together.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:85%;" >We've been deciding on what group we should interact with. I'll post next when we decide on who we're choosing.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-87354844505588157682009-03-31T15:39:00.001+01:002009-03-31T15:46:03.149+01:00Video Feedback<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Our video has been shown to our client: Jane Marshall. Overall, she seemed pretty impressed. She said our video flowed well and that I was a natural at presenting; Sarah concurred. We still have a few issues with our video. Sound is hard to hear at times due to the music being too loud or the dialogue being too quiet. A simple fix on Adobe Premiere Pro will sort this out. We also have a few grammar errors here and there; these too can be easily fixed. One part of my narration doesn't make any chronological sense as I say we've learned what we should eat, when we get to hear advice on that, not before then, but later on.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">I'm pleased with our results. A few tweaks here and there and we're all set for a good grade. </span></span></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363657223843284931.post-1828775835532005342009-03-05T14:16:00.000+00:002009-03-10T16:26:31.646+00:00March<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What stage are you at with your healthy college project?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Currently we are beginning the editing process. We've finished filming, but we may need to do something extra to make up for the 8 shots each of us needs to do. We've done well in capturing what we wanted but sound was an issue. Luckily we now know how to get the best sound possible from the cameras, but there's no guarantee.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Are you confident that your group are working effectively and using their time wisely?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our group work very effectively. Everyone is determined to do well and no-one slacks off. We make great use of the time we are given and always seem ahead of our game.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How did you feel about the functional skills examination?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The exam was much easier than the practice ones we did in class. We had an extra 15 minutes than we did in our practice versions, so I was able to finish.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How did you feel the functional skills presentation you performed went?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The presentation went well, but not as well as I hoped. Luke, who got confused as to when and what to click, made a few mistakes with the timing of the slide transitions, but it was my fault for I should have ran through the presentation with him beforehand. I was asked a lot of questions and I was perplexed by some (this being my downfall). After a long time thinking about what to say I managed to pull through.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do you think your group will meet the 12:30 Thursday deadline for the healthy college project?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We should have a draft ready by then, but not a final version. We still have the narration to do, so I'll be very busy on Thursday doing that.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Work Experience</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I haven't thought about this until now but if I were to get some sort of placement on a production team for some kind of TV show, that would be amazing. I want to know how the whole filming process works. I'd love to see professionals doing their job, so this way I can get a clearer idea as to what exactly I want to do. I've always fancied a job as either a casting director or a director. </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></div>Ross Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06925319869164362878noreply@blogger.com0