RE-SHOOTING!

We had to reshoot our introduction again because we didn't like how our previous footage turned out

STORYBOARD!

SHOOTING SCHEDULE (THIS WEEKEND!)

27th November 2009

9am - Embankment
9:15 - London Eye (30 mins approx.)
9:45 - Big Ben (30 mins approx.)
10:20 - London Bridge (30 mins approx.)
11:00 - Oxford Circus - Niketown (30 mins approx.)

28th November 2009

12pm - Kensal Rise
12:15 - Presenter Walks into home
12:30 - Presenter interviews Kat
12:55 - Presenter interviews Kat's parents

MUSIC

Aswell as being Director of Photography, i am also composing most of the music used in our documentary extract as i take A2 Music. I have started composing with ideas of using a classical feel, but with a uptempo rhythm to link in the establishing time lapse. I have drawn inspiration from Just Jack's 'Embers' as it first has a classical feel then progresses into a modern feel with guitars and a canon.

Just Jack 'Embers'

Also i have been inspired by Dan Black's 'U + Me' which is the theme tune for BBC Switch's new online drama, The Cut.

The use of synthesizers and other electronic elements would link in with our target audience of young adults and parents. This would link in because the music would give a modern feel to the documentary.

REFILM // FILMING

As a group we have discovered that the footage that we have filmed for the time lapse, doesn't work when we put in the fastforward effect in iMovie. Also, our footage is static and so we would have to have different ranges of angles and shots too. So we would have to reshoot this friday at the same locations.

London Eye Panoramic Time Lapse

Big Ben Time Lapse, shows a different more interesting angle of Big Ben

This video shows London as a city during rush hour. The Video has plenty techniques, such as slowmotion aswell as fastforward.

Today on our filming schedule we are due to film, my scenes with my computer, this will be placed after the establishing shots of london eye etc.

FILMING DAY ONE 21/11/09

TIME LAPSE!

Time-Lapse Photography is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing. Some classic subjects of timelapse photography include: cloudscapes and celestial motion, plants growing and flowers opening,
fruit rotting,evolution of a construction project, people in the city.
The technique has also been used to photograph crowds, traffic, and even television. The effect of photographing a subject that changes imperceptibly slowly, is to create a smooth impression of motion. A subject that is changing quickly already is transformed into an onslaught of activity. (from wikipedia)

As a group, we thought it would be a good idea to create a time lapse for the beginning of our documentary, using the london eye, big ben, london bridge + oxford st as our locations. we asked mr foley for guidance on how we would be able to do this and how much tape we would need. here are some youtube examples:

SHOOTING SCHEDULE

SATURDAY 21ST NOVEMBER

time: 9am
location: waterloo station (shooting london eye, big ben, london bridge, oxford street, camden) for establishing shots
actors: none
equipment: camera + tripod (digital camera to take photos, behind the scenes)
props: none

TUESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

time: 4:30pm
location: westbourne park (frankie's house)
actors: frankie
equipment: camera + tripod
props: computer
costume: casual clothes

WEDNESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER

time: 4pm
location: kensal rise (tim's house)
actors: tim and claire
equipment: camera + tripod
props: laptop
costume: tim - casual clothes
              claire- smart outfit (black dress and shoes)

SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER

time: 9am
location: kensal rise
actors: kat, kat's parents and claire
equipment: camera + tripod
props: laptop, phone
costume: kat - casual clothes (jeans, top + converses)
               claire - smart outfit, black dress + smart shoes
               kat's parents - casual clothes

CHANNEL 4 ANCILLARY RESEARCH

As a group we have decided to put our documentary on Channel 4. Here are a few examples of the print adverts that they have used to promote their tv shows and documentaries.

TARGET AUDIENCE + CHARACTERS

ANCILLARY RESEARCH.

we researched what would be involved in a double page spread. here are some examples:

from NYLON's December issue (2009)

Personally, i like how the titles of each article is put out in bold and in the same font (helvetica) and its used throughout the whole magazine. Certain parts of the article are highlighted, to show importance/main points. And i like how the photos and the whole double page is structured. The white background helps the content on the page (photos, articles) stand out.

from the Metro (online e-edition)

Like the NYLON example, the font for the titles and the articles are all the same, and the columns are constructed evenly to avoid confusion to the reader. As a group we thought that the metro would be a good place to put our TV listing/double page spread because, as it is free and there is no contender because it is available in the morning rather than the evenings and everyone from teens to the elderly read the metro on the way to school or work. As this screencap shows, the metro is also available online aswell as the printed version. With the evolvement of the internet on iphone + blackberries commuters will also see our double page spread in a interactive format.

For the newspaper advertisement, a good idea was put forward in the meeting we had and that was to  to use the font (or similar) facebook uses for their logo.

with the use of the 'facebook font' or something similar it would instantly hit the reader and it would trigger the thought in their mind that this advertisement is for facebook, as the reader probably has a facebook account and therefore sees the logo and the font everyday.

The font 'Lucinda Grande' is used for the normal text:

And for the logo itself, as it is a company logo, Facebook aren't going to use a well known font such as times new roman or arial for their logo as many people can imitate that in a matter of seconds. i have found out that the font is (or similarly) looks like klavika:

klavika bold is the most accurate but i think it still would need to edited to make the letters kerned tighter to look like the facebook font itself.

SCRIPT DRAFTS.

SHOTS/LOCATIONS.

video of oxford street, filmed on a double decker bus

INTERVIEW INSPIRATION

MEDIA SESSION

today we all met up at the library to discuss what we are actually going to put in the 5 minutes we’ve been given.

we’ve also considered the ancillary tasks. we thought it would be a cool idea to use the same font for our advert that facebook use for their logo as it would click with the consumer that the font used is the facebook font and so the two would link together.

THE FACEBOOK DEBATE (FINAL FINAL FINAL IDEA)

IS FACEBOOK GOOD OR BAD.

instead on focusing on relationship obsessions, we as a group decided to focus on whether facebook is a good thing or a bad thing to be obsessing over and the reasons why.

CHARTJACKERS (A DOCUMENTARY)

(click on photo for youtube channel)

CHARTJACKERS is a new documentary series on BBC SWITCH, which follows 4 guys who are popular on youtube try to get a song to number one, without their own input. They ask youtube viewers of their own channels to contribute lyrics, video ideas, people who play instruments/sing or any editing experience to make a song that will hopefully get up to number one. All the money from the single will go to BBC Children in Need.

I began watching this last weekend and i recognized Charlie McDonnell from youtube (click on photo for youtube channel)

and i thought it would be a good idea to watch for my own entertainment and to see what shots and angles are being used in the documentary and how we could develop that and put it into our own.

SCREENCAPS FROM EPISODE ONE:

compared to the NYLONTV interviews i previously blogged about, the shots switch from colour to black and white, which seems quite effective when talking about a serious matter. from learning last year, an extreme close-up communicates detail to an audience, so having this shot in our documentary could be effective to show emotion.

BACKGROUND RESEARCH: FACEBOOK

QUESTIONNAIRES

This questionnaire is based on Girls point of view as she love to go on facebook and meet and talk to her friends nevertheless she does not know all her contact on facebook and spend 3 hours a day on facebook.

 

This is a male questionnaire he has a good interest on Facebook and he spents time on facebook but does not go on Facebook a lot. he is aware of the disadvantages of Facebook and he is sure that he knows all his contact on Facebook

POSSIBLE ESTABLISHING SHOT?

CRAZY LOVE TRAILER

Tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair’s saga on the cover of endless newspapers and magazines.
This shows how a real life love obsession was during the 1950s. obviously facebook or the internet was invented so it have us the insight on what had to be done to stalk someone. now with the access of social-networking sites almost in every home, it has become a lot easier for someone to see what you are up to and where you are.

FINAL FINAL IDEA?

Obsessive Love + Facebook.
facebook obsession and peadophiles are in the news lately and it would be a good idea to focus in on the safety of teens and young adults.
RESEARCH:
Crazy Love documentary traces obsessive love affair, and airs on Sundance, YouTube
“The award-winning and compelling documentary Crazy Love is being broadcast on YouTube until the end of this month, thanks to the Sundance Channel, which debuts the film on TV Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. The 2007 film is also on DVD.
Dan Klores’ documentary—which debuted at Sundance in 2007, won best documentary at the Independent Spirit Awards, and gathered several best documentary nominations—traces the obsessive, violent love affair between Burt Pugach and Linda Riss Pugach, and includes interviews with both and others.
Sundance notes that “from the late ’50s through the ’70s, New York tabloids fed on the lurid and bizarre tale of lawyer/stalker Burt Pugash and his obsession with Linda Riss, a young working-class woman whose life was forever changed by” her relationship to him.
They’re compelling characters and people; just try to start watching the film below and they—and their incredible, shocking story—will draw you in.”
even though this story happened during the 1950’s and facebook or even the internet wasn’t invented then, the story of obsessive love was still broadcasted in the newspapers. this goes to show that even though we are in an ever-evolving age of technology many people use and abuse it.

The Film’s Website: http://www.crazylovefilm.com/
We have found out that there is a stalker check on facebook and here is a site to find out how the application works:

however the website (http://www.facebookstalker.net/news/2009/07/31/stalker-check-facebook-application-review/) claims that the problem comes when the person that is stalking you tries to leave no trace (which is usually the case).

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

As a group we have decided that we are taking on Wande’s idea on obsessive love.

• DIRECTOR: Wande
• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Claire
• ART DIRECTOR: Maggie

We have all worked each other in and out of Media Studies before, so we understand how each of us work.
From my previous post, http://frankiesmediablog.tumblr.com/post/207720450/claire-maggie-wande
i have already started researching on what shots and angles would look appealing for our 5 minute documentary extract. Aswell, as finding what shots can be visualy pleasing to the audience, i am also using extracts of my Music Coursework, which is to compose music for a scene in a TV or Film extract. I would have to talk to Wande about how he would want the composition to wound like so i can start working on it. From filming last year, for my AS portfolio, i feel more confident to operate the camera and use the shots that will communicate with the audience better.
As a group we still need to figure out locations, but we have people in mind that we would like to interview for our documentary.

CLAIRE, MAGGIE + WANDE

re members of the the group i’m in. i don’t know who’s idea we will be taking forward but i have seen a few styles i would like the 5 minute extract to look like.

NYLON MAGAZINE is a new york based magazine based on fashion, the arts and music. As an avid-reader myself, i pick up a copy monthly and their editorials and their articles always amaze me. Aswell as having a magazine they also have a podcast, and a youtube channel and i’ve subscribed to both. The youtube/podcast videos are mostly interviews/montages or even both with celebrities who are either on the cover or they are included in the issue. here are some examples:

NYLON TV - THE TV ISSUE
i love the use of music to introduce the clip and the way that the actors and actresses are being interviewed. Instead of the handicam, which i find amateur-like when done incorrectly, i prefer the steadyshots, but with the frequent zoom-in instead, as it looks more edgier and appealing to the audience better and to me these style of shots add to a sense of realism.
SCREENCAPS:

IN BED WITH THE KILLS
i personally love the kills and i adore alison mosshart and so while seeing this (for about the 1000th time :)) i loved the way they used the shots and pieced them together in post-production along with the music, makes it more like a visual moving work of art rather than a video on youtube.
SCREENCAPS:

OFCOM?

i had no idea what OFCOM was and how it ties in with TV documentaries, but i have found out that OFCOM stands for ‘Office of Communications’ and they rate programmes that are shown on the tv, which is similar how the BBFC rate movies.
“ is the independent regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the United Kingdom” from wikipedia.

PEER ASSESSMENT

DERRICK

Overall, his research was good and his ideas were different and they were backed up with some youtube links. He seems passionate about the street dance idea and i think the concept would work well for a documentary as street dance is a subject that isn’t really documented on. However, there was too much text and i think more visuals were needed especially for something like streetdance.

CLAIRE

Claire had a good use of statistics to back up her idea on National Identity. The brief storyboard went well as it showed us what angles she would want to use and how it would communicate to the audience. She had good interaction with the class and she didn’t just read from the board, she explained her point throughout her presentation. However, she needed to include her target audience.

COLLEEN

Overall she had good research and you could tell that she knew about the subject well in order to explain it the way she did. The use of youtube links were good as she showed us how she would want her interview footage to look like, and that gave me an image on how she would do it. However, she just needs to focus on one aspect of feminism and research on that so it could fit into 5 minutes, as feminism is such a broad subject.

SELF ASSESSMENT

Overall i think that my presentation was good with research but however i needed more visuals + links and to research what OFCOM was and to put that into my presentation to show that i had a detailed understanding on a TV Documentary. My ideas needed to be more developed and focused on a particular subject from one of my themes. I could’ve communicated a better balance of speaking from the board and to my audience and considered actors and specific roles in my main idea. The use of a storyboard rather than a shot list would’ve improved my powerpoint and it would’ve communicated that i wanted to film a documentary extract from the beginning and not the middle or the end. Also it would show the idea of my TV Documentary and it would show the range of different angles i was explaining in my shot list.

MAIN IDEA!

finally came up with a main idea.. a documentary on sixth form life.

due to our sixth form being in a ‘bad’ area, people already have an opinion on people that go to our sixth form.

as there is different groups in sixth form, therefore there will be different experiences and aspects through different peoples eyes, teacher’s and student’s alike. i just need to find more articles and photos..

MEDIA PRESENTATION.

i started my media presentation on documentaries, still need to come up with three ideas. i have a possible first idea, which involves teen life and situations teenagers go through.

i researched what a documentary is and what it involves, it’s conventions, and gave examples of uk documentary shows that run today and what they talk about, for example:

“Panorama is the longest-running current affairs documentary series in the world. Launched on 11 November 1953 on BBC Television, it focuses on investigative journalism.” From Wikipedia.

I also figured that the fonts used in documentaries are very simple, bold but they stand out to capture out the audience for example:

helvetica (kerned tighter)

bebas (kerned tighter)

futura (kerned looser)

A2 MEDIA STUDIES // QUICK TARGET SET.

what did you learn last year?

i learned and improved my editing skills on iMovie, learned different camera postions/angles/movement and media terminology.

what do you want to learn this year?

i want to learn more about photoshop and in design, as i haven’t used them much before and i want to learn more in detail about the different media platforms.

www + ebi

www: research and planning of main idea for portfolio, time management (towards the end), group work etc.

ebi: more revision on terminology, better grades.

three targets to improve?

stick to deadlines, revise more on topics that will come up in the exam.