I say this every time, but here it goes...I should update this more often.
Client Project -
For my client project i am working with Dan Stewart for the NTU Alumni, big gig. We are creating three videos for their campaign this year. One is an informative video about the cancer research center in Clifton and all the work that they are doing. That will be directed by dan and i will be doing some of the other bits and bobs, i believe i will be editing. the next video is a profile of the scholarship students that the Alumni has helped this year, this is to entice alumni students to donate to this cause. The interviews will be around a minute long and there will be 15 of them. I will be directing this one and i have come up with a sort of roulette idea as the introduction of each student just to add something fresh to it. It will be hard because there is so little you can do with an interview to make it new and exciting so looking forward to that challenge. The last video is a reminder pledge video that will be 30 seconds and remind alumni to donate. We both came up with a sort of typography idea, like the "McDonald's pound saver menu" advert that will be quick sharp and to the point however after discussions with the client we are unsure whether this will work so back to the drawing board. we are leaving this last as we do not need to rely on location or actors as of yet.
Its going a tad slow for my liking because the client is busy with his work and unfortunately we have to go through him to get anything confirmed. due to privacy laws we are not able to contact the scholarship students directly and the cancer research center has to be booked through him also.
Research Project -
Now this one isn't fun at all, so hard to come up with an idea for an artifact to further my research. One that i am working on now is the evolution of aspect ratio in television and film. This consists of looking at 4:3 why it changed to 16:9 and the cinemascope ratio of 2.4:1 that is used in movie theatres today.
I am looking at why television switiched to widescreen (16:9), this was to give the viewer 25% more of the image than 4:3 gives as well as give them a more natural viewing expereince than the tunnel vision that 4:3 gives. It was also updated to match the widescreen aesthetics that the movie theatre had to offer which in turn was an action to combat the growing popularity of telelvision.
I will then look at why many films have opted to use the 16:9 aspect ratio, films such as Avatar and Toy Story use or modify their format so that they will fit perfectly on a 16:9 screen.
At the moment i am portraying this artifact in a short clip using a 16:9 clip shown in different ratio screens. Im not keen on this and after finishing it will redo it. I have seen a video that i plan to adopt the same style...
I like this style to proove something so will get working on this.
For another artifact idea im planning to get in contact with someone working at the broadway cinema for an interview about my research project.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Monday, 24 October 2011
Long time no see
Ok its been a long time since iv even been on this blog, to be honest i had some trouble remembering what it was called.
So whats happening?
Got back to Uni, Laptop broke, met some people, got loads of work to do.
After that?
Fixed laptop after a month (thanks acer, really sensitive to the amount of work iv got to do), attempted some work, finished one deadline, struggling with the rest.
In depth?
Ok so im happy with my research topic, im a tad worried that it might not be relevant at the moment but im sure i can fit in somewhere. I find it really interesting and technology is always moving forward so there has to be something there. The topic is "digital cinema and how it has impacted the movie theater" in short.
The client project iv had a little trouble with, first idea was not going to work, i didnt like it at all. but i like my new one. Its going to be a long the style of E4's Fonejacker, showing a real (simulated) phone call from one of the call centers, getting an alumni to give charity. - I like it.
And the last one is the Business report, my idea is to do with advertising. The idea is to have screens on vans that people can rent out and of course we make a short video for those screens to advertise their event or what not.
FInally, saw this vid and makes me happy im from london. Also its amazing and cant take my eyes off.
So whats happening?
Got back to Uni, Laptop broke, met some people, got loads of work to do.
After that?
Fixed laptop after a month (thanks acer, really sensitive to the amount of work iv got to do), attempted some work, finished one deadline, struggling with the rest.
In depth?
Ok so im happy with my research topic, im a tad worried that it might not be relevant at the moment but im sure i can fit in somewhere. I find it really interesting and technology is always moving forward so there has to be something there. The topic is "digital cinema and how it has impacted the movie theater" in short.
The client project iv had a little trouble with, first idea was not going to work, i didnt like it at all. but i like my new one. Its going to be a long the style of E4's Fonejacker, showing a real (simulated) phone call from one of the call centers, getting an alumni to give charity. - I like it.
And the last one is the Business report, my idea is to do with advertising. The idea is to have screens on vans that people can rent out and of course we make a short video for those screens to advertise their event or what not.
FInally, saw this vid and makes me happy im from london. Also its amazing and cant take my eyes off.
London Bus Tour from moritz oberholzer on Vimeo.
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Adobe Hell
I haven't posted in a bit so Ill give an update. Documentary is going well, filmed everything now its just up to editing and possibly a few more montages to be filmed.
Essay is on its way, half way but struggling to be honest. However i am enjoying it more than the previous essays which is odd. I have storyboarded by title sequence and also discussed it with Jools who gave a few good ideas which i will put into it. I was hoping to film this weekend but haven't been able to.
I ordered Adobe Production Premium and it came this week so i have been playing about on it and trying to get to grips with it....finding it hard! I have been watching tutorials and sort of getting the hang of things on AE but Photoshop is a mind boggle and think I'm going to need someone to teach me how to use it.
I have made the title for by title sequence that would be shown at the end of the 20 seconds...
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Its heavily copied from a tutorial but i have tweaked a lot of things to make it more appropriate for the film.
I have also come up with some ideas for the documentary...while the voice over is happening instead of films being shown, we can use 3d moving still images. Here is one i made and i think it will add some uniqueness to the film.
Essay is on its way, half way but struggling to be honest. However i am enjoying it more than the previous essays which is odd. I have storyboarded by title sequence and also discussed it with Jools who gave a few good ideas which i will put into it. I was hoping to film this weekend but haven't been able to.
I ordered Adobe Production Premium and it came this week so i have been playing about on it and trying to get to grips with it....finding it hard! I have been watching tutorials and sort of getting the hang of things on AE but Photoshop is a mind boggle and think I'm going to need someone to teach me how to use it.
I have made the title for by title sequence that would be shown at the end of the 20 seconds...
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Its heavily copied from a tutorial but i have tweaked a lot of things to make it more appropriate for the film.
I have also come up with some ideas for the documentary...while the voice over is happening instead of films being shown, we can use 3d moving still images. Here is one i made and i think it will add some uniqueness to the film.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Documentaries and bad food
OK so I'm not feeling too well, think i had some bad food yesterday and been up all night, but other than that everything is good.
After presenting our film last week, I'm happy to say that I'm genuinely proud of what we made. We first saw film which i thought looked amazing and the presentation of their group work was genius! However i feel i have to comment on their presentation on the film tea. To be honest i was a bit shocked, when evaluating someone Else's work, especially if its a group project i think that you shouldn't give it the 'Simon Cowell' approach. I believe they said something along the lines of "This scene was good and we thought that it was out of place because it was the only shot that didn't lack imagination". Some constructive critism guys! Tea's evaulation of our work was good, i think they did a good job.
Anyway!!
So we have started our documentary project which im excited about, we had an introduction to it with Jeanie Finlay, a documentary maker based in Nottingham. She was really interesting and helpful and i personally think the best guest speaker we have had. We had to come up with ideas for documentaries and film a teaser a proposal for it. Phil came up with loads of good ideas and we decided to stick with a documentary about the characters in an english pub which evolved to the decline of the english pub which was a stronger topic.
We went out with our equipment and went to the nearest pub so that we would 100% have something filmed. We got in and asked to film the pub and they said no problem however they didnt want to be filmed and niether did the custoemrs which was unhelpful but we worked around it. We filmed a lot of shots and then went looking for a different pub down the street, However it was closed which kind of prooved our point. When we got back i started working on a proposal and the other boys in the group worked on editing. We kept our proposal short and sweet and used traditional and patriotic music in th background which helped our proposal a lot!
After everyone had gone Jeanie and jools said that ours would be the film that they would commission because of the proposal which we were chuffed at.
Overall, a good start to the documentary project. (However im feeling awful)
After presenting our film last week, I'm happy to say that I'm genuinely proud of what we made. We first saw film which i thought looked amazing and the presentation of their group work was genius! However i feel i have to comment on their presentation on the film tea. To be honest i was a bit shocked, when evaluating someone Else's work, especially if its a group project i think that you shouldn't give it the 'Simon Cowell' approach. I believe they said something along the lines of "This scene was good and we thought that it was out of place because it was the only shot that didn't lack imagination". Some constructive critism guys! Tea's evaulation of our work was good, i think they did a good job.
Anyway!!
So we have started our documentary project which im excited about, we had an introduction to it with Jeanie Finlay, a documentary maker based in Nottingham. She was really interesting and helpful and i personally think the best guest speaker we have had. We had to come up with ideas for documentaries and film a teaser a proposal for it. Phil came up with loads of good ideas and we decided to stick with a documentary about the characters in an english pub which evolved to the decline of the english pub which was a stronger topic.
We went out with our equipment and went to the nearest pub so that we would 100% have something filmed. We got in and asked to film the pub and they said no problem however they didnt want to be filmed and niether did the custoemrs which was unhelpful but we worked around it. We filmed a lot of shots and then went looking for a different pub down the street, However it was closed which kind of prooved our point. When we got back i started working on a proposal and the other boys in the group worked on editing. We kept our proposal short and sweet and used traditional and patriotic music in th background which helped our proposal a lot!
After everyone had gone Jeanie and jools said that ours would be the film that they would commission because of the proposal which we were chuffed at.
Overall, a good start to the documentary project. (However im feeling awful)
Saturday, 1 January 2011
2011!
ok this is the first time I have had time to sit down and think about uni. I have been working non-stop! as soon as i got home from Uni, that evening I was at work and because it was xmas i didn't have a day off until today...well of course xmas day but couldn't do anything then.
Ok so that's my excuse.
I have to write up the notes I have on our film as well as write about the film my group will be evaluating (Feel). We showed our film and it had some mixed reviews. My group think that it was very good and actually told a story as well as made the audience have to think rather than watch....I have to admit the music was a bit overpowering but it will be sorted out by the time we are back. have to give praise to Alex for editing the film so well.
The film that we are evaluating is Feel, which i have to admit looked amazing and Ben did a fantastic job directing it. there were a few bits which i didn't like as well. Il get on the them in detail when we give our presentation but they were mainly things like continuity errors.
Other news, I've been looking at the essay brief and just wrote up a quick swot analysis so it should come along in a bit.
O almost forgot, watched a couple of good films during Christmas, as you do. Christmas Tv was bollocks this year btw.
The films were Prophet, a french film about a north African prisoner in France and the divide between the french and Arabs, as well as how he coped and survived in prison. the next film was Lebanon, an Israeli film about the 1982 was in Lebanon. The majority of the film is filmed inside a tank with some shots looking through the scope of the tank to see the outside. I thought this film was amazing and so clever. Recommended and if you do watch it, let me know what you think.
Ok so that's my excuse.
I have to write up the notes I have on our film as well as write about the film my group will be evaluating (Feel). We showed our film and it had some mixed reviews. My group think that it was very good and actually told a story as well as made the audience have to think rather than watch....I have to admit the music was a bit overpowering but it will be sorted out by the time we are back. have to give praise to Alex for editing the film so well.
The film that we are evaluating is Feel, which i have to admit looked amazing and Ben did a fantastic job directing it. there were a few bits which i didn't like as well. Il get on the them in detail when we give our presentation but they were mainly things like continuity errors.
Other news, I've been looking at the essay brief and just wrote up a quick swot analysis so it should come along in a bit.
O almost forgot, watched a couple of good films during Christmas, as you do. Christmas Tv was bollocks this year btw.
The films were Prophet, a french film about a north African prisoner in France and the divide between the french and Arabs, as well as how he coped and survived in prison. the next film was Lebanon, an Israeli film about the 1982 was in Lebanon. The majority of the film is filmed inside a tank with some shots looking through the scope of the tank to see the outside. I thought this film was amazing and so clever. Recommended and if you do watch it, let me know what you think.
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Ooops forgot about you!
K i haven't posted in a while, must have slipped my mind which is not a good thing at all. But anyway here's whats gone on in the time I haven't posted:
- New Project, so the project was to make a 6 minute film in a group. We were in groups of 7 and all had a role to play, I was the producer. I got the role because basically I just asked for it and it seemed that no one else wanted to do it. Was quite happy about that one! Some of the other roles were fought over but sorted out nicely. After we agreed on the roles we read our script, Train which was written by Jools. At first we didn't like it that much, we didn't think that it ended very well so changed it, MASSIVELY!!! then a whole lot of organising and planning went ahead. I found the location which was a student house in west bridgeford that suited the script so well, it was if the house and street were made for the story! so we got risk assessments and recce forms all made up and we were set to make a proposal to the group and our lecturers. OK so all was good, or so we thought...turns out we got the script so wrong and jools was furious (in that situation he seemed it, I bet he really wasn't that bad) so he explained and we saw the error of our ways and changed it. All coming together nicely now. We got our second set of storyboards done and then it came time to rehearse. Rehearsals went really well, this was when we met our actors for the first time and they were perfect, this made director, assis director and I really excited to film now.
The day was finally upon us, shoot day! so i had all the equipment in my car and the actors wanted to drive themselves to the location which meant all of us had a ride there and back which was amazing! it started of slow, this was no ones fault really was just a case of getting used to how to work with the actors and get the best performance and footage. it all started to flow better and everything was done....There were no hiccups really, just losing the chalk a few times and Alex losing his keys which after 20 minutes of searching found them in his pockets.
Now were are just waiting for Alex (Editor) and Andrew (sound) to finish it all up and then we can all move along.
Another thing that happend was the Network Essay. I quite enjoyed this essay, didnt find it as boring or pointless as the last one I did and also got a desent grade on it, B-, think il just say B from now on!
- New Project, so the project was to make a 6 minute film in a group. We were in groups of 7 and all had a role to play, I was the producer. I got the role because basically I just asked for it and it seemed that no one else wanted to do it. Was quite happy about that one! Some of the other roles were fought over but sorted out nicely. After we agreed on the roles we read our script, Train which was written by Jools. At first we didn't like it that much, we didn't think that it ended very well so changed it, MASSIVELY!!! then a whole lot of organising and planning went ahead. I found the location which was a student house in west bridgeford that suited the script so well, it was if the house and street were made for the story! so we got risk assessments and recce forms all made up and we were set to make a proposal to the group and our lecturers. OK so all was good, or so we thought...turns out we got the script so wrong and jools was furious (in that situation he seemed it, I bet he really wasn't that bad) so he explained and we saw the error of our ways and changed it. All coming together nicely now. We got our second set of storyboards done and then it came time to rehearse. Rehearsals went really well, this was when we met our actors for the first time and they were perfect, this made director, assis director and I really excited to film now.
The day was finally upon us, shoot day! so i had all the equipment in my car and the actors wanted to drive themselves to the location which meant all of us had a ride there and back which was amazing! it started of slow, this was no ones fault really was just a case of getting used to how to work with the actors and get the best performance and footage. it all started to flow better and everything was done....There were no hiccups really, just losing the chalk a few times and Alex losing his keys which after 20 minutes of searching found them in his pockets.
Now were are just waiting for Alex (Editor) and Andrew (sound) to finish it all up and then we can all move along.
Another thing that happend was the Network Essay. I quite enjoyed this essay, didnt find it as boring or pointless as the last one I did and also got a desent grade on it, B-, think il just say B from now on!
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Researched Companies
Just some of the companies that I have been looking at for context 2 Essay:
Company 1 – Raw Cut TV
www.rawcut.tv
Small company based in London
Creates Police/crime shows however delving into new areas and shows
already completed 2 weeks of work experience there
Company 2 - Radical Media
www.radicalmedia.com/
Large Company (International, base in London)
Music Videos, Adverts, Entertainment, Photography
Company 3 – Scorch London
http://www.scorchlondon.com
Based in London
Web videos, Cinema/TV Adverts, Short Films
Rejected Companies
• Skeleton Productions
- www.skeletonproductions.com
- Nottingham
• Hub TV
- www.hub.tv
- London
• DocuMovie
- www.documovie.co.uk
- London
- Makes Very short documentaries
• Landmark Films
- www.landmarkfilms.com
- Documentaries
Company 1 – Raw Cut TV
www.rawcut.tv
Small company based in London
Creates Police/crime shows however delving into new areas and shows
already completed 2 weeks of work experience there
Company 2 - Radical Media
www.radicalmedia.com/
Large Company (International, base in London)
Music Videos, Adverts, Entertainment, Photography
Company 3 – Scorch London
http://www.scorchlondon.com
Based in London
Web videos, Cinema/TV Adverts, Short Films
Rejected Companies
• Skeleton Productions
- www.skeletonproductions.com
- Nottingham
• Hub TV
- www.hub.tv
- London
• DocuMovie
- www.documovie.co.uk
- London
- Makes Very short documentaries
• Landmark Films
- www.landmarkfilms.com
- Documentaries
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Fasion Show
KK so me and will got some work filming a fashion show for Baa Bar. It was an experience but really hectic...
We went there a week in advance to see the venue and get some ideas, one the night (a week later) all was going to plan until WIll realised that we were running out of memorey, fast! so after 10 mins, £10, awkward taxi convo and me catching a cold we had more memory.
Other than that all went well and hope you enjoy...
http://vimeo.com/16194833
We went there a week in advance to see the venue and get some ideas, one the night (a week later) all was going to plan until WIll realised that we were running out of memorey, fast! so after 10 mins, £10, awkward taxi convo and me catching a cold we had more memory.
Other than that all went well and hope you enjoy...
http://vimeo.com/16194833
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Fashion Show rehearsal edit
So we went to the rehearsal fashion show on Wednesday, I got a parking ticket which I'm not happy about. However it was a real eye opener! There were so many idea going about and me and Will were just bouncing those ideas off each other.
Will went back to his because the videos were not working on my computer and just threw this together. I was listening to loads of tracks and found this song, "Battlefields" by Fenech-Soler. The song goes amazingly well with the video and the way we want it to turn out, So i gave it to Will and he added it.
Will went back to his because the videos were not working on my computer and just threw this together. I was listening to loads of tracks and found this song, "Battlefields" by Fenech-Soler. The song goes amazingly well with the video and the way we want it to turn out, So i gave it to Will and he added it.
Hockleys Test Footage Cut from william on Vimeo.
BMX vid
Not really a big fan of BMX vids but as soon as this video started I couldnt take my eyes off it.
I think it goes on a bit but i really like the slomo they use and the lighting is amazing.
I think it goes on a bit but i really like the slomo they use and the lighting is amazing.
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Fashion Show
So on Sunday my mate Will went to film the rundance event happening in Lace Market. He got talking to some people and got a gig filming a Fashion Show next week. He told them about me and got me involved.
So me and Will, are off to rehearsals for the Fashion show tomorrow. We got the equipment out and are trying to learn how to use the new Panasonic Camera before tomorrow. Ive been watching some fashion shows and taking notes because i have no idea what to expect.
But I will update on how it goes and hopefully will get some more stuff to do from this...
So me and Will, are off to rehearsals for the Fashion show tomorrow. We got the equipment out and are trying to learn how to use the new Panasonic Camera before tomorrow. Ive been watching some fashion shows and taking notes because i have no idea what to expect.
But I will update on how it goes and hopefully will get some more stuff to do from this...
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Another video im a fan of
Sorry but over the summer ive seen some preety cool stuff and thought id share. This video is really good, goes so well with the lyrics and you notice something new everytime you see it. I should know, iv seen it over 30 times!!
Best thing ive seen in a while
Have to give these guys some credit, not only a catchy song but what a video! Genius!
Back to uni and work experience
So the course has started again and im surprised at how many people are doing moving image! However they all seem to be good guys and hopefully good to work with this year.
After working a part time job and a bit of work experience I am looking forward to start learning again. Not that the job and work exp wasn't fulfilling but i guess i get a lot more out of this course now.
The work experience that i did was with a company called Raw Cut tv. This company produces Street Wars, Police Interceptors etc. I got the job because my dad knows the Boss as he was on the show a couple of years ago from being robbed. So i had one week planned to go and work for them.
I knew the jobs that id be doing; mainly making tea, washing up, cleaning, sorting etc and i was right! but while i was there i realised how much i could learn from the people working their, with actual experience of the industry under their belt. So i started talking to everyone there (it was a small company) and asked what uni they went to and how they got the job. By doing this, i got a lot of information on what to do in the future and what the industry expects. at first this made me panic as i found out that making tea is a big part of it! However with anything you want, you have to work hard at it and be persistent. After my week was done, i got a call from the Boss asking if i wanted more work, even though i had plans that week, i would have been a fool to turn it down. So i went in with the expectation of making tea for another week. But this week was different, some of the staff had gone to Glastonbury to film for Green Peace and they had a lot of footage that needed to be watched and sorted. This was really good as i got to see the fun side of what i could be doing in the future. The best part of the whole experience had to be the last day. One of the Assistant Editors (he was like my sensai) asked me to have a go editing some footage of a skate park that was made from recycled wood for green peace. He put me on a mac with final cut pro and taught me the basics. so i was on that for the whole day and what i made i was really happy with. My sensai came in to look at it and was shocked, a real confidence booster! Unfortunately i was unable to get the video off their system as it crashed and was my last day. But i will get it!
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
what a documentary...or should I say ROCKUMENTARY!!
I just watched Anvil, a documentary about a Heavy metal rock band that started off 30 years ago and got nowhere.
As heavy metal goes, im not a fan at all. But this film was amazing! it had great music during the scenes when it mattered, great shots and most of all the story of the band was great.
Really recomend it!
As heavy metal goes, im not a fan at all. But this film was amazing! it had great music during the scenes when it mattered, great shots and most of all the story of the band was great.
Really recomend it!
House
I just watched the new episode of House and realised how they used light to show a flashback or in that case, inside House's mind.
Every light or reflection of light was really bright and glared across the screen. It was a really good way of showing that what was happening wasnt happening at that exact point and was a recollection of what had already happened.
Update
I havent been on this is ages and therefore have not written about all that gone on in the past few weeks.
So the film is now finally done...after 4 attempts. I'm just finishing editing it and it looks good, the sound has come out better than expected but of course there is a a lot that i don't like and need to get rid of. We all worked really well as a group and there were only three of us which meant that we all had two jobs each. It was a bit more work but 100% worth it.
Now I'm starting my 3D lair, which i have decided to not make a "secret lair" but just a lair. My inspiration has come from a film i just saw a few weeks ago, Centurion.
The film was about a Roman Legion and there were many scenes inside big tents with elaborate furniture and weapons scattered around. It really interested me so i decided to base my lair on that.
I have also spent a lot of time on my Visual Essay which im not so cinfident about. I think i have included too much writting and completly missed the whole point. However i like it and think that it shows what i really do enjoy about my chosen path way...its a work in progress.
So the film is now finally done...after 4 attempts. I'm just finishing editing it and it looks good, the sound has come out better than expected but of course there is a a lot that i don't like and need to get rid of. We all worked really well as a group and there were only three of us which meant that we all had two jobs each. It was a bit more work but 100% worth it.
Now I'm starting my 3D lair, which i have decided to not make a "secret lair" but just a lair. My inspiration has come from a film i just saw a few weeks ago, Centurion.
The film was about a Roman Legion and there were many scenes inside big tents with elaborate furniture and weapons scattered around. It really interested me so i decided to base my lair on that.
I have also spent a lot of time on my Visual Essay which im not so cinfident about. I think i have included too much writting and completly missed the whole point. However i like it and think that it shows what i really do enjoy about my chosen path way...its a work in progress.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Seriously Strong Chedder
My friend showed me this advert which i thought was so clever and funny, thought id share it...
Disaster
So we got a new actress for our film really quickly, this meant we could get straight onto filming. Everything was going well, we had the storyboard and shot list to hand and everything went smoothly. There were some hick ups, the tripod was loose again but that happened just at the end and the camera battery ran out.
Today we went to edit the film and capture it...
However we couldnt because the picture was awful and this is because the camera heads were not clean. SO all our footage has to be scrapped and we wont be able to do any until after term. On the positive side, the shots looked amazing and everything went to plan. Hopefully this is just something we can learn from and take positives from it.
Today we went to edit the film and capture it...
However we couldnt because the picture was awful and this is because the camera heads were not clean. SO all our footage has to be scrapped and we wont be able to do any until after term. On the positive side, the shots looked amazing and everything went to plan. Hopefully this is just something we can learn from and take positives from it.
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