Sunday 8 June 2008
Been set a new project!
With the completion of our individual projects, it was now on to creating group projects for a selected client. We were set the task of making this short film around 8 minutes long and to match a clients brief.
After a brainstorming session within our group of me, Ved Gobin and Balvinder Bains, we decided to base our project closely related to one of us. That would be that Balve had been trying to set up a radio station for Bath Spa University but was not given the go-ahead. He then applied to Bath Uni's station (URB) for his own slot, and our film would follow him from getting denied at Bath Spa to getting his slot there.
We would be needing two or three interviews with various people regarding his journey to getting on the radio, as well as Balve himself that we would utilise as a presenter.
After a brainstorming session within our group of me, Ved Gobin and Balvinder Bains, we decided to base our project closely related to one of us. That would be that Balve had been trying to set up a radio station for Bath Spa University but was not given the go-ahead. He then applied to Bath Uni's station (URB) for his own slot, and our film would follow him from getting denied at Bath Spa to getting his slot there.
We would be needing two or three interviews with various people regarding his journey to getting on the radio, as well as Balve himself that we would utilise as a presenter.
Saturday 7 June 2008
End Result of my Documentary
With the completion of my documentary I was very happy with the end result, although there was one or two different problems I encountered.
One of the first problems I had is while filming, due to the fact that I was not allowed to be using a tripod within the Baths as I may be getting in peoples way. This lead to a few shaky shots but as a whole my hand was pretty steady with the camera.
This was the same with some of the sound because I could not use a boom microphone, so I had to use the cameras onboard mic. I feel that this ruined some of my bestshots because of various background noise happening around me.
While I was editing it took me hours to try and find the right place for various clips, but then I found that as soon as I added my music track (Zero 7) the whole piece came to life and within minutes I had my rough cut.
One of the first problems I had is while filming, due to the fact that I was not allowed to be using a tripod within the Baths as I may be getting in peoples way. This lead to a few shaky shots but as a whole my hand was pretty steady with the camera.
This was the same with some of the sound because I could not use a boom microphone, so I had to use the cameras onboard mic. I feel that this ruined some of my bestshots because of various background noise happening around me.
While I was editing it took me hours to try and find the right place for various clips, but then I found that as soon as I added my music track (Zero 7) the whole piece came to life and within minutes I had my rough cut.
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Other Documentaries
Documentaries
I started to search through some other students' short documentaries on Youtube, and here are a few examples of what I had found.
I started to search through some other students' short documentaries on Youtube, and here are a few examples of what I had found.
Monday 2 June 2008
Individual Project - Brainstorming and Decisions
With the start of our new individual project, it was decided that we should make a short documentary.
The first hurdle in this was deciding what sort of documentary to make and what I should be basing it on. During my brainstorming I decided to base it on something to do with where I lived (Bath) and maybe show a bit of the culture and history of bath.
Eventually I came to the decision to base it on the Roman Baths, as it what comes first to mind when you think of Bath, in my opinion anyway. What I had to do next is phone up the baths and let them know I would be filming, and what would be allowed. They said I could not use big cameras or a tripod as they would get in the way, they also said that they would provide me with a guide that I could film to talk about some of the various facts around the baths.
The first hurdle in this was deciding what sort of documentary to make and what I should be basing it on. During my brainstorming I decided to base it on something to do with where I lived (Bath) and maybe show a bit of the culture and history of bath.
Eventually I came to the decision to base it on the Roman Baths, as it what comes first to mind when you think of Bath, in my opinion anyway. What I had to do next is phone up the baths and let them know I would be filming, and what would be allowed. They said I could not use big cameras or a tripod as they would get in the way, they also said that they would provide me with a guide that I could film to talk about some of the various facts around the baths.
End result of my montage
For my montage I ended up filming the lake at Bath Spa, with various footage of the lake, steams, animals and plants. I thought that it would be nice to have footage with the camera slowly moving up a tree and cut in scenes from around the lake as it moves further up the tree.
I was really happy with the end result, although for a future montage I think that I will take more of a narrative driven structure and tell a small story within it.
I was really happy with the end result, although for a future montage I think that I will take more of a narrative driven structure and tell a small story within it.
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