As Live - 2nd Year Production

So for the past couple of weeks, we have been going in a couple of times a week to help out the 2nd Years with there As Live studio production. I was selected as a camera operator for them, which i really enjoyed. It was very interesting seeing just how everything slowly comes together in order to make a great production that it was. I had a lot of fun being a camera man for them, and I feel it has helped me for when I come to use a camera again in the future, i have a better idea of what looks good and what doesn't look good!
Seeing everyone pull together was inspiring too, and it really did give us a taste of what is to come for when we do this project next year, which I am now very much looking forward to!

Ciao for now!

Story Telling Unit - The Meeting Synopsis and Trailer

So after months of hard work, I have finally completed my first project in its entirety, and am hoping it is up to standard. I believe I have done quite a good job for it! Here is the synopsis offering a bit of insight to my short film, and the trailer that I have created for it!

The Meeting is an action drama following the events over a couple of days of a young man in his 20’s, Sidney Ferris, set in a small suburban council area just outside a major city. Despite being quite physically fit, Sidney has nothing going for him in life. He has no job and very little money. The story follows his unlucky meeting with an international criminal Edmund Cortell. Cortell is in his late 50’s and is a very dark and deceitful man, showing no remorse to the actions he takes. He is always seen with his right-hand man, a man with no name and little personality, who is always referred to simply as The Associate.

The story begins with Sidney and Cortell holding guns to each other, in an old fashioned Mexican stand-off situation. We then hear a voice over of Sidney, as he tells the story of how he got into this out of the ordinary situation. While out jogging one day, a car pulls up next to Sidney. A strange man gets out of the car and places a bag over Sidney’s head, knocking him unconscious and driving off with him in the car. When he comes to, Sidney is tied to a chair in a small office, and he meets the criminal Cortell. Cortell offers Sidney a substantial amount of money to do a job for him; robbing an old client. He is told that if he does not perform the job, then Cortell would kill him. Sidney then proceeds with the job and is successful. When he meets with Cortell again, it is revealed that Cortell is not going to pay him, and instead kill him, resulting in a tense stand off between the two central characters.

Despite being only a short, ten minute long film, The Meeting is a dark drama filled with action, that at times, will have you sitting on the edge of your seats.

And the trailer... Enjoy!

Story-Telling Unit - Trailer/Storyboard and Script

So I've now finished my Story board and I feel it expresses the first 5 pages of my script rather well!
My script is completed and has been for a while, I haven't updated in a while so didn't say that I had finished it, but I feel I managed to get out of the 'Scooby Doo' phase part of it was facing, and it now works really well as a piece and I am rather proud.
As for my trailer, I have 1:30 of it done at the moment. Going to finish it off with the last 30 seconds tomorrow or tuesday with any lucky, so it should be up here and on youtube when I get it finished. I shall post it as soon as it's done. It is looking pretty good. I have experimented with different backing tracks for it, and unless i find a better one, I think I may stick with what it is currently, which is the instrumental to the song 'Mad World'!!!

Media Strategies Unit

Found a website with a paper I found quite useful. Anyone else take a look if you fancy...
Just click here!

Sound Unit - Main Idea & Workshop Video

So for my sound unit, I have decided to tell the story of a lonely heart. A girl who meets a man she met online, and has him round for dinner, but things don't go entirely to plan, and she ends up alone once again. I have set up two fake online dating profiles which will be used briefly within the project, and the pictures all work and look good, I feel I could make something really interesting out of it. I have a good idea for the sounds and pace of the piece, so when it comes to uploading and editing, I hope the result will be as good as I am planning!

Also, last week, as part of getting us ready for this project, we were given a short 2 minute clip and asked to put sound to it. This is the resulting piece that Sam Creamer and I came up with...

We did not go as daring as we could have, using different noises in place of the more traditional noises, but I feel it still works rather well, flows quite nicely and does sound good!

Sound Unit and a bit of Story-Telling Unit!

So we started our Sound Unit last week. Last week we learnt about the use of different microphones, in case we wanted to record any sounds for our project, and just for general future use for any work we may do in the future.
We learnt how to use a blimp, a boom and even radio mics, as well as the external microphones for the Sony Camera's we use, we were given a bit more information on them. I found the quality of sound coming out of these to be incredible, so I have decided that I shall probably attempt to record the majority of my sounds for my project myself, as I know I can get some very high quality sounds now.

I have begun the editing process of my The Meeting Trailer today also, and it is going rather well. It should be complete and up on this blog by Friday at the latest. It's getting exciting!

Story Telling Unit : Soft Trailer Number 2

So we decided to go for the complete polar opposite in our second trailer. This time we show the perspective of the Father. Hope you enjoy!