Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Good Will Hunting

One of my all time favourite films, I watched it again this morning and reminded myself why i love it so much! One of my favourite scenes, Robin Williams just fits this role perfectly!



Tuesday, 23 February 2010

3rd year project

Shooting a travel video for my 3rd year project has been in my head for a while now, I have an uncle who owns a guest house in wales, and another member of the family who owns a villa in majorca.

I could see both these people benefitting from a promotional travel video as a form of advertisement, meaning they are both potential clients from my third year project. Creating these promotional videos will require me to fulfill many roles that would normally be assigned to a small team:

Producer/Cinematographer
(Director if using models?)
Cameraman
Sound
Editing

I think creating a video for one of these destinations would be a perfect opportunity to practice all of the above techniques under the pressure of working with a live client. The lifestyle of travelling suits my personality, and having visited these places a number of times I personally know the selling points of each one!


Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Otters documentary

My voice-over debut!

The task we were given two weeks ago to create a documentary using footage that was given to us through editing is now on youtube, you can check it out at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tobn-wLy7HE

I selected music and wrote the voice-over for it! I believe the music selection is a big part in any documentary, this is a particular example of how music can take simple footage and give it meaning. ( The otter chasing the fish )

Thanks and enjoy!

Monday, 15 February 2010

Friday, 5 February 2010

The Good, the bad and the ugly

I have been thinking more about possible ideas for my title sequence project, and after watching The Good, the bad and the ugly, I have come up with some themes and ideas related to the film that i could implement into a title sequence based on this film.

The 'spaghetti western' genre that this film falls into thanks to the directing of Sergio Leone leaves me alot of room for creative scope in a title sequence. Themes that spring to my mind when i watched the film were:

Greed - Tuco and Blondie conning the justice system at the beginning of the film, and still arguing about who takes the cut of money.

Violence - Gunplay features alot in this film, perhaps a few gunshots in the title sequence may be appropriate?

Morality, justiceness - Typical western style wanted posters could feature in the title sequence to set the scene, the civil war going off throughout the main treasure hunt could feature in the film? Perhaps a confederate flag?

The relationship between Tuco and Blondie - The two men, although they both seemingly hate eachother, they still NEED eachother to locate the $200,000. This provides an interesting story and could be represented through the use of actors in the title sequence.

I still have alot to think about regarding this project, but after watching the film i am slightly more confident than before when it comes to actual content i could use in the film!

Monday, 1 February 2010

Documentary Changes

Our original idea was to document the 'unseen heroes' story of Nottingham County football club, capturing stories from the clubs chaplin, program sellers around the grounds and various food vendors(hot dogs, jacket potato stands).

Our e-mails to the media executive of Notts County were rejected, although we did manage to gain access to the club to film some G.Vs, so all was not lost. We have since changed the angle of our documentary. Our idea is to now follow veteran fans of the club through a typical "match day" routine and capture an insight into their opinions on how the club has changed and where they see the club going in the future. The documentary is going to be a light-hearted portrait into one of the oldest football clubs in britain, and so i will need to reflect this in my sound design, making appropriate decisions on musical timbre etc.