Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Schedule - Now and Then!

Planning Stage

Sign agreement form = 1/12/10 This went to plan, we had a strict deadline for these!

Complete storyboard = 17/1/10 I never completed a Storyboard due to technical limitations of my computer at home. (This was supposed to be designed during the holiday period, my computer actually got a virus during that time.) I had to create a plan using Photography of the proposed shots I wished to use.

Complete voiceover script = 19/1/10 This was written when I came up with the inital idea of doing a mini promotional documentary. It was completed on time.

Shooting Phase

Begin shooting = 19/1/11

Shoots will take place every Wednesday after this date until review of raw footage = 8 days shooting - The shooting worked to my schedule until I had to include an extra week so I could feature a 'female' in the video. My plan for the promotional video was to include a female but in the 8 days shooting not one woman attended the gym. This required me to bring in an 'actor' to be filmed in order to get the shots i required. Because of this, I ran over the shooting schedule by ONE WEEK.

Interview day with gym members (advertised by owner) = 9/2/11 - This never happened due to my client not making members aware of me filming. I had to organise all interviews with members myself throughout my 8 weeks of shooting.

Editing Phase

Review of raw footage with client = 16/3/11 This will be a week later than scheduled due to the re-shoot.

Review and feedback of edit before project hand in with client = 6/4/11 I am on track for this.

Evaluation Phase

Project hand in = 21/4/11

Evaluation complete and handed in = 28/4/11




It is good to look back on the proposed schedule and figure out what went wrong and for what reasons. This will help me when evaluating my work as a Practitioner.

Monday, 14 February 2011

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Shooting Tomorrow

It is my second day of shooting tomorrow, I am now using a Panasonic HMC 151 after studying online about various cameras that perform well in low lighting!

A few key points I am able to take from my last shoot.....

  • Try not to use so much movement in the shots
  • Wide angled shots featuring a lot of activity are tough on viewers
  • Sometimes people do not want to be filmed!
With this in mind I am much better prepared for filming tomorrow. I am going to spend 3 hours in the morning from 10-1 and then 3 hours in the evening from 4-7pm. This means I will be able to catch the gym at its most well lit period (am) and its busiest period (pm).

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

January Shoot Schedule + Interviews - Client Project

I have two days of shooting in January as agreed with my client, tomorrow and the wednesday after....

19/01/11 + 26/01/11


At this stage I am also writing questions for the interview day of shooting on the 2nd of February. The footage I intend to capture of people talking is to be short and snappy, so my questions need to be brief

Ideas I have considered so far are:

What is your favorite thing about the gym?

Why choose this gym when there are others within a 3 mile radius?

Are you training for a particular event?

Have the facilities of this gym helped you prepare for an event?

I will take snippets of the replys and edit them into short sections throughout the promotional video.