Completion of Programme assignment

From coming back from going away for a week, I had completed all pre production tasks within a group therefore that was completed, I had edited all the footage, therefore when I came back I worked on the individual work such as the investigations into editing techniques etc. I have now completed the assignment and submit all group work, individual work, the worksheets, skills profile and evaluation. Overall, throughout this assignment I have gained more knowledge and skills into the Media industry, the production of programmes, how to format a successful research dossier, about acts and regulations within the Media through a homework assignment. I have also learnt about a potential career path within the Media which enabled me to work further on to my CV, a cover letter, and research into the career of a successful figure within the media industry therefore I gained an understanding on the directions and paths to work in the Media Industry.

Update of Editing Both Factual Programme and Social Action and Community Documentary

Throughout this post I will be updating about the editing of both factual programme and social action and community within the software programme Premiere Pro CS3, I have been experimenting with the sound volumns on the factual programme and placing in voice overs. I have also been cutting shots mainly of questions, therefore their is simple answers which is a convention of factual programmes. I have gained many skills throughout editing both programmes and developed on existing knowledge. Editing the social action and community documentary, I have been able to cut shots to show vox pops between students which is a common convention of documentary, to show a variety of different opinions on the cut of EMA from different students. I have also been cutting from a shot of a presenter introducing the questions we asked and then followed with the vox pops of students, then cut back to the presenter introducing the next question. Within editing I have also learnt how to create graphic images to portray the name and occupation on the person appearing on screen, I was able to learn this by creating the graphic in photoshop then saving the file as an mpeg then importing into the Premiere Pro project and placing it aside the timeline therefore there is a graphic visual appearing as well as footage. Throughout the development of editing the factual programme and the social action and community documentary I have now begun the evaluation whereby I will be highlighting the skills and knowledge gained and how I adapted within work ethic, group work and the development of the groups pre production etc.

Homework Assignment Completed and Film and Video Editing Techniques Worksheet Completed

I have completed homework assignment and the film and video techniques worksheet. Throughout the film and video editing techniques worksheet I have created a time line of dates between 1900-2011 of dates of new techniques, development etc. I have now gained much knowledge into the history of film, editing and the development. Within this assignment I also had to explain at least 5 editing techniques with examples, I talked about continuity editing, montage, shot-reverse shot, jump-cutting, transition:cut, i gave an example of the editing technique and how they are applied to film productions. I have also completed the homework assignment which included a number of tasks to gain knowledge into the media industry which included: The history and ownership within the Media industry whereby I researched into BBC and Walt Disney Company (which were already complete) I have now completed a CV, Cover Letter, a portfolio of works, Powerpoint of a successful figure in the media industry who I researched into James Cameron, and a career path in the field I would like to work in. Within this homework assignment I also researched into legal and ethical regulations within the media and acts within the media and how they affect media producers. Throughout this homework assignment I gained in-depth knowledge into the Media industry and to how present works.

Coverting all footage and Editing the factual programme

I have converted all rushes for our social action and community documentary of the cut of EMA within chichester college and began editing. We recorded about 50 rushes and 8 photographs, therefore we have a sound amount of material to work with and edit to produce our social action and community documentary. We have now begun editing the factual programme, I am intending to use simple cuts between each shots as this is a convention of documentaries, I have imported all rushes, and voice over audios into a new Premiere Pro CS3 project.

Completion of pre-production work and Filming the factual programme - activities within Chichester College

Pre-Production Work

As a group we have now all completed our individual pre production tasks for both the factual programme of activities within Chichester College and the social action and community of the cut of EMA. The tasks which I was alloacted to complete included:

Social action and community: Script, risk assessment

Factual programme Tasks: Treatment and shooting script

Completing the Proposal:
Social action and community Tasks: Client and audience needs/ Techniques
Factual programme Tasks: Target audience/ Similar existing products
Camera Booked for: 6th June-8th June

Begining Filming

Day 1 (6th June) :

I had the responsibility to carry the pre production work and the camera, therefore i brought these two to location. We then begun filming for the social action and community documentary at the location of Chichester College, through creating a question sheet i did to ask quesitons to students, experts etc. We managed to retrieve footage from students who recieve EMA and students who dont recieve EMA therefore the programme will not be impartial, we also interviewed a careers advisor and a student tutor to gain a wide variety of different opinions on the cut of EMA.

Day 2 (7th June) :

After charging the battery last night I brang in the camera again today and all pre production tasks. Today, we finished filming all footage for the social action and community documentary and we also went into open access in Chichester College and approached students and asked if they could participate in either the footage of our programme or as a still image of them holding paper stating what they spend EMA on. We were reluctant to recieve opinions and images from a wide variety of students. With the completion of the social action and community we then converted all footage onto our harddrives and then went on to film for the factual programme of activities within Chichester College. We filmed in an exterior location of a student and expert of football to tell the audience about the football teams within Chichester college, there opinions, times and dates therefore there are facts and figures also. We also filmed within the gym, some material of a student using the gym to give the audience awareness of the locaiton, we then interviewed a staff member at the gym who gave dates, times and general information about the gym, and then filmed a student ouside the gym about their use of the gym, the equipment etc.

Day 3 (8th June) :

Today we proceeded onto finished the filming of the factual programme, we filmed footage of Chichester College to give the audience knowledge of the location which we will put at the start of our programme. We then tried to retrieve more footage about the film club, we retrieved information from a student who is a member of the film club who gave us facts and information on the film club, however we tried to get footage of the expert of the film club Harry Dhami, however he didn't want to be filmed, however we overcome this problem by recording the voice overs of one member of the team playing the voice of Harry and another member of the team asking the questions, and for on screen we are intending to put a simple screen of 'this person could not be shown'. We then converting all factual programme on to our hard drives, therefore we could now proceed to edit our footage.

Editing Skills Profile complete

I have now completed the skills profile which highlighted all the skills i have previously gained to date.

Editing Skills Profile

Throughout this editing skills profile I will highlight the skills I have previously obtained through any previous related experiences and media assignments within Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro CS3, also how I will apply these to this assignment and the skills which I hope to learn throughout this assignment. As this assignment is to produce a factual programme and a social action and community documentary there will be adverse amount of editing involved within the editing software programme Premiere Pro CS3, whereby I have learnt a number of skills through previous assignments which can help enhance the quality of the final outcome and I can develop on previous skills.

Editing within software programmes

What skills I already acquired

Within this section, I will identify the skills I have already achieved from editing software programmes such as Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro CS3. Through previous education I obtain prior knowledge and skills within Adobe Photoshop however it was basic skills such as cropping, brightness and contrast etc, however being fortunate enough to become a digital artist assistant at Venture photography studios where I work, I have learnt many editing skills such as how to photo manipulate such as the use of the curve tool to enhance the contrast and brightness, clone tool and patch tool which can ultimately clean up flaws in an image or repeat a section of the image, I also learnt the use of colours within an image of a RGB and CMYK and how it is possible to saturate and desaturate and many other editing tools and techniques which I could apply to the quality of the images, font or graphics within the documentaries. Throughout previous assignments within this media course, I have learnt the importance and different file formats and their ideal use which I can then apply to the production, for example, to create a graphic to show the name and occupation of a participant within a documentary, the ideal file format is to save these as mpegs. I also learnt the ideal page set ups for title pages or visual graphics which include the stages to create a new canvas of the set up film/video and DV Widescreen and then to add the relevant text or image and to save as an mpeg and then import into premiere pro and drag into the timeline to then set to scale. Another technique I have learnt from the previous assignment of the DVD Menu is how to create an animation whereby through research I have identified the graphics can be animated to appear/disappear or to move on the screen by producing either text or image etc, click on windows on the tool bar to then select timeline, to create the animation is to place the subject to its first appearance wanted and then to duplicate the layer and move the animation to where it is wanted to end to then apply 10 frames in between to add the progress from one movement to another, to render as a video and import into premiere pro and apply onto the timeline. Another editing technique within Photoshop I have learnt is codec’s which help to make the applicant work for a DVD Menu such as roll over effects.

The other software programme for use of editing is Premiere Pro CS3 whereby I have completed assignments through this programme of a television advert and previous education. Through creating the television advert and previous videos for GCSE, I have learnt the editing effects which are possible such as; dissolve, wipe etc which can add more interest between different shots, however within documentaries it is generic that they only use a simple cut to not distract the audience away from the subject. How to cut footage, audio or image on Premiere Pro is a valuable skill which I have gained through previous assignment and which I will definitely apply to this assignment, how to cut is by the razor tool where I could place the cursor on the section which is ideal to cut and then correctly slice with the razor tool also and then delete the material which is not needed. Another technique I have learnt within Premiere Pro is how to import and export files and the different options such as if the project is complete to then export it as a film therefore it is saved as an avi. Through previous assignment I have also gained the skill of using tools within the programme such as the timeline and how to insert an image, graphic, audio, rush into the timeline to create a product with sound, graphics and footage.

Target

Throughout this assignment, my target is to learn how to adjust sound levels to try to lose any unwanted sounds and to enhance the main sound level, such as excess noise in the surroundings such as birds, people etc and to enhance the sound of the interviewee. I will try to achieve this target by experimenting with sound levels and to research into how to adjust sound levels at a professional manner.

Preparation techniques; pre-production, research and planning documents

What skills I have already acquired

Within preparation techniques in relation to pre production management, through previous assignments I have obtained the skill to complete all pre production work allocated and needed by the ideal deadlines therefore able to successfully follow through the assignment up to the each deadlines. I have gained prior knowledge and skills within pre production of the use of planning documents which enhance the development and quality of the project. A key planning document which I have learnt to create and work with is the production schedule, which highlights the t asks with allocated time to complete and their deadlines. I have gained the skill of management and time keeping by working with a production schedule  and with this gained the skill to complete all pre production tasks for their ideal deadline. Another skill within pre production to arrange client meetings to ensure the client understands the aims and objectives which a team is trying to achieve, the client meetings should progress through pre production of initial ideas, planning documents therefore the client knows exactly what is aimed to achieve and alterations can be made if necessary. Other preparation techniques include the completion of pre production documents such as; script, treatment, storyboard which enhance the development of the project as by completing one document the project can then work with this document and go forward with the project. Planning documents which include the preparation techniques of a contingency plan to highlight and prevent potential problems, risk assessments to identify risks on location to shoot footage to prevent any damage to equipment, the team and surrounding people, other planning documents are the shooting schedule which clearly shows the shots to be filmed in a chorological order which is similar to the storyboard however this document shows the footage visually and in the correct order, and the shot log which portrays who filmed which shot. Another document is the script  which plans and shows the dialogue of either a presenter, character and also identifies whether the footage is outdoors (exterior) or indoors (interior), as well as showing whether its day or night and the editing effect which within a documentary is usually ‘a cut’.

I have also undertaken all of these essential pre production work within other assignments such as creating a television advert, therefore I have gained valuable preparation techniques which I can apply to the development of production 2 documentary’s. Other preparation techniques which corresponds within having time management skills, is being able to secure resources such as booking out equipment of a camera and tripod, ensuring location permission access, ensuring there is computer access to be able to covert footage and edit within post production. Another preparation technique I gained is research which I learnt is crucial as if a documentary is highlighting a subject, they carry out primary research to experts and people to gain opinions and some facts and retrieve secondary research of facts and figures and definitions from other sources, to have an advanced knowledge and understanding, therefore all facts and opinions on the specific subject are valid, reliable and true.

Target

The target throughout the process of creating a factual programme and a social action and documentary is to complete all pre production tasks at a professional manner and to research into many different styles of real existing products to identify trends and the ideal quality.

Use of equipment; camera, tripod

What skills I have already acquired

Throughout previous assignments from GCSE and AS level I have learnt the basics of using a camera and tripod, however this was refreshed within a camera workshop whereby we learnt how to adjust the camera on the tripod, how to take the battery out, how to delete unwanted footage as well as how to record and stop recording footage, which are useful skills which I can then apply to the production of this assignment when creating two documentary’s. I also learnt how to alter the trip to be able to achieve different camera shots such as pan, tilt to achieve different perceptions. I also have the ability to be able to film the footage as well as capture still photographs, therefore I have the option to include both within the documentary’s.

Target

Within the production of this assignment I would like to develop on the existing knowledge and skills of the use of the camera by experimenting with different camera shots and angles to show a different angle or meaning.

Process tools;  converting, editing, importing, uploading rushes etc

What skills I have already acquired

Throughout previous assignments of creating a 30 second television advert I learnt how to covert footage using AVS video converter 6 and the correct way by changing the settings of ‘split’ and ‘batch mode’ and to covert by saving all rushes into suitable folders which also refers to preparation techniques of creating folders of ‘audio, images and footage’. I also learnt how to set up a new project within the editing software programme Premiere Pro CS3 by create a new folder and then to import all the folders by selecting import in the file options and select the suitable folders. I also learnt how to export the rendered footage as a film when finished by selecting export which then will convert into an avi movie file. I also learnt how to export animation/graphics from Photoshop by saving the files as a film or mpeg file format and importing into Premiere Pro CS3. Within process tools to edit within Premiere Pro CS3 I have gained the ability to be able to apply editing/transition effects, audio effects/transitions by selecting an editing tool and applying it to the footage where wanted which could be editing techniques such as; transition effects of wipe, dissolve, blur & sharpen, image control etc. Gaining knowledge on how to convert footage, import/export material, upload rushes and to edit footage, I can then apply to post production of creating 2 documentaries.

Target

A target is to learnt more about creating a graphic of the name and occupation of participants, expert within documentaries which is a common convention of documentaries, as I would like to create graphics on a professional manner. I would also like to learnt more about how to delete unwanted footage completely from all folders.

Post-Production tools; sample viewing of editing techniques, reviewing work

What skills I have already acquired

Within post production tools I have learnt how to successfully create and propose a sample viewing to the audience to gain valuable criticism and feedback and also be able to gain feedback from lecturers, a sample viewing will consist of a questionnaire of relevant questions such as their opinions on the editing techniques etc and reviewing the production  created. I am also able to review work myself  to then be able to identify errors, alter and to add improvements. Throughout creating a television advert I successful carried out a sample viewing of the editing techniques I used which included effects and transitions of cut, dissolve etc, also the effect of altering colours and using the effect of pick colour, also applying slogans created within Photoshop which I used within the television advert.  Through the previous assignment of creating a television advert I successfully retrieved valuable feedback through a sample viewing and gathered improvement plans of editing techniques, feedback included that the audience felt the editing of pick colour by de saturated all colours apart from the red was effective and reflected the colour of the chocolate bar Kit Kat packet.

Target

When retrieving feedback from the audience and lecturers, I would like to explore all the potential ways to improve the work and to do so in an in depth manner. I would also like to review work more in depth before submitting to identify any possible error.

Update of Pre-production work

Within the previous few days, my team have been completing their individual tasks for both factual documentary and social action and community documentary We have completed both proposals for the factual documentary and the social action and community and we have carried out numerous minutes to check that we're individually keeping up with pre production deadlines, and it is fantastic that matt has completed his social action and community tasks which included; the treatment and the shooting schedule, Max completed the tasks of the storyboard and the shooting script and I completed my tasks of the script, risk assessment, call sheet and secure resourses, therefore we have completed all preparation work for the social action and community documentary therefore we are ready to film our documentary on the effects of the cut of EMA, with interviews with a career advisors, interviews with students who recieve EMA and those who do not, to gain a wide range of different opinions and gain a better understanding on the potential effects it may cause.