Final Promo Tralier

 

Task 1:

Watch a range of examples of single camera techniques.  You should be able to explain the relationship between the cinematic techniques used and the narrative structure of the film.  Are narratives open-ended; non-linear; closed or multi-stranded?  In terms of techniques; shot size; camera angle and camera movement will be considered, along with editing techniques such as continuity editing; cross cutting; montage; tracking shot; split screen; match cut; eye-line match; shot, reverse shot, with elucidated examples to  illustrate each technique.  Technical language should be confidently and correctly used at all times.  Think about the use of the camera; lighting; sound; editing; scripting; building a scene; building a story

Materials List

For rescources and equipment we are going to need :

• 1 - 3 cameras
•  tripods
• editing software

Simply because our given brief is to create a promotional video for Berzerk Productions. We will go to a session at the club and film the activities that are undertaken throughout the time there, gaining different shots and sequences of the things they do with the participants and turn it into a promotional video in the production phase.
We will use a form of camera use to film an action that is happening but continuously from different angles instead of having constant cuts which makes it looks as if it's a completely different sequence. We are most likely to use 2 cameras on tripods and a third person using a camera free hand to gain a different aspect of shots.
We are going to use Adobe Premiere Pro for our editing phase, using the software to cut parts and cue them up, adding transitions, text and effects to create an attractive promotional video for the company.

Crew List

The crew shall consist of myself,and my project partner Ryan Gault,.  We are going to share the participation equally in terms of editing and camerawork; we are both the editors, directors and cameramen.
We are possibly going to get a third person to help with the filming for the free-roaming camera shots as opposed to the two static cameras steadied on the tripods. This third person is yet to be decided on.
Ryan and I are already able to contact each other any time with ease, and if we do gain a third person to help with the filming process we will gain various ways to contact this person and keep up to date and make sure that they can come help with the filming process.

Production Log

Project Lesson One:07/02/2012
Today's project lesson saw the initial stages of research gathering for our upcoming promotional video, observing former trailers produced by the company as we have not received our finalised brief and as it stands have a reasonable amount of free range when it comes to producing our product. our current starting point will be the observation of various classes with consent of the students to gain a valuable insight into the workings and structure of the company.

Project Lesson Two:21/02/2012
today's lesson saw the beginning of encyption and splicing of our first set of trailer footage before beginning the primary stages of importing it into the Adobe premier pro. the majority of today's lesson was consumed by observation of the vast amounts of footage gathered which totalled somewhere over the twenty minute range, we took the the time to evaluate the most suitable clips paying close attention to both the audio and visual sequencing.

Project Lesson Four:06/03/12
To days lesson saw the completion of our basic pre-production material as well as an update on our materials list and crew sheets. Ryan began more in depth editing and experimentation with various effects and font styles to produce some rushes to help design the final product.

Project Lesson Five:27/03/12
To days lesson saw the realisation of our final product that came to culmination in a fantastic thirty second promotional trailer set to "Make them laugh" from the incredible film singing in the rain.Both myself and Ryan were very pleased with the outcome and the only criticism we could come to make was to have used more camera angles to grant greater depth to our artifact, which Can now be found on both mine and Ryan's college youtube channels.

With reference to examples explain the differences between a contractual brief and a competition brief?
 -A competition brief is generally open ended and allows the recipient to interpret it accordingly and is heavily reliant on the recipients’ interpretation in which they aim to produce a superior product or artefact to their competitors attempting to achieve the goal of having the concept enveloped by their clientele. An example of this would be the Sundance film festival where Judges will assess each entry against the following three criteria —
(a) An excellent creative idea
(b) Excellent craft and technical execution
(c) On Brief
And the winner has their film premiered at Sundance London 2012, which is held at The O2, Greenwich
A contractual brief is an agreement between two parties with specific terms of arrangement which must be completed in order for the contract to be fulfilled if not the product or artefact produced is rejected and the contract void. An example of this would be our brief for Unit 27 factual programming in which we are required to produce a nine minute documentary conforming strictly to the codes and convention of the standard documentary as well as the heavy pre-production documentation that is entailed in the professional business.

With reference to a current brief, give an explanation of your roll in a group project you have been working on?
-With reference again to the brief given for unit 27 factual programming I have been placed in the roll of director/producer responsible for organising and setting locations and shots in which to film in order to produce the best possible product, the position also entails that I oversee and review all other resources and pre-production documentation related to the on-going project work such as storyboards, materials list, risk assessments call time and crew sheets etc.

What are your duties? What professional qualities do you need to fulfil the brief?
-(duties listed above repeat if necessary) essential qualities for fulfilling the brief are impeccable team work & building skills as well as leadership and coordination skills when required to enable the team to be as effective and efficient as possible.

With reference to a specific example, explain your interaction with the client and what changes or further understanding occurred? Referring once again to Unit 27 for factual programming we maintained almost constant interaction with the client consistently holding secessions to update them on what stage of the process we were at as well as making any adaptations or alterations to see that the product produced best suited the needs and specifications required.


With reference specific examples, explain what new skills you developed during the undertaking of a brief? Impeccable team work & building skills as well as leadership and coordination skills when required to enable the team to be as effective and efficient as possible. Furthermore I have advanced my camera and editing to an improved standard but still leaves much to be desired.


With reference to an example, explain the opportunities and constraints you encountered with a brief and how you responded to them? The primary constraints when working with any of our given briefs over the past five months are budget and time in equal measure, our lack of budget means many locations and preferable pieces of equipment were and remain unattainable, the time factor means we have generally a short period of time in which to plan film and edit furthermore these activities must be scheduled in order to accommodate the optimum working times for our production team and our subjects/volunteers.