Visit to Southampton Solent University

On Friday 15th March, I went to Southampton Solent University to watch a Quiz show being filmed. Along with being the audience of the show and answering some questions, I also got the chance to work with the camera too. The camera was bigger and more professional than the one I’m used to using. It

How to Live Edit on Premier Pro?

On Wednesday 13th March, we all learnt as a class all about how to live edit & edit using different camera angles on Adobe Premier Pro without the hassle of doing it manually. This is how it’s done: 1. You import all of the footage and audio clips you got for the project (including any

Production Diary- The Mix Up

Friday 15th February 2019: Planning for our live TV show project started.  We decided what roles each member of the group wanted to take part in and the producer of the project set up a WhatsApp group chat for the project. We also talked about what each main role of a Media production included and

My Role and Responsibilities

I am the script supervisor. I am the person who writes drafts of the script for the TV show, shows it to the director and producer  and makes any necessary changes to the script that are needed. I am the one that makes sure the TV show is as entertaining and interesting as possible. I

Job Roles in Creative Media

Roles in Media Creative: Director- Responsible for all the creative aspects of a production. Typically hires the casts, helps decide locations & the shot lists (shooting plan). Supervises the overall project.  Here is a video explaining what the director does in more detail: Screenwriter- Here is a video explaining this role and some tips to

Issues Relating to Factual Programming

If you have a space in media, responsibility applies. 5 Core Elements: Accuracy- This is very important. No deceptive handling of facts. Fact-based information. Make sure you say what has actually happened or what was actually said and not what you think happened & what you think was said. Independence- Your own work but it’s

Social Media and Marketing

There is a range of different social media platforms that can be used for the campaign of my Live TV show project. The 5 that, as a class, we have gone for are Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter & Snapchat (this will most likely be last resort). Market is the action or business of promoting and

The One Show Analysis

I watched a full episode of The One Show. This was to give me an idea as to what live TV is like, as each episode of The One Show is recorded live, with pre-recorded segments of the show that are shown throughout the half hour slot that they have (on a Wednesday it is

Intro to Multi-Camera

Multi-cameras are used for chat shows, magazine shows, news shows, live events and game shows. The 180 degree rule applies for this type of filming. This is to avoid confusion for the audience watching the show or event. The camera often switches between different angles/cameras and shots. This type of filming includes up to 5-10

Evaluation- Suspicious

I completed this project as a group again. I worked with 3 other people. I was in the same group as the last short film. We worked efficiently and effectively. We managed to complete this project within the amount of time that we had to complete it. We worked well together and I managed to

Evaluation- Late for College

The whole project was completed with a group of 3 other people. It was about a student waking up, thinking they were running late for college. They rush into college and look on the computer for the date and it’s a Saturday and that he didn’t actually need to come in to college at all.

Link Short Film- Suspicious

This is my second short film which is called Suspicious. This is a bit more dramatic and mysterious as well. It includes 2 friends and a murder. Which one survives?  

Production Diary- Short Film 2

Wednesday 6th February 2019: All the pre-production was finished off. My ear was better and managed to film the majority of footage that was needed. The only footage we couldn’t get was the graveyard scene because it was shut and the gates were locked. Thursday 7th February 2019: Started editing the footage and putting the short

Link to short film (Late for College)

This is my first short film, Late for College which I hope you enjoy. This was part of my first short film project which was to create a basic short that was up to 2 minute long about being late for college. It has a twist as it’s not actually a college day…  

Production Diary- Short Film 1

Saturday 26th January 2019: Myself, Jordan and Sam filmed the house scenes at Sam’s house in order to get the house footage all filmed and sorted. Sam filmed some footage on his phone to help show what was going a little better. This was completed whilst Mitchell was completing some of the pre-production. Monday 28th

Building a Soundtrack

Building a Soundtrack- This is a video all about creating the best film score to get the best impact on the audience: Firstly, you need to create a suitable ambience track for the entire scene e.g. Restaurant- people chatting, plates clattering etc. These are examples of existing copyright-free Nature ambient sound effects that can be

Stages of Video Editing

Footage Assembly (Building a Sequence)- First of all, before you do anything, make sure to import the footage into Adobe Premier Pro and put it into different ‘bins’ to keep it organised. Bins is a different term for Folders. This is so then you know which shot is for which part of the film. After

Colour Correction & Colour Grading

Colour Correction- This process is the most important part of the whole project as it can make the final product look more professional and better. If you film a scene in the evening, you can change the white balance to change the time of day, for example night from day or Day from night or

Introduction to Sound in Film

Automatic Dialogue Replacement (ADR)- When the audio wasn’t good enough when it was recorded onset and it’s re-recorded afterwards in the studio. Also known as looping. It is recorded whilst watching an edit of the final product, so then the actor/actress can see what’s going on for, them to verbally act out the scene again.

Video Techniques

Make sure you have enough batteries, back-up batteries, spare batteries and a charger, if you need to charge up the batteries. Panning- The shot moves from one side to another without moving the camera. This is an example of a Camera Pan on a Video Game: Whip Pan- Edgar Wright made this technique famous. Transitions

Intro to Film-making

Set up of the camera: This is a video explaining how all the different modes and settings work for Canon EOS Camera: Pixel Aspect Ratio- How many pixels there are going up and the quality of the footage. The more pixels the better the quality and the larger the file e.g. 720/1080/4k. You can alter