Week 10 - the opportunity to show group films on the big screen.
As I remember correctly, we didn't managed to film ours before this session, so we had to do it during it. Fortunately, all my group was present, so as a team manager (I feel like I'm a manager...) I had to give some work to one of them who didn't exactly participated in video production sessions.
... And actually had some fun:
Both of my team mates were actors and I was a director trying to explain how the film should be produced. It didn't actually turn out to be a very easy job and I don't want to say that I did really good in managing my actors, but at least it was funny watching two guys running around the campus.
And I am really really not looking forward to seeing this film on the big screen in front of all my communication skills module people. Our film is absolute non-sense. It should be good though, we've rehearsed it like 3 times minimum. But it doesn't help, I guess.
Next session we are going to be peer assessed, so we must have some basic major project details prepared. I'm doing a TV commercial for 'Blue Nun', so I've prepared a story board, drawn some frames and the main tagline.
We'll see how it goes.
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Week 9: video production (part 2)
This session was intended for us to make our storyboards into a motion picture.
My group didn't have a camera booked for this session, because I thought I would use my camera. Actually this is all my fault that result is what it is: my camera crashed, so we weren't able to film anything. Well, not anything, we managed to film some shots, when the camera started to work, but then it crashed again. Oh, and I have to mention that our group consisted of two people. As always.
(At first, I thought I was going to be alone in the session again, but one of my peers somehow managed to appear...)
After this unfortunate event we decided to re-film everything next week. One of the smartest decisions we had made was to book a university's camera, which didn't seem so smart later.
All we had to do is to film the bloody film and import it into a computer, but after lots of running around the campus, we weren't able to import the film into a computer. And the reason was that the camera was somehow messed up and recorded only the last bits of scenes and of course wasn't even recognised by any of the university's computers.
... And that's how everything ended. No one showed some interest in what's going to happen or even what happened earlier.
I said to myself that I am going to make the film myself, but then the idea of no one being considerate put me off doing anything for my group.
I just hope my lecturer would understand.
My group didn't have a camera booked for this session, because I thought I would use my camera. Actually this is all my fault that result is what it is: my camera crashed, so we weren't able to film anything. Well, not anything, we managed to film some shots, when the camera started to work, but then it crashed again. Oh, and I have to mention that our group consisted of two people. As always.
(At first, I thought I was going to be alone in the session again, but one of my peers somehow managed to appear...)
After this unfortunate event we decided to re-film everything next week. One of the smartest decisions we had made was to book a university's camera, which didn't seem so smart later.
All we had to do is to film the bloody film and import it into a computer, but after lots of running around the campus, we weren't able to import the film into a computer. And the reason was that the camera was somehow messed up and recorded only the last bits of scenes and of course wasn't even recognised by any of the university's computers.
... And that's how everything ended. No one showed some interest in what's going to happen or even what happened earlier.
I said to myself that I am going to make the film myself, but then the idea of no one being considerate put me off doing anything for my group.
I just hope my lecturer would understand.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Week 8: video production (part 1)
I wonder that facebook is sometimes really useful. For example, connecting with certain people who don't appear in lectures, when you have to actually do something.
This time the session was about video production and we had to come up with an idea for a short video, which we cannot edit afterwards. So in this case we have to prepare a very good storyboard and everything related to it.
I really struggled with an idea for the film, because I didn't want to do a chick flick romance, which was kind of one of ideas. It's awfully odd considering that my group consists only of two guys and me. And I was not the one who suggested that idea.
I re-did that idea into a story of two random people meeting when walking around the university campus. But only filming feet of the actors. I thought this way we're going to avoid amateur acting and various small filming errors.
We'll see how it goes. But it's more difficult than it seems.
This time the session was about video production and we had to come up with an idea for a short video, which we cannot edit afterwards. So in this case we have to prepare a very good storyboard and everything related to it.
I really struggled with an idea for the film, because I didn't want to do a chick flick romance, which was kind of one of ideas. It's awfully odd considering that my group consists only of two guys and me. And I was not the one who suggested that idea.
I re-did that idea into a story of two random people meeting when walking around the university campus. But only filming feet of the actors. I thought this way we're going to avoid amateur acting and various small filming errors.
We'll see how it goes. But it's more difficult than it seems.
Week 7: first major project deadline and Web Page Design & Animation
There's nothing better than support from your helpful project group peers. Specifically when idea time comes. And not even idea time, but everything, for example, doing something at all.
Fortunately, this session was very helpful for me, as our group had just realised that we must do three separate commercials for the selected item ("Blue Nun"). Now that was a relief: I won't be the only one who is thinking.
So, I am left with Blue Nun TV commercial: I will try to convey an idea of an intimate wine commercial as clear as possible this way persuading people to trust the wine. And who knows this wine, can easily agree that Blue Nuns character is not very ambitious. And I am trying to change that. At least make up a lie and covert it into a TV commercial. Hopefully.
Matt R. is doing paper advert and Matt W. is doing a promotional website. Or I'm hoping they're doing that.
For that session task we had to make an interactive gallery of something we want that presents a web page design. I did a gallery of typography examples and played with some fonts, buttons and pictures I found in MS Power Point. Of course I didn't forget actual typography works.
Fortunately, this session was very helpful for me, as our group had just realised that we must do three separate commercials for the selected item ("Blue Nun"). Now that was a relief: I won't be the only one who is thinking.
So, I am left with Blue Nun TV commercial: I will try to convey an idea of an intimate wine commercial as clear as possible this way persuading people to trust the wine. And who knows this wine, can easily agree that Blue Nuns character is not very ambitious. And I am trying to change that. At least make up a lie and covert it into a TV commercial. Hopefully.
Matt R. is doing paper advert and Matt W. is doing a promotional website. Or I'm hoping they're doing that.
For that session task we had to make an interactive gallery of something we want that presents a web page design. I did a gallery of typography examples and played with some fonts, buttons and pictures I found in MS Power Point. Of course I didn't forget actual typography works.
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