Summary of Plot
A fly on the move evades the dreaded fly swatter only to be crushed by a can of insect repellent.
Character Ideas
I have been thinking about different possibilities of characters that could fit the role with regards to location and also the purpose of the advert.
Housewife
Maid / Butler
Safari
Mr Muscle type character
With much thought I believe that the best character for this advert is a housewife. I think that the product would sell best if the advert was aimed towards housewife/mother’s.
Character Profile / Actress
I believe the character would be white, middle aged, well dressed of medium build.
I have been putting some thought into finding an actress that would fit the profile. I am going to contact local dramatics groups and put up notices in the Broadway theatre. I’ll then hold some auditions in the 3rd/4th week and then start filming during the end of the 3rd week or the beginning of the 4th.
Another option is recruiting an actress from my hometown in Yorkshire. I have had links with the dramatics groups there, and can think of a couple of actresses that would fit the role.
Location
I’m going to look for a family home and aim to use one with a large kitchen area or conservatory.
An advantage of recruiting an actress from Yorkshire is that I could us my own house as a location. The room I would use is big enough to get appropriate lighting set up and enough space for the camera operator to move around.
Script
The fly is moving flying around the room, twisting and turning moving from one side of the room to the other. The housewife steps into view holding a fly swatter. She swings the fly swatter around the room aiming for the fly, this happens two or three times but the fly is to quick and misses almost certain death.
The fly then lands onto a surface and is suddenly crushed by a can of insect repellent. The screen then goes black all except the insect repellent and the slogan which is in white (to be decided).
Ok so i've been planning away and thinking about who, what, where etc.....but after my tutorial session this morning and seeing how much matt had put into his treatment especially with his casting and location work. I felt as if i'd already began to let myself down.
I also forgot about my crew, and how i'll need 3-4 people within that crew to make it a "polished product" like we've discussed in the tutorials.
I have now applied and put an advertisement up on www.starnow.com which is a casting website for various different productions etc.....I am hoping that from this i'll be able to find myself a suitable actress for the production.
As for location's. I'm completely stumped. If I am going to use a crew i'm going to have to find a nottingham location and a nottingham actress, as most people don't hve the time to spend 2 days out of the city as they all have their own work to be concentrating on! I'm going to totally rethink my actor/location situation and i have also strted to think about changing the plot of the advert completely.
AAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
3rd WEEK BLOODY STRESS!!!!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
PRP Topic - Literature Review
I wish to research and discuss as to whether or not multimedia technology within education has a positive effect on learning and if the use of this technology is an improvement to that of more traditional methods. In this document I shall be researching what tools past and present are used within schools, their advances (i.e. Past – slate and chalk, Present – laptop computer) and what the future holds for education in this digital age.
What’s more effective as a teaching tool, more traditional methods such as the chalkboard introduced in 1801 or the modernised projectors and networked computers that we see in many schools today?
I am going to produce some aptitude tests including things such as memory related questions, mathematics and languages in both traditional and modern methods.
I will evaluate the artefacts by putting them into practice at school’s, college’s and within NTU. I will ask students to complete the aptitude tests and then answer some questions in the form of a questionnaire as to whether the traditional or modern methods were more successful. Along side the test results I should then be able to answer the question.
What’s more effective as a teaching tool, more traditional methods such as the chalkboard introduced in 1801 or the modernised projectors and networked computers that we see in many schools today?
I am going to produce some aptitude tests including things such as memory related questions, mathematics and languages in both traditional and modern methods.
I will evaluate the artefacts by putting them into practice at school’s, college’s and within NTU. I will ask students to complete the aptitude tests and then answer some questions in the form of a questionnaire as to whether the traditional or modern methods were more successful. Along side the test results I should then be able to answer the question.
Monday, October 15, 2007
The year ahead........
I've now been back for a whole week and already there is so much to do! Firstly I am going to talk about the Client Module. This has been seperated into two parts, the first being an assigned project which consists of a 30 second television advert advertising, informing and selling the product, insect repellent. I find this to be a very challenging subject topic and expect to have much fun completing it. I have already began working on ideas which I will pitch to my group on thursday and then hopefully come to a conclusion as to which one I am going to do.
The second part of the client module is a live project. Containing all the aspects of customer and client relations of which a brief will be met. I have found a client based in Harewood, North Yorkshire. It is a financial services company called Godfrey Pearson Limited (http://www.godfreypearson.com). They are currently looking for someone to create them a new identity and multimedia package including website, tv advert, radio advert and much more. More detail will be made in later posts.
Secondly the Personal Research Module. I have had a bit of a rocky start with this module. Finding a research topic really isn't that easy! My initial thoughts was to produce something which discussed the effects on film for different mediums and how the compression rate of that film effected its aesthetic value. I decided against this after discussions with deb and jools as producing artefacts for the research via practice side of the module could prove difficult as it would only be a case of changing a couple of settings when exporting the movie. Hardly a challenge and probably rubbish marks of origonality!
After listening to some of my peers and their ideas in a surgery meeting held by jools last week I now have a better idea of what is being asked of us. I've been looking at technology within education, more so on the mutimedia side of things, such as film and music. How this technology works within education? The advantages of being able to use a multimedia projector instead of a OHP? How the technology helps in different environments such as; in the office, schools (differnt age groups different levels of technology?), medical (children with downs syndrome for instance) and maybe the use of this technology for the rehabilitation of people who have suffered severe trauma from accidents such as a car crash.
There is much information out there on the internet and in the library about this area of research and how it may make a difference in education. I'm in the process of ironing out the finer details of this topic such as what artefacts I am going to produce and how they'll be tested. I'll post that up here once it's done.
Finally SPP3, I have already began looking a job roles and jobs available to see what I should be aiming to do when I finish in 2008. I have a verbal confirmation concerning a 2 week placement working a Sky Sports in London for the Easter break and I am aiming secure another week working with a couple of freelance cameramen nearer xmas/new year.
I have decided that I need to produce an individual online portfolio that is dettached from the Hub available at NTU. It is quite a competitive world out there and i'd rather that when prospective employers are looking at my portfolio they are only looking at my portfolio! So I am currently working on designs and ironing out what software I believe would be the best for me to use. I have only little experience in website design from college level almost 5 years ago. So I am giving myself up until the end of January to complete it as to ensure I don't fall behind in my other modules.
All in all I am glad to be in the 3rd year and I am looking forward to hopefully producing some high quality pieces of work.
The second part of the client module is a live project. Containing all the aspects of customer and client relations of which a brief will be met. I have found a client based in Harewood, North Yorkshire. It is a financial services company called Godfrey Pearson Limited (http://www.godfreypearson.com). They are currently looking for someone to create them a new identity and multimedia package including website, tv advert, radio advert and much more. More detail will be made in later posts.
Secondly the Personal Research Module. I have had a bit of a rocky start with this module. Finding a research topic really isn't that easy! My initial thoughts was to produce something which discussed the effects on film for different mediums and how the compression rate of that film effected its aesthetic value. I decided against this after discussions with deb and jools as producing artefacts for the research via practice side of the module could prove difficult as it would only be a case of changing a couple of settings when exporting the movie. Hardly a challenge and probably rubbish marks of origonality!
After listening to some of my peers and their ideas in a surgery meeting held by jools last week I now have a better idea of what is being asked of us. I've been looking at technology within education, more so on the mutimedia side of things, such as film and music. How this technology works within education? The advantages of being able to use a multimedia projector instead of a OHP? How the technology helps in different environments such as; in the office, schools (differnt age groups different levels of technology?), medical (children with downs syndrome for instance) and maybe the use of this technology for the rehabilitation of people who have suffered severe trauma from accidents such as a car crash.
There is much information out there on the internet and in the library about this area of research and how it may make a difference in education. I'm in the process of ironing out the finer details of this topic such as what artefacts I am going to produce and how they'll be tested. I'll post that up here once it's done.
Finally SPP3, I have already began looking a job roles and jobs available to see what I should be aiming to do when I finish in 2008. I have a verbal confirmation concerning a 2 week placement working a Sky Sports in London for the Easter break and I am aiming secure another week working with a couple of freelance cameramen nearer xmas/new year.
I have decided that I need to produce an individual online portfolio that is dettached from the Hub available at NTU. It is quite a competitive world out there and i'd rather that when prospective employers are looking at my portfolio they are only looking at my portfolio! So I am currently working on designs and ironing out what software I believe would be the best for me to use. I have only little experience in website design from college level almost 5 years ago. So I am giving myself up until the end of January to complete it as to ensure I don't fall behind in my other modules.
All in all I am glad to be in the 3rd year and I am looking forward to hopefully producing some high quality pieces of work.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Directing - Porfolio Exercise 7 Comments on other work
Portfolio Exercise 7 – Notes and comments on viewed pieces of work.
Henry Cole – Sickend Garden
Grey/Slow moving, not much understanding of what is happening within the 10 shots.
There wasn’t any audio when we first watched the Sickend Garden I assumed that the sounds would have been quite eerie with sound effects such as rustling leaves and crunching of leaves. Second time round watching the movie the sound had been fixed and found that there was a heavy metal/rock sound track over the shots. Very unexpected.
Todd Gledhill – After Death
Abstract with animation within the shots camera movement was good, showing the pixelated shot zooming out from the animated shot to the original image of the dog. Again there was no audio on the original viewing however second time round, the audio was very fitting for a film featuring death.
Blaise Hure
Good story being followed, well composed, good sound/shots/lighting. First impressions that is was very dark but I decided that it all fitted in quite well, showing the wake up from darkness to light.
James Wolley
First impression was, ‘not another morning lest get out of bed and make breakfast film. However the making of an edam sandwich in a dream, made the film a lot more interesting and amusing. The audio track was well composed and fitted well to the selection of shots used.
Henry Cole – Sickend Garden
Grey/Slow moving, not much understanding of what is happening within the 10 shots.
There wasn’t any audio when we first watched the Sickend Garden I assumed that the sounds would have been quite eerie with sound effects such as rustling leaves and crunching of leaves. Second time round watching the movie the sound had been fixed and found that there was a heavy metal/rock sound track over the shots. Very unexpected.
Todd Gledhill – After Death
Abstract with animation within the shots camera movement was good, showing the pixelated shot zooming out from the animated shot to the original image of the dog. Again there was no audio on the original viewing however second time round, the audio was very fitting for a film featuring death.
Blaise Hure
Good story being followed, well composed, good sound/shots/lighting. First impressions that is was very dark but I decided that it all fitted in quite well, showing the wake up from darkness to light.
James Wolley
First impression was, ‘not another morning lest get out of bed and make breakfast film. However the making of an edam sandwich in a dream, made the film a lot more interesting and amusing. The audio track was well composed and fitted well to the selection of shots used.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Directing for Camera - Portfolio Exercise 7
Portfolio Exercise 7
Sequence of Skills with Audio Track
Plot
“I AM HUNGRY”
Following the daily days eating habits of Joe Bloggs. From waking till sleeping.
Joe walks up to a big stretch and yawn, ready for breakfast he makes his way downstairs to the kitchen. He cooks up some toast, a cuppa and grabs a tangerine. He sits down and eats his breakfast before moving back to the kitchen to clean up the mess he made.
Feeling fully energised now he leaves the house ready for work. At work he feels the hunger settling in, so Joe walks to the shop buys his lunch and finds a bench to sit and fill that spot of hunger, once finished he finds a bin to put all his lunch time waste in. Off back to work.
Nearing the end of his working day Joe again begins to feel hungry; he packs up his desk and makes his way home, ready to prepare his evening meal.
Joe cooks off his dinner, sits down and chows down. Before filling that need to sleep, he takes his dirty plates to the kitchen and finds himself almost ending the day as it begun. Once he’s tidied up evening meal mess, he takes himself off to bed and goes to sleep.
Shot List
1. Sleepy wake up
2. Breakfast
a. Making
b. Eating
c. Cleaning
3. Energised
4. Hungry Lunch Time
5. Lunch
a. Making / Buying
b. Eating
c. Cleaning
6. Back to Work
7. Hungry Dinner Time
8. Dinner
a. Making
b. Eating
c. Cleaning
9. Comfy off to bed
1. Sleep Wake Up
Shot of Joe getting out of bed with a big stretch.
2. Breakfast
a. Shot of Joe making toast with a cup of tea in his hand and a tangerine on his plate.
b. Shot of Joe eating his breakfast on the sofa checking the watch as he goes.
c. Shot of Joe washing his plate and mug in the kitchen
3. Energised
Shot of Joe pulling a muscle man pose.
4. Hungry Lunch Time
Shot of Joe holding his stomach clearly ready and waiting for food.
5. Lunch
a. Shot of Joe stood at a counter in the shop picking out his lunch.
b. Shot of Joe eating his breakfast on a bench.
c. Shot of Joe putting the rubbish from his lunch in the bin.
6. Back to work
a. Shot of Joe sat back at his desk ready for the afternoons work.
b. Shot of Joe looking at his watch with a bemused look on his face.
7. Hungry Dinner Time
Repeat of shot (4)
8. Dinner
a. Shot of Joe cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
b. Shot of Joe sat at the table tucking into his mountain of food.
c. Shot of Joe clearing up all the mess he made.
9. Shot of Joe all tucked up in bed sleeping soundly.
END
Sound
Sound Effects Track
Music Track
Dialogue Track (Unrecognisable)
Sound Effects Track
For each meal time collection of shots (2, 5 and 8) a combination of sounds from crockery and cutlery, crunching of food, toaster popping etc…
Music Track
Constant track playing
Easy waking up track (Calm, slow) mixed into a full of life awake and ready to take on the world track concluding with a wind down ready to go to sleep.
Dialogue Track
A track with different recorded conversation layered over each other. To be played during moments of public or office shots.
Sequence of Skills with Audio Track
Plot
“I AM HUNGRY”
Following the daily days eating habits of Joe Bloggs. From waking till sleeping.
Joe walks up to a big stretch and yawn, ready for breakfast he makes his way downstairs to the kitchen. He cooks up some toast, a cuppa and grabs a tangerine. He sits down and eats his breakfast before moving back to the kitchen to clean up the mess he made.
Feeling fully energised now he leaves the house ready for work. At work he feels the hunger settling in, so Joe walks to the shop buys his lunch and finds a bench to sit and fill that spot of hunger, once finished he finds a bin to put all his lunch time waste in. Off back to work.
Nearing the end of his working day Joe again begins to feel hungry; he packs up his desk and makes his way home, ready to prepare his evening meal.
Joe cooks off his dinner, sits down and chows down. Before filling that need to sleep, he takes his dirty plates to the kitchen and finds himself almost ending the day as it begun. Once he’s tidied up evening meal mess, he takes himself off to bed and goes to sleep.
Shot List
1. Sleepy wake up
2. Breakfast
a. Making
b. Eating
c. Cleaning
3. Energised
4. Hungry Lunch Time
5. Lunch
a. Making / Buying
b. Eating
c. Cleaning
6. Back to Work
7. Hungry Dinner Time
8. Dinner
a. Making
b. Eating
c. Cleaning
9. Comfy off to bed
1. Sleep Wake Up
Shot of Joe getting out of bed with a big stretch.
2. Breakfast
a. Shot of Joe making toast with a cup of tea in his hand and a tangerine on his plate.
b. Shot of Joe eating his breakfast on the sofa checking the watch as he goes.
c. Shot of Joe washing his plate and mug in the kitchen
3. Energised
Shot of Joe pulling a muscle man pose.
4. Hungry Lunch Time
Shot of Joe holding his stomach clearly ready and waiting for food.
5. Lunch
a. Shot of Joe stood at a counter in the shop picking out his lunch.
b. Shot of Joe eating his breakfast on a bench.
c. Shot of Joe putting the rubbish from his lunch in the bin.
6. Back to work
a. Shot of Joe sat back at his desk ready for the afternoons work.
b. Shot of Joe looking at his watch with a bemused look on his face.
7. Hungry Dinner Time
Repeat of shot (4)
8. Dinner
a. Shot of Joe cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
b. Shot of Joe sat at the table tucking into his mountain of food.
c. Shot of Joe clearing up all the mess he made.
9. Shot of Joe all tucked up in bed sleeping soundly.
END
Sound
Sound Effects Track
Music Track
Dialogue Track (Unrecognisable)
Sound Effects Track
For each meal time collection of shots (2, 5 and 8) a combination of sounds from crockery and cutlery, crunching of food, toaster popping etc…
Music Track
Constant track playing
Easy waking up track (Calm, slow) mixed into a full of life awake and ready to take on the world track concluding with a wind down ready to go to sleep.
Dialogue Track
A track with different recorded conversation layered over each other. To be played during moments of public or office shots.
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