Client Assigned Project

This project was that of a successful one. I shot the advert in one whole day with a view to have another day set aside incase of any shots that require a re-shoot. The Location I used in the end was a penthouse flat in Nottingham, it had full length windows on the 2 longest sides of the room which helped with the lighting. A clear day allowed me to use minimal lighting.

I also used an actress hired from www.starnow.com. Its a website from which you can place up advertisements for auditions available or advertise yourself as an actor. She was really helpful during filming as she had already done many professional shoots and worked in a professional environment in the past. She gave me advice on some lighting aspects, shot ideas and continuity within each shot.

When I came to capturing the footage for editing, I was happy with most of the shots taken. With that I no longer need the extra day of filming.

However I went through some export issues as I filmed in HD and used Final Cut for my editing. I was unable to find a suitable compression rate that gave the required output for hand in. My hand in disk contained 6 different video files. Each with different compressions. The best video compression meant that it wasn't an .avi file but I believed that it was the one that looked the best.

All in all a fun project to work on, I enjoyed the set 6 week time to complete the project, however I did feel that maybe a similar project should be introduced into the 2nd year to allow the students to prepare more for what lies ahead in the final year.