Monday, 11 January 2010
4/01/10 - 8/01/10 First week back to college
This past week , has not been very productive for our group . As there has been alot of disruption to our normal timetable due to the snow. Therefore we were unable to have group meeting and follow our schedule through. However this week we aspire to work even harder to stay on top of things and stick with our initial schedule.
The pictures I have posted are from the various locations we used to record our trailer. As you can see most of the recording was done during the evening this was a advantage and disadvantage for us. As we did need many evening shots in our trailer but we also needed day time shots for which recording was difficult. However we did manage to fit the day shots into our schedule and managed to record them successfully.
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Strengths-
Our group members are all willing to help on another, as were all excited and determined to create a good quality trailer.
- Were all focused on achieving the best that we can, and all have therefore put social commitments to one side while working on the trailer.
- They are coming out with fantastic ideas and suggestions to help make this a brilliant trailer.- We can sort out problems very fast as we are working together as a team and were putting all our effort into the trailer.
- All members of the group are creative and put forward a wide variety of ideas for us to work with.
- Each member of our group had an area of expertise for example Wadud is good at editing and Yasser with music and the use of cameras. This was extremely useful as we all used our strengths to aid one another.
Weaknesses-
Our cast was sometimes a problem as some of them could not make it for shooting and therefore caused delays to our production - All three of us have very different timetable which meant none of us were on frees together, this meant that all our recording had to be done after college which was a problem as we needed day shots for some of our scenes.
- Sometimes we couldn't return the camera before 9 and therefore we couldn't use the equipment again
- Our lack of experience with Final Cut Express, meant that Wadud preferred to use his editing software at home , which meant that he had to make some decisions on his own.
Our group members are all willing to help on another, as were all excited and determined to create a good quality trailer.
- Were all focused on achieving the best that we can, and all have therefore put social commitments to one side while working on the trailer.
- They are coming out with fantastic ideas and suggestions to help make this a brilliant trailer.- We can sort out problems very fast as we are working together as a team and were putting all our effort into the trailer.
- All members of the group are creative and put forward a wide variety of ideas for us to work with.
- Each member of our group had an area of expertise for example Wadud is good at editing and Yasser with music and the use of cameras. This was extremely useful as we all used our strengths to aid one another.
Weaknesses-
Our cast was sometimes a problem as some of them could not make it for shooting and therefore caused delays to our production - All three of us have very different timetable which meant none of us were on frees together, this meant that all our recording had to be done after college which was a problem as we needed day shots for some of our scenes.
- Sometimes we couldn't return the camera before 9 and therefore we couldn't use the equipment again
- Our lack of experience with Final Cut Express, meant that Wadud preferred to use his editing software at home , which meant that he had to make some decisions on his own.
Reflection on our group’s progress
In my opinion I think that our trailer is not going too badly. As a group we have reached many of our targets and together we have managed to get a lot done. Unfortunately however we have had some set backs – but this is to be expexted in any project. Although most of our setbacks have been largely due to issues out of our control i.e./Weather.
I think that as a group we have learnt a lot this term , including how to use final cut , how to work as a group while working in the freezing cold and we all have definitely improved on our recording skills.
This term were all going to carry on working as a group to achieve the best we can. We know need to tie up all the loose end
i.e. / Write out the voice over script.
Record the voice over
Finalise the music choices
Re shoot at Birmingham University and the alleyway scene.
Create some more studio poster like the Spartan one.
Put in the captions
Finally, thread everything together.
In my opinion I think that our trailer is not going too badly. As a group we have reached many of our targets and together we have managed to get a lot done. Unfortunately however we have had some set backs – but this is to be expexted in any project. Although most of our setbacks have been largely due to issues out of our control i.e./Weather.
I think that as a group we have learnt a lot this term , including how to use final cut , how to work as a group while working in the freezing cold and we all have definitely improved on our recording skills.
This term were all going to carry on working as a group to achieve the best we can. We know need to tie up all the loose end
i.e. / Write out the voice over script.
Record the voice over
Finalise the music choices
Re shoot at Birmingham University and the alleyway scene.
Create some more studio poster like the Spartan one.
Put in the captions
Finally, thread everything together.
Target Audience
~Target Audience~
For our trailer I believe that were targeting teenagers/young adults from around 16-24. I don’t think it is for teenagers younger then the age of 16 due to the violent nature and language that we’ve used in the trailer to highlight the urban/tragic aspects of the protagonist life.
As a group we have used movies like Kidult hood, Adulthood and ONE DAY to guide our neiche market. For example Kidult hood directed by Menhaj Huda was made on an extremely low budget of £600,000 and was marketed to young male and female teenagers. This is very similar to the themes and that we want to create for our own trailer. For example Huda did not use any costume/make up designers, to hold the authenticity of the film; our trailer is doing the same thing and therefore I feel the target audience is similar too.
As a group we feel that our trailer attempts to represent a serious number of issues of what some teenagers growing up in today's society have to go through; this explains why so many people who are in this age group may watch it. There is also a very realistic approach within this film as most of the actors and actresses are within this age group and therefore know what others their age go through.
For our trailer I believe that were targeting teenagers/young adults from around 16-24. I don’t think it is for teenagers younger then the age of 16 due to the violent nature and language that we’ve used in the trailer to highlight the urban/tragic aspects of the protagonist life.
As a group we have used movies like Kidult hood, Adulthood and ONE DAY to guide our neiche market. For example Kidult hood directed by Menhaj Huda was made on an extremely low budget of £600,000 and was marketed to young male and female teenagers. This is very similar to the themes and that we want to create for our own trailer. For example Huda did not use any costume/make up designers, to hold the authenticity of the film; our trailer is doing the same thing and therefore I feel the target audience is similar too.
As a group we feel that our trailer attempts to represent a serious number of issues of what some teenagers growing up in today's society have to go through; this explains why so many people who are in this age group may watch it. There is also a very realistic approach within this film as most of the actors and actresses are within this age group and therefore know what others their age go through.
My primary responsibility was music.
This meant that I had to compile a list of possible songs that we could use within the trailer. I found that this was an exciting challenge as I did not have any prior knowledge of music that would be relevant to our trailer. Therefore researching the grime/street style music was very interesting as I found some excellent meaningful tracks.
I shortlisted a playlist that I burned onto a C.D so that I could listen to all the songs easily throughout the holidays. By doing this I was able to really visualise songs that would be best suited for the trailer.
I have listed the playlist below
*Roll Deep – when I’m here
*Devlin – Ghetto Kyote
*Roll Deep – Pen pals
*Kano – Hunting we will go
*Kano – Paper
*Mike GLC- My life
*WRETCH 32 – My life
*Bashy – my nightmare
*Low Deep – Get set
*4 ‘0’Clock Bashy –Dontcha know
*Shystie – Arms open wide
*Kano – Hustler
*Dizzie Rascal – instrumental
*Lethal Bizzle – POW
Although we are not planning to use all these songs, I have now gained a good sense of the kind of music that we want to use. I plan to show this C.D to my group and come up with about 5 tracks that we could use short snippets of. Once we have selected the songs, I will begin to work on what part of the song we want to use and if we need to slow down or fasten the pace of the beats.
Furthermore being in charge of music meant that I had to organise a person to do a voice over for the end part of our trailer. I have found a colleague who has an appropriate voice and who is willing to do the voice over for us. Know my next job is to write a script out so that he knows exactly what to say – I plan to do this within the next couple of days, after conferring with my group.
I have also begun to compile many sounds from various websites that will be useful to our trailer as well as giving a realistic sharp edge to the sound.
This meant that I had to compile a list of possible songs that we could use within the trailer. I found that this was an exciting challenge as I did not have any prior knowledge of music that would be relevant to our trailer. Therefore researching the grime/street style music was very interesting as I found some excellent meaningful tracks.
I shortlisted a playlist that I burned onto a C.D so that I could listen to all the songs easily throughout the holidays. By doing this I was able to really visualise songs that would be best suited for the trailer.
I have listed the playlist below
*Roll Deep – when I’m here
*Devlin – Ghetto Kyote
*Roll Deep – Pen pals
*Kano – Hunting we will go
*Kano – Paper
*Mike GLC- My life
*WRETCH 32 – My life
*Bashy – my nightmare
*Low Deep – Get set
*4 ‘0’Clock Bashy –Dontcha know
*Shystie – Arms open wide
*Kano – Hustler
*Dizzie Rascal – instrumental
*Lethal Bizzle – POW
Although we are not planning to use all these songs, I have now gained a good sense of the kind of music that we want to use. I plan to show this C.D to my group and come up with about 5 tracks that we could use short snippets of. Once we have selected the songs, I will begin to work on what part of the song we want to use and if we need to slow down or fasten the pace of the beats.
Furthermore being in charge of music meant that I had to organise a person to do a voice over for the end part of our trailer. I have found a colleague who has an appropriate voice and who is willing to do the voice over for us. Know my next job is to write a script out so that he knows exactly what to say – I plan to do this within the next couple of days, after conferring with my group.
I have also begun to compile many sounds from various websites that will be useful to our trailer as well as giving a realistic sharp edge to the sound.
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