This is an individual documentary task, so I am in charge of the production, filming and final edited product of my documentary. My documentary name is Bring Back The Lights 2016, and the main aim is to raise awareness of a fireworks event that got cancelled due to funding costs. The documentary is trying to persuade people to raise funds and to send a message to the Rotary Club of Jubilee that we want the event back.
Budget: For my documentary and the production process, the budget is a total of £0, with equipment being borrowed from the college.
Time (Schedule): The time duration of my documentary from filming to the finished product is between 27th November 2015 to the 9th December 2016. I will film various landscape and background shots that were needed in Sanderstead between Friday 4th December to Sunday 6th December. I plan to interview residents of a younger generation and an older generation, so I will interview residents of Sanderstead on the 6th of December and I will interview some residents that go to Coulsdon College at a later date on Tuesday 8th December 2015.
Personnel (Call sheets): The people involved in the making of my documentary are myself and James Fisher. I will talk in the documentary and James will use the camera to film what I am saying. He will also film the environment of Sanderstead and film different landscapes of the village.
Facilities: Facilities involved in my documentary are a camera and a camera stand for the filming. For editing, I will use editing software on the iMac called iMovie, which will be a very simple way of editing my documentary. In my documentary, I will use voice overs that are under my voice and use recording software on the iMac named Reaper.
Locations (Recce reports): The location involved in my documentary is the small village of Sanderstead, where the issue is affected. It is not far from Coulsdon College (15 minutes drive). Another location that I have considered to be in my documentary is Enfield Town Park, located in Greater London. There is no permission needed.
Clearances: With the two locations that I am proposed to film, there is no permission needed to film at these locations, which is an advantage as it allows me to carry on with my film. I am filming at Sanderstead Recreation Ground, Sanderstead village and my house; all of these locations do not need permission to film.
Copyright (Intellectual property): The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 came into force on the 1st August 1989. Intellectual property protection helps my documentary to stop people stealing or copying the names of my documentary, which is 'Bring Back The Lights 2016'. As this is a documentary of my own creation, which meets copyright, I own intellectual property.
Health and Safety (Risk assessments): When filming at Sanderstead Recreation Ground, there is a case of slipping on floors and getting injured. It might be a wet day therefore there will be wet surfaces as we are filming outside. To prevent this, we will put signs on where to stand and where to not move to prevent this from happening. Secondly, whilst filming outside in the village of Sanderstead, there will be noise coming from cars and people talking. There is nothing I can do to prevent this, so I will include this in my documentary.
Codes of practice and regulation (The Broadcasting Code): It is the responsibility of the broadcaster to abide by the Broadcasting Code. There are nine sections to the broadcasting code delivered by Ofcom.
Friday 27 November 2015
Tuesday 24 November 2015
Key Assessment Week Task - REBECCA
LO1 - Understand the requirements of working to a brief
LO2 - Be able to develop a planned response to a brief
The title of the project would be Bring Back The Lights 2016 to raise awareness of the issue about the cancellation of the fireworks in a small village in south London named Sanderstead. A summary of my documentary would explain facts about Sanderstead involving the population of the village and the population of how many people attended the event in the past years before the cancellation in 2014 and interview people and see how this issue has affected them. Also, the documentary will involve different cases in different villages that the cancellation has affected them in big ways after a lot of history behind it, for example Enfield Town Park has had a lot of history about fireworks and was cancelled after 40 years. The length of my documentary would be between 15 - 30 minutes because my target audience would be teenagers aged between 16-18, and if my documentary goes for longer than 30 minutes, my audience will get bored and will find my documentary will drag on. The filming will be completed by the 18th December 2015 and the overall film will be completed by the 8th January 2016. The locations of where the documentary will be filming would be in the villages of Sanderstead and Enfield Town. Specific filming locations would be Sanderstead Recreation Ground and Enfield Town Park. For my documentary, we don't need permission to film as filming is allowed at both locations. The specific filming dates with locations will be until the 18th December and the finished product will be published on YouTube on the 8th January 2016. For the majority of my documentary, there will be a lot of voice overs and interviews with the community of Sanderstead and some of Enfield Town. I will do the camera work, interview people, edit and direct and I will get James to camera the interviews I have with different people. For my documentary, a camera, a tripod, voice recording software and editing software is needed. My documentary is meant to raise awareness of the cancellation of Sanderstead's fireworks and to create a fund to bring back the fireworks in Sanderstead, so the key message that I am trying to communicate to the audience is to raise awareness of an event that has closed down and has left thousands of people not gathering as a community and also nothing to do on Bonfire Night. The music that I want to use is quite jolly music, not specific songs and are copyright free. There are no other documentaries that are targeted at my issue, so this is a unique issue that I am trying to promote.
LO2 - Be able to develop a planned response to a brief
The title of the project would be Bring Back The Lights 2016 to raise awareness of the issue about the cancellation of the fireworks in a small village in south London named Sanderstead. A summary of my documentary would explain facts about Sanderstead involving the population of the village and the population of how many people attended the event in the past years before the cancellation in 2014 and interview people and see how this issue has affected them. Also, the documentary will involve different cases in different villages that the cancellation has affected them in big ways after a lot of history behind it, for example Enfield Town Park has had a lot of history about fireworks and was cancelled after 40 years. The length of my documentary would be between 15 - 30 minutes because my target audience would be teenagers aged between 16-18, and if my documentary goes for longer than 30 minutes, my audience will get bored and will find my documentary will drag on. The filming will be completed by the 18th December 2015 and the overall film will be completed by the 8th January 2016. The locations of where the documentary will be filming would be in the villages of Sanderstead and Enfield Town. Specific filming locations would be Sanderstead Recreation Ground and Enfield Town Park. For my documentary, we don't need permission to film as filming is allowed at both locations. The specific filming dates with locations will be until the 18th December and the finished product will be published on YouTube on the 8th January 2016. For the majority of my documentary, there will be a lot of voice overs and interviews with the community of Sanderstead and some of Enfield Town. I will do the camera work, interview people, edit and direct and I will get James to camera the interviews I have with different people. For my documentary, a camera, a tripod, voice recording software and editing software is needed. My documentary is meant to raise awareness of the cancellation of Sanderstead's fireworks and to create a fund to bring back the fireworks in Sanderstead, so the key message that I am trying to communicate to the audience is to raise awareness of an event that has closed down and has left thousands of people not gathering as a community and also nothing to do on Bonfire Night. The music that I want to use is quite jolly music, not specific songs and are copyright free. There are no other documentaries that are targeted at my issue, so this is a unique issue that I am trying to promote.
Monday 16 November 2015
The Way (Treatment) - DAVID
The Way
The Way follows the story of a young 18 year old boy, growing up in a small village in south London named Sanderstead. The story begins in a graveyard where we see the boy standing, staring at a tombstone. We then find out this is his mother's tombstone and his mother died not so long ago. He then starts walking home. He enters his house, sits down and goes into a frenzy in his house. He starts smashing glasses and plates, punching through walls, breaks down in tears and finds out he is all alone. The next day, he starts going through his mother's belongings and comes across a purple/red folder. He finds a photo of him and his mother in a picture frame when he was a baby. He opens up the picture and finds out the picture is creased over. He opens the creased picture and finds a boy, similar to his age, sitting next to him. He then opens up the folder and finds different types of papers e.g. adoption papers and care-home papers, belonging to this baby. He assumes this is his brother and immediately goes out to find him. He finds out he, apparently lives very close to where he, and his mother lived. According to one of the papers in his folder, the house he lived on was Sanderstead Court Avenue. He finds the street and looks for number 63, where the boy apparently lived. He knocks on the door and comes across a distraught woman. He then starts to tell his story that he had a brother that went into care and was adopted and lived at this address. The woman then starts to cry and takes the boy inside. In the next shot, we see the same shot we had at the beginning, but instead he is looking at a different tombstone. This tombstone belonged to his adopted brother. He puts some flowers down, next to his tombstone and walks away. On the other side of this tombstone, we see his mother's tombstone.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Title: The Way
Opening: My film starts with a young teenaged boy, aged 18 who stands at a tombstone. We see tis tombstone belonged to his mother. He puts some flowers down next to her tombstone and walks away. This scene quickly suggests that this is a drama-type film, as the film will have very dark lighting and I won't have any dialogue in my movie, which will add a sense of mystery. The only music that will playing in my film will be Zack Hemsey's 'The Way Instrumental'.
Ending: The film finishes off with the teenager looking at the same tombstone he looked at the beginning of the film then walks over to another tombstone, and finds his brother's tombstone and lies some flowers next to his grave, and walks away and looks at his mother's tombstone and lies another batch of flowers next to her tomb. He then gets up and walks away.
Single or multi-strand narrative: The story follows a young 18 year old boy who aims to find his 'supposedly' brother, similar to his age. This is a single strand narrative because it follows the story of just one boy, it doesn't follow any other characters in the movie.
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The Way follows the story of a young 18 year old boy, growing up in a small village in south London named Sanderstead. The story begins in a graveyard where we see the boy standing, staring at a tombstone. We then find out this is his mother's tombstone and his mother died not so long ago. He then starts walking home. He enters his house, sits down and goes into a frenzy in his house. He starts smashing glasses and plates, punching through walls, breaks down in tears and finds out he is all alone. The next day, he starts going through his mother's belongings and comes across a purple/red folder. He finds a photo of him and his mother in a picture frame when he was a baby. He opens up the picture and finds out the picture is creased over. He opens the creased picture and finds a boy, similar to his age, sitting next to him. He then opens up the folder and finds different types of papers e.g. adoption papers and care-home papers, belonging to this baby. He assumes this is his brother and immediately goes out to find him. He finds out he, apparently lives very close to where he, and his mother lived. According to one of the papers in his folder, the house he lived on was Sanderstead Court Avenue. He finds the street and looks for number 63, where the boy apparently lived. He knocks on the door and comes across a distraught woman. He then starts to tell his story that he had a brother that went into care and was adopted and lived at this address. The woman then starts to cry and takes the boy inside. In the next shot, we see the same shot we had at the beginning, but instead he is looking at a different tombstone. This tombstone belonged to his adopted brother. He puts some flowers down, next to his tombstone and walks away. On the other side of this tombstone, we see his mother's tombstone.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Title: The Way
Opening: My film starts with a young teenaged boy, aged 18 who stands at a tombstone. We see tis tombstone belonged to his mother. He puts some flowers down next to her tombstone and walks away. This scene quickly suggests that this is a drama-type film, as the film will have very dark lighting and I won't have any dialogue in my movie, which will add a sense of mystery. The only music that will playing in my film will be Zack Hemsey's 'The Way Instrumental'.
Ending: The film finishes off with the teenager looking at the same tombstone he looked at the beginning of the film then walks over to another tombstone, and finds his brother's tombstone and lies some flowers next to his grave, and walks away and looks at his mother's tombstone and lies another batch of flowers next to her tomb. He then gets up and walks away.
Single or multi-strand narrative: The story follows a young 18 year old boy who aims to find his 'supposedly' brother, similar to his age. This is a single strand narrative because it follows the story of just one boy, it doesn't follow any other characters in the movie.
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Monday 2 November 2015
Task 2 - Understanding and Interpreting a Brief (REBECCA)
There are 8 types of briefs when working in the creative media industries. The first type is a Contractual brief. A contractual brief is given to a media company employed by a client to complete a project which has specific guidelines and the media company is told exactly what the client says. If the media company goes beyond the contract, they could face legal action. In this brief, a large sum of money is involved and given to the media company, but are forced to all terms. This is otherwise known as a contract. This is a very simple brief as the media company knows exactly what they're doing and is very specific so that no questions need to be asked. However, the media company HAS to do what the client says, if they reject these terms, they could face action in court and force a bad reputation upon the media company. An example of a contractual brief could be an actor signing on to a project, or a computer graphic company signing on to a project for a particular film.
The next type of brief is a Negotiated brief. A negotiated brief is very open-minded but given not that much information but enough for the client to understand what they need to do. The client AND the company have to agree on what they need to do so negotiations would occur between the two until they get an agreement. It gives more lee way for the media company to produce a product that would satisfy a client's need. However, a client might argue that they are not given enough information and this can cause, almost like aggressive negotiations. There could also be problems such as money issues or a breech or contract.
Another type of brief is a Formal brief. A formal brief is a detailed brief which outlines specifications of a finished product. It is well set out and structured to suit a company's needs. It is throughly explained, therefore the company or employee knows exactly what they are doing. With this brief, the client is open to ideas or issued can be raised by the company. However, there might not be enough information for a client to understand what they need to do and therefore produce a wrong product. There could also be financial issues which might need to be sorted out if a case like this ever happens.
One other type of brief is opposite to a formal brief called an Informal brief. An informal brief can be a short piece of text or a verbal agreement but not official. It can range from a simple question to do a project to helping somebody out. It is not documented, therefore NOT official. It is more verbal communication than a paper contract, which makes it simpler and easier to understand. However, with this type of agreement, there might be confusion between a client and a company as to what needs to be done. The time requirements can range from the day after to a week ahead, which also makes it simpler.
Another type of brief is a Commission brief. This type of brief involves a client commissioning another company to fulfil a brief. This is also important because it can save time looking for potential employees because you can rely one person to get the job done. However, negotiating the brief with the client can waste time on unnecessary issues that are brought up in the brief. This can also delay making the product and its time it has been allocated.
Another type of brief is a Competition brief. A competition brief is given out to different companies to create a product for a competition. The client then judges which company has made the best product and the media company is awarded, whether in money or being published. The client only has to pay the winning company, which is an advantage, but might not pay all of the other participating companies. However, the companies that don't win may become angered by not winning so they have missed out on work for the client and its payment.
One other type of brief is called a Tender brief. A tender brief is similar to a competition brief as it requires the brief be posted to other companies. The best companies will get chosen the brief that suits them the most. Companies would get to look at different ideas of their project and produce them to the highest quality. If a pitch to a client gets turned down however, the client can then release them and they won't get work from that client again. This would be difficult as it is very hard to find work now because more and more production companies are in business.
Lastly, there is a Co-operative brief. This is a brief given to two or more companies contracted to work on the same assignment. This is a brief which requires multi-skilling from different employees from different companies. However, one of the only troubles that can affect definitely both media companies: TIGHT DEADLINES. This can not only rush the product but also make it a bad product. With this brief, along with the skills, there can be different perspectives when negotiating with this brief, which makes the brief somewhat easier. However, whilst negotiating, there would be plenty of disagreements and may take a while to get to a final brief overview.
Whilst working in the creative media industries, you have to be aware of the above briefs and what they illustrate, so you have to thoroughly read the brief. You must pay attention to what the brief is, first of all, to make sure what you're doing and what you need to talk with the client. You need to then look at the deadlines, when are your deadlines? They can defer from one week to one month, but it has to be the right product and suits the client. You might need to negotiate with the client if there is an extension needed. Following on from extensions, how long do you have to complete the brief and if you need an extension or not. Finally, and probably most important, what is required from you. This is normally noted in a brief as a task, you can also negotiate any special requirements from the client that is needed for your project.
The next type of brief is a Negotiated brief. A negotiated brief is very open-minded but given not that much information but enough for the client to understand what they need to do. The client AND the company have to agree on what they need to do so negotiations would occur between the two until they get an agreement. It gives more lee way for the media company to produce a product that would satisfy a client's need. However, a client might argue that they are not given enough information and this can cause, almost like aggressive negotiations. There could also be problems such as money issues or a breech or contract.
Another type of brief is a Formal brief. A formal brief is a detailed brief which outlines specifications of a finished product. It is well set out and structured to suit a company's needs. It is throughly explained, therefore the company or employee knows exactly what they are doing. With this brief, the client is open to ideas or issued can be raised by the company. However, there might not be enough information for a client to understand what they need to do and therefore produce a wrong product. There could also be financial issues which might need to be sorted out if a case like this ever happens.
One other type of brief is opposite to a formal brief called an Informal brief. An informal brief can be a short piece of text or a verbal agreement but not official. It can range from a simple question to do a project to helping somebody out. It is not documented, therefore NOT official. It is more verbal communication than a paper contract, which makes it simpler and easier to understand. However, with this type of agreement, there might be confusion between a client and a company as to what needs to be done. The time requirements can range from the day after to a week ahead, which also makes it simpler.
Another type of brief is a Commission brief. This type of brief involves a client commissioning another company to fulfil a brief. This is also important because it can save time looking for potential employees because you can rely one person to get the job done. However, negotiating the brief with the client can waste time on unnecessary issues that are brought up in the brief. This can also delay making the product and its time it has been allocated.
Another type of brief is a Competition brief. A competition brief is given out to different companies to create a product for a competition. The client then judges which company has made the best product and the media company is awarded, whether in money or being published. The client only has to pay the winning company, which is an advantage, but might not pay all of the other participating companies. However, the companies that don't win may become angered by not winning so they have missed out on work for the client and its payment.
One other type of brief is called a Tender brief. A tender brief is similar to a competition brief as it requires the brief be posted to other companies. The best companies will get chosen the brief that suits them the most. Companies would get to look at different ideas of their project and produce them to the highest quality. If a pitch to a client gets turned down however, the client can then release them and they won't get work from that client again. This would be difficult as it is very hard to find work now because more and more production companies are in business.
Lastly, there is a Co-operative brief. This is a brief given to two or more companies contracted to work on the same assignment. This is a brief which requires multi-skilling from different employees from different companies. However, one of the only troubles that can affect definitely both media companies: TIGHT DEADLINES. This can not only rush the product but also make it a bad product. With this brief, along with the skills, there can be different perspectives when negotiating with this brief, which makes the brief somewhat easier. However, whilst negotiating, there would be plenty of disagreements and may take a while to get to a final brief overview.
Whilst working in the creative media industries, you have to be aware of the above briefs and what they illustrate, so you have to thoroughly read the brief. You must pay attention to what the brief is, first of all, to make sure what you're doing and what you need to talk with the client. You need to then look at the deadlines, when are your deadlines? They can defer from one week to one month, but it has to be the right product and suits the client. You might need to negotiate with the client if there is an extension needed. Following on from extensions, how long do you have to complete the brief and if you need an extension or not. Finally, and probably most important, what is required from you. This is normally noted in a brief as a task, you can also negotiate any special requirements from the client that is needed for your project.
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