Tuesday 9 November 2010

LO.4 02/11/10♥

Today we had a lady called Jackie come in and talk to us about 'How to make a video journal'.
she had a power point to go through and show us everything you need to know, she also talked about all the jobs she's been involved in and i remember her saying she was one of the speakers of big brother. I took some notes of what she talked about...:)

-To make a video journal you need:
  • A digital camera or digital video camera
  • An idea
  • Creativity
  • A format
  • Good planning
-What does Producing mean?
  • good idea --> developing it (research)
  • Full of creative ideas/capacity to make ideas happen
  • see a clear angle, make sure its evident and accessible to the audience
  • a good narrative arc
  • responsible for scripting, format of film or programme
  • responsible for editing
  • responsible for paper work for production, health&safety, risk assessment, consent forms.
  • able to forward think see issues before they rise
  • good understanding of media law, compliance, ethics, balance and a general sound editional judgement
  • responsible for sticking to the budget  for the programme/film
She also showed us a few T.V programmes where they represented different ways of filming , camera angles, we watched snipits of the peep show and a progrmme about a man who set off to survive in the jungle on standard living supplies and he was his own camera man so it was quite interesting to watch, heres some more notes...

The Peep Show:
  • Comedy
  • see through their eyes
  • camera becomes the person
  • less editing to do
What should an interview be:
  • challenging
  • revealing
  • evocative
  • provocative
  • emotional
  • engaging
Off camera = Just voices
On camera = Filming them

At the end we also got into small groups and filmed our own little interviews about for example interviewing a contestant who didnt won but came second, and the interview shows the contestant answering the questiohns from a person off camera. We will download the videos soon.

This workshop helped me to learn about video journals and i learnt a lot of interesting points i may be able to use for my play or just in general to be prepared for up comming projects.
I found the whole talk interesting, she didnt really make it boring, there is alot i didnt know before about video journals.

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