Kill It Kid-Evaluation

Today we produced our final edit of the footage Kill It Kid that we filmed at komedia.

• Problems In which we encountered

From the start of the editing process to the end there were some technical problems in which we faced.
The first problem in which we encountered was the sound mix that we were fed from the engineer. The initial quality of the sound sounded fine in our headphones when we reviewed the audio in post the sound of the audio was severely damaged and we could only hear the baseline of the music and muffled words from the lead singer. To combat this we had to use an mp3 of one of the songs being performed on the day try and sync the pictures to the audio.


The second problem in which we encountered was the lack of cutaway shots and external footage as this became apparent as we progressed during the editorial process and it was the main reason why we decided to change the editorial format of the video from a documentary to a promotional video.


The footage that we did film was damaged in terms of quality and sound we filmed an interview and Vox-pops our interview that we filmed was very short and upon reviewing the footage of The interview I felt that sounded like more of a casual chat than an actual interview we were only able to use one segment of the interview in our final edit and we had to boost the sound levels and it still was of bad quality.

• The Final Video Itself

The video itself is quite impressive considering the problems in which we had encountered during the whole edit, overall I am quite happy that the edit is finally out of the way .If I were to do things differently I would have recorded more cut-away shots of the venue and the crowds reaction towards the bands performance I  also would have double checked that the technical equipment was in working order so that I would not have any issues with the footage in post production . Finally I would have interviewed the band in more of an inquisitive way as I feel that a stronger interview would have helped to put together a better video package.

Kill it Kid- blog 3 Logging and Capturing

Today I logged and captured all of the five tapes in which we used to film the band Kill It Kid

I set up a Scratch disk and logged and captured the footage, click on the link for a step by step introduction  link  of logging and capturing.

• Problems

I encountered two main problems when i was logging and capturing the footage. My first problem was...

• One of the tapes was stuck in the tape deck. 

I am mystified as to how it happened, But one of the tapes that i was logging and capturing at the time.  Became stuck in one of the tape decks. I notified Richard Wood (technician) who in turn told me that he would try and remove the tape out of the deck without damaging the equipment when he had some time and if he could not then he would  to take the deck to an engineer in Bristol.

• Sound/Image

I noticed that on one of the tapes had bad sound quality and at the start of one of the tape some of the imagery became damaged meaning I could not capture some of the footage on the tape. This will be reviewed when me and the team enter the post-production faze of this project in more detail.

Kill IT Kid : Blog 2 Filming

Today we filmed the epic band Kill It Kid at Komedia in Bath.


The day went as follows....

• Arrival

We arrived at the venue at two in the afternoon to look at the location and note which would be the most appropriate places to film and setup each of the four cameras.

• Setup

We used four Sony Z1 Cameras and set the cameras up in four different locations. One camera was setup on the balcony and the other camera was setup in front of the main stage.  The other two cameras were handheld with two team members filming different scenes Keiran was filming the performance from the back of the stage and Harry/Tom and tom were filming the performance from a close up angle in the front.

• Each of the four cameras were positioned within the different locations for different reasons

My Camera (the main camera) was positioned in front of the stage on a Tripod so that it could capture establishing/the main shots and the back of the audience which would be frequently used during the edit of the package I was also told to zoom in and out during some songs and pickup the main singer

The camera on the balcony was positioned on the balcony so that it could capture an overhead shot of the audience and the keyboard player mainly

The two handheld cameras were positioned for similar reasons one was positioned behind the stage was positioned there so that it could capture the band from behind and the audience reaction/and the one was positioned from the front of the stage so it could pick up the band from a pov shot and the audiences perspective as well.

• Multi Camera

We filmed the band using a multi-cam format what is a multi camera format ? a multi camera format is a method of filming which various cameras that are filming the same thing are positioned at different angles
the scenes are filmed in sync and each of the cameras individually are picking up a subject.

• On the day we filmed as follows

• The bands performance

• The interview with the band

• The crowds reaction

• Vox-Pops from fans

• How the day went

The filming went according to plan and we were able to film the whole day successfully on tape even though I failed to change my tape over after the fith (as we agreed previously) we were able to capture the footage successfully.

Kill It Kid

A local band will be performing at Komedia in Bath this wednesday who reside by the name of Kill it Kid. The Band Contains five members, they are Marc Jones (Drums) , Chris Turpin (Vocals & Guitar) , Adam Timins (Bass) and Stephanie Ward (Vocals & Piano). As media students me and four of my other classmates will be filming their performance and interviewing them as well. The format and style of DVD in which we are hoping to package will be based on the famous abbey road sessions.

We are going to film

• The Performance in a Multi-Camera Setup
• The Interview with the Band
• Vox-Pops with some of the fans

Before we film the band it wouldn't hurt to know a bit about them in general....

• Kill it Kid reside in Bath and are former students of Bath Spa University

• Their sound has been described as a fusion betweern Blues, Rock and americana

• They released their self titled debut album in 2009 to crittical acclaim

• The Band have toured through Europe and America and have supported the likes of Feeder, Foy Vance and Brandi Charlie 

Well we are looking forward to filming the band and hopefully delivering an edited package in a professional manner.

Here is a link to the bands official Myspace page

Media Event - The Day

Today was the epic Media Event which we have been planning for weeks.  The shedule for the day  was as follows.


9.15-Icebreakers




9.30-Group Division



9.50-1st Activity



10.15-Second Activity



11.00-3rd Activity



11.45-Walk Tour to Moreton



12.30-Toilet Break



12.45- Room 111 Guest Speaker/Also de-rigging/Lunch



1.45-Evaluation



1.50-Goodbyes and Montage-goody bag/Take the group to the bus stop.
 
 
On the day three activaties were being run for the students which were.
 

Big Draw:


Details of the activity

An example film will be shown at the beginning of stop motion illustration. The students will then crete their own stop motion together on a large whiteboard/paper.


Green Screen :


Details of the activity

Introduce the Students to the Green Screen and then have a quick and concise ‘lesson’ on Chromakey. Then Play a game where someone stands in front of the Green Screen and has to guess where they are , whilst everyone else watches on the screen......... other part of this activity to be confirmed.

Shoot Out :


Details of the activity

The Students in this activity watch a shoot out scene from a western film , they they have to plan their scene, thinking about camera angles, the feel/story they want to create and how they are going to film it.

• The Day Itself

Carlina and I were given the task of talking the students around from activity to activity and getting to know the students.
 
The day started with Carlina's icebreakers which I thought worked really well as planned. Through this we were able to split the class into groups successfully and branch of to each activity. Carlina and I took our group off to the first activity which was the shootout. Throughout the day we spoke to the students and got to know them personally, the students themselves were shy but once they completed their first excersize they began to become more sociable.

We arrived at the second excersize which was the green screen excersize. The great thing about this task was that everone got a chance to participate in the excersize. My only regret is that I did not have a go myself as I thought the concept of the excerize was brilliant funny and enteraining. There was a techincal hitch erlier in the day with the green screen excersize. Which meant that we were running 15 minutes early so showed the students inside our gatehouse/broadcast sweet then basqued in the sun I have to admit the girls were hard to talk to but I got to speak to a few of them about their career plans and reasurred them not to worry as university can be quite a scary place but when recieving that level of education but in encouraged them to give university a try by saying that it would equips them with the right skills to progress into a working enviroment in future.
 
The whole day ran  very smoovly for Carlina and I we went into the third excerisze and made the most of it we each were assigned a team as team leaders as we split into groups and we drew pictures in turns it was this excersize that I think the students enjoyed the most Patrick was phenominal in leading the excersize and his talkative ways encouraged the girls and Max (the only male student in the group) to participate.
 
After that we enjoyed a spot of lunch on the grass followed by the talk by the industry professionals.

I thought the day went really well for Carlina and I's group and we were united in making decisions in terms of leadership on the day. I was happy to have been working with her for two reasons                              

1.  Her skills when it came to engaging with the students helped me a lot on the day
2. Nonetheless I was happy to have another person with me on the walkaround as it eased the pressure on me

If I were to do the walkaround again I would definatly choose Carlina as a partner to help me lead the students again.

Media Event

Today I had to secure permission to use equipment and the venue for the media event using James Harris account, I logged onto Siso and filled out risk assessments. I contacted Carolyn Puddicombe and the health and safety officer  at the university Warren Cole. I also phoned and spoke to Tom Bradby who is the Head of Security at Bath Spa to notify him about the event . I filled out risk assessments for each of the proposed rooms and handed them into the main house, I then emailed Diane Sterling who is the person in charge of the SU at the university to make a reservation in our Student Union Bar for the college students on the day. whilst completing  the risk assessment forms the NE 101 lecture hall so I took pictures of the room. Below are the actual pictures in which I took during the risk assesment. 

Here is the list of equipment in which we will be using on the day.






Equipment list for the Event 8th April:





Here's an equipment list:





Sony PD175 (3)



Nikon D80 Camera Kit (2)



HAGUE TRIPOD TRACKING DOLLY D5



Monopod



Manfrotto 504



Clapper Board



416 Boom Microphone Kit



Boompole

Media Event

Today Our Class was given our second assessment of our core module which was...
To put on an event which would educate the BTEC level students from the City Of  Bath College about the media industry and its dynamics. 

We ourselves as a class could use any methods possible to appeal to the students such as filming workshops for the Students, The workshops would give the students an insight into the possible things within the subject that they could learn at university level, for example stopmotion/animation. The workshops would consist of filming excersizes which would encourage the students involved in and give the students hands on experience using the camera. There will be talks by industry professionals, who will educate the students about their personal journey into the media industry and give them future advice which will help with their chosen career paths. Using a budget we will have to work to a budget and plan the whole event/day on a step to step process there are three teams which will be helping to plan the event.

There will be three teams working on the project.

• Marketing Team

This team which will make Logos T-shirts and Banners and Goodiebags and other merchandise for the students to take away they will also be in charge of promoting the event in terms of adverising it

• Organisational Team

The organisational team will be in charge of formulating ideas for the day of the day of the event. They will also be in charge of  the paperwork and planning the activaties for everyone to be involved in.

• Technical team

The technical team will be in charge of  filming the excerizes and editing the work from the filming excersizes for the students to take away.

The event will be attended by two student ambassadors who will be there to meet and greet the students before accompanying them on the walkaround that day