On monday I worked on my freelance portfolio, researching the role of a production assistant and the Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) guidelines. We continued editing the footage and putting together the documentary, while discussing what other cut-aways we could do. We agreed that another trip to Upskill was essential however we had problems getting in contact with them.
On wednesday, Cara interviewed the mother of a former young offender while Chris and Adam went to Job Center Pluss.
On Thursday, we looked at the footage from wednesday and put it together. Cara also got cut aways, however we were unable to use them because of health and safety issues, as they were filmed from inside a car. I started designing some astons on MX Navi, looking at different banners and fonts most sutiable for our documentary.
Thursday 20 May 2010
Monday 17 May 2010
week commencing Monday 10th May
On tuesday, Cara, Chris and Lisa went into Stratford and got vox pops from people around town. They asked peoples opinions about stereotypical youth offenders and asked them to list features of their physical appearance. While they did this, the rest of us looked thoroughly through the footage from last week and Josh, as offline editor, captured it and put some of the interviews together so that we have an idea of what our programme might look like. Unfortunatley the interview with Michael from Upskill cannot be used because the sound was extremely distorted, however the other interviews were good, especially Matt's. The interview with Anne appears very dark which makes her skin seem very pale so we will need to do some detailed editing on it.
Week commencing Monday 3rd May
On tuesday, we re pitched our idea and included the extra information needed to make our documentary choice clear. I started writing down possible questions for our interviews and discussed them with the group.
On thursday Anne Mullener from Carillion came into the college for an interview. We did the interview in the studio as we couldn't find an appropriate room to do it, so we set up a chair with a black background. Anne is the Head of Recruitment at Carillion, and has information about employing young offenders and contacts with organizations who train them. Before the interview, we had a chat with her about what our documentary is about and what the aim of the interview is. We went through each question and discussed her answers to make sure that she was completely comfortable with the interview. Anne was extremely helpful and gave us several good ideas and helped us to construct more useful questions. Although it was unfortunate that we had to do the interview in the studio, it went well and Anne gave us a lot of information.
On friday, Me, Adam and Josh went to Upskill in Derby to interview several people. Upskill work with young offenders and offer them simple skills in building work to help them get employment. We arrived at 9.00 and our first interview was with the Co-Owner of Upskill, Michael Dunne. He talked about what Upskill do, his involvement with the young offenders and his opinion on stereotypes. We then interviewed the course instructor, Trevor. He was very emotional about his involvement in training young offenders and spoke of how he often became attached to individuals. Trevor also talked about how the students change over the period of the course. Finally, we interviewed former youth offender Matt, who discussed with us how he came to be a young offender and how Upskill has helped him with self esteem and given him essential skills. Unfortunately we had problems with the microphone as there was a bad connection with the cable.
On thursday Anne Mullener from Carillion came into the college for an interview. We did the interview in the studio as we couldn't find an appropriate room to do it, so we set up a chair with a black background. Anne is the Head of Recruitment at Carillion, and has information about employing young offenders and contacts with organizations who train them. Before the interview, we had a chat with her about what our documentary is about and what the aim of the interview is. We went through each question and discussed her answers to make sure that she was completely comfortable with the interview. Anne was extremely helpful and gave us several good ideas and helped us to construct more useful questions. Although it was unfortunate that we had to do the interview in the studio, it went well and Anne gave us a lot of information.
On friday, Me, Adam and Josh went to Upskill in Derby to interview several people. Upskill work with young offenders and offer them simple skills in building work to help them get employment. We arrived at 9.00 and our first interview was with the Co-Owner of Upskill, Michael Dunne. He talked about what Upskill do, his involvement with the young offenders and his opinion on stereotypes. We then interviewed the course instructor, Trevor. He was very emotional about his involvement in training young offenders and spoke of how he often became attached to individuals. Trevor also talked about how the students change over the period of the course. Finally, we interviewed former youth offender Matt, who discussed with us how he came to be a young offender and how Upskill has helped him with self esteem and given him essential skills. Unfortunately we had problems with the microphone as there was a bad connection with the cable.
Week commencing Monday 26th April
On monday we continued to put together the finishing touches to our pitch. I completed the graphs which showed the results of the questionnaire that i handed out, and researched more thoroughly our target audience and the style of our documentary so that i felt more prepared for tuesday. As a group we had a meeting and discussed the pitch and whether any small changes needed to be made over night. In the evening, i made changes to the treatment and emailed it to the group.
On tuesday morning i spent time putting together an information pack which included the questionnaire results, our treatment and the charts and leaflet produced by lisa. We rehearsed several more times before presenting our pitch to the lecturers. I feel we were well prepared and presented our idea well although the feedback showed that we were lacking in several areas, such as codes and conventions. Our idea was commissioned, however we have been given the opportunity to re pitch our documentary to boost our grades.
On thursday, John talked us through the grading criteria for the pitch in order for us to make improvements. In our group we added several more slides such as, research methods and results, and more detailed information on audience research.
On friday we continued to add slides to our presentation and do more research.
On tuesday morning i spent time putting together an information pack which included the questionnaire results, our treatment and the charts and leaflet produced by lisa. We rehearsed several more times before presenting our pitch to the lecturers. I feel we were well prepared and presented our idea well although the feedback showed that we were lacking in several areas, such as codes and conventions. Our idea was commissioned, however we have been given the opportunity to re pitch our documentary to boost our grades.
On thursday, John talked us through the grading criteria for the pitch in order for us to make improvements. In our group we added several more slides such as, research methods and results, and more detailed information on audience research.
On friday we continued to add slides to our presentation and do more research.
Friday 23 April 2010
FMP Monday 19th April
This morning in my group, we discussed a new idea: Young Offenders
The question we decided to base our programme on is, 'How easily do young offenders fit back into society and what rehabilitation programmes are available?' We looked on the internet at some schemes and institutes for young offenders. We also listed contact detailes of programmes working with newly released young offenders.
In the afternoon we had a lesson going over what should be included in our pitch. We agreed in our group individual work to complete throughout the week. I started planning the treatment and then researched the Youth Offending Team.
The question we decided to base our programme on is, 'How easily do young offenders fit back into society and what rehabilitation programmes are available?' We looked on the internet at some schemes and institutes for young offenders. We also listed contact detailes of programmes working with newly released young offenders.
In the afternoon we had a lesson going over what should be included in our pitch. We agreed in our group individual work to complete throughout the week. I started planning the treatment and then researched the Youth Offending Team.
FMP Tuesday 13th April
In our morning lesson, we discussed what MUST be included in our documentaries and what makes them good. We then looked at three documentaries made by previous college students, critiquing them. I made several notes to refer to when planning and producing our own programme.
I the afternoon lesson, we discussed the structure of documentary making and how to choose your statement/question.
Yesterday we struggled to make a decision on what to do our programme on so Lisa and I brainstormed ideas and looked into safety for young adults. eg. Taxis, drinking, peer pressure and clubbing etc.
I the afternoon lesson, we discussed the structure of documentary making and how to choose your statement/question.
Yesterday we struggled to make a decision on what to do our programme on so Lisa and I brainstormed ideas and looked into safety for young adults. eg. Taxis, drinking, peer pressure and clubbing etc.
FMP Monday 12th April
Today we recieved our final major project assignment breif. We have been asked to produce a factual programme of our own choice. Andy talked us through the brief and in the afternoon I joined a group with myself, Lisa, Josh, Adam and Chris. In a group, we discussed the subject of our documentary and the ideas that we came up with.
In the evening, i researched and watched several documentaries on TV.
In the evening, i researched and watched several documentaries on TV.
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