A Script Writing Masterclass

On Wednesday 27th November, the thing I was least expecting was to walk into class and not hear my tutor, Tim, speak a word for approximately 90 minutes. He began typing a script and we all had to follow the script. If it said ''class jump'', we had to jump. If it said ''pretend there's a hurricane'', we had to pretend there was a hurricane. It was pretty intense at times because he then began choosing people to get up and follow the script in actions at the front of the class.

After it finished, we had to write our own script. The decision was ours as to if we made Tim's script into more of a layout-ed document, or completely made our own.

As I wasn't too confident on writing a script, I decided to make Tim's look like a script, using the correct layout. We had to use a particular font, Courier, in a size 12. This is what professional script writers use in television and film.

My very random script

I made a few changes to Tim's original script as I did not have enough time to make the whole thing a detailed and well-written document. I did however enjoy writing this script, and it has given me knowledge I didn't know before. I now know what font to use, and what size, and a basic layout of writing a professional script.

Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

Documenting The Doing #13: In The Third

I guess you could say that this production was the sister to In The First, which is the exact same concept but in the first person's perspective. The blog is available to read here:
http://strictlysavage.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/documenting-doing-12-in-first.html.

This production was handed to us in the perception of it has to be the same concept as our In The First project, except this time, it will be in the third person's perspective. I found that it was easier to shoot and produce within the third person perspective, than it was the first person's perspective. I think this is because it came from an outsiders point of view and the camera didn't have to keep switching to dramatically different places, it just had to be moved to a different angle.

The Third Person Perspective - an outsider looking in

Whilst we were filming our production, we found it went very successfully. We opted to use to boom mic again as this really improved the sound of our previous video, In The First. I feel like the interview went much better than the previous one, as this was more of a generic conversation between myself and my colleague, Naomi Doddridge. It was only when we came to editing the footage, we realised we were in serious trouble. As we filmed in the ceramics room, it was a very echoey environment. There was also another group filming behind us, and their production included a lot of noise and chair-scraping, which we found very hard to work with. We were on a time limit and couldn't think of anywhere else to go, as the corridor we filmed in before was a nightmare.

OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: In The Third

When it came to editing, as I stated before, the sound was just a no no. It was a complete disaster. You could hear the other group more than you could hear us, which was a real shame because I feel my acting skills had improved. 

Although our editing didn't go as well as planned, we have all, as a group, learnt from this. We have learnt to think about our environment more and plan our shooting locations, and if they will interact well with our props and more importantly, our recording equipment. I am gutted about how the footage turned out, but I guess not every video is going to be perfect!

BLOOPERS REEL: In The Third Interview

Once again, we made a few mistakes and there were a few moments of madness. I made a bloopers reel! Click the link above, but make sure your volume is turned up as it's pretty quiet due to the sound failure! 

I have learnt from my mistakes during this production and in future, I will remember these. For every problem, everyone must solutionate to have the best possible outcome in everything they do. 

Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

Mise En Scène

A half-a-day challenge led us to individually describing what we thought was happening in four scenes. This is called a Mise En Scène. It is an expression used to describe the design aspects of a theatre or film production, which essentially means 'visual theme' or 'telling a story' - both in visually artful ways through story-boarding, cinematography and stage design, and in poetically artful ways through direction. Mis-en-scène has been called film critism's 'grand undefined term'.

Scene 1

Scene 1 seems like a simple-themed but there's much more depth when you read in between the lines of props, layout and body language. The first thing that is noticed in this shot is the body language of both the man and the woman. They both have the same posture with the typical hands-on-head language which shows a sign of anxiousness and stress, perhaps? The other feature I noticed almost immediately was the expensive looking necklace on the table, facing towards the man (i.e. bottom of necklace closest to him). This, to me, shows a sign of betrayal that the man has caused against the woman. My theory is the woman found the necklace, then discovered it didn't belong to her, and had an instant assumption that the man was having an affair with another woman.

The French Flag layout defined

This is shot is also laid out with a French flag like template. There are 3 main sections within the scene that are split up into 3 columns. Section 1 is the man, section 2 is the centre of the table where all of the props are based, and section 3 is the woman. This gives the audience 3 main areas to focus on. 

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Scene 2

Scene 2 has a lot more going on within the background of the scene as opposed to the foreground. Our main focus in this scene is the woman standing on the left hand side. Her facial expression shows she is a little shocked and apprehensive, almost as if she's waiting for something, or it has already happened. Maybe she's seen something? This particular element of the scene can be seen in so many different ways when reviewing. I personally think this is the woman that the man seen in Scene 1 is having the affair with.

Focusing more on the background, we see a young boy at a desk or table fiddling with the props on it. With the woman being so close to the camera, she almost looks like a shield to whoever is in the background. The camera angle is slightly looking up at her showing that she's a hero and she's made to look larger than normal.

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Scene 3

My opinion with this scene is simple. This is clearly the same woman as the one in Scene 1, and I then described that I thought she had just discovered her husband was cheating on her. Her body language shows she is slightly nervous and apprehensive of her surroundings and is slightly bewildered on what to do. She's making the audience watching feel for her - which gives an emotional connection between us and her. The way she's looking down on to the bed perhaps shows that she found her husband having an affair with another woman, and caught them in the act on this bed. 

The lighting in this scene appears to be quite simple. With the light on the table behind her, it makes her face seem a lot darker than everything else, which gives us a tense and mysterious atmosphere to deal with during this scene. Also, with the lights being on in the first place, it shows that this scene is portrayed as being night-time. Linking this with the apprehensive-looking woman - it could show that she is about to go to bed, but doesn't want to sleep in this bed as it's where she found her husband with another woman.

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Scene 4

This is the final scene and this links up all of my theories that I have given. To me, this woman looks like the same woman in Scene 2. The dark and dingy surroundings show that this is perhaps a secret hideaway in which these two go to do their thing, and have the affair. With the woman appearing to be in nightwear, and the man is suited very scruffily, this almost shows that it's the 'morning after' they did their shenanigans.

Focusing more on the body language now; the woman looks very nervous and guilty. The man, however, looks very surprised and shocked with how the woman has reacted. My instant thoughts on this scene is that the man has just told the woman that his wife, (pictured in Scenes 1 and 3) had discovered her necklace (on table in Scene 1) and now the woman in this scene is feeling very guilty. 

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My overall view:

The four scenes tie together quite nicely with the way I reviewed them. My final theory is that the man is having an affair with another woman, and got caught by his wife, who found a mysterious necklace in her bedroom. 

Who the affair woman was? We will never know. However, Scene 2 shows a child. Perhaps she was a baby sitter for the husband and wife's child, and that's how she met the husband? 

The scenes overall show a dark and dingy atmosphere with the slightly vintage twist, with the curly hair and older-fashioned ornaments (especially in Scenes 1 and 3).

I actually really enjoyed doing this quick review. It shows that I have more of a creative mind than I thought I did, and that pictures speak a thousand words.

Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

Documenting The Doing #12: In The First

First Person Perspective is a film technique that shoots entirely from the ''eyes'' of the character.  This way, it captures the emotion of the character more for the audience. By affecting the audience's point of view, it puts the audience in the right frame of mind to capture the essence and role of the character, giving them a deeper connection. Using the first person perspective also gives the production crew a wider variety of shots that they are able to use, as most shots won't last as long, because people don't tend to stand dead still for very long.

I worked with my colleagues Naomi Doddridge and Lauren Walke to create our own rendition of a first person perspective. Instead of choosing the typical tension and fear emotion that is most common, we chose to host an interview. Naomi would interview me, and I would be the 'celebrity'.

We began by planning the production very thoroughly with a lot of thought and style within our production stamps. We worked together as a group to create the best production plan we possibly could as we knew this particular project was vital for our end-of-assessment grade.

Production Lists:
- Shot list
- Equipment list
- Risk assessment
- Storyboard
- Synopsis

Storyboard, Shot List, Equipment List, Risk Assessment and Synopsis

Synopsis: ''We aim for our production to be approximately 1 minute 30 seconds long, Naomi will be asking Olivia questions as if she is interviewing her, and Lauren will be operating the camera and positioning it to create different moods, depending on the subject of the question. Throughout the short film, we will have a different range of medium and close-up shots of the interviewer and interviewee to create some personalities for them.''
When it came to filming, we struggled to find a suitable place to set the interview. No matter where we went, there was always background noise or people walking past. We tried outside the canteen, in reception and in the ceramics room (which is a big open space). None of these were successful so in the end we ended up outside of our studio. Looking back, this probably wasn't the best place to sit as there were a number of people walking in and out of our studio, but we made do and got on with it.

Our filming technique changed a few times due to the circumstances of where we were situated, but in the end we all finally settled on an agreement. As the scenes set-up was a small table with two chairs either side, it would be quite tricky to keep moving the camera from place to place to take either mine or Naomi's place. The easiest and most productive way to film was to shoot Naomi asking about five questions in one bulk, then shoot me answering them in another bulk. This saved a load of time and worked really well.

OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: In The First Interview

I feel as if our production went really well. There were a number of different elements we used to make it more challenging for us as a group. We actually hired out a boom mic! We weren't 100% sure on how to use it, but as a team, we made it work. This came in really handy as the camera microphone isn't particularly loud - and neither me or Naomi were keen on shouting at each other, just so the sound would be okay. 

Editing the production together was actually quite difficult. As above, we weren't 100% sure how to use the attaching mic, and this unfortunately meant that our sound recordings weren't connected to the video footage. This meant we had to match the sound and videos together, i.e. lip sync. This added an enormous amount of time to the editing as it took us a while to match it all up, but in the end we did it. I think it looks pretty genuine in the final production!

A quick shot of our set up

As there were so many shots taken and people walking past, we had quite a lot of bloopers. I decided to make a separate video to display these as they were absolutely priceless. It was such a funny process and I just feel like it's an honour to share it on this blog!

BLOOPERS REEL: In The First Interview

I really enjoyed this project and I think my colleagues, Naomi and Lauren did too. We had a right laugh filming it and it gave me a real insight in how to film a short movie in the first person perspective. I hope we do another movie in this perspective throughout this course as I would love to improve this and see the differences I have gained with experience.

Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

Review: Ratatat - Drugs

Well, what can I say? Yet another hard-to-watch video from the director and producer, Carl Burgess. I'll give him his credit, it's pretty cool how he produces the track to interact in collision with the video. There are many segments within this production that are fascinating to the eye, and I only noticed them from when I watched the video for about the 7th time.

Throughout this video we see a selection of emotions being portrayed from a wide variety of people. Some older, some younger, male, female, groups. Pretty much every emotion possible is in the production.

Ratatat - Drugs

In this production, all of the characters were allowed to keep their own clothes on, as opposed to being given them by the production crew. With this, you can see that they are 100% being themselves and I think this is a great thing to portray when you are giving away your emotions. 

Another thing that is quite a discreet yet effective edit throughout the production is the slight hint of smoke being blown behind them. This gives the video that little bit of depth that we don't normally see with this kind of layout. I think it's really creative that Burgess has done this and I really admire him for that. When doing my own edit for this video we did in class, I also put a slight smoke effect in the background and it really made the video look special. My video is available to view here: https://vimeo.com/79204083

Screen caps of the production

I noticed when I was doing the screen shots above that the camera angle changes during a distinctive emotion. The more happier people seem to be as a medium shot, and the people looking more content, upset or angry seem to have an extreme close up shot. I think this is because happiness is easy to spot, whereas people will need to study more into what other emotions are. The cheesy smiles would be too much to handle if they were close to the camera, like the woman in the middle-left photo. Too close, too close.

Overall, I think this video is edited and created very well. Carl Burgess did an excellent job at displaying people's emotions and feelings in the most creative and dignified way possible. 

Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

Documenting The Doing #11: More Soon

All I can say is thank heavens our class have personalities and an amazing sense of humour. Without those two traits, this project would've been a disaster.

We had to create Carl Burgess (More Soon)'s 'Ratatat - Drugs'. This pretty much consisted of the whole class individually (sometimes in pairs or 3s) standing in front of a camera, performing a chosen expression which would fit within the mood board that More Soon had created.

More Soon's mood board

We were all given the option to bring in an object that meant a lot to us so we could use it in our shot for the production. Some people decided to use them, whereas others opted for the cheesy-focusing-on-the-face side. We all had to do 2 shots each that lasted 10 seconds, and we could make it our own. We got to choose the emotion, and the lighting of the shot as we would do our best to make it fit with the emotion, (e.g. darker light for angry/sad and bright light for happiness/laughter).

When it came to my part of the production, I became really anxious and nervous. I did not, for the life of me, want to be in front of that camera. I felt so embarrassed and apprehensive to the extent where I was almost in tears. I really didn't like it. Thankfully, the amazing Katie offered to do my shots for me. I had to choose her expressions and lighting as they were still classed as my personal shots, it's just she was on camera for me. (Seriously Katie, thank you.)

Katie The Great

As you can see from the shots above, when I chose for Katie to be angry, I made the lighting very dark so her face didn't have much light reflecting off of it. This way, it really captures the atmosphere correctly and I'm really happy with how this shot came out. The happy shot (left), I positioned the light so it was on the left hand side of the shot as this reflects the sun. Sunshine = happiness. 

When it came to editing the production together, it took longer than I thought. There were 2 shots for every person, and this meant 100 shots in total. Importing them and sorting them in Adobe Premier Pro was a bit of a headache, as I kept on getting confused with who I'd included in the final take and who I hadn't. Whilst I was watching the recorded footage back, I decided I wanted to make a bloopers reel as I found some pretty funny bits that couldn't be missed.

OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: More Soon - Ratatat: Drugs

I really enjoyed editing this production as I think that getting the whole group involved in the large project was a perfect bonding point, and it really made us feel happy because it was absolutely hilarious to edit.

If I had to choose one thing that I would do differently, it would be the approach I had towards the editing of the whole production. Whenever I watch it back, it seems like I just plonked a load of 10 second clips together without thinking about putting them in synchronicity with the music beat, volume and speed. 

More Soon expressions by this wonderful bunch

Overall, I really enjoyed this production and I thought it was one of the best of this whole assignment. Editing it was just pure joy and I hope we do one like this again in future months.

Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

Review: Kap Bambino - Obsess

Burgess has been involved in a number of productions during his active years as a director and there is one in particular I wish to talk about. Kap Bambino - Obsess is a music video that involves expressive cheesiness from different people.

Kap Bambino - Obsess

Throughout this video we see a number of people with different expressions on their faces. It begins with couples hugging and the faces on camera looking very sympathetic and slightly confused. 

The whole production itself is very simple and it seems it would be quite a low budget project. There are a number of different elements which add dimension to the video, such as the low-key smoke in the background. This adds a little drama and tension between the actors and actresses throughout the film, and it's an effective movie feature that not everyone will notice if watching this for the first time. The characteristics of each person in the video are portrayed by their choice of clothing and first initial facial expression we see when it cuts to their shot.

Screen caps of the production - very random!

I think the concept of this production as a whole is to portray the in depth emotions of different people. We see a mix of people from older men to younger women - all doing different expressions to bring their twist to the video. There are also a few random moments within the production where cars get scratched and smashed, and a bowling ball landing on a plate of food and drink. All of these segments happen when the music is at its lowest point in terms of pitch, and other times when the music beat drops, yet it's still loud.

I also like the way this video has been edited in synchronicity with the beat, volume and speed of the music. When quiet music is played, we see emotions of sadness and contentment. When loud music is played, we see emotions of anger and stress. When the beat of the music drops from high to low, we see the destruction of people and objects (like middle-right photo in above collage).

Overall, I really like this production. I think it's a very clever way of showing the different emotions and portraying them in a way nobody has ever seen before. My favourite part of the video is how the emotions link with the music because I think this is a very unique way of editing. It's clear this is a pretty low budget production as not many props or production antics have been used - but I think the directors and producers made the most of what they had a created a successful video.


Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2011/07/15/kap-bambino-obsess-carl-burgess - accessed on 5th-Dec-2013

More Soon aka Carl Burgess

The staple reference More Soon originated from a particular video that Carl didn't get round to finishing, and he stated in an interview that there will be 'more soon'. 

More Soon, also known as Carl Burgess, is a film maker and artist who's work is full of surrealism, absurd-ismand the abstract appeal found in mutating, shimmering forms. As a designer and director based in London, Carl works in expanding areas of creative productions, such as; sculpture, design, illustration and film. Carl's versatile approach is united by strong, visual and creation, giving the flexibility to work on a wide range of projects and productions from large scale commercials to small, independent briefs.

Carl Burgess was involved in a number of productions for big names such as Mercedes, Nike and Kenzo. His productions bring something very unique to the advertising spectrum and this is why he has such a wide range of audience members. An example of Carl's work for Kenzo Fashion is shown below:-

'Marble Punch' for Kenzo - directed by Carl Burgess

An interview with Carl Burgess allowed us to take an insight into how the idea for this advertisement came about:
Q: How did the idea behind 'Marble Punch' come about?
Carl's answer: "We started from the print patterns which we absolutely loved. We were fascinated by the idea to create an environment directly inspired by the prints in which the clothes would blend in or be in some kind of dialog to the rest of the scene. We imagined this powerful woman walking through this environment crushing and smashing things."

Throughout all of Carl Burgess' productions, there has been a sense of mischief and cheesiness about them, and that is partly the reason that they're all so unique. Burgess once stated in an interview with thecreatorsproject - questioning his mischief:
Q: There's often a sense of mischief in your work, what draws you towards it?
Carl's answer: ''I suppose there is a bit of mischief going on in my work. It's not really intentional, I think it naturally just works its way out during the creative process. I don't like my work to be too dry; and I always think a touch of humour helps make your work more accessible. 

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Looking at all of Carl Burgess' productions, I really like the way he works. I think his productions are so crisp and smooth, with a touch of elegance and pure class. My personal favourite is one of Carl's productions called 'Advanced Beauty'. It's quite a slow moving video however I really like the movement and authenticity of the whole production.

The sound used in this video matches all of the features that a visually active within the design of the features. The naturalistic sound effects seem to have been edited in a program to make some echo and some a lot more dense and sharp.


Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/carl-burgess/a/550/b97 - accessed on 12th-Nov-2013
http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2008/12/06/more-soon-aka-carl-burgess/ - accessed on 12-Nov-2013
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/2628-more-soon - accessed on 12-Nov-2013
http://butdoesitfloat.com/filter/carl-burgess - accessed on 12th-Nov-2013
http://www.sundancechannel.com/blog/2010/06/carl-burgess - accessed on 12th-Nov-2013
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662128/carl-burgess-director-of-the-years-creepiest-coolest-music-video - accessed on 13th-Nov-2013
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/carl-burgess-is-gonna-find-you-and-take-it-slowly - accessed on 13th-Nov-2013
http://motionographer.com/2008/03/26/more-soon-now/ - accessed on 13th-Nov-2013
https://www.kenzo.com/en/blog/carl-burgess-thomas-traum-marble-punch_5962/ - accessed on 13th-Nov-2013

Documenting The Doing #10: Technicolour Yawn

Technicolour Yawn? Another word for vomit, basically. This weeks production was to film a member of the group pretending to be sick everywhere and we would have to Photoshop the contents of the vomit in for the final production. For once, this video was about the editing rather than the filming, which I was really looking forward to as I prefer to edit than film. We were shown an example of a Technicolour Yawn created by a few Japanese students and this was the inspiration behind the project. We had to use our own creative minds to decide what type of 'vomit' we'd do.

(Without blowing my own trumpet, I kind of know Photoshop like the back of my hand so this production and the editing concept was right up my street.)

We had to go into small groups as it was this video was more about the editing that the filming. We filmed with a Canon 600D and a tripod. It was quite a straight forward filming process as the footage was only about 10 seconds long.

Screen caps of 3 stages throughout our Technicolour Yawn

I was in a pair with Lauren, and we really wanted to be different and step out of our comfort zones and create the vomit to the best of our ability. We're both really in to the Marvel films, and seeing as this was just a quick project, we'd make the vomit different segments of Marvel. I began with importing the photos from Google Images into photoshop. I tried my best to find images that had either a transparent or white background so it would be easier to cut out the characters. I used the magic wand tool to delete the white background so it would be clearer and more professional in the final production. 

Editing the original images - 2 step background deleting

When we had deleted the backgrounds on the images that needed editing, we began creating the final animation. We had to individually insert the images one-by-one, and each frame we had to make them move slightly, so they would eventually end up off of the screen come the end of the production. The elements of the whole production were to spin in opposite directions to make it all look very random, and I think we achieved that in some respects.

OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: TECHNICOLOUR YAWN - MARVEL THEME

Although the production as a whole took about 3 hours in total to edit, to footage was only about 5 seconds long altogether. Looking back, I should have probably imported it into Adobe Premier Pro and slowed the whole thing down a tad to make it last longer. As it was so short we decided to add the Marvel soundtrack over the top for more effective noise, and add the traditional Marvel logo at the end of the film (always seen in the Marvel films). 

Overall, I really liked the concept of this production and I think if I had the chance to do it again, I would make the editing slightly less complicated so I could make the footage longer in the final production. I would also keep some of the background noise (the sound of Jade vomiting...) hearable, but fade it out a tad just so it isn't too hard.

Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.

The Kuleshov Effect

Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov was born in 1899 and died at the age of 71 in 1970. He was a Soviet filmmaker and believed to be one of the fist film theorists for his experiments in editing.

Kuleshov believed that the truest element of film and cinema was the editing side, and the transition from one shot to another. He then because well known for his most famous piece of work, known as the Kuleshov Effect which was experimented in the 1910s and 1920s.
His original experiment used shots of the face of actor Ivan Mozzhukhin, in which the actors expression did not change. This was then edited with shots of different items that he appeared to be 'looking at', (a bowl of soup, a woman and a young girl in a coffin).

Kuleshov Effect / Effetto Kuleshov

From this video, there are three emotions shown. Sadness, hunger and lust. Sadness is the point in which the actor appears to be looking at the girl, hunger is from the bowl of soup, and lust is the woman posing in a desirable manor. I think this video is really cleverly put together as I have personally never fathomed at how one expression can mean three completely different things.

Kuleshov once stated: ''During this time I created a montage experiment which came known abroad as the 'Kuleshov Effect'. I alternated the same shot of Mozzhukhin [a Tsarist matinee idol] with various other shots (a plate of soup, a girl and a child's coffin), and these shots acquired a different meaning. The discovery stunned me - so convinced was I of the enormous power of montage.''

There have been many references to the Kuleshov Effects in modern day television and film, such as Oblivion, District 9 and Star Trek, however there is an earlier example used which has become the most well known. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, an English film director and producer refers to the effects of the effect of the Kuleshov Experiment in conversation with Francois Truffant, who is an influential film director and critic.

Hitchcock Loves Bikinis

The different emotions in this video are portrayed in a slightly different manor than the original Kuleshov Experiment. He portrays himself in two different ways; a kindly old man (with the woman and child) and a dirty old pervert (with the woman in a bikini). This is all basically proves that by cutting and alternating when editing images in a certain order, it can portray many emotions even though the emotion on a characters face remains the same.

I really like the purpose of the Kuleshov Effect as I think it's amazing how one facial expression can be a tease to the audience, all depending on what the object is that the character is facing. Unfortunately,  I was absent when the class made their own variances of this experiment, however now I researched more into it, I fully understand what it is.


Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.


http://emotionalcinema.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/kuleshov-effect.html - accessed on 9th-Dec-2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gGl3LJ7vHc - accessed on 9th-Dec-2013
http://www.thekuleshoveffect.com/index/2010/1/2/the-top-16-films-of-2009.html - accessed on 9th-Dec-2013

Documenting The Doing #9: Swish Blog

It's time for yet another quick project and this one took a lot more time to plan than we thought it would. The project as a whole was based around transitions from one shot to another.

We were shown a few examples before-hand and our group clasped the concept quite quickly and we all thought it would be quite simple to think of an idea, but we couldn't have been any more wrong. There were so many ideas flying around the studio from other groups, but we wanted to do something unique. We only had 1 day to film and edit so we were under a lot of pressure in terms of the production side. We were racking our brains to think of a funky idea but in the end we settled for jumping and landing in a different destination.

Naomi jumps and lands in a different place between each transition

The concept of our design throughout the production was Naomi (pictured) would jump and appear to land in a different part of the building. We would then edit the individual shots together to create the effect that Naomi was transporting to different places. We understood it was a simple idea but we thought if we kept it simple, we could perfect the edit and make it look really sharp and sophisticated.

OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: SWISH BLOG - JUMP

When it came to editing the production it seemed to fit together quite nicely and looked very good. We did the simple thing by cutting the clips to fit in synchronicity with each other and this was quite straight forward most of the time. The way we did this was by using the Razor and Cut tools in Adobe Premier Pro to link up all of the footage.

Screen caps of the two main tools used to edit

I really enjoyed doing this production because I enjoyed the concept of making something synchronised with a number of shots and shooting around the college. It didn't take us too long to film as it was quite a simple concept of shots to edit together. When I did my own edit, I decided against using original sounds because there were background noises that didn't exactly match to our production. Instead, I put Girls Aloud's 'Jump' song over and completely cut out the original noise that we had. Looking back on this, I wish I kept some of the original sound as it would've been effective to hear Naomi's feet landing each time.