It was time for the first production after the half term break we had, and it consisted of quite a challenge. This project involved getting in to groups of 2-4 people and follow strict guidelines on the order in which we produced the final cut video. We also had to use a template grid of the 7 W's which would help both us and other people understand the basic steps of our production - this would ensure that it was crystal clear in what we would produce for our final video.
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| The 7 W's |
During the morning, we had looked into how the news was stereotypically reported on a day-to-day bases on the major news channels, such as BBC, SKY and ITV. Charlie Brooker talked us through a rather amusing concept that he had put together.
How to Report the News - Charlie Brooker
It was a pretty tricky subject to try and think of, especially as we were only given until 4.30pm to film, edit, export and upload. We knew it would be a challenge - but not to this extent. I worked with my colleagues Naomi Doddridge, Katie Patrick and Jade Popham during this production, and we had given ourselves roles to ensure we were organised so we could just get on with it. I would be the news reporter, Katie would be the camera operator, Jade would be the floor manager and Naomi would be the sound engineer. After a long think about what our subject would be, we came up with a pandemic disease that sends people to sleep and is caught by yawning and touch. As most people in our class were filming around college, we wanted to go somewhere different and make it unique.
1. Establishing shot
2. Reporter facing towards the lens whilst using hand gestures
3. Halt and pose question
4. Filler shots with voice overs
5. Facts and figures animation/title
6. Filler shots with voice overs
7. Vox pops - quick, fast paced cuts
8. Interview segment
9. Filler shots
10. Conclusion and round up with pan to object
We headed up to Plymouth Hoe, where it was sunny and had a nice backdrop to film against. We began with filming the filler shots as this was the easiest step - and with this, we filmed about 20 to ensure at least 10 would be fine to use. We then walked towards Plymouth Lido, where we found a shaded area which we thought would be good to film the initial opening sequence, where I would find myself walking towards the camera, using hand gestures, and giving a general overview of what the whole news report would be based on.
With all of our shots, we were using a zoom mic to record the sound footage, as we felt this would pick up our voices much clearer than just the camera individually. We appreciated the fact it was windy, but we thought it would give the sound an authentic feel, like we normally see on news channels here, especially during the winter months with weather reports.
When it came to editing the final production, as usual, we imported all of the sound files and video shots into Adobe Premier Pro and began watching them all back. Then we hit a hitch. It was 3.30pm and we had an hour to edit, export and upload, so we were pretty stuck for time. Listening to the footage was a complete disaster, as all you could hear was the wind. That's it. The wind was too strong and totally closed out our voices all together, even though we were holding the mic as close to our faces as we could.
It was a real shame, as we really wanted this to work. Our story line was good and filming the footage went really well, it was just the sound that let us down. Thankfully, I can still blog about it. I just don't have any video to show you. Sorry about that. At least we know, now, that we need to take in to consideration where we are filming, and what the weather is like. It's the first time the weather has interfered with a production, and I will make sure it's the last.
Cheerio. :o)
- Olivia.
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