It's over! It's finally over!

After watching the Multi-Cam back I have realised that Camera 4 was out of focus, this really angered me because it had been fine for three months. The sound had minor issues throughout the shoot and whilst I was on Camera 2 I was perfectly fine. Today was the deadline for the folders. I had finished mine long before the deadline and I was busy trying to put Jess Shaw's Wool Room advert onto DVD when a couple of members of the group told me we could hand the folders in. I then handed it in and soon afterwards put the advert onto DVD and on the master tape thanks to Louise Tonner. Woo! It's over. Now for the Live folder...

Sam

Phew!

Well the Multi-Camera Production is finally over! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Wooooooooooooooooooo! Wooooooooooooooooooo! *ahem* Sorry got a bit excited there. Finally after three months hard graft it all came to an end on January 19th @ 4:52pm. And weren't we all buzzing!

During the show I was on Sound, Camera 2 and the dreaded Camera 4. The sound and camera 2 went perfectly fine and for the past three months camera 4 was fine too, but for some strange reason it decided not to work when most important. I was so angry with myself that I couldn't get it fixed in time but I did my best to get the shots that the director wanted. The rest of the shoot went great and we will be watching it tomorrow morning.

In other news, the Live Project was filmed last Friday without any trouble. During the shoot it was extremely cold and I would like to thank the cast and crew for putting up with the climate to get a great shoot out of the way. I would like to thank the rest of the people who came to be extra's, you know who you are! Yesterday myself and Louise Tonner edited the Live Project all in one day which was good because the deadline is tomorrow morning. The touch ups are done and we are all ready for hand in.

I also finished my production logo designs, this included: DVD case design, CD design, Postcard, Letterhead, CV, Business Card & Complimentary Slip. We then got to critique everyones work and when I got back to mine most people said colour needed to be added so I created a new design which will be ready for deadline which is the 9th February. I will also created something for it that will hold all the designs together. I also want to animate my logo so if I have time to do that I will.

Sam

2nd Unit

All the 2nd Unit has been filmed and edited. Buck Turbine (or Action Man) was the first to be done. Once we got the actor in for rehearsals and he had a few run throughs with his lines he came to film the 2nd Unit which was then shot and edited within a day because the deadline is fast approaching. This 2nd Unit turned out really well, because of the performance of one John Noble and the crew. It has been given to the head editor and he has sorted it all out so it can be viewed during the show. The other 2nd Unit was Sci-Fi, this was also done really quickly because we had to work around the actor; who is a fellow student. But through it all he remained patient and made it easy for me to direct him through what I wanted. Even though it was what was originally planned for both shoots I think they both turned out really well even though they are so simplistic.
Sam

2nd Unit

Due to script changes and ommisions the 2nd Unit is totally different to how we started it. In the beginning there were adverts, these were all planned and ready to shoot but due to changes they got completely removed. So the scriptwriters needed to change it and add something else. So in the end we added sob stories to most of the characters to fill out the allotted time space. Because the group C adverts were changed from 'Blow Up TV' to Buck Turbine and Deckard sob stories it meant that I had to re-do my storyboards because I am director of the 2nd Unit. Due to actors dropping out the 2nd Unit has not been filmed but it getting filmed tonight. The actors that dropped out were for the Sci-Fi section so it meant that we had to use another student to play the part of Deckard. Both sections will be filmed tonight and put into the edit tommorow and given to the lead editor for the Multi-Camera show which is now just a week away.
Wish us luck!
Sam

What a fortnight!

Well, as I am the editor for Jess Shaw's Sheepy Woolroom production and the deadline was fast approaching I knew that I had to get what Jess had done into the edit. Yesterday I edited all the segments that are completed and put them into the timeline the best I could. I couldn't do it to the storyboards because some parts are currently getting filmed so once they are done I can finish off the edit. However, there is a lack of sound which needs to be dealt with. Jess and the sound person are going to go out and get some sound effects for me like the sound of the wind and footsteps on grass, all the things necessary so it makes it sound like that the sheep are on a farm.
In other Live Project news, my Zombie shoot date is set. The location is sorted. The actors are sorted. A way of making a massive duvet is almost there, I just need to collect some more white bed sheets so if anybody has any available that would be a great help. What I also need is a mass amount of people to be the 'zombies' so if you are available on the 21st of January feel free to come to the square outside of MIMA in Middlesbrough town centre. Oh before I forget I need to film the TV news broadcast which my main 'zombie' is viewing so that will done before the Multi-Camera production.
The Multi-Camera production. What can I say? It hasn't been the most well handled project I have done but we are getting there. Because of actors dropping out left, right and centre it really set us back. Especially the Romance section, because the male actor dropped out me and Andy (Head scriptwriter and Group C director) had to write another genre in. Thus Romance became Chick Flick. I wasn't totally sure about this genre as we had already discarded earlier in the year but it turns out the script we wrote is funny and the timing is spot on so I pleased about that. We have got two of the three actors in the Chick Flick section and it works well. Also in the Horror section my Vladimir actor dropped so we had to get a new actor in who fits the bill and has his own costume, fangs, the lot. Since the last time I wrote a post I believe that Detective Law and Stanley Buttons also dropped out but we got in two new actors really quickly so all the actors are set for the show. The set is almost complete and everything is near enough done, we just need to tie up all the loose ends. The track list for the sound is done I believe so I need to get in the sound booth tomorrow so I know my cues from Andy. I had a quick word with him about it and I pretty much understand were my cues are so I think I will be alright. The music tracks that I need to remember to put in are the Wilhelm scream for Buck Turbine's section and a scientific alarm for Deckard's section. Camera 4 is going to be changed so that is great news because the camera we have now is far too heavy for me to hold for 12 minutes and doesn't look like the rest of the cameras in the studio. Roll on live show!
Also this week I changed my production logo and name, I felt this was for the best because my original name was a too unique (it was a made up word) and this new name has a deeper meaning for me. Hopefully they are better than my previous attempts. Tell me what you think; they are on the side on screen.
All the best for the New Year!
Sam