Westminster mile run - Primary Research

Questions to ask Clients

• what requirements are needed?
• the length of the documentary?
• do we need a presenter?
• what kind of questions would you like us to ask interviewees? 

Meeting with Clients

• Last year 3,000 participated this year 5,000 participants making it the biggest mile run in 2014
• 30 races taken place
• last race around 2-3
• 2-3 min inserts
• Interview sheets will be given
• no charities involved
• no raising money
• set up by 8.30am
• first race 9:30am
• Most iconic mile run in the world
• female race's
• men's elite race/women
• wheel chair users
• under 11's boys & girls
• no presenter needed

Westminster Mile Run Proposal

Title: Westminster mile run

Length: 2-3 mintues

Requirements: The client would like us to get footage of the runners, interviews, voxpops on the day which will go on the westminster mile website.

Purpose:
The reason for this is to show people who could not attend the event or who would like an insight of the event that would like to participate next year an idea of what happened and also encourage people to get out and participate in these fun events as it's a fun experience but also it helps people have a healthier lifestyle and once people watch how much fun it is would want to join in and tell others about it. This video will include Olympic Athlete Mo Farah who a lot of youngsters look up to and Paralympic Athlete David Weir who are both inspirational and will encourage the youth to get involved since their favourite Athlete will be there. The event will be celebrating Diane Leather becoming the first woman to run a mile in under five minutes and the 60th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister becoming the first man to break the four minute mile.
How I would like to film the mile is have my crew at different areas of the race start, middle, and ending to capture all moments and also some people filming spectators watching and interviewing them.

Concept:
The concept is to film every aspect of the westminster mile run from start to finish to spectators and getting interviews and voxpops not just from just people participating but the big name athlete's that will be there. It would also help to inspire the everyone to get involved in these activities since their favourtie athlete will be getting involved. Having the big name athletes will be one of the main attratction for such big names like Mo Farah who was such a poster boy at the 2012 olympic athletes and David weir will attract not just youth but other people that are into sport like older people to be apart of the big day. David weir will be trying to set a record there so hopefully that will help the youth see where hard work can get you and give them motivation. With my camera crew there will be 3 people per teams and one main photographer capturing moments within the race. We will use a lot of long shots to get the full body of the runners, close-ups to see runners and spectators facial expressions.

Target audience:
Our main target audience will be everyone because we want to encourage them to get out and be apart of this event which will give them determation but also to have a healthier lifestyle. It will appeal to the everybody because I will include different people such as families, wheel chair users, juniors that have competed previsiously in advertisement and done very well and also the fact that their role models for the juniors (Mo Farah & David Weir) will be there.
 

 

 

Going Live - TV Programme Reviews

Television Soap - Eastenders

Programme Outline: Eastenders is a British televison soap opera & the show first aired on the 19th of February 1985. Eastenders storyline examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London borough of Walford in East London. The series focuses on the residents of Albert Square. Four episodes are broadcast each week except Wednesdays for half an hour, which each episode then later being repeated on BBC Three at 10:30pm and an omnibus edition on BBC ONE at weekends.

Eastenders a family soap but also aimed at more middle aged people 40+. The show consistenlty attracts atleast 7 to 12 million viewers. Eastenders two main rivals are Coronation Street & Emmerdale.

Sequence Analysis:
Information: It is Carol's Birthday and David tries his best to sabotage Masood's plans - but will his naughty scheme work? Phil gives Jay an ultimatum about where his loyalties lie.

In the first part of this sequence as Jake answers the door Phil comes walking very fast and fustrated through the house with Ronnie behind which is a wide shot. It then becomes a mid shot of other guests in the house showing their emotion and stunned faces as they see Phil's anger which makes the viewers anticipate something is about to take place. The next scene is in the living room as Phil confronts Jay about going behind his back. The camera then goes back and forth between Phil and Jay as they talk and then also to the guests in the house to show their expression while they have this heated confrontation and all these shots are mid shots. It then becomes more of a wide shot as Phil and Jay are the centre of attention. The shot remains that way as it becomes more tense until Phil and Jay leave the room with no dialouge and just the music playing in the background. Carol and David then leave the room to have a conversation, the shot is a mid shot with both of them, then it becomes a mid close up as the camera cuts between them when they are talking. In the scene carol recieves a present from David, she takes it out the rapper but we dont know what it is yet until the shot becomes an Over-The-Shoulder (OTS) shot where we can see its a caset.

Programme Description & Analysis:
Overall, during this sequence there are only 2 main shots which were Mid shot's and Wide Shot's. The mid shots and wide shots are used a lot because they also try and capture the characters emotion. The genre of the programme is a serial drama so the shots will move a bit quick but at the same time still be slow because its a drama and not stay on one shot for too long, which was shown during this sequence the shots were cut farely quickly to keep the audience alert of what may happen next and so it does not get boring. Shots move atleast every 2-3 seconds. The audience always expect to see drama all the time when it comes to soaps especially if its a serial drama something always happens, thats when drama does start things begin to come a bit more quicker during that specific scene to get the viewers excited & wanting to watch what might happen in the next episode. Eastenders is only shown 4 times a week, I think they do this because of clashing with other popular programmes and it also helps with ratings because viewers will be left hanging from Tuesdays epsiode wanting to know what will happen next so will tune into Thursdays episode. Having it shown again on BBC THREE gives the viewers chance to watch it again if they missed it on BBC ONE.

Game Show - The Cube

Programme Outline: The Cube is a British game show which first aired on ITV on 22 August 2009. Presented by Phillip Schofield, it offers contestants the chance to win a top prize of £250,000 by completing challenges from within a 4m × 4m × 4m Perspex cube with only 9 lives to complete the different challenges. The show is based on the idea that even straightforward tasks become extremely challenging when confined and put under pressure in front of a large live studio audience. Once inside, contestants can feel both claustrophobic and disorientated. They also repeat on ITV2. Its an hour long game show.

Sequence Analysis: At the beginning of the game there's a voice explaining the concept of the game and a background instrumental whiles that is going on they are showing different people who have played the game already in the Perspex cube and also showing contestants saying how difficult the game is. It is very fast paced in the beginning panning around the Cube showing us whats going on from different angles, but what is going on in cube is in slow motion. It also shows mid shots of different contestants facial expressions very quickly. The camera then zooms into Phillip Schofield with him asking the question "Have you got what it takes to beat the cube?" and then zooms back out. Phillip Schofield is also looking directly into the camera as he speaks. Whiles Phillip Schofield is interviewing the contestant the camera switches between them and the family that are sitting in the audience a mid shot is used when viewing the families. When the contestant is walking into the cube they use a birds eye view shot, once the contestant is in the cube it becomes a wide shot so you can see Phillip from a distant and the contestant in the cube. When the contestant takes on the challenge the shot pans around the cube and everything becomes slow motion which makes the audience anxious to see if they can do it. Once the contestant completes the challenge and does it the camera cuts between them and their family which is a mid shot of their reaction.

 Programme Description & Analysis:
In comparison to eastenders, The cube is definelty more quicker which is expected because it is a game show and it needs to give the audience that adrenaline rush when they are watching, whereas eastenders just slowly creates that tension throught the whole entire programme. Game shows also use shots & angles that you will not see in eastenders such as slow motion, zooming in fast and fast panning these kind of shots & angles are mainly just used in game shows. Audience expect to be anxious when they are watching a game show, feel like they are on the edge on their seats, so game shows make sure that its as exciting and exhilirating to watch for their audience. I dont think this game show has a specific audience, I think its for anyone who likes watching game shows watch it, whereas eastenders does have a specific audience they target at.

Sitcom - The Big Bang Theory

Programme Outline:
The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom which premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007. The show is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense. In the UK the show is mainly shown on channel E4. The ratings are around the 1 million mark.

Sequence Analysis:
In the beginning of the sequence everything is very slow. All the characters are at a restaurant having a meal. One of the characters sits down, then the camera slowly panes outwards and then goes into a wide shot so we can see who else is seating at the table with him and where they are. It then goes into a mid shot as each character begins to talk around the table. Then when the whole group agrees on something it goes back to the wide shot so we can see everybodys expression and what they are saying. One of the characters tries to make a funny joke but the camera is not only on her but the other person seating next to her so then we can aslo see his facial expression which is a wide shot, once the joke is not funny the camera goes on everybodys faces individually to show their expression which is all mid shots. There is then a wide shot of two of the characters looking up to the waitress as she speaks. It then goes back to another wide shot of the group seating at the table when of the characters ask the group question showing the audience the he is asking everyone at the table.

Programme Descriptions & Analysis:
With all three programmes I have analysed, they all have their main audience eastenders is a family soap, the cube aimed at people who love watching game shows and the big bang theory is aimed at geeks & people who are into science. Compared to eastenders and the cube, the big bang theory is fairly slow between its cuts it can be 5-10 seconds which is not so odd for a sitcom because its not all to serious because of the funny side to it so not everything is moving fast but at the same time not to slow because they want to keep the audience laughing. 

Strengths & Weaknesses of Multi-Camera and Single Camera Production:
With Multi Camera you can use different cameras to shoot which makes it more quicker to shoot. Using lighting and sound is a lot easier because you dont have to keep packing the equipment when moving to a different location. You also got a lot of scenes covered in a shorter amount of time. The disadvantages of Multi camera is that it may cost more with the camera men you need to hire and it being out of sync. The Advantages of single camera is that its more cheaper, you dont need to worry about it being out of sync. The disadvantage is that it takes longer to shot & edit since there is so many shots to be done.

Video Installation Nasties

What is video installation?

Video installation is an art form that combines video technology with installation art making use of all aspects of the surrounding environment to affect the audience. To capture the audiences attention with video installation different colours, lightings and the enviroment should create a good concept. 

 

 

 

Sam Taylor-Wood

is an english film maker, photographer and visual artist. She started her fine art-photography in the early 1990's. Sam-Taylor wood then later went on to use her different work within TV, Film and music.

I recently watched one of her installation videos called "Still Life" about the process of decompostion. The main focus in the video are the fruits over the course of the video we slowly watch the fruit decay, which I found interesting because it's not something we see everyday and for the audience viewers in real life it's not something we want to look at, immediately you throw that item that has decayed in the pin, however she has been able to make it look intriguing to watch something decay in front of us. What I found unusual was the random pen in the video, I feel like she was trying to make a comparions between the pen and the fruits but I don't understand which I think was a very smart thing of her to do because it leaves the viewers wondering why that random pen was there and it will make them want to watch it back to understand the story that she was trying to convey in this video installation.

 

 



 

I also then watched another video installtion of her's called "A little death" which is like "Still life" because it uses the “Decomposition” theme again. This time we were watching a Hare being decomposed, at first I didnt know what to think about the video, I didnt understand what the meaning of it meant, neither could I tell what the item in piece was and although I found it disturbing, once again she was able to make you intriguied to continue watching and wonder what was going on and in both pieces she always left you wondering which I think she does on purpose to leave the audience viewer wanting to watch again as much as they find it disturbing.

In both pieces the camera is placed in one shot throughout.

 

 

Elisabeth Charlotte "Pipilotti" Rist

is a visual artist from switzerland who works with video, film, and moving images which often displayed as projections.

I watched her video installation piece called "Ever is Over All" the piece was shown in an art gallery where to two different videos were overlapping eachother but compliment eachother. The video shows a women holding a loop (flowers) walking down a street and as she is walking by using this object to smash cars, she looks very happy doing so like it was an expression she was letting out not having a care that she is damaging property and in the other video clip which is overlapping it, it's showing us this specific object the loop (flowers), I feel like Pipilotti did this to show how the woman was feeling inside, that she was on cloud 9 and not having a care in the world with what she was doing, Pipilotti using nature to express the womens feeling was trying to show she was in a different world of her own and that this specific object is making her feel that way and making her act out. I feel that when the audience viewers are watching they would be confused as to why shes walking around destroying property and looking happy at the same its smiliar to Sam's work because it also makes you wonder and want to watch it again to understand the meaning behind it.

 

Tony Oursler
is an American multimedia and installation artist. He does different things like video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting.
The installation I found from Tony Oursler is simliar to Pipilotti because they are both conveying emotion/expressions but in a different way. Tony used several different faces of one person they are all making funny and weird facial expressions at the same time showing emotions, him using more than one face to portray one emotion is to show that as humans we go through different emotions at one time which the audience viewer can relate to, out of all the video installation videos I understand his one the most because it gets straight to the point whereas the others they want you to figure it out and come up with what you think it may mean.  Starts from (2:52)



Looking over all the different installation videos, the one that I found most disturbing was Sam-Taylor Wood's work nobody in reality would want to see anything decay infront of them because its disgusting and it keeps on replaying on your mind which I think was her aim, was to leave the viewers puzzled and have them talking about it once they finished watching. I think some viewers may find the hare decaying offensive especially people who love in animals they would question why would you want to display such a thing which will create a lot of buzz for her videos and she is known for always being different and thinking out of the box doing things that people have never seen before. In both of her videos she also had one object which had been left untouched and nothing happened to them in "Still Life" there's a pen and in "A little death" there's peach which I didn't understand but looking back at maybe she is trying to make a comparison between life and death but I still dont fully understand what the meaning behind it is, the same with Elisabeth Pipilotti Rist video installation her video installation left you wondering what that was really about leaves you questionining why is this women walking around with a loop smashing cars what is the meaning behind, viewers may think or maybe a feminist will she say she is portraying women in the wrong the light because we dont usually act violent and do such outrageous things, some may say that these 2 artist are just doing it for attention but I think that's the whole point they want to leave their viewers talking and thinking about it and create something that people have never witnessed before which I can definetly say they achieved. Whereas the video installation from Tony I understood it more because of the different facial expressions he used you could tell he was trying to portray different emotions which like I said when people watch it can relate although all that background talking with many voices may become irritatiing after a while.

Overall I feel like although I understood Tony's work more it dosen't stick in my mind as the other two because it wasnt as controverstial and that different, whereas with the other two never seen anything like it before especially Sam's work its not something I would of wanted to see with the hare and maggots its just really disgusting but yet again I remeber her one the most because of how peculiar it was.

Photography Show reel/Final image

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Working to a brief

Sports Relief Proposal

Sports Relief Telethon 2014

Game show (Pre-Recorded Item)

Working Title: Drink & Answer

Synopsis:  Staff Vs Students (4 people on each team)... They will be given a question to answer on any general topic, but before answering the answering the question they must drink something and who ever drinks the most will be able to answer the question if the answer is wrong then the other opponent can answer the question and if their right will get a point. There will be 30 questions in total. Each question is worth a point.

Proposal: For my game show since its staff vs students. Students will be on one side and staff members will be on the other side to create that feel of a real competition. There will be a presenter at the beginning to introduce the audience to the game show and explain to them to concept of the game.

Content

First round: Each round will consist of 10 questions about 3 different topics.
In the first round the questions will be based on stuff to do with the United Kingdom
2 people from each team will come and sit at a table facing eachother and the presenter will read out the questions and they must drink whatever is in front of them within 20 seconds whoever drinks the most can answer the question, however if they get it wrong the other opponent can answer the question.

Second round:  In the second round it will also consist of 10 questions about music related topics. 20 seconds to drink.

Final round: In this round it will just be questions on random topics, it being the last round if both opponents from each team dont know the answer they get an ultimatum the presenter will give them an A,B & C decision to pick from. 10 seconds to answer question.  At the end of the game the team with the most points wins.

Shooting Style

There will be 3 cameras used. One camera which will be on a tripod, this camera will be focusing on the main action on stage with the contestants and presenter and everything thats happening on stage which will also be zooming in and out to get facial expressions and close up movements. The other 2 camera's will be used to get audience reaction one will be hand held and the other will be on a tripod.

Target audience

16-19 year old students who attend CWC college.

How it will maintain audience attraction

It will maintain audience attratcion because its going to be interactive where both students & teachers can get involved and it's outside a classroom enviroment so people will feel more comfortable and be able to have fun.

Light Painting

 

Light Painting allows you to create different creative effects, where the light is only shown in different shapes and sizes and whatever outline you choose to draw is what reflects back on the camera. To be able all lights have to be switched off so that you can get capture the light using a light torch and depending on how you want it to come out you have to stand in a certain poistion to achieve what you want.

 

Light Painting

T.V, ISO 100, shutter speed 15-30

 

 

Sports Relief Paperwork

Permission for location: James Hodges & Barrington Robinson
Address: Paddington Green Campus, Paddington green, London W2 1NB

Constraints	How to prevent them
Risks/Accidents For e.g - tripping over wires, destroying equipment, a prop/equipment going missing.	To prevent them do a risk assessment first
Time/Absent Crew members not showing up on time or a crew member not coming in and not being informed.	To prevent this there should be a time schedule so members know when to be show up and crew members should inform anyone from the crew a few days before that they wont be there.
Budget. Being expensive	The idea should be ideal for a sustainable budget
Equipment not available	Book in advance to avoid a slow down process.
Crew/contestants not enthusiasti	Have people who are willing to participate and be excited so the ending product will be successful

CWC Paperwork STAFF AWARDS

As a class we were given the opportunity to organise the staff awards, in which we had to go out and shoot interviews with staff members talking about the staff member that they nominated for awards such as long service, retiree and excellence in teaching, filming a pre title sequence and title sequence and filming the staff awards on the night. During this project I was given the role of  being one of the interviewers. This meant I had to come up with questions to ask the staff and book interviews.

Prior to us starting this project as a class we went on a trip and visited Loose Women at ITV Studios, this helped us as a class get some insight on what happens behind the set during a live show and what we can expect when we do the CWC staff awards. 

Within my role I had to come up with different questions for the different categories. The awards ceremony was split into 3 sections which were for; Long Service, Retirees and Excellence Awards. such as Individual award for Teaching and Learning, Group Award for Teaching and Learning, award for Support for Students, award for Promoting Student Diversity, award for External Customer Services, award for Internal Customer Services, award for Leadership & Managment. I also had to come up with a template to send to the staff  asking them to book an interview and contributed to sending some emails at the very beginning of the project.

After sending off the emails we soon then got replies, which meant we could start shooting some interviews. Everyday the producer would tell us we have an interview at a certain time and the location so I knew where I was going and what time to be there for. During the interviews I would allow the interviewee to have a look at the questions so they would get comfortable and have an idea of what to say and also give them time to write down what they want to say so they are prepared and we would not have to do many retakes. Overall I think I handle it very well, at the beginning I did find it very nerve racking but throughout the process I got comfortable doing it and if I was to do it over again I would because it helped with confidence. It was sometimes difficult when we lost footage which meant we had to redo an interview. It was also hard when some of the camera crew wouldn't show up and we have interviews in the morning, sometimes places that we needed to have the interviews would be booked and as the deadline was drawing closer things got difficult but as a classed I believed we pulled together at the end.

On the day of the event I was assigned the role as floor manager, I was happy to get this role because prior to this event I had been floor manager before which I enjoyed, so I was already sure with what I was doing which put me more at ease on the night of the show. As floor manager I was in charge of seeing to everyone on the floor like the camera crew if they needed anything they would ask me. During rehearsals I wanted to make sure everyone had what they needed before the event started such as having a spare battery and making sure everything was working for them. I also had a talk back where I was communicating with the crew and passing messages throughout. At times the talk back would keep cutting off which made me a bit nervous that it could happen during the show but luckily it didn't and everything went smoothly.

During the live event at the very beginning there were technical difficulties so I was asked to pass the message to tell them to stall a bit longer whiles things were getting fixed, which made everyone panic. I was then introduced to the audience as the floor manager when all eyes were on me which got me nervous and the audience was told whatever I do they would copy so if I clapped the audience would corrospond. Overall im impressed with my performance and I'm with happy with how I handled it.

After talking to our client we got feedback based on the award night and the overall performance of our class. One of the problems our clinet said we faced was that it did not start on time and that was due to some techinal difficulties but as a team we handled the pressure well. Sometimes there was a lack of communication between the teams which caused some confusion & also some confusion within the nominations of who nominated who was not accurate but overall everything came together in the end.

We found that the stuff really enjoyed themselves and loved the humour at the beginning with the pre title sequence which set the tone, some staff members even got dressed up which shows how excited they were and made it seem professional. They were proud of the efforts we all put in. She also said staff members got emotional during the Mandela clip that we showed of the college clapping in memory of him, which showed the unity within the college. Staff members were also very emotional when receveing awards.

Overall as a class I think we came together eventually. At times it was difficult when people would show up late or not come in at all which meant sometimes we had to rush things. Others really worked hard to get things done. I definetly think this was such a learning experience and next time round we will know what to do and what not to do.

CWC Paperwork STAFF AWARDS

City Of Westminster College Staff Awards 2014 - Proposal

Proposal: The staff awards is an event held every year at the end of the Summer term, where different staff members from different departments of the college are rewarded for their excellence as a teacher, there long service or for a retiree. The show will last an hour long.

Audience: The audience for the staff awards will be between the age of 25-60. The seating amount will be 250.

Videos: For the title sequence to set the tone for the staff awards there should be a lot of humour to get the audience comfortable and excited, but also to represent the college in the right way, since it is all about the staff and what they have contributed to college it is important to show the staff at work, showing the staff interacting with there students. Also showing the great aspects within the college such as different facilities  like the gym, dance studio, libary, & the canteen. I would also like to add other members of the college who contribute just as much as staff do like Security Guards, Dinner Ladies & Admins. Staff will be shown also interacting with eachother having a laugh to show they enjoy what there doing and showing that unity between staff members. A feel good soundtrack will also be played in the background.

For the interviews I think it should be more than one person talking about their peer they nominated, it should be group interviews so that it makes it more funny and so the staff can vibe of eachother and relating their different answers for example if it was a funny moment they shared with that particular person. The interviews should take place in their style of work so if its a memeber of staff from the libary the interview should take place in the libary or a staff room in the libary so it makes the audience aware of what this person does in the college. During the interviews it will be cutting back and forth from the interview to showing the person who is nominated working. For interviews such as for the retiree & long service category at the end of each interview a special message will be said to make that person feel appreciated and that there hardwork contributed to the college was/has been appreciated. Not only should staff be interviewed but also students of those staffs to get everybody involved.

Staging: When it comes to the whole set up of the stage, I think the lights should represent the different colours of the college. On the projector the college logo should be up. There could also be a red carpet leading up to where the staff members are going to collect their awards to make them feel special and proud of there achievements and to also give a little speech when collecting there award on stage. Each category could also have there own lighting referring to the college colours. Photographers will also be taking pictures after staff members have collected their awards.

Ending: At the end a clip will be shown with a special message from the Vice Principal & Principal congratulating all staff members and thanking everyone for coming. To end it on a funny note outtakes should be shown of staff members messing up during the interview.

CWC Paperwork STAFF AWARDS

CWC Staff Awards Notes/Feedback

From Client and Vice Principal : Pat Squires

Pros

• Opening sequence set the tone for the award show & got the audience excited
• Vice principal had confidence in us as a team that we could get
•  the job done.
• As a team we handled the pressure
• Opening sequence had an impact on the audience, showed unity for the college during the Mandela part.
• The production value was high
• Staff got dressed up for the event, made the event look professional.
• Staff were emotional whiles receving awards
• Group interviews seem better than single interviews.

Cons

• It kicked of later than it should of done due to understandable circumstances.
• Trying to make sure that team had the right information for interviews.