For assignment 7, we needed to create our own TV drama which we based on the genre of psychological/appocolyse. Our idea was based around a teenage girl who woke up from a party thinking she was about to have an ordinary day. What she didnt know was that she was stuck in a world where she couldnt get out and time didnt move. She is all alone until someone punches her which knocks her out, to which she is explaining what this 'world' is about. Our group wanted to go into as much detail as possible without giving away too much. We thought by leaving the clip on a cliffhanger would encourage our target audience to want to watch more. We planned to base the tv drama mainly on our target audience but still wanted to grab as many people as possible allowing the tv drama to be open to anyone.
I think our group worked well, we made sure we equally split the work load giving each person something to complete. We wanted to have the majority of the work done before we started to film which would then give us as much time to edit to get our tv drama to a good professional standard. We wanted to make sure our actresses didn't feel as though they were having too many lines to remember on the day, which made the rehearsals on the day a lot easier for both the crew members and actresses. The filming was able to run a lot smoother and caused less confusion towards the actresses, meaning that we could get thefilming done quicker as we didnt need to use lots of camera memory space rilling it up with the same clips of the actresses forgetting their lines.
We all tried to help edit as much as possible each hsving our own say, making the editing job easier and allowing our own suggestions to be put in there. We mainly used short simples cuts which created the effect that we were planning on having towards the audience. This meant again creating a really amazing effect without giving away too much detail. We wanted to give keep the audience guessing what was going to happen next. I beleive that the music we used fitted really well creating tension from the audience. The party scene music we thought helped enhance the atmosphere and give the audience some kind of hint of what it was that the actresses in the scene were doing.
Overal I felt as though our TV Drama went well. We managed time well and effectively due to the obstacles that we had to overcome. I believe we kept to our target audience well and kept them in mind whilst also pushing ourselves to open to a wider audience range. We worked well as a group, all happy and taking our strong points and using them tpwith the written work. We made sure each individual was happy with the tasks they were giving, allowing new challenges when it came to a task we previously haven't complted. I enjoyed working within the group, we were able to take on crew member job roles we knew we wereIinterested in allowing us to have some kind of experience.
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Reflection on filming - Becky
We had a few issues when filming, due to the idea our TV Drama meaning we had tombe very aware and cautious when filming and how we went about filming. The most difficult part was when we changed the location to filming outside, we spent a lot of time waiting for the traffic to pass or to wait for any walkers to be out of site. This kept us crew members aware of anything thing that could stop our idea from working.
We had the troubles of filming inside the house due to the pets that were there. We had to keep letting the dog out into the garden which was the background to the shots which weretaken from the lounge. We over came the majority of the oobstacles allowing us to learn different ways to overcome them and keep the filming to a professional standard.
We did all the filming on two different cameras due to ellies sound not working properly. This allowed either Ellie or Victoria to catch different perspectives and angles. Ellie mainly focused on catching the shots which were either far away or up close that didn't need to catch any dialogue.
Overal the filming went well, we filmed as much as we could to the best standard possible in the time which we gave ourselves. I thought it worked well using two cameras which gave us more of a choice from which angle looked better.
We had the troubles of filming inside the house due to the pets that were there. We had to keep letting the dog out into the garden which was the background to the shots which weretaken from the lounge. We over came the majority of the oobstacles allowing us to learn different ways to overcome them and keep the filming to a professional standard.
We did all the filming on two different cameras due to ellies sound not working properly. This allowed either Ellie or Victoria to catch different perspectives and angles. Ellie mainly focused on catching the shots which were either far away or up close that didn't need to catch any dialogue.
Overal the filming went well, we filmed as much as we could to the best standard possible in the time which we gave ourselves. I thought it worked well using two cameras which gave us more of a choice from which angle looked better.
Rehearsals - Becky
We planned our rehearsals to be held on the day of the filming, allowing the actresses to have the script more in their memory. Also due to the short amount of notice we gave, it was he only time available where all crew members and actresses xould attend.This allowed the crew members time to help spend time explainning and promtimg the actresses before and throughout.
Before we filmed we allowed a few minutes for the actresses to read through their lines and memorise as much as possible. We found it easier to rehearse one line or two and then record them saying the line allowing the filming to be paced well, encouraging the actreses to feel calm and allowing them to take their time.
Before we filmed we allowed a few minutes for the actresses to read through their lines and memorise as much as possible. We found it easier to rehearse one line or two and then record them saying the line allowing the filming to be paced well, encouraging the actreses to feel calm and allowing them to take their time.
Issues and how we overcame them - Becky
Our group had a varied amount of issues during both filming and pre-production that we had to over come. During the pre-production, we managed tosplit out the work evenly allowing each group member to equally have set work that they had to complete.
We had more issues when it came to the last few final pieces of work to complete before we filmed. Our main difficulties we found were the actual idea itself and how we were goingto get the ideas that we had in our heads, written down exactly how we wanted it to. Coming up with the idea took a while due to the stereotypical TV Dramas people expect.
Me and Cheryl both colaborated on 'finding the talent'. Our group was trying to think of people who were easily available and could obviously act. Our first choice was to get people from college but that was most difficult due to exams coming up and their spare time needed for revision. I then thought of my sister who I knew was finishing university and could possible help, but we left it until quite short notice meaning Amy was busy. I then knew my best friend Deanna had finished college allowing her to be free. We were anle to use her when needed and managed to get the filming complete vey quickly.
We had more issues when it came to the last few final pieces of work to complete before we filmed. Our main difficulties we found were the actual idea itself and how we were goingto get the ideas that we had in our heads, written down exactly how we wanted it to. Coming up with the idea took a while due to the stereotypical TV Dramas people expect.
Me and Cheryl both colaborated on 'finding the talent'. Our group was trying to think of people who were easily available and could obviously act. Our first choice was to get people from college but that was most difficult due to exams coming up and their spare time needed for revision. I then thought of my sister who I knew was finishing university and could possible help, but we left it until quite short notice meaning Amy was busy. I then knew my best friend Deanna had finished college allowing her to be free. We were anle to use her when needed and managed to get the filming complete vey quickly.
Friday, 13 June 2014
Evaluation - Cheryl
For Assignment 7 we had to shoot 5 minutes of the beginning of a TV Drama. Our group based our TV Drama around an apocalyptic theme. We came up with the idea of a girl waking up convinced its the next day when really a couple of months have passed. she wakes up to find she is all alone. She then bumps into a person who knocks her out. When she wakes up the apocalypse is explained to her. The 5 minute clips ends with a loud bang on the door. We end our TV Drama on a cliff hanger to make the audience want to see more. The target audience for our drama is teenagers to young adults. It could also stretch into middle aged. Our drama is for both genders.
Our group worked well together. We got all the paperwork done first then we started to film. We kept to our time schedule well and because the tasks where divided equally no one was over loaded.
Before filming we rehearsed with our actors jut so they knew what they where doing. Also, this put less pressure on the actors. This helped filming go quicker and the final product was better because of the rehearsals.
After filming we came together and started editing. In our final product we used short quick clips as to keep the audience interested. Also, we put backing music to the drama to add tension for the viewer. This worked well. Also, music was added during the party to create more of a believable atmosphere. We adjusted lighting in Final Cut to balance the lighting out and make everything look similar lighting wise.
Overall, I am pleased with our final product. I feel we really got across the narrative well. I feel we related to our target audience. After showing our drama to several people in our target audience they enjoyed it and understood what was going on. We worked well together as a group and succeeded in the assignment set.
Our group worked well together. We got all the paperwork done first then we started to film. We kept to our time schedule well and because the tasks where divided equally no one was over loaded.
Before filming we rehearsed with our actors jut so they knew what they where doing. Also, this put less pressure on the actors. This helped filming go quicker and the final product was better because of the rehearsals.
After filming we came together and started editing. In our final product we used short quick clips as to keep the audience interested. Also, we put backing music to the drama to add tension for the viewer. This worked well. Also, music was added during the party to create more of a believable atmosphere. We adjusted lighting in Final Cut to balance the lighting out and make everything look similar lighting wise.
Overall, I am pleased with our final product. I feel we really got across the narrative well. I feel we related to our target audience. After showing our drama to several people in our target audience they enjoyed it and understood what was going on. We worked well together as a group and succeeded in the assignment set.
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Evaluation - Ellie
A TV drama is a dramatic production aired on television, it is divided into episodes that together make up a 'season' or 'series'. They are created for almost purely entertainment purposes.
For this assignment, we were tasked with creating the first 5 minutes of the pilot episode of a TV Drama. In my group there was Victoria, Cheryl, Becky, and I. We decided to go together as a group because we had been together as a group for the previous assignment and we were all happy with our team and are comfortable with each other (and therefore more comfortable with sharing ideas, suggestions, criticisms, etc, than we would have been with a group we didn't know well). We are all aware of our different strengths and they come together quite well - Becky is best at paperwork, Victoria and I are best at the creative aspects, and Cheryl is best when it comes to making decisions regarding our final production.
Taking into consideration our time limit and us having never created something like this before, I think that overall what we produced is quite good and the production of it went quite well. Although we did encounter quite a few issues prior to filming, I think it still went quite well - well enough for us to produce a good quality production. However, I think that we should have watched some episodes of more TV drama closer to the time of filming as many of the shots we got were especially short (uncharacteristic of many TV dramas).
Although our original idea meant it was supposed to be very fast-paced with quick, confusing shots, I think that we have too many parts of our production with that kind of editing and, paired with the shortness of the majority of our shots, it just makes the overall piece seem amateurish and jumpy, and makes the bits that we need fast-paced and confusing rather ineffective.
Our audience feedback told us that this kind of editing is 'at times too disorientating' and 'makes it seem like [we] don't know how to edit', as opposed to our intention of it being obviously purposefully like that and intriguing. If we were to re-edit I would possibly change one of these fast jumpy scenes to be more normal (which would make the other scene more effective) and lengthen some of the speaking shots during the conversation between our two main characters as I feel that the way the camera keeps jumping from both of their faces without much pause is quite uncomfortable to watch.
UPDATE: Rewatching the re-edited version, I think that because I have added to the 'party scene' (the very beginning scene) it makes the other scenes that had similar editing to the original version of it stand out more because of how different this first scene now looks. Feedback from the audience of the re-edited version tells us that it is more understandable than they originally thought, with similar reasons to our own - 'probably because the party is now really different to the other bits'.
I am super happy with how the editing of this scene went because the bright colours ensure that the production as a whole is not visually boring.
Editing was somehow simultaneously made easier and more difficult because, due to one of our cameras' sound not working properly, we planned filming accordingly to ensure we still captured the sound we needed with the other camera. Although this made editing and syncing the sound and visual more difficult, it worked out quite well because, when editing we found that my camera's sound did work but still sounded significantly different to that filmed on our other camera; this meant that us being cautious and prepared prevented us from encountering what would have been a quite significant issue during editing.
In terms of our final production, although it is much better than we had anticipated I definitely think it could be improved. For example, we were unable to capture some of the shots we wanted due to limited time in our schedules for filming and a lack of available locations. These few missing parts have shortened our final piece quite significantly and I believe it may have made our story line a lot less clear and possibly more difficult to follow.
Personally, I think that, although effective at some points, the lack of sound/background music makes part of the beginning of our TV advert (when Felicia has just woken up and it getting ready) feel quite boring. If I have time, I would like to discuss adding music to this part with my group, see if we can possibly find something suitable, and then add it in so that it makes that part less boring while also making the silent parts more effective.
UPDATE: I'm now fine with having this scene with basic sounds of her movements, with no additional music, because I think it could be slightly overwhelming having it immediately after our quite extreme first scene, and think the silence is representative of her feelings being hungover.
There is also a part of our drama that I find quite visually boring (where our two main characters are sat on a sofa talking) despite revelations - because there isn't much movement, nor any change in the mise-en-scene, and lighting) and it makes our inexperience show through.
Despite these issues that I would like to change, I like the overall outcome and, as well as getting audience feedback that concluded the same, personally feel that it leaves the viewer on the edge of their seat: wanting more information, wondering what is going on, and what is about to happen.
UPDATE: After re-editing slightly, I am very pleased with the final production and don't think we can do much else without re-shooting but I wouldn't want to anyway because of how much I like what we have produced.
For this assignment, we were tasked with creating the first 5 minutes of the pilot episode of a TV Drama. In my group there was Victoria, Cheryl, Becky, and I. We decided to go together as a group because we had been together as a group for the previous assignment and we were all happy with our team and are comfortable with each other (and therefore more comfortable with sharing ideas, suggestions, criticisms, etc, than we would have been with a group we didn't know well). We are all aware of our different strengths and they come together quite well - Becky is best at paperwork, Victoria and I are best at the creative aspects, and Cheryl is best when it comes to making decisions regarding our final production.
Taking into consideration our time limit and us having never created something like this before, I think that overall what we produced is quite good and the production of it went quite well. Although we did encounter quite a few issues prior to filming, I think it still went quite well - well enough for us to produce a good quality production. However, I think that we should have watched some episodes of more TV drama closer to the time of filming as many of the shots we got were especially short (uncharacteristic of many TV dramas).
Although our original idea meant it was supposed to be very fast-paced with quick, confusing shots, I think that we have too many parts of our production with that kind of editing and, paired with the shortness of the majority of our shots, it just makes the overall piece seem amateurish and jumpy, and makes the bits that we need fast-paced and confusing rather ineffective.
Our audience feedback told us that this kind of editing is 'at times too disorientating' and 'makes it seem like [we] don't know how to edit', as opposed to our intention of it being obviously purposefully like that and intriguing. If we were to re-edit I would possibly change one of these fast jumpy scenes to be more normal (which would make the other scene more effective) and lengthen some of the speaking shots during the conversation between our two main characters as I feel that the way the camera keeps jumping from both of their faces without much pause is quite uncomfortable to watch.
UPDATE: Rewatching the re-edited version, I think that because I have added to the 'party scene' (the very beginning scene) it makes the other scenes that had similar editing to the original version of it stand out more because of how different this first scene now looks. Feedback from the audience of the re-edited version tells us that it is more understandable than they originally thought, with similar reasons to our own - 'probably because the party is now really different to the other bits'.
I am super happy with how the editing of this scene went because the bright colours ensure that the production as a whole is not visually boring.
Editing was somehow simultaneously made easier and more difficult because, due to one of our cameras' sound not working properly, we planned filming accordingly to ensure we still captured the sound we needed with the other camera. Although this made editing and syncing the sound and visual more difficult, it worked out quite well because, when editing we found that my camera's sound did work but still sounded significantly different to that filmed on our other camera; this meant that us being cautious and prepared prevented us from encountering what would have been a quite significant issue during editing.
In terms of our final production, although it is much better than we had anticipated I definitely think it could be improved. For example, we were unable to capture some of the shots we wanted due to limited time in our schedules for filming and a lack of available locations. These few missing parts have shortened our final piece quite significantly and I believe it may have made our story line a lot less clear and possibly more difficult to follow.
Personally, I think that, although effective at some points, the lack of sound/background music makes part of the beginning of our TV advert (when Felicia has just woken up and it getting ready) feel quite boring. If I have time, I would like to discuss adding music to this part with my group, see if we can possibly find something suitable, and then add it in so that it makes that part less boring while also making the silent parts more effective.
UPDATE: I'm now fine with having this scene with basic sounds of her movements, with no additional music, because I think it could be slightly overwhelming having it immediately after our quite extreme first scene, and think the silence is representative of her feelings being hungover.
There is also a part of our drama that I find quite visually boring (where our two main characters are sat on a sofa talking) despite revelations - because there isn't much movement, nor any change in the mise-en-scene, and lighting) and it makes our inexperience show through.
Despite these issues that I would like to change, I like the overall outcome and, as well as getting audience feedback that concluded the same, personally feel that it leaves the viewer on the edge of their seat: wanting more information, wondering what is going on, and what is about to happen.
UPDATE: After re-editing slightly, I am very pleased with the final production and don't think we can do much else without re-shooting but I wouldn't want to anyway because of how much I like what we have produced.
Monday, 2 June 2014
Reflection on filming - Cheryl
Filming was a challenge due to the apocalyptic theme of our TV Drama. The outside locations were the hardest to film as of the passing traffic and people. No one is meant to be around in our TV Drama this includes passing vehicles so we would have to wait until all traffic had past until we could film. Also, we had difficulty indoors as the house we filmed in had a dog and as he also wasn't in the script we had to make sure he was out of shoot.
However, we overcome these difficulties and got across the impression in our TV Drama that our main character was alone in the world.
Overall, I feel we got enough footage and the footage we got was a high quality so I am happy with the final piece.
However, we overcome these difficulties and got across the impression in our TV Drama that our main character was alone in the world.
Overall, I feel we got enough footage and the footage we got was a high quality so I am happy with the final piece.
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