Production/Post Diary 28th - 2nd May
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28.04.14: Having not be able to sort any interview with Jennifer and Kev this week, I am down to my final week to gather footage. I aimed to have all my initial footage finished before easter, now this time is eating into my week of shooting B-roll. This has created a knock on effect that has hindered my workflow. Through out this week I am going to try my hardest to find the homeless couple; for the documentary depends on it.
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Today I cycled into college for 9am to hand back the equipment I rented out over the weekend. I then made my way to the Cardigan Centre on Cardigan road, where Simon on the streets is based. Upon entering the building I was told that Simon on the Streets was based on the second floor, however the floor was completely empty and I could not find anyone. I am finding it very hard to contact this organisation as my calls always go through to voicemail, as well as not being able to contact them physically.
I decided to head into college to continue the rough cut of my edit. I finished organising and cutting the relevant information from 'The Real Junk Food Project' scenes. I can see my self making progress on the editing side but I need to be working at a much faster pace to compensate for the set backs in production. Whilst splicing the audio over the video reel I realised that the audio just wasn't good enough in the interview with Sam. I took the initiative of contacting a friend Anthony Littlewood who produces music, he told me that he could work on the audio track improving the clarity of the audio. I booked out the production suite at college for 3.30pm, working on the sound for an hour or so. I could not remove the low hum of the fans in the kitchen on the audio, however, the interview clarity was improved.
29.04.14: Tuesday - Scheduled in for a 9.30 start at college. Today I successfully finished cutting up all the footage I had into usable segments, as well as synching up all the audio from the external sound recorders I used. Finishing the day off at 6pm I made my way back home to meet Luke Terry and Kieran Livett (Kev) who make up the production due Plate Shui. They wanted to arrange a meeting in order to see the progression of the documentary, so that they knew what direction to take for the finishing touches of the music. They uploaded snippets of their work to Sound-cloud so that I could critique the work they had done so far. We parted our ways with an agreed date to have the music finished by wednesday the 7th of May. A day before the final crit, so that I can showcase the music in my final product.
Once I had finished meeting up with Luke and Kez I went to an fine art exhibition at LS6 cafe in Hyde Park. This time gave me a moment to sit out in the sun, relax and reflect on my project. I then made my way to Joshua Douglass house, a third year graphic design student. I had contacted Josh a couple of days before, enquiring weather he could help me with the logo of the film. As I showed Josh the storyboard for the project he accepted the design work, explaining that he was keen about the idea and was hungry for more design based work. Josh agreed to mocking up several ideas to the 3 stages of the animated logo, agreeing to have the work done by wednesday the7th. Once again the day before my final crit of FMP.
30.04.14: Wednesday, once again I made my way into college to rent out equipment for a homeless scout round town. I asked a friend Anthony if he would join me in town to shoot B-roll footage. Whilst in town I took the opportunity to shoot a time-lapse of Brigate for the title sequence of the film. In addition to capturing spatial shots of the streets and town centre. As I roamed the town centre looking for homeless I came across James Hall. James has been living on the streets of Leeds for three years, he is a schizophrenic from Lancaster who upon meeting was desperately begging for a place to sleep tonight.
James agreed to be on camera for an interview, I was ecstatic that I had finally sealed my first homeless interview on the streets. I started setting up straight away in what space I had as I recorded at the side of the street. I thought that the 22m tilt shift would look great in the interview. Tilting the depth of field away from the crowd walking down the streets, as though they were blurred. In an attempt to convey the ghostly feeling of the homeless on the street.
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28.04.14: Having not be able to sort any interview with Jennifer and Kev this week, I am down to my final week to gather footage. I aimed to have all my initial footage finished before easter, now this time is eating into my week of shooting B-roll. This has created a knock on effect that has hindered my workflow. Through out this week I am going to try my hardest to find the homeless couple; for the documentary depends on it.Today I cycled into college for 9am to hand back the equipment I rented out over the weekend. I then made my way to the Cardigan Centre on Cardigan road, where Simon on the streets is based. Upon entering the building I was told that Simon on the Streets was based on the second floor, however the floor was completely empty and I could not find anyone. I am finding it very hard to contact this organisation as my calls always go through to voicemail, as well as not being able to contact them physically. I decided to head into college to continue the rough cut of my edit. I finished organising and cutting the relevant information from 'The Real Junk Food Project' scenes. I can see my self making progress on the editing side but I need to be working at a much faster pace to compensate for the set backs in production. Whilst splicing the audio over the video reel I realised that the audio just wasn't good enough in the interview with Sam. I took the initiative of contacting a friend Anthony Littlewood who produces music, he told me that he could work on the audio track improving the clarity of the audio. I booked out the production suite at college for 3.30pm, working on the sound for an hour or so. I could not remove the low hum of the fans in the kitchen on the audio, however, the interview clarity was improved.
29.04.14: Tuesday - Scheduled in for a 9.30 start at college. Today I successfully finished cutting up all the footage I had into usable segments, as well as synching up all the audio from the external sound recorders I used. Finishing the day off at 6pm I made my way back home to meet Luke Terry and Kieran Livett (Kev) who make up the production due Plate Shui. They wanted to arrange a meeting in order to see the progression of the documentary, so that they knew what direction to take for the finishing touches of the music. They uploaded snippets of their work to Sound-cloud so that I could critique the work they had done so far. We parted our ways with an agreed date to have the music finished by wednesday the 7th of May. A day before the final crit, so that I can showcase the music in my final product.
Once I had finished meeting up with Luke and Kez I went to an fine art exhibition at LS6 cafe in Hyde Park. This time gave me a moment to sit out in the sun, relax and reflect on my project. I then made my way to Joshua Douglass house, a third year graphic design student. I had contacted Josh a couple of days before, enquiring weather he could help me with the logo of the film. As I showed Josh the storyboard for the project he accepted the design work, explaining that he was keen about the idea and was hungry for more design based work. Josh agreed to mocking up several ideas to the 3 stages of the animated logo, agreeing to have the work done by wednesday the7th. Once again the day before my final crit of FMP.
James agreed to be on camera for an interview, I was ecstatic that I had finally sealed my first homeless interview on the streets. I started setting up straight away in what space I had as I recorded at the side of the street. I thought that the 22m tilt shift would look great in the interview. Tilting the depth of field away from the crowd walking down the streets, as though they were blurred. In an attempt to convey the ghostly feeling of the homeless on the street.
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