Marlowe Academy Project

The local press and UCA covered a story on the Marlowe Academy Olympic project. A post is live on the UCA website, check it out here - http://ucreative.ac.uk/news/2012/may/broadcast-media-film#.T7jplEWJc_c

2nd-years' 'AS LIVE' studio shoot

After weeks of rehearsals and months of planning and preparation, the Broadcast Media 2nd-year students finally did a marvelous job producing a live music studio production at the Maidstone Studios.
It was a privilege to aid them in achieving such a feat and even better noticing the progress from all the preparatory stages to the final shoot day.
Along will all others of the 1st year, I was able to help as a cable-basher for one of the stage camera's and as practiced, everything went to plan; if not better. An experience I will treasure and hope to exercise when it comes to our production next year.
Haven experienced a professional studio production at the Maidstone studios, I must admit that this was no less. The stage set-up, production teams and shoot procedures were all depicted to a good standard so I have nothing but high hopes for what the finished production will be like. Can't wait!!
Congratulations to the whole team and especially the 2nd-years.

An Olympic Challenge

I have been commissioned to produce a short film for 'The Marlowe Academy' in Ramsgate. The film will be screened at the school's assembly on 22 May to kick-off a day of celebration for the 'Thanet Schools Olympic torch handover' in the lead up to London 2012 Olympics.

The project is organised UCA Canterbury 'Access and Outreach Co-ordinator' Gill Wilson.
Gill Wilson along with the Marlowe Academy Director of sports, Paul Johnson and myself had a meeting at the school in Ramsgate on the Wednesday the 9th of May 2012.
We went through all the filming procedures and project plans then on Friday the 18th of May 2012, I went down to the film the sports events practiced by the BTEC Sports Studies students at the Marlowe Academy.

I am currently editing the film and hope to be done by the deadline day Monday night 21st May which is a bit of a challenge considering this is also my Media Strategies essay deadline day but one I gladly accept... Goodluck to me!!

Sound Unit: Story Edit

I have adjusted my story and am now 70% through with editing my sound project. The title of the piece is 'The End Journey' and is about a young man who wakes up on his birthday, gets ready and leaves for work. Afterwards, on his way driving to the restaurant where his girlfriend had organised a meal for him and a few friends to celebrate, he comes across another guy who challenges him to a road rage and he unresistably accepts with damning consequences.
I have now edited all the pictures together and got most of my sound in-sync.

Sound Unit: Story edit

Some of the sounds I tried to experiment in my piece included 'tuning of a radio music' and 'music on a shop floor' but after being noted by my tutor and looking at the brief of the project, NO form of music can be used.
This is a bit of an inconvenience as a part of my storyline is based around the changing of a cd player/music. So now I have had to rethink my story through and cut out that part of the storyline.

Sound Unit: Editing

I have now got most of my photos edited and started on the production edit, laying out all the pictures in sequence on final cut pro. I also got some simple sounds downloaded in order to match the pictures and give me a general idea of the flow.