Again, crit screening approaches and time to hear feedback on the two projects I've been part of.
Firstly, Stripping for a living looked good on the big screen and it was nice to see it on a screen which isn't in a tiny edit room. Waiting for feedback was tense because of the huge effort the group has put in as a whole. Feedback felt more personal as we had so many let downs when making this documentary and seeing it into an edit felt like an amazing payoff. The feedback from the crit included positive comments about the shots used and general good consensus of it being a strong piece. The downfalls were about the contributors stories. I must admit I felt I needed to defend this as gaining access into a club to film is hard. Twofour did this over months with lawyers and for me and the director to gain access in 3 weeks and being students was a massive achievement. When we heard that home life would have made it better, I agree it would have made it more into a documentary as it is something that would probably be a taster tape in the industry but due to time constraints and lack of trust we made the best use of our time.
Finally, Young and Pissed didn't give the audience enough to make full comments as we only had the opening sequence. The feedback was again positive and constructive, it said it looked promising which is good because I have wondered what the outcome would be like due to time. However, some comments and questions threw the director as the storyline still doesn't seem set. Working on the edit with the team after the crit finally started to see something come together, we had to be more decisive as we are still way behind of schedule. Hopefully, tomorrow will bring something stronger to the table.
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Monday, 27 February 2012
Set back to filming
One bit of advice that we were given by Sophie Alcock, assistant producer for Twofour, was that lap dancers can sometimes be unreliable.
We have found that out today, when I went to double check that filming on Tuesday in Bristol was OK I got a reply from the manager saying she was in Greece. Definitely something I didn't expect to hear when I emailed her. So, we've got a slight set back on that part but will try and film them asap.
On the plus side we managed to get in contact with Gigi and Paige from Table Dancing Diaries who are willing to talk to us on camera about their lives, so in one way we've hit jackpot and only put ourselves back a bit. Just need to make sure we keep in contact with them all to make we get the footage needed!!!
We have found that out today, when I went to double check that filming on Tuesday in Bristol was OK I got a reply from the manager saying she was in Greece. Definitely something I didn't expect to hear when I emailed her. So, we've got a slight set back on that part but will try and film them asap.
On the plus side we managed to get in contact with Gigi and Paige from Table Dancing Diaries who are willing to talk to us on camera about their lives, so in one way we've hit jackpot and only put ourselves back a bit. Just need to make sure we keep in contact with them all to make we get the footage needed!!!
Monday, 20 February 2012
Table dancing diaries
As I previously mentioned I managed to get hold of Sophie who is the assistant producer from 'Table dancing diaries' (BBC3, TwoFour) who was willing to chat to me on the phone and give our group some advice.
Whilst I was in London I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to speak to Sophie in person as we had already organised a visit to the TwoFour office in London. It was a really useful conversation as she made us aware of the problems they had to face such as strippers being unreliable at times due to busy schedules. This didn't surprise me but something that did surprise me was the little amount of people from that club that had put themselves forward, secrets have a big list of lap dancers on their books and only 5 put themselves forward. We also got to ask an important question about how to gain contributors trust whilst working on difficult projects. At first, I was a bit overwhelmed because they had been back and forth with lawyers and the company to gain the trust of the club owners and we only have 5 weeks. But with all the advice and help that Sophie has given us, the best bit of advice was that it is definitely do- able...so fingers crossed!!
Whilst I was in London I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to speak to Sophie in person as we had already organised a visit to the TwoFour office in London. It was a really useful conversation as she made us aware of the problems they had to face such as strippers being unreliable at times due to busy schedules. This didn't surprise me but something that did surprise me was the little amount of people from that club that had put themselves forward, secrets have a big list of lap dancers on their books and only 5 put themselves forward. We also got to ask an important question about how to gain contributors trust whilst working on difficult projects. At first, I was a bit overwhelmed because they had been back and forth with lawyers and the company to gain the trust of the club owners and we only have 5 weeks. But with all the advice and help that Sophie has given us, the best bit of advice was that it is definitely do- able...so fingers crossed!!
Welcome to London..
For the last couple of days everything's been a tad hectic! Over night uncomfortable coaches and long walks from place to place but it was all worth it with the opportunities we were given.
I missed the first day of the three day London trip. Instead, I headed down on the wednesday evening to stay for a couple of days.
Thursday was really interesting because we met Morgan Matthews, who is directing Britain in a Day. Whilst visiting him in his office we were lucky enough to be shown the rough cut of the programme and give him constructive criticism. I must admit, this wasn't easy at first when your picking apart a Bafta winning directors work but he was really open and wanted as much feedback as possible.
Friday was probably my best day out of the two, even though both events were brilliant opportunities that I didn't want to miss. We got to work with the development team in the TwoFour office in London. They split us into two groups and worked with us to pitch an idea for a certain slot. It helped to contextualise a certain type of audience to a certain type of show. From the beginning, coming up with an imaginary character called Jane felt odd, but by the end of the brainstorm it helped as you started to think what Jane would like to watch. Her hobbies we had created helped to pick the genre of the show. Overall, an amazing couple of days!!!
Here's our group pitching at TwoFour
I missed the first day of the three day London trip. Instead, I headed down on the wednesday evening to stay for a couple of days.
Thursday was really interesting because we met Morgan Matthews, who is directing Britain in a Day. Whilst visiting him in his office we were lucky enough to be shown the rough cut of the programme and give him constructive criticism. I must admit, this wasn't easy at first when your picking apart a Bafta winning directors work but he was really open and wanted as much feedback as possible.
Friday was probably my best day out of the two, even though both events were brilliant opportunities that I didn't want to miss. We got to work with the development team in the TwoFour office in London. They split us into two groups and worked with us to pitch an idea for a certain slot. It helped to contextualise a certain type of audience to a certain type of show. From the beginning, coming up with an imaginary character called Jane felt odd, but by the end of the brainstorm it helped as you started to think what Jane would like to watch. Her hobbies we had created helped to pick the genre of the show. Overall, an amazing couple of days!!!
Here's our group pitching at TwoFour
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Ring round!
Your probably wondering how we're doing for contributors for the stripping project...well...
after having meetings for the project 'young and pissed' we are all feeling confident about finding bars, restaurants and people that drink to be part of our documentary. My worries are around 'Stripping for the kids'!
Researching around the subject is easy but after calling many most seem to not answer their phones, which makes it more tense for the director and I. Some however, are polite to say they're not interested, and on one occasion one lady was very rude but I think that's expected when asking a huge amount for such a difficult topic. But there is a silver lining, Rachel from Platinum Club in Bristol sounded intrigued and seems to really like the idea so we shall see!
On the plus side, I managed to get in contact with the assistant producer from 'Table dancing diaries' BBC3, TwoFour, who is happy to talk to me about the series and has always mentioned this to the director who is also willing to help with advice. Just looking forward to asking some questions when it comes to gaining trust, tackling a difficult topic and about whether they had access prior to filming.
Here's a link to information about 'table dancing diaries'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01b1y1n
after having meetings for the project 'young and pissed' we are all feeling confident about finding bars, restaurants and people that drink to be part of our documentary. My worries are around 'Stripping for the kids'!
Researching around the subject is easy but after calling many most seem to not answer their phones, which makes it more tense for the director and I. Some however, are polite to say they're not interested, and on one occasion one lady was very rude but I think that's expected when asking a huge amount for such a difficult topic. But there is a silver lining, Rachel from Platinum Club in Bristol sounded intrigued and seems to really like the idea so we shall see!
On the plus side, I managed to get in contact with the assistant producer from 'Table dancing diaries' BBC3, TwoFour, who is happy to talk to me about the series and has always mentioned this to the director who is also willing to help with advice. Just looking forward to asking some questions when it comes to gaining trust, tackling a difficult topic and about whether they had access prior to filming.
Here's a link to information about 'table dancing diaries'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01b1y1n
Friday, 10 February 2012
New module, new projects!
New module started with a great result back from our previous documentary, looking forward to starting the next projects!
This time round we are asked to work on two productions, working on one was hard enough, trying to organise ourselves and work in difficult situations. But this time we're stepping it up, always ready for a new challenge.
In continuation with improving my camera skills, I've taken on the role of camera operator for a project called 'Young and Pissed' , yes I will be filming drunk people! This again will push my boundaries as you see on programmes like 'Party Paramedics' CH 4 and 'Sun, Sex and Suspicious parents' BBC3, filming people that are drunk isn't easy. This will require me to use hand held techniques and on camera lighting for night filming as well as avoiding violence and vomit.
The hardest role I've taken, which is new to me, is to be the producer on a project called 'Stripping for the kids'. This was influenced by the programme 'Table dancing diaries' BBC3 by TwoFour. This is the most challenging subject matter to tackle so we shall see if we can find some contributors!! wish me good luck!
This time round we are asked to work on two productions, working on one was hard enough, trying to organise ourselves and work in difficult situations. But this time we're stepping it up, always ready for a new challenge.
In continuation with improving my camera skills, I've taken on the role of camera operator for a project called 'Young and Pissed' , yes I will be filming drunk people! This again will push my boundaries as you see on programmes like 'Party Paramedics' CH 4 and 'Sun, Sex and Suspicious parents' BBC3, filming people that are drunk isn't easy. This will require me to use hand held techniques and on camera lighting for night filming as well as avoiding violence and vomit.
The hardest role I've taken, which is new to me, is to be the producer on a project called 'Stripping for the kids'. This was influenced by the programme 'Table dancing diaries' BBC3 by TwoFour. This is the most challenging subject matter to tackle so we shall see if we can find some contributors!! wish me good luck!
Monday, 5 December 2011
Work experience credited
Over the summer I was fortunate to gain some work experience with TwoFour for a week. Off the back of that whilst I was there, they offered me a couple of days on shoot. I learnt a lot about how shows are recorded behind the scenes and got to help out in different areas.
Recently the show was broadcasted and it was enjoyable to watch and look for the bits that I was there for. I was excited when I saw my name on the credits, and for once actually took notice of who did what role. This is something that my course has encouraged me to start doing as these are the people you may one day work with.
Recently the show was broadcasted and it was enjoyable to watch and look for the bits that I was there for. I was excited when I saw my name on the credits, and for once actually took notice of who did what role. This is something that my course has encouraged me to start doing as these are the people you may one day work with.
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