First pitch was today, which made me feel nervous and none the wiser. It was nice to hear about the other projects that we're being made and what everyone was getting up to. However, feedback helped us know what they felt but whether it fits the brief or is possible to get made I haven't got a clue. All we know is we need access and recces by the next pitching session, but if we have the access and it misses the brief then it still won't get green lit. Fingers crossed!!! Only dilemma is if all the projects I'm working on get green lit I have decisions to make on which I feel is stronger.
Recces are now booked so will get to meet the contributors in person next week, let's hope they are as good in reality than on paper.
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Bionic Man
The camera man I'm working with for the ufo documentary has found an amazing story that fits the extraordinary me brief for BBC3. This guy that he had mentioned to me in previous conversations, he was trying to get hold of before he found the APFU, has agreed to be filmed.
His name is David, and he is 1 of 3 people in the UK to be testing the esko exoskeleton suit, as well as this he is on the GB team in badminton for the paralympics, and will be an Olympic torch bearer. His story is inspirational as his determination and enthusiasm is why he was put forward for the ekso suit.
This is David's story:-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2132059/Britains-bionic-man-Robot-suit-allows-Olympic-torch-bearer-22-walk-again.html
On this documentary I will be the camera operator. I'm excited because I get to gain more experience in this role and again work with a strong team..lets just see what get's green lit though to what happens.
His name is David, and he is 1 of 3 people in the UK to be testing the esko exoskeleton suit, as well as this he is on the GB team in badminton for the paralympics, and will be an Olympic torch bearer. His story is inspirational as his determination and enthusiasm is why he was put forward for the ekso suit.
This is David's story:-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2132059/Britains-bionic-man-Robot-suit-allows-Olympic-torch-bearer-22-walk-again.html
On this documentary I will be the camera operator. I'm excited because I get to gain more experience in this role and again work with a strong team..lets just see what get's green lit though to what happens.
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
The hunt for the unexplained...
I have recently been developing ideas with the director of the BMX doc because we both need second roles and need more ideas rather than less. This will help us have plan a, b and even c. He came across an organisation called the APFU, they look at animal mutilations due to UFOs. I personally found this amazing to read about, and very unusual at the same time, being a sceptic I wanted to find out more about how they connected these dots.
After starting to research this idea in more depth, I became very attached to this idea and realised if I took the role as camera on this project I probably would want more input so have decided to have my first go at directing. It may seem slightly crazy for a final major project but I believe my team is strong, with a strong camera man who is the guy who introduced me to this project and has been having phone calls with the founder who is on board, and with also having a strong producer at my side. I look at things visually and from the skills I have learnt from doing camera on most projects I feel I can carve a story out of this extraordinary and unusual topic.
After starting to research this idea in more depth, I became very attached to this idea and realised if I took the role as camera on this project I probably would want more input so have decided to have my first go at directing. It may seem slightly crazy for a final major project but I believe my team is strong, with a strong camera man who is the guy who introduced me to this project and has been having phone calls with the founder who is on board, and with also having a strong producer at my side. I look at things visually and from the skills I have learnt from doing camera on most projects I feel I can carve a story out of this extraordinary and unusual topic.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Dub Pistols
After recently filming some live music events such as Cafe live and Aberfest. I was excited to hear we were covering the Dub pistols performing at the princess pavilions. Tonight has been an amazing experience, the last couple of music gigs we had to film at the side so the shots were quite static, with the exception of pans to make it more interesting as filming music has more freedom with the shots you can film.
We were allowed full access to the stage, and the bands singer Barry wanted us to interact with the band and put cameras in their faces. We experienced what it's like to film for a client as well as improvising in a situation and acting professionally. I even got dragged in the middle of the stage of the band, which was definitely a first for me.
This is some stills from the footage I had shot.
We were allowed full access to the stage, and the bands singer Barry wanted us to interact with the band and put cameras in their faces. We experienced what it's like to film for a client as well as improvising in a situation and acting professionally. I even got dragged in the middle of the stage of the band, which was definitely a first for me.
This is some stills from the footage I had shot.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Rob skype
This doc has been quite hard to work on, mainly with the crew not knowing what role they were going to do, the camera man was going to maybe direct which shifted everyone's roles. This put me a little bit uneasy, because I couldn't see a role for me in this crew and have now started to re think what I'm working on and have started to look for ideas for my second role, rather than just doing a camera skills portfolio because I feel I have more to offer.
After the crewing going back to the original team, we had our first Skype call with Rob. This call went well with lots of contacts given to us. My main concern is that they don't really link to the story we are going for, we have a lot of contacts for cycling which is great but not helpful when we want to concentrate on BMXing. He is our way in, which seems he has some contacts but not as strong as I had previously expected after him having calls with the director. I thought we had links to the GB team which doesn't seem to be the case now after the call, Rob is a fanatic about cycling and BMXing but I'm worried he's concentrating too much on nice visuals and not what's television but we shall see what happens.
After the crewing going back to the original team, we had our first Skype call with Rob. This call went well with lots of contacts given to us. My main concern is that they don't really link to the story we are going for, we have a lot of contacts for cycling which is great but not helpful when we want to concentrate on BMXing. He is our way in, which seems he has some contacts but not as strong as I had previously expected after him having calls with the director. I thought we had links to the GB team which doesn't seem to be the case now after the call, Rob is a fanatic about cycling and BMXing but I'm worried he's concentrating too much on nice visuals and not what's television but we shall see what happens.
Ideas are coming
Ideas are starting to flow, already crewed up on one. People are very quick to crew and have back up plans because we are all feeling a bit in the dark. Probably how people feel in the industry when they first pitch an idea, not knowing if it will get commissioned or not.
The camera man on the project I'm working on knows a guy called Rob who competes in BMX races and has links in. I'm producing on this one, in the same crew as the strip doc. I joined this group because the team was so strong last time and I like the idea. The director is starting to develop the idea looking at the story of Shanaze Reade, who was topped to win the BMX Olympics last time but crashed right near the end. Contrasting her story with young up and coming riders showing how this sport has grown from a back yard hobbie to a Olympic sport. Second time in the Olympics we want to tie these stories in with the Olympics being held in London this year. However, whether we can get an Olympic athlete may not be so easy..we got into a strip club so let's see.
Here's Shanaze's story:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/17527040
Learning from past problems, picking who to work with is important to me. As having a dedicated team is a must. It's our final projects and comparing how far I've come along from the footage I filmed in the beginning to know what I shoot. I want to show something I'm proud of.
The camera man on the project I'm working on knows a guy called Rob who competes in BMX races and has links in. I'm producing on this one, in the same crew as the strip doc. I joined this group because the team was so strong last time and I like the idea. The director is starting to develop the idea looking at the story of Shanaze Reade, who was topped to win the BMX Olympics last time but crashed right near the end. Contrasting her story with young up and coming riders showing how this sport has grown from a back yard hobbie to a Olympic sport. Second time in the Olympics we want to tie these stories in with the Olympics being held in London this year. However, whether we can get an Olympic athlete may not be so easy..we got into a strip club so let's see.
Here's Shanaze's story:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/17527040
Learning from past problems, picking who to work with is important to me. As having a dedicated team is a must. It's our final projects and comparing how far I've come along from the footage I filmed in the beginning to know what I shoot. I want to show something I'm proud of.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Final time round
Our last two modules have now approached and the time again to develop ideas has come. This time round we have 5 weeks to develop our ideas, which sounds like a long time but speaking from what happened last time we were researching most of our production time. The hardest thing this time round is that no one knows what will get green lit until the final pitch, so ideas need to be stronger and the contributors need to be televisual and the best that we can find with all our experience from this course.
I want to develop a documentary idea so our briefs are:-
I want to develop a documentary idea so our briefs are:-
- Ch 4 First cut- Documentary strand featuring bold and provocative work by up and coming directors
- BBC3 Extraordinary Me- extraordinary young people with extraordinary stories
Both of these briefs will want extraordinary stories, and requires my creative thinking cap on, here are some links to the briefs:-
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