Feedback from Back to Basic Presentation

This is the feedback we got from everyone:

• We needed to have some information about a budget.
• We needed to explain in more detail how we got from complaint to our idea of role play.
• We needed more information about the individuals we said we re interested.

Basically we should have met up more to really be a lot more on it for the presentation, I think it went well but it could have been better with a bit more prepartion!

Robin Hood Title Sequence

I am going back home this weekend and plan to go to London on Sunday to get some footage for an idea I am intending to go with! Lets see what happens!

Since my last post I have been very busy working on:

Alley Cafe

Myself and Vyte have started to edit out footage, we have so much, so thought instead of going through it all to cut out parts, we have just gone straight into to it by making an introduction which looks promising!

Documentary

Today I met up with my group and we have changed our idea a few times! but we have a promising presentation to present tomorrow.

E-On Pitch

The e-on pitch we felt as a group went really well and we are very keen to know who they have chosen, we find out Monday so fingers crossed!

Robin Hood Title Sequence & Essay

I plan to send off my first draft of the title sequence essay to my tutor and get some feedback on how I can improve that, also I have a surgery session with Jools tomorrow to discuss how I can make my idea's come a reality.

Portfolio

I have been working on a mini show-reel to give me some experience and it is coming together just slowly, I am finding it difficult to use the right parts and music to make it combine well together.

Lobo Showreel

Deborah shows myself and Andrew this showreel in our last tutorial session and I found it very inspiring and thought I would put it on my blog for others to see.

E-ON

So myself and my group have sorted out our pitch for E-on and are going to complete everything on Monday for the Wednesday pitch!

Alley Cafe

Myself and Vyte went to film on wednesday day and thursday evening to get one of their live events and acts and we are planning to edit all day wednesday!

Documentary

Myself and the group have sorted out the roles and I have been chosen to do Sound, which is nice for a change as it is the only area I have not done. Our word is complaint and we have a really good idea and plan to further this on thursday for the friday presentation.

Title Sequence Essay

I have started the essay and plan to continue more with it once I have more firm ideas for what I am going to do for my Robin Hood title sequence which will hopefully be tuesday. I have looked at a range of different films particularly my favourite ones which I will intend to write about, I have written about one so far, so maybe I ll think of handing in a draft soon to see if I am going about the right lines.

Robin Hood Title Sequence

Well over the last few days I have been trying to get all my ideas together to show Deborah on Tuesday so that fingers crossed I know which idea to go with which will help me enable the rest of the essay and to start creating my title sequence for robin hood.

I will not be posting my ideas on here but I will be posting my inspirations and things I have looked at that have given me many ideas:

I have been looking at a lot of different Robin Hood films ranging from:

• The adventure of Robin Hood
• Men in Tights
• Prince of Thieves
• Robin Hood 2010
• Cartoons of Robin Hood

I have been looking at how Robin Hood has changed over all the different films and episodes, what makes Robin Hood, what he is about and why he is a legend.

I have about 4 ideas to talk to Deborah and hope that the best one she thinks is a winner!

In the Adventure of Robin Hood I feel this is very much a love story, you can hear a very confident radio like voice to over emphasis everything, they use really bright colours on there actors/actresses, all the titles cover the whole screen. As you can see Robin is still with his hat and arrow. As this film was made in the 1938 there would only be simple titles and black backgrounds.

In Men in Tights, I find this more of a comedy, there are some cheesy songs and black men making a lot of jokes, it seems here the colours of their costumes have become a lot darker but is still wearing the famous hat.

In the Prince Of Thieves, I find this more of a love story, it has very traditional music, simple lettering, but the title sequence has not imagination all they have done is use the bayeux tapestry as their introduction a very traditional safe idea. The colours again seem much more realistic here and the hat as disappeared but he still shows his arrows off.

In Robin Hood 2010, I feel this film is more of a battle, there is the traditional handwriting, the effect of a light from a candle, the moon and black sky and you can hear the wind and breeze, then it goes into an action sequence, people running in a forest, horses and chasing and the word Nottingham appears, you can clearly seeing people are stealing and you know its Robin Hood because he is an archer. The colours seem darker again more believable and still the hat is missing but the arrows are right there.

But whether Robin Hood is portrayed in all these different ways you know it is him because of what he believes in being fair and the law and people not being ripped off. Most films now start with a intriguing introduction but anything before the 1940's was very basic.

I decided I could go 3 ways with the title sequence

• Traditional title sequence 1950's
• Historical context
• Action today's standards

I feel the best one for me would be traditional with a twist! we shall see!

Apparently there is a new Robin Hood is progress with a modern take staring Will Smith in the making. Which will be interesting!

Also Nicolai Fuglsig is directing a futuristic action adventure re-imagining Robin Hood!

Portfolio

With the portfolio I am gradually building up bits to put it in for example e-on if we win, alley cafe, my pixilation piece I did over christmas with my brother, Rundance and some of my university work. Problem is I have completely forgotten how to make the beginning part of a portfolio which i mean the buttons as I have not used flash since last may! So may need to ask someone for a tab bit of help!

Documentary & Title Sequence Essay

So, I ve read through the brief and I understand the next 2 projects ahead of me are a group documentary and an individual title sequence, I have been researching title sequences and think I know the 3 I would like to discuss in my essay.

I also want to send of my Run-dance footage for the final time, sort out a pixilation piece I did over Christmas, sort out a film I am doing with a friend for Ali cafe and sort out a group for this E-On project which I am really keen on doing.

Lots to do!!!!

The Mill Work Experience

From the 4th January to the 7th I did work experience at The-Mill, I got given a really cool top I got to keep !

On my first day I was put in the TV and Film studio which was an interesting day but not exactly what I had in mind, so on my 2nd day I asked to be put in Great Marlborough street main building, which was much more interesting. I got to speak to loads of people one being a guy called Richard who worked in a Flame Studio who works on edits, he gave me so much advice, he has been working for The-Mill for 10 years and he too started as a runner. I have learnt you must start as a Runner which is not as interesting as it sounds, it is really hard work but the great thing is you get to specialise in what specific job you want to do and you can get promoted at any time so its just like working from the bottom up sucks! lol I also spoke to a guy called Daniel who worked in The Final Cut Studio, who puts all the storyboards together and had a really interesting talk, he was saying he gets to go on shoots which is what I d love to do I expressed I do not want to always been computer based and he showed me a piece of work he's done, which was for a computer game and it was amazing on how real it looks and how he made it look and he explained he sends it back to another department and then they send it back and its amazing the process it goes through to get it to the way you would see it on a television screen! I also got to sit down for an hour with 2 people from scheduling who explained that they fit in all the clients and organise everything which is where you would get promoted to after being a runner and then so on, so you have to work your way up but its amazing all the people are soo friendly and you can just knock on anyones door and see what there doing and they explain. The only bad side is when you study to be promoted you have to do it after hours of work so it means long days and travelling! While I was at the film I Had opportunities to give out some business cards I made which I think will show a real determination some people I gave them to were really impressed!

Hand-in Practitioner's Essay & Feel Film

Today I went in to meet only half of the group really so not good but we got everything together and burnt it on a disc and gave it in so HAPPY! lol