Thursday, 23 March 2017

Documentary

Production Log 10

What progress did you make since your previous entry? 

What I had did this week is that we had edited the final cut of the documentary. What we had did is that we had added the introductions of the documentary of were we introduced the Vox Pops. He had made the little touches of sound levels and last adding filter to improve the aesthetics of the documentary.We had rendered and uploaded this to YouTube as you can see in the next post were its the final cut of our Documentary.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?


We had not faced any logistical challenges this week as we had the week organised and set out of
when we will editing and uploaded the final cut. What we had did is that we had planned the week before the deadline what we need to edit and film and when we were gonna do it and when it would have been sutable for us.

What technical challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?


Th technical  challenges that i had faced during this week was when rendering and uploading the
final cut of the documentary the file had crashed as its did not uploaded, How we had resolved this
was that there were too many background task such as there was garagband was opened which had
made the process slow. We had also faced a technical error on the day of the deadline of the
productions as the Mac would not turn on due to the internet being not connected.

What targets do you aim to achieve before your next entry? 

Due to the production of the documentary being finished i do not have to do next week entarty as i have uploaded it to YouTube.










Monday, 6 March 2017

Production Log 9

What progress did you make since your previous entry? 

What we had did this week was a lot. At the beginning of the week we had gone out and filmed a interview with one of our experts, which was a councilor. We had then interviewed our second expert which was a therapeutic doctor. We had also filmed the context sections of the interviews, this was explaining what we had got out from that interview. We had also developed the edit of the documentary, as we had edited two of the interviewers and have one to go. We had created a paper edit, to give us a clear idea of the structure that our documentary would be at in the final cut of it.
What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

The logistical challenges that I had faced this week, was that one of the experts on the day of his
interviews was unable to do the interview, what we had did was that we had replied to him on
when he wanted to reschedule and he wanted to reschedule on the same day we had set but at a
different time.
 
What technical challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

The technical challenge that we had face during this week was when we had filmed one of the
interview, and when to import the sound , we had listen to the sound and found that there was a lot
of feedback in some sections of the documentary. how this was resolved was the bits that the
feedback were at was the section of when the presenter said the question, we had cut that sections
out and placed it with a cutaway.
 
What targets do you aim to achieve before your next entry?

What we intend to do next week is to film the last of the vox pox in barking and dagneham and start
to edit and peciae togather the final cut of the documentary. we would like to compleat the visual
and sound edit by the end of next entry.


Monday, 27 February 2017

Production Log 8

What progress did you make since your previous entry? 

I had made a progression on editing this week, what I had edited was, the vox pox that we had did in Denmark, we had cut the answers down to a make to stay within the time limits. What we had also did this week was that we had film one of out interview with a man that had suffered from depression. What had also filmed was the filler and scenery shots of Barking and Dagenham.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

The Logistical challenge that we had face this week was that we were not on track, as our schedules
is coming to a end. What I had done about this is that we had organized realistic dates, that we will be
editing the final cut of the documentary, are the other to experts.
What technical challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

The technical challenge that I had face this week was that the day of shooting the interview with the victim that had suffered from depression, was that the camera battery had died, minutes before we had started it, luckily we had an extra batteries on us, and the charger for the batter, as we had two back up for this moment. We had also faced a challenge in editing, we had experienced a missing sound file, which was a non-copyright music, we had resolved this was by my partner for this project had all of the music used in a playlist on YouTube.

What targets do you aim to achieve before your next entry?

Our target for next weeks entry is to film the two experts that we had booked dates for and also file
the cutaways for the two as well. I would also like to edit the footage and started and hopefully
create a final draft of the documentary piece.





Production Log 7

What progress did you make since your previous entry? 

The Progression that I had made this week was that I had sorted out the expert that we want to film and include in our documentary. I had also made a development to the edit of the documentary, What I had done this week was that I had edited the introduction of the documentary. we had also edited the montage and the open in demark section. We had then starting to add facts and statistic towards the end of the week.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

The logistical challenge that I had faced this week was that, the expert that we had initially wanted to
get was not corresponding with us, as there had not given a clear date to film. How we overcame this
was by calling the expert that we wanted to get, as we had called dozen of councilor Doctors,
Pharmacist and University lectures. We have managed to get a Doctor and a councilor as expert to
interview, but are booked for the week ahead.

What technical challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

We had faced one technical challenge during the editing of our documentary. We had experienced a
problem with the rendering, as there was a cut of frame within some shot. How we had resolved this
was by deleting the footage file and then importing it again and placed it on the timelines.
 
What targets do you aim to achieve before your next entry?

The target that we have for the next entry is to continuing with our editing. what we would like to
complete is the editing of the vox pox that we had did in Denmark. What I would like to start piece
up each of the section together to gat a feel of what it would look like. What I then would like to do is
file the sections of the vox pox in Barking and Dagenham and film the cinematic and filler shots that
we may have.





 

Monday, 6 February 2017

Production Log 6

What progress did you make since your previous entry? 

The progressions I have made this week, is that I have uploaded the footage that we had filmed in Copenhagen to the mac to edit on final cut x,  I have started to edit the footage on final cut x. What I did is that I  had sycned the sound and the footage together and edited the travel montage. What we had also did for this week is that we had filmed the introduction and recoded the voice over in valentines Park we had also got cinematic shots to placed in as cutaways.


What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

The logistical challenges that we had faced was that the conditions of the weather was windy, meant that the sound was hard to capture how we had resolved this is that we had faced the camera in a positions that  the camera man was blocking the wind and only capture the sound of the presenter speaking.

What technical challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

The technical challenge that we had faced during the uploading of the footage is that when i and gone to upload the footage from the second memory card, there was an error of the cards transfer was not correct, how I had resolve this is that I had uploaded the footage to the mackintosh hard drive, as this was more reliable.

What targets do you aim to achieve before your next entry?

My target that i intent to complete next entry is that I would like to interview the expert that will be in the documentary, I would also continue with the editing, what i would like to do is edit the beginning of the music video.



Production Log 5

What progress did you make since your previous entry? 

The progression that I had made this week is that we as a crew went out to Copenhagen Denmark and  filmed the last segment of the documentary, What we had filmed while we were out there is vox pox, piece to camera and many scenery shots of Copenhagen. We had spend a whole there there gathering the public information of what there found happy we had asked the questions that we had came up with in our research.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

The logistical challenges that I had faced is finding people in Copenhagen that spoke English and that
were confident enough to speak on camera. How we had over come this is that we had asked people
that were our age or close to our age to be interviewed, and we had go the the city university to find
people to interview. 

What technical challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

The technical challenges that we had faced during the time at Copenhagen is that the camera battery ran our during the recording of one of the interview, how we had overcome this is that we had spear battery available and we had swapped out the battery and continued to record.

What targets do you aim to achieve before your next entry?

What I intend to do for my next log is that I intend to upload the footage to Mac, ready to edit on
final cut x. I also intent to record in valentines park the intro of the documentary and the voice
over or were potentially a cinematic scene, i would potential work on a facts and statistics graphics
to places later on in the documentary.