The time has come to declare that I have finished college for good! Or at least until I have something new I want to learn or go to uni (properly not as I don't have £9000!)
Overall I got a Distinction * which is bloody good and I got the same grade on the BTEC First in Media so...yeah I am very happy about that!
Just wanted to say thanks to all the tutors over the last three years for everything and helping me with tasks that I had trouble with understanding and all the times I would get stress over everything that could go wrong and hope the future students work just as hard next year (well maybe a few really good ones anyways!"
HAPPY DAYS EVERYONE!! I AM NOT SURE WHAT I AM GOING TO BE DOING NOW OTHER THAN TRYING TO EARN SOME MONEY BUT I REALLY HOPE TO WORK BEHIND THE CAMERA OR IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA IN THE FILM BUSINESS (You gotta dream ya know!!)
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Monday, 29 April 2013
FMP PRODUCTION DIARY 2013 BLOG
The biggest project of the course is here - there is simply no avoiding it and because it is required I am going to keep track and nearly every little thing while making my FMP (Final Major Project).
February - March 2013
Search looking for Secondary research on the three idea that I might want to use for the project: Alzheimer's, Sailing and Fandom
February 14th
Print out research
Begin highlighting everything
February 16th
Highlighting the research is taking longer than I thought - then I get told that I have to annotate what I might use in the documentary and I already wrote lots!
February 27th
Emailed a Sailing Charity Organisation
March 4th
Pitch Project Presentation - decided to go with Fandom
March 21st
First Primary research Interview
March 29th
Second Primary Reseach Interview
March 30th
Two More Primary Research Interviews
April 2nd
Starting on the script
April 16
Got email from Penny - have to reschedule the interview with her grandson
Got email from Phil Ferret - reschedule as he is busy for the moment
April 17
Emailed again to the Portsmouth Sherlock Museum again - just realised I forgot the most important part of starting an email "Dear Sir/Madam"
Emailed also to Another Sherlock Museum in London
Emailed to Terry Pratchett's agent Colin Smythe
Getting a little bit worried about all of this......
Worried about Vox Pops - think of using Fareham Town Centre or anywhere on on the street
An Hour later: No on the London Museum, or Kaleb Nation, or Terry Pratchett as I get replies back
Wrote more of the script - near the end - I think
April 18th
Ask Ingrid for a extended loan on the equipment
April 19th
Not feeling too great but filming a few stuff and voice over
April 21st
Finishing up the script
April 22
*singing* I am not getting enough interviews - would really need some vox pots
Email to Penny to see when her grandson would be available
Email Phil about the questions
Make a Word Doc about the questions
Thinking of title sequence and arguing with Neil about the difference between "crazy" and "fanatic"
April 24th
Getting real depressed with all of this as no-one at all will reply or say yes to a interview
Had a brain storm with my Auntie and suddenly I'm OK again - sort of
Got a list of people to ask and hope I will my aunt's help in calling them too.
Hopefully now the script will be better as I couldn't really finish without interviews for a direction.
April 25
Download Archive footage clips as it is about Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock's demise in Switzerland and the idea behind it
Have a crazy idea of asking the fans on Twitter for help...
April 26
Call Tina to ask if she and Chloe will be OK with an interview
Talk to Steve what needs to improve on the journal (loads as usual)
Maybe film of myself about fandom facts. or something.
April 28th
With Mum, wrote some more questions for the interviews - if I ever get more than two...
April 29th
Write up about what I will be using for cutaways and graphics for the FMP
Analyse the FMP so far.....Oh yeah it's going well (sarcasm...)
Did a timeline about how I would set the interviews in a certain order. This helped because this way I knew what to end the documentary with. This is also a great way of getting myself organised as I am stressing out a lot over this.
Done email to Tina and Chloe
April 30th
May email to Penny again as I have no answer
May 1st
With Sedtin's suggestion - email Bambi and Vicki through Facebook to ask them for interviews.
Quick message back both of them said that they will - got it all sorted and the dates for the interviews - 8th and 9th May
Got another interview with help from my Auntie - her daughter-in-law Kelley who is a huge Harry Potter fan and is a mother of two children which one of them is also a huge harry Potter fan. The interview was arranged on the 9th May.
May 2nd - 5th
Journal stuff
Print out emails - tried again with Penny but nothing - I may never got the interview done in time
anyways
May 7th
Get questions sorted for the upcoming interviews - Vicki, Bambi and Kelley
May 8th
Vicki interview - went really well. Got cutaways and RECCE pictures to add with the other ones
May 9th
Bambi Interview done in the morning/lunchtime - that went well
Then in the late afternoon - Kelley Interview and then out of the blue - got another one - her husband Darren who is a Formula One fan and it was good to got both parents as in the interview they talk about their children
Later in the evening - get the clips onto a memory stick so it's a quicker transfer for tomorrow
May 10th
Get the clips sorted onto the computer where I am editing
Work on the script again to sort out how I am going to plan out - it's never cease to amaze me how I can never settled the planning!
work on the voice overs
May 11th
Finish the work that is long over due
Got one more interview - Tim Foster, a huge Marvel comic fan for next Monday
May 13th
Interview with Tim went well - but he forgot to bring in comics for cutaways so may have to work on that.....
May 14th
Interview with Phil Smith - went really well, got a lot of cutaways to use which is good
May 15th
Work more on animation today - will work on my journal later in the evening
May 17th
Got to get a move on with the editing, although I am ahead of the game - doesn't stop me from worrying like hell!!!
Frustrated with some of the video clips that were hazy/fuzzy and out of sync even though they worked on my laptop. Download those voice overs and myself clips again later.
May 19th
With my nephew's birthday party on Saturday will work more on the journal and do what Steve suggested about the production work - time management, list of contacts - that sort of stuff.
May 20th
Print out the rest of RECCE location. the list of contacts and finish up Time Management
Editing a lot today but now I have TOO much that I want to stick in SOOOO little time!!!
The main interviews that I want to stick in is the Docotr WHo fan, the Anime fan and the Harry Potter/Twilight fan who is also a mother. (put in where she talks about her kids in the documentary!)
Soooo to thining about and only a few days left.......
May 21st
Annontate some more
Worried about getting the editing done.....as usual.....
May 22nd
Journal competed - at last! two days before deadline is VERY good indeed!!
Regret I didn't come in earlier, computer was taken until about 3pm so I only about 2 hours of editing.
Made a list of what needs doing, made titles for FMP while waiting for computer.
Reminder to set up the alarm for a early start.
May 23rd
Came in after 9am to do editing. Stayed until 5pm. Got a lot done. Glad I did came in today
Sorted all what I need do. Can only wait in it all will be done by tomorrow.....
May 24th
Last day, breakie with Sedtin and then - HELL BEGINS!!!
Cutaways to be done and there is ALOT of footage to go through!
YES THE FMP IS DONE WITH 30 MINS TO SPARE......for now until the feedback comes after half-term.
February - March 2013
Search looking for Secondary research on the three idea that I might want to use for the project: Alzheimer's, Sailing and Fandom
February 14th
Print out research
Begin highlighting everything
February 16th
Highlighting the research is taking longer than I thought - then I get told that I have to annotate what I might use in the documentary and I already wrote lots!
February 27th
Emailed a Sailing Charity Organisation
March 4th
Pitch Project Presentation - decided to go with Fandom
March 21st
First Primary research Interview
March 29th
Second Primary Reseach Interview
March 30th
Two More Primary Research Interviews
April 2nd
Starting on the script
April 16
Got email from Penny - have to reschedule the interview with her grandson
Got email from Phil Ferret - reschedule as he is busy for the moment
April 17
Emailed again to the Portsmouth Sherlock Museum again - just realised I forgot the most important part of starting an email "Dear Sir/Madam"
Emailed also to Another Sherlock Museum in London
Emailed to Terry Pratchett's agent Colin Smythe
Getting a little bit worried about all of this......
Worried about Vox Pops - think of using Fareham Town Centre or anywhere on on the street
An Hour later: No on the London Museum, or Kaleb Nation, or Terry Pratchett as I get replies back
Wrote more of the script - near the end - I think
April 18th
Ask Ingrid for a extended loan on the equipment
April 19th
Not feeling too great but filming a few stuff and voice over
April 21st
Finishing up the script
April 22
*singing* I am not getting enough interviews - would really need some vox pots
Email to Penny to see when her grandson would be available
Email Phil about the questions
Make a Word Doc about the questions
Thinking of title sequence and arguing with Neil about the difference between "crazy" and "fanatic"
April 24th
Getting real depressed with all of this as no-one at all will reply or say yes to a interview
Had a brain storm with my Auntie and suddenly I'm OK again - sort of
Got a list of people to ask and hope I will my aunt's help in calling them too.
Hopefully now the script will be better as I couldn't really finish without interviews for a direction.
April 25
Download Archive footage clips as it is about Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock's demise in Switzerland and the idea behind it
Have a crazy idea of asking the fans on Twitter for help...
April 26
Call Tina to ask if she and Chloe will be OK with an interview
Talk to Steve what needs to improve on the journal (loads as usual)
Maybe film of myself about fandom facts. or something.
April 28th
With Mum, wrote some more questions for the interviews - if I ever get more than two...
April 29th
Write up about what I will be using for cutaways and graphics for the FMP
Analyse the FMP so far.....Oh yeah it's going well (sarcasm...)
Did a timeline about how I would set the interviews in a certain order. This helped because this way I knew what to end the documentary with. This is also a great way of getting myself organised as I am stressing out a lot over this.
Done email to Tina and Chloe
April 30th
May email to Penny again as I have no answer
May 1st
With Sedtin's suggestion - email Bambi and Vicki through Facebook to ask them for interviews.
Quick message back both of them said that they will - got it all sorted and the dates for the interviews - 8th and 9th May
Got another interview with help from my Auntie - her daughter-in-law Kelley who is a huge Harry Potter fan and is a mother of two children which one of them is also a huge harry Potter fan. The interview was arranged on the 9th May.
May 2nd - 5th
Journal stuff
Print out emails - tried again with Penny but nothing - I may never got the interview done in time
anyways
May 7th
Get questions sorted for the upcoming interviews - Vicki, Bambi and Kelley
May 8th
Vicki interview - went really well. Got cutaways and RECCE pictures to add with the other ones
May 9th
Bambi Interview done in the morning/lunchtime - that went well
Then in the late afternoon - Kelley Interview and then out of the blue - got another one - her husband Darren who is a Formula One fan and it was good to got both parents as in the interview they talk about their children
Later in the evening - get the clips onto a memory stick so it's a quicker transfer for tomorrow
May 10th
Get the clips sorted onto the computer where I am editing
Work on the script again to sort out how I am going to plan out - it's never cease to amaze me how I can never settled the planning!
work on the voice overs
May 11th
Finish the work that is long over due
Got one more interview - Tim Foster, a huge Marvel comic fan for next Monday
May 13th
Interview with Tim went well - but he forgot to bring in comics for cutaways so may have to work on that.....
May 14th
Interview with Phil Smith - went really well, got a lot of cutaways to use which is good
May 15th
Work more on animation today - will work on my journal later in the evening
May 17th
Got to get a move on with the editing, although I am ahead of the game - doesn't stop me from worrying like hell!!!
Frustrated with some of the video clips that were hazy/fuzzy and out of sync even though they worked on my laptop. Download those voice overs and myself clips again later.
May 19th
With my nephew's birthday party on Saturday will work more on the journal and do what Steve suggested about the production work - time management, list of contacts - that sort of stuff.
May 20th
Print out the rest of RECCE location. the list of contacts and finish up Time Management
Editing a lot today but now I have TOO much that I want to stick in SOOOO little time!!!
The main interviews that I want to stick in is the Docotr WHo fan, the Anime fan and the Harry Potter/Twilight fan who is also a mother. (put in where she talks about her kids in the documentary!)
Soooo to thining about and only a few days left.......
May 21st
Annontate some more
Worried about getting the editing done.....as usual.....
May 22nd
Journal competed - at last! two days before deadline is VERY good indeed!!
Regret I didn't come in earlier, computer was taken until about 3pm so I only about 2 hours of editing.
Made a list of what needs doing, made titles for FMP while waiting for computer.
Reminder to set up the alarm for a early start.
May 23rd
Came in after 9am to do editing. Stayed until 5pm. Got a lot done. Glad I did came in today
Sorted all what I need do. Can only wait in it all will be done by tomorrow.....
May 24th
Last day, breakie with Sedtin and then - HELL BEGINS!!!
Cutaways to be done and there is ALOT of footage to go through!
YES THE FMP IS DONE WITH 30 MINS TO SPARE......for now until the feedback comes after half-term.
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
City of Bones Theatrical Trailer/Trailer 2 Feedback
On the day it was suppose to be out - I literally couldn't stop looking at my phone or the laptop Internet and because of the time differences I had to wait until Midnight - or ten minutes before as it came out early. The moment I saw it and click on it, the screen was small and I was all "WTF!!" but then went straight for it and watched it - and then figured how it get it big on screen and watched another 15 times more. And more after that in the next few days.
I was SOOOOOO excited as I love the book series and anything else by Cassandra Clare (Clockwork Princess is sooooo brilliant by the way!) and I am super excited about the movie (The cast is awesome by the way - Jamie IS Jace - has been since the beginning!!) and so this was a definite break between now and the movie release day August 23rd. Sooooo long by the way it is killing me!!!
I seen the reaction from the comments on YouTube and so on elsewhere and the reaction was good - Nope....more than that - FANDOM MAYHEM EVERYWHERE!!!!! (some negative people who aren't fans cannot deal with this amazing book should just go away for crying out loud!!)
My reaction - I. Was. Speechless. It was weird because in the in ten minutes before it was out I was pacing, heart pounding and literally wanted to scream and shot about it but then after I saw the trailer - I was calm and collected but I was sooooo happy.
Now we all know that because the book is nearly 450 pages so there's gonna be changes and some things taken out but so far from what I've seen and heard - it is AWESOME!! Everything in the trailer was perfect and it leaves you with wanting more.
The first thing I noticed or I reckon is that the "Pandemonium" scene that is the first scene of the book to be a little later after the movie starts which I think works as for anyone who hasn't read the books yet would understand the storyline a little more - I think.
Now for anyone who has read the books and seen both trailers will notice that Jace's eyes kept changing from blue to pale yellow and then back and forth. I'm like "OK" because from what I heard Jamie couldn't wear contacts and neither could Lily (because in the book Clary has green eyes instead of brown) and because of the stunts they did would mess up their vision - and why would we because they both have pretty, pretty eyes! And it's the same thing with the posters with Jace on it - one blue, one pale yellow if you look on the ITunes page. Still it is going to be interesting because when the movie comes out we will find out the reason and I remember Cassandra Clare saying (can't remember the article) that there are "plans" about Jace's eyes and I'm like "There are plans?" and then the fangirl comes out.
Either way I don't mind because when the teaser trailer came out it took 10 times watching until I realised "Jace's eyes are blue?!" but because Jamie put sooooo much of the character of Jace into the role - I thought "oh well - Jamie is Jace anyways" HAPPY TIMES!!
I still think that Valentine should have his silvery hair but Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a brilliant actor so I'm gonna let that go. If Cassie can about the casting and the filming things that weren't in the book - then I can too and besides changes are good if the original idea is there somewhere along the line.
I really like the music tracks that are played throughout - I don't know why some people didn't like the Radiohead track (All I need) - I thought it set the mood like the dark is descending slightly and it was brilliant hearing "Surface of the sun/Kaneda's Death, Pt. 2" again - I really love that track. It was nice to hear something new "Echelon" by Jack Trammell. All great music!!!!
Using PrintScreen button and Photoshop - I made screenshots - took me FOREVER but hey when you love something you don't really care. I certainly didn't!!
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