Ancillary Tasks: Print Advert

Print Advert
The following link shows examples of some of the print adverts that we looked at to produce the; Codes and Conventions of a pint advert for a Documentary.
http://www.4creative.co.uk/flash/#/print/press_and_poster/

Codes and Conventions of a print advert for a documentary
A4 landscape, a versatile shape that can be scaled down to all sizes and for example can be used as a billboard
One main image that is striking and sums up the programme
Text: slogan, title of programme, scheduling, TV company logo.

Radio Trailer: Editing

Editing the Radio trailer

The radio trailer was edited on the same software as the documentary. The voice over recording was imported onto the timeline along with the music bed. At this point we were adding in clips from the documentary and removing the video, which would then just leave the audio. We then altered all the sound levels to make it smooth with no point being too loud or to quiet.

Radio Trailer: Scripting

Radio Trailer

Start with E.T joke from Vox pops (3 seconds)

(Laughing policeman music bed)

“Everyone loves a good laugh, whether it’s laughing at a joke or other peoples misfortunes”

Clip of Kiefer saying “life’s funny in general, so you’ve just got to see the funny side in everything” (4 seconds)

“But is it possible to analyse what makes us laugh?”

Clip of Sam “laughter comes from your gut not your brain” (3 seconds)

“When the country is suffering from the crippling illness of recession, Is laughter the cure for the nations blues?”

“Is laughter really the best medicine?”

“Laughing Matters Thursday 9^th December at 8.30 on Channel four”

Acillary Tasks: Radio Trailer

In class we looked at various radio trailers to identify the codes and conventions of radio trailer.

BBC Weather trailer
It contained;
Sound effects
Voiceover
Humour
Different sound levels
Clear female voice giving schedule, title and channel at the end

Stephen Fry documentary
It contained;
Music bed
Sound effects
Voice off Stephen fry
Juxtaposition
Female voiceover giving schedule at end of clip

Special Needs pets
It contained;
Music bed
Female voiceover
Clips from the documentary
Sound effects
Scheduling at end

Cultural Documentary BBC4
It contained;
Different accents/ and languages brought together to tell a story
Different cultures


Codes and conventions of a radio trailer
Extracts from the programme
Voiceover intercut throughout
Trailer should intrigue the audience- make them wan to find out more
Scheduling information at the end
Sequence; title, day and time, channel
Music bed were appropriate
Sound effects
Slogan

Editing: Editing the Documentary

Editing the Documentary

This screenshot shows all the footage that has been captured from the digital video cameras onto adobe premier pro.


I then filtered through the footage deleting parts that we didnt need and keeping parts we did. On this screengrab above, we are cutting up an interview, cutting out the questions and irrelevant answers. We did this for all the footage that we wanted to use.

The tool that was used to cut up the documentary was the "razor tool" which is shown in the image above. This let us make precise cuts throughout the captured footage.

This screen shot shows the editing software as a whole with the timeline of shots and a viewer in the top left which shows what is on the timeline.

In the above screengrab I am placing cutaways into the documenary to cut up long interviews and avoid jump cuts.

Here I am applying graphics to the interviews with their name and relevance to the documentary

This shows us using the effects such as cross divide to create a montage of archive footage.

This shows us editing in the music bed on the timeline and cutting it up.

Edit Decision List

Logging Sheet

Filiming: montage of DVDs and Posters

Today we filmed various comedians DVDS and comedy posters. This footage will be used as a montage at the begining of the documentary accompanied by a voiceover introducing the topic.

Here are some photos of us filimg the montage:

Filming: Reactions in assembly

We filmed a sixthform assembly watching clips of funny youtube videos in order to obtain genuine laughter to use throughout the documentary.

We used 4 digital cameras and two directional microphones to pick up the sound and footage.

This also allowed us to film different people, shots and angles.

Here are some pictures of the set up and the filming of the audience.

Below are the youtube clips which we showed in the assembly

Filming: Comedy event

Today we filmed footage from a Under 18's comedy event ran by the comedy trust.
We were able to conduct an interview with 3 of the young performers.
We also conducted an interview with Mike Gunn who supported Michael Mcintyre on his tour.
Here are some pictures of us filming and conducting the interviews.

Filming: History Montage and cutaways

We filmed printouts of comedy related pictures such as famous comedians, jesters, clowns and punch and judy.

We used a variety of camerawork including creative shots.

Here are some photos of us filming:

We will use these shots either as cutaways or in a history montage.