Opening titles

Today I and charlotte took stop motion pictures for our opening titles. We used materials that represented senses. This included, bread with jam, an apple, photographs, blue-tac and we also made a music note look like the letter ‘S’.

Audience Feedback

1. How informative did you find our documentary? (5 being the highest)

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2. Is there anything else you would have found beneficial to include in the documentary?

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3. Which part of the documentary did you find the most interesting?

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4. On a scale of 1 to 5 how interesting did you find the Margret Ross interview?

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5. On a scale of 1 to 5 how interesting did you find the Penny Williams interview?

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6. On a scale of 1 to 5 how would you rate the sound quality of our documentary and radio trailer?

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7. On a scale of 1 to 5 how would you rate the editing quality of our documentary?

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8. On a scale of 1 to 5 how would you rate the continuity of our documentary?

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9. On a scale of 1 to 5 how would you rate the camera work used in our documentary?

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10. In your opinion do you believe that our documentary conveyed codes and conventions of professional documentaries?

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If no please specify: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................

Newspaper advert

11. How eye catching did you find our newspaper advert as a whole?

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12. How much does the newspaper advert portray the topic of the documentary?

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13. How would you rate the design of the newspaper advert?

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14. How much does the newspaper advert intrigue you?

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Radio trailer

15. How well do you think the radio trailer flows?

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16. How would you rate the music bed of the radio trailer?

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17. How much does the radio trailer link to the documentary?

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18. How would you rate the sound quality of the radio trailer?

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19. How much does the radio trailer make you want to watch the documentary?

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We also put the documentary and radio trailer with the newspaper advert as an image on facebook and youtube. This gave it a more public viewing.

Music bed copyright

We used the track electric feel by MGMT. however in order to use this we had to email the record company to ask permission for its use.

Newspaper advertisement Production

The website www.channel4.com/about_c4/styleguide helped us a lot with the production of our newspaper advert. This included the size of the logo, where it is positioned and the correct font.

We took multiple pictures of our model and picked the one with the best framing and light. We then imported it into Photoshop. It took us a while to create the image we wanted to create, however with a combination of using the paint, smudge and blur tools we managed to create the effect of having no eyes.

Drafting the newspaper advert

codes and conventions of a newspaper advert

• Must be A4 as it is a versatile shape and can fit almost any size such as a billboard
• One main image
• The image should be striking and eye catching whilst summing the program
• Text should provide the title, slogan and scheduling
• The advert should also include the channel logo

Recording and editing the radio trailer

Today Charlotte and I went to the recording studio with our chosen person to record the voice over and radio trailer. We gave her the script which she read aloud and was then recorded into Adobe Audition. After we where happy with the recording we then transferred it into Adobe Premiere and edited the sound levels and cut the parts we needed to use. We then had to drag voxpops from our documentary into the radio trailer which we are going to use, however we only needed the audio so had to unlink the audio and image and delete the image.

Scripting Radio Advert

Vox pop: The coast

Vox pop: The faces of the people i love

Vox pop: Blackpool

Vox pop: An autumn day

Vox pop: Dark, gray and rainy

Voice over: Does the sight of cakes make your mouth water?

SFX: Umm...

VO: Does the sight of a spider scare you?

SFX: AHH!

VO: Does the sight of blood make your stomach turn?

SFX: Ughh!

VO: Does the sight of your favourite band get you dancing?

SFX: Tapping of feet

VO: Does the sight of a roller coaster get your heart racing?

SFX: Heartbeat

Margret Ross (clip from documentary: "Two weeks after Christmas they told me they couldn't save the sight of the right eye"

VO: Non-sense. What are you looking at? New series starting with sight. Thursday at 9 on channel 4

Codes and conventions of a radio trailer

• Includes extracts from the program
• There is a voice over inter cut throughout
• The trailer should intrigue the audience and make them want to find out more
• The scheduling information is included at the end in the order of: title, day & time, channel
• There is a music bed where appropriate
• It is 30-40 seconds long
• Sometimes includes a slogan
• Sound effects are used
  

Editing

Today Charlotte, Ashleigh and I made a lot of changes. We added more cutaways in the penny williams interview as her interview is long therefore it keeps attention and makes the documentary run more smoothly. We did this by unlinking the audio so that it could be deleted than add the image over the top. We also added on screen graphics which meant the audience knew who was being interviewed, also following the codes and conventions we dissolved the text in and out.

Scripting the voiceover

As a group we believed that a fact or statistic would fit well in our documentary. Therefore did research where we came across this website.

Editing

Today we changed the sound levels on our documentary. this is so that no parts of the documentary are louder than another part. this makes it sound more professional. Also we had to make sure the sound was at an appropriate level and not to loud. this meant we had to make sure it was under -6.

Editing

Today we continued to edit. One of the techniques we used today was shortening the opening titles by changing the speed and duration.

Editing

All three of us have begun to edit our documentary in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. We drag the clip we need onto the timeline then by referring to the edit decision sheet, cut the footage we need.

Photographing, filming and capturing

Today me Charlotte and Ashleigh used an SLR camera to take images for are opening sequence however we do not know if will we use these yet. We also filmed and captures someone licking a lollipop for are opening sequence.

Filming Margaret Ross interview and asking opticians

Today me and Charlotte filmed the interview again, this time framing the interview better by making it more close up on her eyes to give it focus. As well as filming some stock footage again. We also asked around opticians to see if they would be willing for us to film and construct a possible interview with them.

Edit decision sheet

Today me and Charlotte started the Edit decision sheet, which is what we use to plan editing our five minutes.

Edit decision list
00:00:00 – 00:30:00 Voxpops + walking (Fade at 00:25:00)
01:29:00 – 01:31:00 Voxpops + walking – “Curry” (Cut)
01:50:20 – 01:52:00 Voxpops + walking – “baby laughing” (Cut)
02:08:00 – 02:09:00 Voxpops + walking – “A wasp” (Cut)
03:14:12 – 03:16:03 Voxpops + walking – “Oh celery” (Cut)
04:02:00 – 04:05:21 Voxpops + walking – “Sewage” (Cut)
05:09:05 – 05:10:21 Voxpops + walking – “Little girl when she shouts mum” (Cut)
05:17:17 – 05:19:19 Voxpops + walking – “Dogs done a fresh one” (Cut)
15:35:04 – 15:37:21 Voxpops + walking – “Velvet + satin” (Cut)
16:05:20 – 16:07:12 Voxpops + walking – “Fresh tomatoes” (Cut)
00:39:05 – 00:49:00 Grandma’s interview good – “2 weeks after Christmas...” (On black)
01:07:00 – 01:29:00 Grandma’s interview good – “I can see a little bit” (Cut)
02:02:00 traffic cut away
02:32:00 – 03:08:15 Grandma’s interview good – “can’t read or write” (Cut)
08:46:19 – 08:53:07 audio book cut away (Joining "Audio books" and "can't read or write")
07:50:18 – 08:04:06 Grandma’s interview good – “Audio books” (Cut)
02:11:15 – 02:26:07 Grandma’s interview good – “Support and help” (Cut)
06:42:04 – 06:59:00 Grandma’s interview good – “Other senses” (Cut)
11:57:05 – 12:01:05 Knitting (Cut)
09:26:04 – 09:29:03 More Voxpops – dog sign (Cut) "Guide dogs charity plays over "dog sign"
03:29:03 – 03:44:02 More Voxpops – “Guide dogs charity” (Cut)
04:01:05 – 04:34:08 More Voxpops – “Who can get a guide dog” (Cut)
07:58:19 – 08:11:24 Guide dog
01:01:08 – 01:36:02 More Voxpops – “Training” (Cut)
10:12:09 – 10:25:07 trainer and dog

Log Sheet

This logs all the footage we have captured and the timings.

Filming - creating the title sequence

Today me and Charlotte used a stills camera to take stop motion pictures for our title.

Research

For our research we have emailed Penny Williams from the guide dog association. She is willing to do the interview and we are now making final arrangements as to where the interview will take place. We then decided to look at the guide dog association website and used google maps to find out its exact location and what it looked like. This helped us make the decision to do the interview and arrange how to get to and from the interview.

Capturing the Beggining Sequence Footagee

Today we captured the footage me and Charlotte filmed yesterday however we experienced problems. The focus on the camera was set to manual therefore some shot where blurred. We will film the shots we can not use again.

Capturing the Filming of the Title Sequence

Me, Charlotte and Ashleigh caputred the footage from yesterday and believe the footage is good and can be used in the documentary.

Research for the documentary - Specsavers Opticians

Today Charlotte received a phone call from Specsavers informing her that the opticians were not willing to take part in out documentary.

Filming - more voxpops

Today me and Charlotte filmed our Vox Pops in Liverpool asking people their favourite/worse, smell, sight, touch, taste and sound.

Filming - Interview with penny williams

Today me and Chalotte filmed the interview with Penny Williams. The mise en scen was hard to get right but Penny provided us with a banner which worked well as a background. We then filmed stock footage to use as cut aways.