Timeline

Timeline

22^nd Jan

This was the day we were introduced to the idea of the industry projects, and the different version. We formed a group of Cal, Ella, Louise and I.

29^th Jan

 We had our first meeting, and decided our initial ideas of timeline, and episodes. This organization contributed to our successful pitch.  

31^st Jan

We began to research, and edited our concept down, so that it was a soundscape, and had historical episodes edited together by a timeline.

KEY SUCCESS: Concept and working as a group.

4^th Feb

In this meeting, we decided our roles, finished a concept brief, started on a prezi, and found pictures to use in pitch and final piece.

5^th Feb

We finished the prezi and split it up so we could all write different things. Cal made a mood board, we finalized ideas for the pitch. Louise and I made a timelapse. This splitting up of ideas meant that we could cover lots of group and make lots of media. It also meant, however, that some areas were only covered by one person, which was a problem later on.

KEY SUCCESS: Organization was at it’s best here.

10^th Feb

We made some soundscapes, and finished the prezi, and practised. We had been exchanging emails with potential interviewees.

19^th Feb

This was the day we did out Pitch, but Cal was ill, and we had to say her stuff. We completed the Pitch, and got good feedback, saying that we were well prepared and creative.  

KEY SUCCESS: Pitch finished and great feedback, a success as we had managed to come up with a good idea and impress the client.

KEY FAILIURE: Cal is ill, and we had not prepared for this, so we had some frantic last minute scrambles. We were therefore badly prepared.

28^th Feb

We begin to prepare for shooting. I write an equipment list and shot list. We hand in essays for the first 30%.

4^th March

The dome tell us that shooting is limited, and only “possible.” We try to plan around this announcement. The Dome were often hard to contact and unreliable, this was a contributing factor to getting behind on our schedleue, and having to compromise ideas.

KEY FAILIURE: Our idea had relied on having access to all points of the dome. This threw us off and we had to change ideas.

5^th March

First shoot at the Dome, where we filmed interior, exterior, the roof and tunnel, the organ concert and the archive footage. We split into groups and worked in pairs to cover as much stuff as possible, this was a contributing factor to the days success.

KEY SUCCESS: We had some excellent footage from this, and we worked well as a group.

KEY FAILIURE: None of us thought to bring extra tape, and some of the footage was shaky because we didn’t know how to use the track properly. This meant we didn’t have as much footage as we wanted.

12^th March

We first log and edit our shoot. It is not that good, but some of it is OK, we just have to re-shoot some stuff.

14^th March

We are told by the dome that we are not allowed to film and that they don’t want to narrate for us. We write a narration.

KEY FAILIURE: We had relied on the Dome to give us an interview, and edited/shot to this idea, so we felt that we didn’t have enough footage. TURNING POINT.

18^th March

We do a new shoot at the dome. It is better than the first, which is because we are learning from our mistakes.

KEY SUCCESS: Equipment, tapes and group work is very good here.

KEY FAILIURE: We don’t check the spirit level and are film as much as possible instead of adhering to the shot list. This is a problem for logging clips.

19^th March

We get feedback from our tutor telling us to slim down our idea and re-shoot. We decide to drop a lot of our own ideas to make sure we still have a good video. Louise gets us a new interview with Paul Clarkson.

KEY FAILIURE/TURNIG POINT: We decide to drop many of our ideas and stick to a more simple idea. We do not have enough time or man power to do what we wanted. This was a failure but also a compromise, and shows our ability to work with what we have, to compromise and to pin point what is important for this piece. This is a success and worked because we gel as a group and have a similar vision. 

24^th March

We have an interview with Paul Clarkson interview, which goes well. This is a KEY SUCCESS as we have our roles sorted out and we each know exactly what we are doing under the time constraints, and get it done.  

26^th March

A final shoot at the dome, which goes very well. We have a paper edit done. A contributing factor to this final shoot going well and the paper edit is that we have learnt to plan and prepare.

Key Success: This final shoot is finally well prepared and executed, we know how to use the equipment and how to film within a time plan. This is a learning curve.

4^th April

We begin to edit and log. The problems we had while filming are making editing a problem.

KEY FAILIURE: We have made so many shoots that editing is a huge undertaking, with 4 hours of footage to shift through. If we had organized before, this would not have happened.  

7^th April

First edit is done, with no narration. This is done by Ella.

8^th April

Narration is completed, and the second edit is also.

KEY SUCCESS: Group work is brilliant, we are within our original schedule, and the film is looking good, which is partly because we have separate roles, and this allows the film to progress quickly.