Tuesday 1st November
Lydia, Jess and Jordan filmed the opening title for the documentary 'Batteries not included' by using children's building blocks. The set out the blocks first to ensure that they had enough to spell out the title, they then made a background, and made sure that the lighting was right.
They then filmed it as a stop start, so moved the blocks and recorded, stopped, moved the block more and pressed record again. They did this to every block until it spelt out their title.
They then sped up the footage to make it look as if the blocks are moving by themselves into place.
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Friday, 18 November 2011
Filming A toy shelf
Wednesday 2nd November
To film out toy shelf Lydia, Jordan and Jess had to bring in a large amount of their childhood toys to fill a shelf. Between them they shared out who would bring in which toy instead of having too many of the same toy.
Once they had all brought them in they used sugar paper to create a coloured background on the shelf instead of using the plain white wall, and then added the toys to create their 'Toy shelf'.
They then set the tripod and camera up at the same level as the toy shelf to ensure that when they panned across the toy shelf wouldn't be seen at a strange angle. They then used a lamp to add to the amount of light on the toys to make sure the camera picked up the colours of the toys and the shelf.
Once they had finished filming they added it to Adobe premiere pre and cut up the different pans of the toy shelf and sped them up or slowed them down to create their cutaways and clips.
To film out toy shelf Lydia, Jordan and Jess had to bring in a large amount of their childhood toys to fill a shelf. Between them they shared out who would bring in which toy instead of having too many of the same toy.
Once they had all brought them in they used sugar paper to create a coloured background on the shelf instead of using the plain white wall, and then added the toys to create their 'Toy shelf'.
They then set the tripod and camera up at the same level as the toy shelf to ensure that when they panned across the toy shelf wouldn't be seen at a strange angle. They then used a lamp to add to the amount of light on the toys to make sure the camera picked up the colours of the toys and the shelf.
Once they had finished filming they added it to Adobe premiere pre and cut up the different pans of the toy shelf and sped them up or slowed them down to create their cutaways and clips.
Filming the stock footage of toys
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| Lydia and Jessica using the talking puppies. |
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| Watching back the footage of buzz lightyear. |
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| Jessica zooming in on the toy. |
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| Jordan and Lydia filming buzz lightyear. |
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| Lydia filming the stop/start clip of buzz lightyear. |
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| Jordan and lydia adjusting the camera to film the toy. |
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| Jordan and Lydia filming buzz lightyear. |
Filming an interview with Perc library
Friday 18th November
Jordan and Lydia filmed an interview in Perc library in Liverpool. They had to phone up and e-mail the library to ensure that they could get an interview and once they had set a date they had to travel by train to Liverpool.
They set the camera up in the play centre and ensured the background suited the documentary. They had to make sure the interviewee was framed correctly before they could film. They then asked the interviewee several questions, once they had filmed they made sure that the sound quailty was good enough to use and went back to school to edit.
They captured their work on Adobie premiere pro and edited out the questions so that the interview ran smoother without questions interrupting.
Jordan and Lydia filmed an interview in Perc library in Liverpool. They had to phone up and e-mail the library to ensure that they could get an interview and once they had set a date they had to travel by train to Liverpool.
They set the camera up in the play centre and ensured the background suited the documentary. They had to make sure the interviewee was framed correctly before they could film. They then asked the interviewee several questions, once they had filmed they made sure that the sound quailty was good enough to use and went back to school to edit.
They captured their work on Adobie premiere pro and edited out the questions so that the interview ran smoother without questions interrupting.
Filming a video gamer
Thursday 17th November
Lydia and Jess went to film a video gamer, First they set up the camera to make sure that he was framed to the correct side, they then made sure that the background suited the documentary.
They asked him several questions about why he likes games, what his favourite are and what are the best consoles to play on.
Next they came back to school to edit out the questions so just the answers can be heard, making it run smoother. They also added in footage of games, and xboxes to put inbetween each answer which made it run better than having cuts between each answer.
Lydia and Jess went to film a video gamer, First they set up the camera to make sure that he was framed to the correct side, they then made sure that the background suited the documentary.
They asked him several questions about why he likes games, what his favourite are and what are the best consoles to play on.
Next they came back to school to edit out the questions so just the answers can be heard, making it run smoother. They also added in footage of games, and xboxes to put inbetween each answer which made it run better than having cuts between each answer.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Filming two children
Friday 4th November
Lydia and Jordan filmed Rebecca and Ella for their children's interview. Firstly they had to create forms for their parents to sign to ensure it was fine for them to film their children.
Once they had permission they recorded the girls playing with their various toys, dolls and teddy bears they had.
Once they had stock footage they then filmed the two girls separately and asked them several questions about their toys; what they like about them, dislike, what they would like to get for Christmas and which toy was their ultimate favourite. They had to make sure that they had the background correct and that the girls stayed in the frame.
Next they came back to school to edit out the questions, cut up the stock footage into separate clips so they could then put them in between their answers and placed them all together to make two interviews.
Lydia and Jordan filmed Rebecca and Ella for their children's interview. Firstly they had to create forms for their parents to sign to ensure it was fine for them to film their children.
Once they had permission they recorded the girls playing with their various toys, dolls and teddy bears they had.
Once they had stock footage they then filmed the two girls separately and asked them several questions about their toys; what they like about them, dislike, what they would like to get for Christmas and which toy was their ultimate favourite. They had to make sure that they had the background correct and that the girls stayed in the frame.
Next they came back to school to edit out the questions, cut up the stock footage into separate clips so they could then put them in between their answers and placed them all together to make two interviews.
Filming two next door neighbours
Sunday 6th November
Jess and Jordan filmed Jess's two next door neighbours, they asked them the same two questions as their grandparent.
They set the cameras so that they framed the interviewees properly and ensured that they had enough light on them to be seen on the camera. Because they couldn't get toys around the interviewees they had to zoom in on their face to make it fill most of the shot but still framed them to one side to stick to the codes and conventions of recording an interview.
Once they had finished, they came into school and edited out the questions so just the answers could be heard. they also added cutaways in and over the questions to make them run smoother.
Jess and Jordan filmed Jess's two next door neighbours, they asked them the same two questions as their grandparent.
They set the cameras so that they framed the interviewees properly and ensured that they had enough light on them to be seen on the camera. Because they couldn't get toys around the interviewees they had to zoom in on their face to make it fill most of the shot but still framed them to one side to stick to the codes and conventions of recording an interview.
Once they had finished, they came into school and edited out the questions so just the answers could be heard. they also added cutaways in and over the questions to make them run smoother.
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