Joshua Jones: Television Production

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Directions: The Real Breaking Bad VS My Breaking Bad

Once I had the final cut of my drama, I could compare it to the original scenes from Breaking Bad. Here are the comparisons (Breaking Bad on the left, my Breaking Bad on the right). SCENE 1 Frame match Frame match Frame match Frame match Frame match Classic Breaking Bad...

Directions: Fine Cut Feedback

After taking on all the feedback from the rough cut viewing, I put together a fine cut of my Drama and Self-Portrait, and showed them to Simon for some final feedback: DRAMA Adjust one of the shots when Gus is looking in Walt's direction as the head movement between the two shots does not match. Change the point at which the bomb is revealed, as it is currently comes in too early. Apart from those...

Directions- Rough Cut Feedback

After putting together a rough cut of my Drama and Self-Portrait, I showed them to Simon for some feedback: DRAMA Change a part of the sound design in Scene 1. Currently the ambience is the sound of crickets in the distance. This feels to American, and I have chosen to direct Breaking Bad as though it is British. Change the build up music in Scene 1. When Walt walks towards the house, a piece of...

Directions: Editing- Drama

Once all the filming for my Drama was complete, it was time to edit. I have not gone into too much detail here as a lot of the work involved tiny fine tuning details. EDITING: DRAMA Some of the bins I began the edit by importing all of my footage into Adobe Premiere Pro. I then used the bins to...

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Directions: Editing- Self-Portrait

Once all the filming for my Self-Portrait was complete, it was time to edit... EDITING: SELF-PORTRAIT I began the editing process by importing all of my footage in Adobe Premiere Pro, and reviewing it. I went through each clip and created an in and out points on the sections of the clips I thought...

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Directions: Filming- Self-Portrait

Once I had completed filming my Drama, I focus on filming my Self-Portrait... FILMING: SELF PORTRAIT My location for the self-portrait was my bedroom. I wasn't just going to shoot it as it was so I spent a few hours dressing it before I began. I removed anything I didn't want in shot; hung up...

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Directions: Filming- Drama

All the pre-production was complete, which meant it was time to start filming "Joshua Jones Directs Breaking Bad"... Directing Chris Rochester My amazing cast. Chris Rochester & Philip Holden Cast & Crew FILMING: SCENE 2 I had chosen to film both scenes in one day, which meant timing...

Sunday, 7 February 2016

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Directions: Prop Build

Today I spent some time making two props for my shoot. Los Pollos Hermanos Air Freshener In Scene 2, one shot shows that in Gus's car he has a Los Pollos Hermanos Air Freshener hanging from the rear view mirror. A screenshot from the original scene This tells the audience that this is Gus's...

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Directions: Pre-Production- Shot List & Plan View

SHOT LIST A few days ago I put together a shot list. This will help my camera operator understand what kind of shots I'm looking for. It will also help me visualise the film more during the pre-production process and during the production process. On the shot list I have detailed the scene, shot number,...

Monday, 1 February 2016

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