Professional Practice: Project Evaluation

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PROJECT EVALUATION PRE-PRODUCTION I started this unit wanting to do a work placement with Trickbox TV as studio production is the area I would like to work in, in the future. These plans soon changed when I was chosen as the producer for the Studio Production Unit, and so...

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Professional Practice: The Final Commission

Below is the final film I produced for King Ethelbert School as my commission: ...

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Professional Practice: Feedback & Editing Fine Cut

Once the rough cut was complete, I showed it to my commissioners for feedback. FEEDBACK Overall the commissioners were very impressed and had no suggestions for changes. - Branding looks amazing. - Edited together very well. - Picked the right sections from each interview. Story is told very well. -...

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Professional Practice: Editing Rough Cut

Once all the filming was complete, and the A/V script had been produced, I began to edit the rough cut together. EDITING ROUGH CUT I began this process by importing all of my footage into Adobe Premiere Pro. I used bins to organise the interviews, actuality, music, titles, images etc. I also created...

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Professional Practice: Branding

In preparation for the edit, I produced some branded content I could use to give the film an overall King Ethelbert School look. BRANDING I felt having branded content was important so it would be very clear who this film is about, made by/for, and owner by. To brand the video I produced: - A background...

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Professional Practice: A/V Script for Editing

After I had finished all of my filming, I watched my footage back, and created an A/V script to use during the editing process. A/V SCRIPT I decided to produce this because I thought it'd save time during the editing process because I had already planned it out, word for word, on paper. On a separate piece of paper I kept notes on timecodes so I could easily find the sections of dialogue I had written...

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Professional Practice: Filming Days

I turned up early on day one so I would have extra time to set up my interview location. Upon my arrival I was informed of a small schedule change, so I immediately updated my filming timetable and shared it with my contributors. The new timetable The interviews for this film are very important...

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Professional Practice: Shooting Interviews

As this film would mostly be made up of interviews, I felt it was important I did some more research into shooting interviews. SHOOTING INTERVIEWS First I had to decide what type of interviews I wanted to use for the film. The main types are: - Location interview- Prepared interview filmed at a location, usually one related to the topic. - Studio interview- Prepared interview filmed in a studio...

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Professional Practice: Shot List & Questions for Interviews

As part of my preparation for my commission project, I produced a shot list and a list of questions to use whilst filming the interviews. SHOT LIST This shot list is not very long, and not extremely detailed because it is difficult to know who the actuality will plan out, hence you can only plan certain shots, and do the rest on the fly. The shot list details information on shot descriptions and...

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Professional Practice: Commission Treatment

Commission Treatment Brief: Produce a 10-15 minute teacher training film about questioning techniques used by specific teachers in English, Maths, Science, & P.E. Include reactions from students to these techniques and details from the teachers on why they do it, how it helps the students, and what advice they have for other teachers who want to do it too. Contributors: - Kate Grieg, Headteacher -...

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