Risk assessments and hazard awareness for the filming days

These are some photo's I took of when David and I did the sound recording for our documentary with our voice actor Ellen.

For this we set up our camera and two microphones going into the camera to create the best stereo sound we could in the short time we had.

One of my jobs in the project was to write the script the following photo's are my process of writing the draft to the final written script for people to refer to and ready for the voice over.

This first picture is about our documentary group discussing times and plans for the filming that happened on 21/9/13.

The next two screen grabs were taken on the first day of the project when we split into two groups and decided our roles.

This picture is the first simple storyboard we created to begin to understand the order we wanted the documentary to go in.

This is when we split our documentary group into smaller sections so we could edit individual sections.

This picture is all the important dates we organised for ourselves, including filming, editing, meetings and our deadlines.

These last two are screen grabs of aims for the project

The new Village Hall and Sports Pavilion officially opened on Saturday, 21st September.
The evening started at 6.00pm in the Drill Hall where everyone drank a toast and bid farewell to a building which has served the village well for more than 100 years. Everyone then moved to the new Hall at 6.45pm for the official opening. This was followed by a buffet supper which was free of charge to everyone. There was a complimentary free drink to toast the new Hall. Following this, there was a bar which sold drinks at reduced prices. The Smithdon school band provided music. To end the evening, the Rector, Christopher Wood gave a blessing.

Thornham village hall has a twitter page

Notes from lessons with Luke

The most frequent purpose of a promotional video is to provide information. That information can be used to solve a variety of communication needs that the organisation might have, either internal (employee needs) or external (customer needs). 

Some typical conventions / current practice:

Use of graphics to impart information

Animated graphics to create / reinforce a brand identity

Music & graphics to segment information

Presenter ‘testimonial’ – the use of a presenter(s) to impart information. The choice of presenter(s) will both reflect the brand identity and appeal to the audience.

Interviews with key stakeholders

Scenarios – the use of narratives or reconstructions to ‘tell a story’ which communicates the videos message.

Voice over narration used to impart information

Music track to create an atmosphere

NOTES ON MAKING A CORPORATE VIDEO:

Get the most bang for your buck - Multipurpose it

Nail down a strong concept - Do some research and stick to a strong concept

Be realistic

How long should it be? 2 - 5 mins probably

Do not use brochure text!

Cast the right spokesperson

Be responsive to requests. You are employed by them.

Know your audience

Don't forget the script! Finalise it before production begins

GENDER

• Testicles
• Voice
• Looks
• Adam's Apple
• The way they walk
• Clothes
• Jobs

Anddrogynous?

SEXUAL IDENTITY

• Homosexual
• Heterosexual
• Heterosexism
• Attraction
• Bisexual
• Transgender
• Homophobic?

RACE/ETHNICITY
These are parts of everyday life for most of us.

REPRESENTATION OF ETHNICITY
Status

• Character role
• Occupation
• Job authority
• Social authority
• Conversation topic

Physical Attributes

• Race
• Age
• Accent
• Physical attractiveness
• Body type
• Dress/attire