hollie marshall journal

GET CRACKING

2009-12-29T14:44:00.000-08:00

RIght now i really need to get cracking im goin to put up my ghant chart soon! to get it all going, i am terrified of this year tbh! theres so much to think about!!!

my proposal

2009-01-25T19:18:00.000-08:00

Hollie Marshall

N0139410

A Proposal to promote the course Multimedia, at Nottingham Trent University, through a short information documentary.

What Multimedia at NTU,
can do for you!

Client project.

Contents Page.
1. Introduction.
2. Intro cont. and The Objective.
3. The Proposal.
4. Research and Contacts.
5. Time Management and Gantt chart Schedule.
6. Spread sheet for Gantt chart.
7. Budget.
8. Budget cont.

A Proposal to promote the Multimedia course at Nottingham Trent University, through a short information documentary.
What Multimedia at NTU,
can do for you!

Release Date: 27/03/09
Project Title: What Multimedia at NTU can do for you!
Contact Person: Hollie Marshall
Hollie.marshall87@googlemail.com
N0139410@ntu.ac.uk
Introduction
What is Multimedia at Nottingham Trent (NTU)?
This questioned hasn’t been answered as Multimedia has changed over the years of being a course at Nottingham Trent. The course has covered Animation, Interactive Design, Games Design, Web Design and Audio Visual, and many more. However we still do not have a reliable answer.
As a current NTU Multimedia student, I would appreciated when choosing my university, more information about the course, as I found it very hard to find a great deal about the course and what happens after. The only substantial information I found about the course was the following:
http://nottinghamtrent.academia.edu/Departments/Multimedia
http://nottingham.floodlight.co.uk/nottingham/course-details-reviews/nottingham-trent-university/multimedia-ba-(hons)/16180339/30066989/course-info.html
Even as a current student, I would have been grateful for more information about the course and the years in which I will study and what they entail. An additional feature I would have liked to know about is what happens when you have finished and have your BA Hons Multimedia degree. I believe that not only prospective students would like to know this, but also current students and parents.
The existing DVD consists of a selection of work by NTU first year students from the year of 2006-2007. The DVD is a plain black menu with clips of the work that if clicked upon, will lead to the short movies. This DVD is also not very varied in style, as it shows mainly interactive narrative and Audio Visual.
The only other example of the course is the past years exhibition catalogues, Milk 2007 and mm08. These unfortunately still do not give a great insight into the course and what you will be doing throughout. They do however tell you what each student has learnt.

The Objective
My objective is to create for Nottingham Trent University’s Multimedia course a short information documentary that will Define Multimedia in various ways, promote the course and give a better understanding of the course. I will do this by interviewing hopefully six ex Nottingham Trent Multimedia students, in different fields of Multimedia, such as Web Design, Audio Visual and Animation. I want to find out how they felt when they began the course, and possibly have a photo for a cut away. I want to find out what work they have had since graduating and what they are currently doing. I want to know how the course affected them, even if they are no longer in the Multimedia industry.
I want this information documentary to show the prospective and current students of Nottingham Trent ‘What Multimedia can do for you’, career wise, the skills you can learn, how it can affect you and your lifestyle and to give advice on the best ways to get on the course. I will be using cut away footage of the university; possibly linking with what is being said throughout the interviews, this depends on the interviewee’s responses. I am hoping not to use a voice over as I think it will make the documentary a lot less interesting and personal. I want this documentary to be positive, informative, interesting and personal to the course.

The Proposal
I will create an 8–15 minutes long Information Documentary DVD, promoting Nottingham Trent University’s Multimedia course. Interviewing hopefully six graduates from different fields of Multimedia, hopefully if willing in their own environment or work place, with questions such as where did multimedia take you?
This documentary when edited should be no longer than fifteen minutes; it will consist of a DVD menu, which could include an extras menu with contact details for the course.
It will be one authored DVD plus menu for Nottingham Trent’s personal use, also I will hand in the avi file, so the course can use this for a Web site if wanted.

Responsibilities/scope of work
1. Design and Development of a DVD for the purpose of promoting and creating a better understanding of the Multimedia course at NTU.
2. I will be using a Z1 camera, tripod, microphone, boom pole and softie.
3. I will need be re-cruiting a crew of 3-4.
4. The DVD will be creative, informative, guiding, easy to use and showing relevant information to the course.
5. The DVD will have a menu.
6. Final product will be DVD compatible, and an AVI file will be given for the use of the Internet for NTU only.
7. I am going to try and create a package for the DVD also containing a case, cover, and label on the DVD.

Research and Contacts

I contacted the creator of the facebook group ‘Multimedia at NTU’ to ask him to forward my email onto the many graduates that belong to this Group.

An email Sent between my lecturer, a graduate (Emma) and myself:
I have contacted an ex student called Emma Lancelotte who says she is coming up in FEB and happy to be interviewed. She is going to send me her telephone number. see info below:
Hi Emma,  How are things with you? I have a student who is doing a video about ex graduates and I wondered what you were doing .If you may be interested in being interviewed by her then please let me know.
Deb Tuck    Emma Lancelotte  January 22 at 9:55pm
 Hi Deb,
I would be more than happy to help out with your students project and may be coming up to Notts sometime in Feb - would that suit you guys for an interview? Alternatively I could do a phone one?

Time Management and Gantt chart Schedule

Tasks Start Date Duration (days) End Date
Gantt Chart 19/01/2009 1 20/01/2009
Client Project Proposal binded 19/01/2009 7 26/01/2009
Write script/scenes and questions 21/01/2009 2 23/01/2009
Examples - i.e. stills of waverley, old dvd, screen shots of emails 21/01/2009 2 23/01/2009
Storyboards 20/01/2009 3 23/01/2009
What I will do and use and need, how, why, audience, 1,000-1,200words 22/01/2009 1 23/01/2009
Live Client Project Product 19/01/2009 66 26/03/2009
Prepare for the shoot 27/01/2009 14 10/02/2009
Email graduates 19/01/2009 1 20/01/2009
Crew emails 27/01/2009 1 28/01/2009
book studio time 27/01/2009 1 28/01/2009
Book interviewing times 02/02/2009 2 04/02/2009
Stills 27/01/2009 1 28/01/2009
storyboards 02/02/2009 1 03/02/2009
Ideas 02/02/2009 2 04/02/2009
Draft treatment 04/02/2009 1 05/02/2009
presentation treatment 04/02/2009 1 05/02/2009
Crew 02/02/2009 1 03/02/2009
Shot list and shot order 03/02/2009 3 06/02/2009
Call sheet 03/02/2009 2 05/02/2009
Recce information 02/02/2009 1 03/02/2009
Print talent release's, locations release's 04/02/2009 1 05/02/2009
Shoot 10/02/2009 2 12/02/2009
Edit 10/02/2009 3 13/02/2009
Present 1st Draft to client 18/02/2009 0 18/02/2009
edit re-shoot and finish 2nd draft 18/02/2009 7 25/02/2009
Present 2nd draft to client 25/02/2009 0 25/02/2009
edit re-shoot and finish final draft 25/02/2009 8 05/03/2009
Begin 3,000 word evaluation 05/03/2009 20 25/03/2009
Bind the evaluation 26/03/2009 0 26/03/2009
Client Project module evaluation hand in 27/03/2009 0 27/03/2009

Nottingham Trent University's Multimedia Promotion DVD
Prepared by : Hollie Marshall
Date : 21/01/2009

SCHEDULE REFERENCE SUMMARY
5 STORY/SCRIPT DEV
6 PROD/DIR/RESEARCHER £750
7 ARTISTES £30
8 PRESENTERS/INTERVIEWEES £80
9 PROD UNIT SALARIES £540
11 CREW - CAMERA £80
16 CREW - EDITING £360
21 PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT £310
22 FACILITY PACKAGE DEALS £640
23 STUDIO / OB HIRE £200
28 ARCHIVE MATERIAL £50
31 TRAVEL/TRANSPORT £350
32 HOTEL/LIVING £140

SUB-TOTAL - DIRECT COST: £3,530
PRODUCTION FEE £353
INSURANCE
SPECIFIC CONTINGENCY

TOTAL PRODUCTION COSTS: £3,883

SCHEDULE 6
PRODUCER/DIRECTORS RATE PRE PROD'N POST CLEAR TOTAL
WEEKS WEEKS DAYS DAYS
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR (FEE) 50 4 1 10 £750
£-
Total: £750

SCHEDULE 7
ARTISTES RATE PRE PROD'N DUBBING CLEAR
WEEKS DAYS DAYS DAYS
EXTRAS 10 3 £30
Total: £30

SCHEDULE 8
PRESENTERS/INTERVIEWEES RATE PRE PROD'N POST DUBBING
DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS
INTERVIEWEES 20 1 3 £80

Total: £80

SCHEDULE 9
PRODUCTION UNIT SALARIES RATE PRE PROD'N POST CLEAR
WEEKS DAYS DAYS DAYS

PROD MANAGER (WEEKLY) 30 4 3 10 £510
PROD RUNNER WEEKLY) 10 3 £30

Total: £540

SCHEDULE 11
CREW - CAMERA RATE PREP PROD'N
DAYS DAYS
LIGHTING DIRECTOR (DAILY) 10 1 3 £40
SENIOR CAMERAMAN (DAILY) 10 1 3 £40

Total: £80

SCHEDULE 16
CREW - EDITING RATE PROD'N POST
DAYS DAYS
EDITOR 30 12 £360

Total: £360

SCHEDULE 21
PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT RATE PRE PROD'N
DAYS DAYS

CAMERA HIRE 50 2 3 £250
TRIPOD 15 1 3 £60

Total: £310

SCHEDULE 22
FACILITY PACKAGE ARRMENTS RATE PRE PROD POST
DAYS DAYS DAYS

CAMERA/CREW EQUIPMENT 20 1 3 £80
SOUND/CREW/EQUIPMENT 20 1 3 £80
EDITING FACILITIES 40 12 £480
£-
Total £640

SCHEDULE 23
STUDIOS/OB HIRE RATE SET PROD'N STRIKE POST
DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS

STUDIOS 40 2 3 £200

Total: £200

FILM COPIES 50 1 £50

Total: £50
SCHEDULE 31
TRAVEL/TRANSPORT RATE TRIPS PROD'N POST CLEAR
DAYS DAYS WEEKS

PRODUCER/CREW TRAVEL 10 30 3 2 £350
Total £350

SCHEDULE 32
HOTEL/LIVING EXPENSES RATE PRE PROD'N POST
DAYS DAYS DAYS

CREW MEALS - LOCATION 10 1 3 10 £140

Total £140

DIRECT COST TOTAL: £2,810

Questionnaire for Artefact one

2009-01-22T07:11:00.000-08:00

Artefact One – Questionnaire One
Name: ………………………………………..

Answer the questions with both films in mind.
Question 1
What do you think the film is about, from what you have seen so far?
Clip One ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Clip Two
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Question 2
What Genre do you think the clip belongs to?
Clip One ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Clip Two
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Question 3
What stood out during the clip to make you think it was a specific Genre?

Clip One ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Clip Two
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Question 4
What emotions did you feel throughout the clip?
Clip One ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Clip Two
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Both of the clips of film you have just watched are the Genre, Gangster/crime.
Clip One was the 2000 film Snatch film by writer-director Guy Richie.
Clip Two was the 2002 film Gangs of New York, which was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks
Now you know this answer, please can you answer the second set of questions?

Question 1
Do you think that clip one could have benefitted from having more props to suggest the genre?
Yes No
Please explain. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Question 2
Do you think that clip Two cold have benefitted from less props and having more of a minimal set design to aid the genre of the film?
Yes No
Please explain.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Any comments you would like to add.
.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Thank you for participating in this questionnaire.

Artefact one

2009-01-22T07:04:00.000-08:00

Clip One

Watch from 2.38 mins

Snatch 2000 written and directed by Guy Ritchie

Clip Two

Watch from 1.40 mins

Gangs of New York 2002 written by Jay Cocks and directed by Martin Scorsese

Working for a client...

2009-01-13T07:38:00.000-08:00

I'm working for Simon creating a multimedia DVD im trying to get into contact with MM nottingham trent graduates, to talk and interview on camera what they think about MM this is going to be a promotional dvd, also i think it should show some of the room n the wave building. i am going to have a meeting and propose and discuss my ideas with simon soon.

2008-12-04T07:49:00.000-08:00

OMG i am so worried about the work load i have been given or we all have been given i think i need to get onto it immediately! i am also tryin to organise a meeting to get our events and things started for our exhibition cos i think our year is slacking, i think this is down to us all not really getting to know each other until this last year!!

Anorexia Advert

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2008-04-24T15:53:00.000-07:00

The film below is mouth to mouth this is the interactive trailer

2008-04-24T15:52:00.000-07:00

http://mouthtomouthmovie.com/interactivetrailer.php

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OMG also forgot to say my external hard drive has decided to die on me :( which is proving kinda difficult seen as it had all my past work on it shitty i no! but o well! im also having to borrow one then get another for next year! cant believe it happened this late in the game darn it!

2008-04-24T14:32:00.000-07:00

I'm going to start my interactive trailer tomorrow bit confused with it all really finding it all abit difficult, for example making an invisible button and to make the button have a sound. Don't get me wrong i am finding the tutorials a great help but still i'm just not getting the knack of it maybe this is why i didn't choose animation, or games or web to come to that! The worst thing is that i have to do another production file, atm i feel like there is a heavy load on our shoulders for the 19th of may, i think i would of benefitted the seminars on flash CS3 a little earlier to be honest, then i would have had a better and clearer understanding of what it entails. Also i kinda wish we had gone through all the things that were meant to be in our EPT a little earlier u know we have the brief and assessment criteria, but maybe if like we had done with Jules today gone through it in simpler terms i would of got it, me not being very tech savvy and all!! Oh well thats my bitch and rant and rave over!

2008-04-17T08:36:00.001-07:00

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Term Three

2008-04-14T04:03:00.001-07:00

Its now term three :) Goodtimes. and i have to edit my 6 min film and write a three thousand word essay arghh! also i'm annoyed as my best piece of work so far may have gone which is stupid of me. My pilot was saved onto my hard drive and it has decided to make some random noises and not show up on my mac!! And it was also on my USB stick and the one on there wont work! so i'm going to have to get someone to help by calling someone to come and have a look at it!! :( Badtimes.

2008-03-12T11:00:00.000-07:00

The nerves are kicking in now as i'm getting ready for my assessment. I really do find it terrifying working on your own but at the same time it's getting easier it's just the asking of questions that i struggle with i find it really hard to put what i want to say into words, then i stumble, stutter and eventually fall!! i'm hoping it is all as good as i hope! i think myself i have really progressed in the sense that i now know how to use lights, i know how to do the sound, camera. I also realised that if you want to get that good quality it's better of you get people who speacialise in there own areas to help you. The sound quality this time round was amazing, The camera work was brilliant, there was hardly any shadowing, which that was due to me taking out a set of lights and trying them out for myself before we shot. i'm excited!

Editting

2008-03-08T10:54:00.000-08:00

I can do it, i actually taught myself on premier and im not that bad if i do say so myself. I enjoyed doing this alot more than the directing, although fitting clips into 40secs is a massive struggle. But i have done it. I am finding that i am having to rule each role out as i go along. Directing is out but editting is not bad. I have really found i enjoy doing the arts production side of things, such as props sets, hair makeup, clothes. I know thats not so much to do this with this course but i think i have found my calling, i'm guessing people will think big air head come to do a degree and wants to hair and makeup ha!! but it's not just that it's also the prosthetics, thinking up of different ideas to make something happen really intrigues me. Well i'm still quite puzzeled but i know what i am becoming interested in now and what i'm not.

2008-03-03T10:38:00.000-08:00

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2008-02-28T10:13:00.000-08:00

Filming was great except, my Actress who was supposed to play Angelina didn't turn up :( but thank you very much Sherri took on the role.

I found i really enjoyed it, but i don't think i would choose to be a director again anytime soon, I'm rubbish Haha! i'm too sheepish and not outspoken enough 'even though i have a massive mouth' ha. I think i didn't enjoy it because i don't feel like i can take full control, and also i like someone to tell me what i have to do and how they would like it. i dunno whether it was nerves or what just was something different i suppose.

This is my crew

2008-02-22T05:47:00.000-08:00

Hey so this is my crew and these are the dates im filming and also the place i will be filming.

Arts Production, Stills camera man, Lights assit. - Sherrilyn Lombardelli
Camera Man – Leslie mantock
Lights, Sound technician - Sejpaal Naul
Director, Arts Production (Hair and makeup, clothing design) , stills assit. –Hollie Marshall

Tues 26th feb, Weds 27th feb

126 Portland road
Nottingham

Yay!!

2008-02-20T05:41:00.000-08:00

This is the email alison sent me!
Bit short notice but its fine!

Hi Hollie
this is maybe too late now . I sent you and email through your link on star now but today read send an email on your usual account .

Hopefully you are sorted but if not apologies for being dumb.

Anyway I am in chesterfield and despite half term could juggle to help you out . No not lots of experience but I'd be there for you and give it my best .See my website at -www.alisonturnbull.co.uk

If you are sorted -- hope all goes well-- --!!!!

OH NOOOOO!!

2008-02-17T14:36:00.000-08:00

Right My Marianne has now dropped out at last minute i emailed and tx her to see if everything was ok and she had somethng which i won't discuss but was important soooo looking for another Marianne and also for Crew i had me, sherri, Les, sej and Owais but Les is unsure if he can do them dates so i think i am going to postpone and put it back to the tuesday 26th and the wednesday the 27th of feb, the n that also gives me time to find a new Marianne i have emailed a few women from starnow it's just playing the waiting game really. I am also going to ring around colleges and schools see if any tutors are interested. wish me luck!

2008-02-12T09:27:00.000-08:00

Books and films that have inspired me
I have recently read the books Damaged and Beautiful child which were both true stories these books gave me the ignition write my script, I chose not to go down the physical abuse path as they both are, but to use the subject of mental abuse. The ideas for my script came from some true to life situations. I chose to use a mother daughter relationship because I have always found mine with my mother very good, and have been able to discuss anything with her, and I thought of this as a challenge to see if I could write something which I didn’t really know about.
Imaginary Girl is a short, but unlike ours it is ten minutes rather than six. It is about a young girl whose mother is never happy, she doesn’t want the young girl to play with made up villages anymore, which are made by the father. She wants her to go out and play ‘like all the other children’. The girl’s mother and father are either split or divorced, and this seems to be why the mother doesn’t want the child to play with the things her father gave her, she seems to take her anger from the father out on the young girl. This inspired me to write about mental abuse rather than physical because it is quite common from parents who push their children for more.

Imaginary Girl- Writer/Director: Richard Porter
Damaged by Cathy Glass
Beautiful Child by Torey Hayden

2008-02-10T13:23:00.000-08:00

Okay, so i have found to actress' one named Leisha Keane and one named Rosie Shannon, Leisha will be playing the character Angelina, and Rosie Marianne. They both seem really keen and interested in their parts. Filming will commence on the 23rd and 24th eeeekkkk!!

2008-02-08T05:25:00.000-08:00

Kari hill was not able to shoot on the dates i was wanting which is a massive bummer argh, but i will keep looking hehe!!

Premise

2008-02-07T05:34:00.000-08:00

Premise
Angelina is beginning to get her life together, a house, a job, and friends. Then ‘Bam’ it comes back again. This film shows how strength can set you free, and how the tables can turn.

Responses via starnow

2008-02-04T05:21:00.000-08:00

So i have had a few new prospective actress' they are Sammi read who i don't think will fit the part she is 18 but also a young 18 and also is blonde and i'm trying to find a brunette, i no i'm very piccy. There was also a woman named 'Onna' Julianna Rhead myspace.com/retrorubber that is her link if any of you fancy a look, but she didn't really fit the bill for a mother role or Angelina as she was in her late 20's.

I have also had a look at a girl called Kari and have emailed her she looks good for the part we'll see...

2008-02-01T08:47:00.000-08:00

Advertising on Star Now
6 Minute short

Notice no. 232 - Nottingham, United Kingdom
Hi My name is Hollie Marshall, I'm a second year Multimedia student at Nottingham Trent, I am making a six minute short film and I am looking for three actress'. A woman aged between 18-25, a child aged between 5-9 who will need to be accompanied by a guardian, also a woman aged between 30-50. Being a student I am unable to pay but I can offer food on the days and some money towards travel, I can also at the end offer you a copy of the finished version on DVD for your own personal use may that be for your portfolio or just for memories. I will be wanting to try and fit the shooting in between two days which are the 18th and 19th of February. Anyone interested please let me no as I am in urgent need, you don't have to have a lot of experience as long as you’re clear in what you’re doing.

Contact name: Hollie Marshall
Contact phone: 0797-603-4170
Email: N0139410@ntu.ac.uk

Above is the notice i put up in stanow i am now waiting for any responses eeeeekkk!!!! this is exciting but scary all in one, anyway let's wait and see...

Original draft treatment

2008-02-01T08:29:00.000-08:00

This is a long one haha hope you can read it.

Original Draft Treatment
We begin in a living room an overly tidy living room, nothing is out of place, the room is very cold, not quite lived in yet, very sparse.There’s no pictures, or paintings to show that of family, just a cold room with a few material belongings. The telephone begins to ring, and again, and again. In walks a young woman no more than 22, her hair is dark and tied back, her face is pretty, she is wearing minimal makeup but still ever so precise. She reaches for the telephone, she takes a deep breath and answers “hello” she pauses “right” again another pause “ok, I’ll be ready … goodbye” with not a single expression. She places down the receiver in a slow vacant motion, she looks disheartened and sighs “huhh”, her shoulders slouch a little but still she keeps her strong posture.
She walks into the hallway as if she wasn’t walking at all but floating, she then turns and remembers to turn off the lights, it goes dark. ‘Bang, bang, bang’. There is forceful repeated knocking on the door it stops then comes back much more forceful, ‘Bang, bang, bang’, Angelina comes rushing down the stairs in her night clothes and dressing gown still looking immaculate and speedily rushes to open the front door.
All of a sudden as she opens the door she has a flashback. A middle aged woman is looking with pure disgust down at something or someone.
An old woman is stood in front of the door with her hand raised ready to begin knocking on the door, she is old with curly grey hair and a head scarf tightly around her hair so the wind won’t put it out of place, she is wearing a grey raincoat and a scarf around her neck. She looks at Angelina with utter disgust “Well Angelina, are you going to ask me to come in, or am I to stand here while you look at me so rudely?” She barges past Angelina speedily and firmly into the house. Angelina looks so vulnerable and exhausted.
Angelina goes up to her bedroom to make herself look more respectable, while the old woman is waiting impatiently downstairs. Angelina walks into the kitchen well dressed with not a thing out of place, the old woman is sat rigidly with her legs crossed and her hands tightly holding her bag as if it was something of importance, she sighs about the length of time she has had to wait alone. Angelina walks towards the kettle and begins to make one cup of tea she looks out of the window into a daydream, while stirring the cup of tea vigorously. She walks over and hands the old woman the cup of tea, the old woman takes a sip of tea.
Angelina goes into another flashback. Tea erupts from a middle-aged woman’s mouth and a look of pure disgust rises upon her face as she looks down towards something or someone, “you think I would drink that you disgusting girl, do you think this is good enough for me, you’re never going to amount to anything, you can’t even perform a simple task like making a cup of tea”, she looks down and walks out of the room.
The old woman swallows her sip of tea, and looks at Angelina like she wasn’t even in the room says “you have got better”. Angelina looks down disappointed as though she has nothing left in her to say, even the old woman said it as compliment. The old woman takes out a cluster of paperwork from her bag and slides them along the work top to Angelina. “I mean” she sighs “how do they think we are suppose to choose, it’s not something we really want to discuss is it? Well none of these are suitable not to my standards anyway.”
Angelina has another flashback, the middle-aged woman is stood shaking her head and tapping her foot in frustration and fury, she seems to be looking at some child’s drawings. The drawings have pictures of a happy daughter and father in fields and houses, they look so happy together. A look of anger grows across the woman’s face.
“This will not do, this will just not do young lady, how can you even begin to imagine winning the schools competition with this standard of drawings, I am disappointed Angelina, very disappointed. And why Angelina why? I don’t even need to ask, is that you’re father on here?” she says as she taps her finger on the picture. “Do you think being daddy’s little girl will work for you all your life, he needs to wake up and realise you’re not the little angel he believes, and you’re just a little girl with nothing nice about her at all, you will never make me happy nor will you ever amount to anything Angelina.” She rips up the drawings into shreds with anger, and leaves the room.
Angelina has a dazed look on her face, as she listens to the woman babbling, her face begins to focus and she listens to what she is saying.
“So I think the only one that will do is this one yes?” Angelina nods phased by what she is saying
“I think I will say a few words and you can if you want” she looks at Angelina knowingly that she isn’t paying attention. She tries to catch her eye. “Angelina, Angelina are you listening to me? Angie!” Angelina startled looks up at her for what she has just called her. “Ah right Angelina, we need to discuss this I know it’s not pleasant but it won’t wait I really need you to help me with this I need you Angie!” A sudden burst of anger and frustration come across Angelina’s face, she snaps “YOU, YOU MOTHER, YOU NEED ME? An independent woman like you mother. Where were you?” Angelina’s face closes in on her mother, she becomes face to face with her, she gets her breath and steps away, she walks towards the sink and heavily blows out her rage. “Where were you when I needed a mother, not a cold hard bitch that thought I could never amount to anything, and was never satisfied with me for who I am.” She looks as though she is about to cry, but still manages to keep her composure, she knows it is essential for what she is about to do. She looks out of the window and looks as if remembering a small smile comes across her face. “you hated that dad loved me, that he wanted to spend time with me, do you know my best memories are christmas’ with grandma and grandpops in America, when you weren’t there. I was just a little girl all I wanted was for you to love me, but all you did was bully me mother.” she stands tall and looks out of the window, she turns towards her mother.
“so I’m sorry if I don’t want to talk about which one I think he would want or which one would be best for him, because frankly I think he’s up there thanking God he’s no longer down here with you. But I am, and I can’t do it anymore, after dad’s funeral you won’t see me again, I have waited years to free myself from you and now I have. Please leave my house and my life Marianne.”
Her mother looks up at Angelina as though, she has had her world turned upside down, she looks just like Angelina did as a child disappointed in herself, she looks up at her last hope.“ But Angelina I need you now!” she smiles politely. Angelina does not move or even look up at her mother “Marianne leave my house.” Marianne slowly stands up, all of her strength has vanished and she is now just a bitter frail old woman who has nothing to offer anybody. She grabs her bag and the paperwork and walks out of the kitchen.
Angelina walks out behind her, Marianne opens the front door and takes a last look behind her as she looks for hope of her changing her mind, Angelina shows no remorse. Marianne walks out the door. Angelina takes a deep breath and composes herself she sighs, as her face begins to crack and a small smile comes across her face, a smile of relief.

2008-01-31T07:16:00.001-08:00

Hollie Marshall Script
Instructions and guidelines - phase one

o Characters come alive
o Conflict
o Satifactory conclusion and/or resolution
o Avoid stereotypes
o Stories can leave you wondering
o Scenes Where does the story take place? (location/time)
o Dialogue
o Act 1- Beginnig: exposition/inciting event
o Act 2- Middle: conflict/complication
o Act 3- End: resolution
o Who is the protagonist? (Main character who drives the story)
o What do they want? What gets in the way? What do they do?
o (goals + conflict = actions)
o Title
o Scene headings
o Dialogue
o Character cues
o Personal direction

2008-01-29T05:38:00.000-08:00

Original idea

i have began writing about a woman/girl who is dreaming and this dream is going to be all flashbacks of her past and basically her past is her trying to live up to her mothers expectations/standards and for her to get to this stage she has gone thru emotional and mental abuse from her mother who thinks little of her daughter, but in the end the resolution is she is the only one who can give herself the acceptance she needs. i want it to be surreal throughout the dreams with black and white and kind of that creepy eerie sense of childhood like the nursery rhymes kinda thing.

I sent this email to jules for feedback on his thoughts for my script, he emailed me back saying he liked it but thinks it would be much better if I didn't have the flashbacks. So the challenge is how can I achieve the feelings that I described and the backstory without the flashbacks. Im going to watch a video on a mother daughter relationship to get some good ideas on how to work with subtext the underlining meaning and showing her emotions and feelings without her having the direct flashbacks this therefore would give it a bit more of a twist i still want to keep to the surreal theme but i want to make it more like a emotional piece.

2007-12-29T16:01:00.000-08:00

Not too long ago i did a presentation in my tutorial with jules, about who inspires me. The person i chose was My dads cousin Nicola she is a sound editor and has worked on many films such as the Harry Potters, Batman Begins, Blood chocolate. I have spoken to her recently and she has said she might be able to give me some work experience either over the easter or during the summer and if she couldnt she would try n find someone who would!! things are looking up hey hey!

Con Air

2007-12-20T13:55:00.000-08:00

OMG!!!!

I have only recently watched this film but this scene i could not have laughed harder i had to watch it over and over specially when Nicholas Cage- 'Poe' says "put the bunny back in the box," and "Now why couldn't you just av' put the bunny in the box"
ha so comical this film was brilliant and one of Cages best he showed real character in some of his films i feel he plays the same old characters but in this i felt him come out and explore this new character and really believe it was him.

HO HO HO

2007-12-10T03:41:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone hope you all have alot of festive fun over the holidays!!!!

2007-12-06T15:35:00.000-08:00

I have recently watched Gangs of New York on my boyfriends new 40" Full HD 1080p which by the way is amazing to watch it makes such a difference i couldn't believe it, it is like i was filming pah i wish!!! Anyway back on track i saw this scene and thought the sots of the knives was brilliant, this is the way i want to start shooting and editing by having the better clips to join and thinking before hand about the shots i will need to make this take place for example i wish in my Robin hood i would have got shots of him showing his weapons with some better shots such as close ups and camera covering the weapons!

Gangs of New York

2007-12-06T11:34:00.000-08:00

Final piece of robin hood!

2007-12-02T15:16:00.000-08:00

Well, we presented our final piece of Robin Hood to Deb and Danny! I wasn't as satisfied with the final piece as i thought i would have been as the director. The sound quality wasn't repaired which i was dreading happening because it was a large part as it was our main audio, this involved it switching from mono to stereo. This would definately be something i would look further int next time to correct but i understand as a director if i was working for a client that would not be acceptable! This has really shook me up and made me realise that pieces that i think ok that will do wont do for clients i may be working for in the future, also realising im in my second year and i have only just had this epiphany isn't good enough i need to buckle up and set my standards for my work higher!

Seeing the Script Seminar

2007-11-30T09:22:00.000-08:00

Write an Outline for the Film.

Norbit is a normal yet a little slow guy, who is adopted as a baby by a chinese man in his 50's called Mr Wong. Norbit grows up with his childhood sweetheart Kate, but Kate is adopted and Norbit is left at the orphanage on his own, Norbit is bullied at school and saved by a big girl called Rasputia, she makes Norbit her boyfriend and they become childhood sweethearts who marry, But then Kate comes back to buy Mr Wongs Orphanage. Norbit plans to win Kate back till he finds she has a Fiance called Deion, Norbit finds out Deion is a Gold Digger and wanting Kates money and won't give up till the truth is availed.

Single-Camera Video Production By Robert b. Musburger

2007-11-29T05:10:00.000-08:00

The Book i chose was 'Single-Camera Video Production By Robert b. Musburger', the paragraph that i chose to read was 'The Editing Function'.

'Most editors believe the truly creative portion of video production takes place in the editing room, and many directors and producers agree. Video editing is a function that requires a combination of technical and aesthetic knowledge and unlimited patience', 'A good editor knows the limits of the equipment and can use those limits without creating technical problems.', 'Editing is often a long, tedious process that stretches even the most patient people to their limit.'

This relates to me as i believe editing is one of the biggest jobs in media and one that recieves the most pressure, if i was a producer or director i would be relying on the editor to give me what i have invisaged and described to him. I agree with the quote 'Editing is often a long, tedious process'. I like the idea that he explains that even the most patient people can get stressed and wokred to their limit, this makes me feel better about the wokr i do and how stressed and worked up i can get, and wonder if what im doing is worthwhile, btu to know that other people feel this too even the best editors is great.

Our Planning and Research for Fictional Character Study

2007-11-29T04:58:00.000-08:00

Questions for Robin HOOD!?

Can you tell us a little about your upbringing and how you ended up in Nottingham?

Is your plans to be involved in film and acting always in your mind and how do you intend to achieve ambitions outside of the tales?

Did you see yourself becoming Robin Hood or was there some other plan for your life?

Do you prefer the technical side of your job, the acting side or the educational side?

What aspect of your job gives you the most satisfaction?

2007-11-27T16:07:00.000-08:00

The Tale Of Robin Hood

2007-11-22T09:02:00.001-08:00

This is our Draft of our Fictional Interview. We interview Tony Rotheram who plays the character of Robin Hood for the Robin Hood Centre!

Holding Patterns

2007-11-22T09:00:00.001-08:00

We were set a task by jules to create a Storyboard and short film from a speechless script! this is my group and my interpertation of the script. I wasn't as pleased with the pixel quality as we exported on quicktime and wasnt that pleased with the outcome! but the ideas we had i thought were good.

Holding Pattern

2007-11-22T08:53:00.001-08:00

Holding pattern

Holding Pattern

2007-11-21T13:22:00.000-08:00

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHblpac9iM

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We adapted our idea for the Shot Design and decided to use the idea of Anorexia and to show how the girl is feelin on the inside by showing it on the outside. for example the bruising on her face and the mess she is in and using the different things around her shows she has all her comforts around her but stil she cannot feel safe and ok. she also is centred in the middle of the piece which will how isolated and little she is and so frail!

The shooting went really well and we were able to get the whole thing in the first shooting. we managed to change the lights around to make a different ambience, we managed to create an eerie blair witch type effect. We have yet to put the video onto youtube but i have some of the stills from the shoot.

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Design One Shot- Deb

2007-10-19T07:57:00.000-07:00

Sherri wrote this brief description to show our genre of our One Shot Design.

The the genre we have chosen to convey is Horror. Our character will reflect attributes of a stereotypical bad guy in a horror movie yet we have built a twist on our story as the emotion of the character we are conveying is Terror. This is due to our story being that the bad guy is infact scared of something/someone and is infact the victim in this scenario. We will attempt to make the camera the character of intimidation. A sort of Evil vs Evil??
We will be going for a dark, simple style to bring focus to the subject and the subject only. Lighting will be used to help achieve the mood. We will use a back light out of shot and another light on the right side of the subject to achieve depth. Our aim is to make the subject look evil and important yet as the shot continues the audience come to realise this is not the case.
For the actual camera shot we will be using movement. The camera will begin at a long mid shot of the subject. Using tracks, the camera will slowly move forward revealing more detail of the character. When the camera reaches an extreme close up this will reveal terror on the subjects face. The camera will then hook to the left at a faster pace creating a cliff hanger yet revealing that there was a behind camera character involed in the scene.
To go with the simplistic approach the character will be wearing simple clothing yet with a hood up to disguise his identity slighty so not to convey a vulnerable character. The subject will have a slightly distorted look about his face such as scars and bruises. This will inform our audience that our character is not any normal person.mary for our One shot Design just so you can get the idea of our genre.

Audio Visual

2007-10-16T05:15:00.000-07:00

Firstly I began by listening to the audio of this clip 'Beaches'. My first thoughts were that it was in a hospital as you could here the sound of a heart machine and slow, jerking breathing, there are two women there, one that was ill and the other maybe a visitor, the visitor says "Hill, Hill" which i would asume is the name of the patient. The patient says in a deep heavy beathing voice "hi, i waited for you" slow music then begins which portrays sadness, the words 'I waited for you' indicate to me that she has held on and not let go to die yet (sounds as if crying), she says 'she wants to go' which also indicates that she wants to die. When watching the clip without audio i saw a different scenario, the shot is clever as it shows us the side profile of the woman who looks very ill and the front profile of the visitor this gives a full view of the two main characters and shows also that these two people are close, it also shows that the 'visitor' could be more powerful and a bigger character than the ill woman. the shot goes onto just the 'visitors' face and you can see from this shot that she loves the other woman very much and is deeply upset at what is happening she looks sad but comforting, this tells me that they are very close friends or maybe even relatives. The focus turns onto the ill womans face, she looks very ill and then when she realises who is there we see how happy she is to see this person which indicates also how close these two women are. I think this woman could be dying as she looks like she is having trouble breathing as her chest is jerking, the visitor looks as if she could be giving some bad news. When putting the Audio and visual together i realise that the woman doesnt want to die she wants to get out of the hospital and she is not being given bad news but just telling her friend she doesnt want to die in hospital.

My Identities Report

2007-05-20T08:47:00.000-07:00

Identities
Evaluation Report

The Brief set for this Identities Module asked us to choose between three Identity Options: 1) Nottingham Trent Multimedia BA/BSc Course, 2) Trent Media, 3) E Stings 4, and to create a Identity Package for one of the above.
As an individual we had to Research, Design and Produce a corporate Identity Package, which could be used by a client in the real world.
I chose to Design and create a Multimedia Course Identity Package (option 1).
My Original and only Idea was to create a package that would be presented to Prospective students on Nottingham Trent University Open Days, so students would come along still unsure, see the posters for the Multimedia course decide to go along to talk and there my AV would be shown as a virtual tour, the students would still like to know more and would be able to go and get that information from my website.
The original Multimedia identity was already established throughout the Multimedia Course such as the website and the logo, so therefore I had to re-create these. I also chose to produce a short AV that could be shown to Prospective students on an open day as a virtual tour of the Course and the Learning areas. I would also design and create a poster and logo for the open day.
The first deadline was to deliver a Design Board Presentation that would inform the listener about your intended package and the methods that would be used, to produce a schedule that would be kept too, and files and footage of your ideas.
Firstly I made myself a time schedule so that my work could be spread along each week and I could give myself longer to work on my website as this would be my bigger challenge. I then designed a basic layout on Dreamweaver for my webpage which I found incredibly hard as I have only used this in Simons Seminars (www.intranetjournal.com), I put in place holders for the writing, pictures and logos, and added the links to each page as I had a homepage, prospective student page, first year page, second year page and a third year page. I had originally decided to have a background of the islands of the earth on to show multimedia is worldwide and the lettering was purple and I had no real order to the font. My logo was of the earth and had MM in purple falling off the world. I designed my poster to the same layout as my webpage and had similar information about the 1st, 2nd, 3rd years and to have the same logo imprinted on it, I presented this with sketches and drawings, I should have designed them on photoshop and put in place holders for the content as this was not clear for my assessors as they wouldn’t have been able to visualise the poster or webpage without the correct layout or font. My AV I designed using stills as I originally decided to use stills in my AV, I also had a narrative to go with the AV, which I wrote below the stills on the design board, my AV was designed to show students the Multimedia Course and what it entails.
I produced my Initial Ideas to Jules and Deborah I got some good feedback about how I could improve my Ideas, such as I would need to make the writing on my poster and webpage clearer, to make it stand out so it would be legible for Prospective students. Also I was asked to think about the background of my poster and webpage, as it was very busy. So I re-arranged my poster and webpage layout by creating a space, night sky background using a blue gradient I then added a few yellow dots with a thin brush for stars and used the smudger brush to create a distant look.
I changed the content on my poster, as I believed with less information but just the core details this would enable the readers to be a lot more intrigued about what the subject entails. I used Arial Narrow lettering for my poster and webpage, as this is easily legible writing, also I changed the layout so that the lettering was in line with each other and gave the poster a more professional look.
I found difficulty when after designing my website the logos and pictures which had been designed in Photoshop wouldn’t appear when hosted, I later found that this was due to me not updating my files when finishing changes and so they were just keeping the original files so I had to rename and re-link my new files.
I had a few problems with my logo as I couldn’t find the right colours or brushes to create this as I have not long since been using Photoshop, but after using the tutorials on the web (www.tutorialized.com/) and a few trial runs it became a lot more simple and came natural. The best technique I found was to use the smudging brush as it made everything blend and not have an outline or a definite line. I used the colour green which I had also used for the web page and the Logo as it kept the neutral and earthy tones and the world theme, I made my Logo into only a quarter of the world instead of the original full shape as this would not distract readers from the content and core information. I changed the multimedia lettering on the logo as the original was too fussy and it needed to be simple so the world could be seen also, I kept the same colour lettering as the poster and webpage as this then tied it all together as a whole package. I did change the lettering type to Bauhaus 93, as I still wanted the Logo to look different to the information lettering.
The Nottingham Trent Logo was also difficult as I copied and pasted from the Nottingham Trent Website (http://www.ntu.ac.uk/) had a white background from the page I had copied n pasted it from, here I couldn’t find a solution until I spoke to Toby from my course who had, had the same problem he told me that I needed to copy and paste just the outline by going to select and colour range and pressing midtones copy and paste it to where you want it and then do this again with the other outline then just rearrange the two so they fit together perfectly this then took the outline without the background.
I think the redesign of the logo, poster and web layout was a good idea as now they are all legible, blend together and the design and layout is a lot more aesthetically pleasing than my original idea.
My AV I designed on A1 Design Board with stills from my digital camera and drawings. I designed it to portray the University life inside the Course and out as it said in the brief “the course wont get in the way of the students interests”. I used stills of the outside and inside such as the lecture theatres, I also had stills of friends and the entrance to the Waverley Building. When I began my AV my original idea was to have a narrative voice over but I changed this as I thought it wouldn’t appeal to Prospective Students who are sitting through it on an open day as they may become tired of being told what is where and who is who, so I decided to create a real University life feel using one of the first songs I heard at university which gets me excited and interested every time I have heard it, ‘Put your Hands Up for Detroit’ by Fedde le Grand.
When I came to take the stills I also decided I wanted to use film instead as this would also create more of a virtual tour for the audience, so I began by filming the outside from a distance the Waverley Building, I filmed closer and got a really good shot from under a tree with the leaves falling over the top of the camera. I took many of up and down the outside of the Building and the entrance, I shot the lecture theatres, seminar rooms, recording booths, computer suites and editing suites. I shot my halls to show how the students could be living and the friends they will make.
I edited the shots to the beats in the music making each no longer than 3 seconds so each clip moved on the switch in beat. I added effects such as the slow down effect on a few to give a longer look to a shot, on door shots I added the effect Circle Splash Distortion as it made the entrance look more desirable, I used N-Square on the recording booths as this made them look a lot more interesting than the original. I had the logo on the beginning and the poster asking the question at the end as this also ties the package together nicely. I kept the same lettering and colouring as the logo from my poster, I decided instead of having no voice over at all I would use subtitles as this kept the audience interested but also gave them the information needed.
After presenting my final ideas to Jules I realised some of my mistakes and things I could of improved on such I spelt Animator wrong on my poster which was also on my AV, the layout of the Trent Logo should have been centered, I could have developed my website further by adding my AV onto I didn’t do this as I thought I would have many problems with this as I did have with the logos and pictures. I think if I could change anything about my identity package it would be my AV as I would have liked to create my own music instead, but I still think the music I chose worked well and gave a younger effect. If I had of had more time I would of liked to design and make a key ring and pencils for handouts for the Prospective Students, but with the amount of work I had set myself with not a lot of experience I didn’t think I would be able to handle that amount of work. Altogether I am pleased with the work I have created and shown myself what level of work I can create, I had not used Dream weaver before university and now I can say I have a clear understanding of how to use it, I have developed my skills on Photoshop as now I can draw and have learnt a lot more about what each brush is for. I am very pleased with this project and I am eagerly awaiting my next challenge.

Bibliography

(www.intranetjournal.com)- I used this tutorial for Dreamweaver.

(www.tutorialized.com/)- I used this tutorial for Photoshop.

(http://www.ntu.ac.uk/)- This is where I took the Nottingham Trent Logo.

(Successful Presentation Skills) by Andrew Bradbury- I used this book for both of my presentations

The Grilling

2007-05-14T16:00:00.000-07:00

HAHA not at all a grilling, but i tell you what waiting outside that room is been one of my most nervous experiences ever!!! but when i went in it was quite chilled altho my hands was shakin to the max! jooles helped he asked me if i was nervous i wanted to say "a HELLLLL YESS"! haha but obviously i just said "yes i am" haha i did my presentation and everything worked and went well it may have gone a little to fast but other than that it went quite well! Jooles said he liked my AV and said yes when i said i wanted to take Audio Visual as my pathway next year!! He pointed out that i had made a spelling mistake on my Poster (schoolboy error) ha, and that he wished i had made my trent logo abit more inline with the other lettering. He really liked my world and why i chose to use the world (multimedia is worldwide) he said it looked also like an egg before it has formed, which he liked! He praised my Av also but wished i had put it onto my Web, but this would have proven difficult for me to do. so all in all im quite happy with my presentation hehe :)

WAHHHHOOOOOOO

2007-05-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

yay everything is finitooooooooo!! all my posters are printed lol its only cost me £1.70 for three and all web hosted and workin woopwoop and burnt them all to cd and the AV is all subtitled music uped lol and we r fin yayyyy now jus for the presentation and the Report!!! woopwoop

2007-04-23T08:33:00.000-07:00

yayyyyy lol all i had to do was delete all the files from the stills as they were nothing to do with my AV at all but they are outta here now hehe!!!! right now to finish the editing and finalise the web and get the posters printed hehe

2007-04-14T08:00:00.000-07:00

So now im finished doin the poster and just puttin final touches to the web but the Av is now proving itself difficult as it has decided to put in some stills that i cant get rid of and keep coming in no matter what ARGHHHH!!!! im sure ill fix it ha

yoho

2007-03-29T07:55:00.000-07:00

hey well im going slowly but surely but with a lil rush on me now hehe!!! im gettin there!! my poster as you can see is now done!! ive designed the whole website its just getting it to go on as its seeming not to show the pictures! i went to a surgery and i got told i had to change the coding for them and try renaming them all!!! this stil did not work but then i found i had a (/) in where it shouldnt be lol so simple yet so hard to find the problem haha but now im quite happy haha!!

2007-03-11T07:43:00.000-07:00

Righty tighty now i have decided to chage the web and the Av to have the same layout and colours and font to the poster then this all should tie in im also goin to add the logo onto the web and Av, then this should all be consistant! yay! im gettin excited now cos its lookin as if the poster is nearenuf done, the av im goin to totally leave til last as this is the easiest of the three the web i am also doing at the same time as my poster but i had to sort out the logo as this is going into all three so decided may aswel do they poster while im at it and to be honest its lookin pretty proffesional lol, one prob is i cant get it to bloody upload on here to show u all but o well im sure ull see soon enough!!!!

HAHAHA got it on for you guys but this is the only way lol and its back to front o well you can see it kinda!

2007-02-20T07:29:00.000-08:00

Right i have now re-designed my logo and have decided to use half of a world instead of a whole one and to use the writting at the side instead of hanging off ive also decided to change the background instead of having all the other colours as they r destracting i am going to use a night sky kinda theme!!! i got some good feedback from the presentation n some constructive critism which is good, im glad i didnt get laid into like some other ppl. but to be honest some of the others had ideas that seemed to be abit extravagant that they wouldnt be able to achieve due to costing and other things id like to think mine is achieveable and simple but still efficient!! we shall see! haha lol

2007-01-14T18:28:00.000-08:00

ITS TIME TO GET DOWN TO BEING A GEEK!!!!!

Rite here goes!! ive got to work alone!! arghhhhhhh haha this should be funnnnnn!!!!!
for my identities i am goin to produce a poster, webpage (arghhh) and a Audio Visual Production! This is going to be for an Open day event for Nottingham Trents Multimedia Course!! I am quite excited about this project but also a little scared as i have to work alone, and i work so much better in groups with people there along the way spuring me on!! such as the Narrative Module!! eeeek well we shall see.

2006-12-07T04:39:00.000-08:00

Yesterday i went on the Space Trip with my course i enjoyed this until we were waiting for the coach lol!!
the things i found really good was the heat detector which i have a picture of the black and white one and the simulator which was fun but amazin which is where the picture of me n sherri with the glasses on comes in lol and the big dome where we watched astronauts that was really good but made me feel sick, i found It all very interesting and a lot of it amazing how it can be created and made to look so real is brilliant i enjoyed the trip and found it beneficial. allso i got to talk to deb about our next module which was also beneficial lol!!

Narratives report

2006-12-07T04:36:00.000-08:00

Independence

We was asked to produce in groups an idea for a two minute story and to present our idea, we had to produce the narrative and this would be shown in-front of an audience and our work would be individually evaluated.
Our group began our research by holding a group meeting at my accommodation, we sat thinking up possible Ideas for our narrative (see appendix page 2). We decided upon a thriller/surreal genre as we decided this would be more suitable to all our experience, as we had all had some practise with this in our A levels. We chose the idea of ‘Student Life’ as we thought this would be a topic we would all know something about, we chose to use it as a point of view perspective as this would give the illusion of what the student was seeing. We began research into many different areas of media, which show student life, such as Hollyoaks (see appendix page 4) and music Videos. We came across the music video ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ by Prodigy (See appendix page 5) this was also shown in Point of view, which was our inspiration to how we would present our narrative.
We created roles for each member of our group Toby was sound editor, with Alex alongside him as co-sound editor, Sherri was the locations manager, Tom was producer and editor and I was Director and makeup artist although we didn’t use any makeup. We all chose our roles very carefully and chose them based on the experience we have had through our A levels. We all kept to these roles although Sherri and myself did do some of the editing, as we had to check through what Tom had edited we only made minor changes that Tom had missed. Toby had warned the group that he wouldn’t be with us for a few days but he still managed to fulfil his role by making the music and posting this to Tom on time. We all attended each group meeting and the filming sessions.
We gave the narrative the title Independence as we believed this is what students are given when they go to university whether they use it correctly or not, we found it maybe similar to the prodigy video but not the same as we were creating a story and not a Music video. We wanted to have an impact on the audience and hoped that they could relate to the student in our narrative. We chose to use mini dv’s and not to use tripods or any other equipment as this would ruin the effect of Point of view this worked well because you could recognise that it was point of view but some of the shots was a lot worse when we began editing than when we had filmed, we chose simple locations around Nottingham and the Student union as we needed to show a night out, this worked well as we then had a lot more time and we could shoot final scenes and shots when needed even if it was just one member of the group. At first we did have a actor who was going to be revealed at the end as a gay male but we chose not to use this idea as it just complicated the story and made it a lot harder for the audience to recognise. We used I movie HD to edit the sound and film footage, we decided to make the ending different to what we had first decided to show but we chose to show what had happened through stills and show this at the end so there would be a dramatic twist as we had said we would do earlier in our presentation, and we showed how the student had come to get into the drunken state which she was in. We decided to create our own music as we had decided not to use any dialogue in the story and to use just music, Toby created the music for this which had a dance theme with a constant beat to It, which worked well with the film and kept the same theme as the story.
We began filming firstly at one of our accommodation rooms so we had the student style room, but the accommodation was not able to be recognised from this, this was with the actor we had assigned who after seeing the film we decided to drop as the camera was not at the right angle and to hard to understand and see what was happening. We decided to use ourselves as our characters, which were not what we wanted, but as we then had little time we had to improvise I handheld the camera for the point of view and Alex was the other actor who spikes the drink. We chose to show the spiking of the drink through stills as we didn’t want to use any dialogue and this would be the easier way of showing it without having mime. Through the film there is odd appearances from people with distorted faces this is to show how drunk and disorderly the student is, and to show how she is tripping from what she has been given or taken herself. We wanted our piece of work to also to be a warning to all students of how easily this can be done, this is our reason for not showing what had happened until the end of the film so you can see how easily it can be done and you not know, as at the end we are hoping for a “oh I didn’t realise that, that’s what happened to her.”
I think our constant worry was not to make it to like the ‘Smack My Bitch Up” music video as this was a story and I hope we have shown that through our film even without any dialogue. I think we made a massive mistake by not managing our time better as we didn’t realise how little time we had, for my next module I intend to make myself a timeline of deadlines for myself of when and I want things to be done by which I may discus with my tutor. We found the Point of View a lot harder than we thought it would be as we ended up having to re-shoot a lot of the footage, as it was too shaky or too dark but we didn’t realise most of this until we came to editing and some of it became too late but we managed to lighten it and make some of it work to our advantage, as some looked like it was because she couldn’t walk properly. One of the biggest worries was the music and whether Toby would get it to us on time and whether it would fit the genre of the film fortunately it worked perfectly and made a huge difference to our project and made the footage seem to come alive. We worked excellent as a group and each kept to our set roles and even learnt new things such as I learnt how to put the narrative on to DVD through USB from my computer to a hard drive that wasn’t on my computer. I have also learnt how important group work can be and how I had an excellent set of people to work with that made as much effort as I myself did. I have proved to myself also how I can take in other peoples opinions and ideas and use them well within the work, I have learnt that being a director is not all about being bossy or ordering people about its about taking the time to listen and to make sure everyone is happy with what they are doing and confident enough in doing it. I think the discussion page was an excellent way for us to get in contact even though some of the group chose not to, also I found emailing through the VLP or on msn extremely helpful as we began communicating quite early on and was able to find whom each other was fairly easily. I found the journal helpful also as at one point I put on how hard it was finding it and my tutor had seen this and she helped me out by going and asking the question I wondering and then I was back on track. I have learnt how to work better in a group and produce work together rather than on my own I have got better at editing and filming and I had the experience of becoming a director, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I enjoyed this project and even though I found it challenging I feel like I have overcome the challenge and as a group made a piece of work that I can say I am proud of. If I could change anything I would have given our group more time and that would be all I would change. I now look forward to seeing our Narrative on the cinema.

Lectures

2006-10-23T07:23:00.000-07:00

Im now well into my lectures, and im finding it scarier by the day!!! im gettin worried also as i feel like im inadequate to the standards im seein in my group! i am findin the javascript extremely hard as i am not so good with computers and the complicated sides to it!ARGH i am gettin very scared now WOT IF I CANT DO IT!!!!

Narrative Group A4

2006-10-19T09:47:00.000-07:00

I have now FINALLY met all my group for Stage one, we have finally come up with ideas for our story and have now got a basic outline and plot for the story which i am enjoying! we have had two group meetings one which i did not attend due to illness but we have stil been able to comunicate and get things done and work as a group! Although i will admit i did struggle when finding out my group this was a challenge! but now were doing well!!! so lets hope this carrys on.

INDEPENDENCE

2006-10-19T08:43:00.000-07:00

Narrative Stage 1 Group A4

We have been asked to produce a short narrative that has to be two minutes long and will be an eight-week project, this has to be finished by Christmas and has to be done within a group. Our group consists of five people Hollie, Tom, Sherri, Toby and Alex. We have chose to use the minimalist approach as there is no affect to the characters life and the ending will be pretty similar to the beginning. The title of our project is going to be Independence as our project is about the life of a student and them finding about how they can use their independence. The Genre of the Project will be of the Thriller Genre, we will be giving you a look into the life of a new student with an interesting and unusual twist towards the end. The key events that will be played throughout the film are as follows * Student getting ready for a night out-cocaine and alcohol ingested
• Always a students point of view, you never see the student
• Student leaves apartment in a bad way and goes out
• Student goes to nightclub/bar, we don’t see this
• Clock with time going bye, and fast traffic
• Pan shot off student from the top of the toilet being ill
• Student helped out by a ‘friend’
• Student is revealed in final scene through a dramatic twist
We have took our inspiration from a prodigy music video (smack my bitch up), we are expecting the effect on the audience to be shock and hoping for them to enjoy and be intrigued with the turn around ending.

GROUP A STORIE

2006-10-17T05:29:00.000-07:00

Daffy Duck caught a bus into town, and goes to a shop to buy a scratch card, he then realises he has nthin o scratch the card with. in a frantic search to reveal his destiny he reaches fot the nearest object which happens to be an empty crisp packet he attempts to scratch the latex from the card and is unsuccesful. As the frustration mounts he begins to search the pavement, as he feels a sharp pain in his thumb as he has rubbed his hand over a pin badge. in his anger he takes the badge and scratches the card so aggressively he defaces tthe numbers, he falls to the floor disheartened and wraps his bleedin thumb in the remains of the dry leaves, with tears running down his face he takes his lighter from his pocket and burns his unsucessful scratch card.

IDEAS
* video podcasts
* Adult humour, early teens, early adults
*post-modern
*like simpsons

My First Post

2006-10-09T03:50:00.000-07:00

Well im guessin i should write i little about myself.... well this is a new start for me, a turning of a new page in the life of Hollie! I am sooo excited to be here at Nottingham Trent and loving the uni life and the course i have chosen which u must all know by now is Multimedia!! I think i should give you a little background information on my fab life hehe!! WELL i originally wasnt going to come to university as when i was studyin my GCSE's i was also trainin to be a hairdresser as i was told i would achieve all grades of D and below! WELL they was WRONG!! i was amazed when i achieved 2 A's, 6C's and 1 D (we'll ignore that one), SO then i decided if i can achieve that then maybe i should do something a little bit more for myself so i attend Hallcross Sixth Form in Doncaster which i loved almost as much as uni! i met some great friends there and learn't alot more about myself and how i can work off my own back and depend on myself and came out with some decent grades, and believe in myself (aww so sad) and then i thought well iv achieved all this and i want to achieve more, and now this brings us back to where we are at now, and im here having fun and tryin to work hard and hand in my work and find my group! My first couple of lectures were scary as it hit me GOD this is real its happenin but now iv jus got into the lectures and realised im doing what i love!!! so sorry bout the essay but now you all know me! bubye for now and if your looking at my picture this is just to show you all i can be fun when im not workin hard!!