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One example of a screenwriting competition is Bluecat screenplay contest. if you enter a screenplay into the competition you will get an analysis of your screenplay complementary . if you are a winner living outside the USA you will be automatically eligible for the Fellini award, this is given to the best international contestant. The winner of this award will be given $1000. They also have 3 different other categories that you could be a winner of such as the pilot category, the feature screenplay category and the short film screenplay category. they will each win $2000. The grand prize winner will receive $5000 all categories are eligible. The script you enter should be brand new and not have won any competitions in the past, if it isn't new or has won a competition in the past it will be disqualified and unable to win any of the categories. When entering the Bulecat competition they have a rule that all entries must be in English, the feature screenplay must be between 65-125 pages in length. The first part of the screen play is called the Pilot as it is the first thing that is being aired. When writing this part of the script it must be between 20-75 pages long and the short screenplay must be between 1-29 pages in Length. Bluecat will accept many features such as, episode pilots and short film script. Each submission must have one complimentary written analysis, the script they have sent in must be a PDF file and must have a properly formatted film with the same of of the script and who the script was written by. They do not have any title page requirements. When going through the process they have to commission content, when doing this they have a number of things to look out for, some of their strategic priorities include the following.

- To maintain a range of supply in the UK enabling smaller producers to survive and grow 

- To strengthen production ecologies, talent and the creative pipeline outside of London 

- To strengthen progress on diversity and representation both on and off screen 

- To strengthen progress towards environmentally sustainable production in the UK 

Another example of a screenwriting competition is The Titan International screenwriting awards. In this in the final round the judges will pick out the top 3 contestants after this the three winners will then have to read their work personally out to the judges showing emotion and meeting the correct criteria for the work. After they have done this they will be ranked by "the titans" who will exclusively determine their overall ranking, for example first, second and third place. The price for winning this is £500000 cash, lifetime access to all IS online courses and many more amazing screenwriting opportunities. However this is a good competition when you enter there is a £20 entry fee. The same rules of many apply to this for example, the work has to be your own, it has to be a new entry and you cant use work that you have already used and it has to fit the minimum of 100 pages long. 

A time when a writer took inspiration from a life event and wrote a film was the 2020 movie "I still believe".  In the film you see two people when they were young and fell in love for the first time, then one becomes very ill and at around the middle of the film they sadly pass away. The movie has two main focuses, Jeremy wants to pursue his music carrier but due to his partners illness he also wants to focus his attention on her to try and help her as much as possible. When they find out she has cancer Jeremy tries to balance both caring for his partner and his music career however this did not go to plan when she passed away as he lost his way. Towards the end of the movie we see Jeremy getting back to his normal way and honour her at the same time. This film is based on a true story that happened in 1999 and named after a song he wrote in 1998 and because of the powering message and meaning they actually used the song and had an actor sing it. "I still believe" is the second music biopic by Erwin brothers.

Another example of when a writer has used a true story to be able to film a movie is Charlie st cloud. This movie starts off as just a normal movie when the 2 brothers go out for a drive when the mum has gone out, about 5 minutes into the movie is when the story starts to shape up, the car that the 2 brothers where in gets hit by a car at the traffic lights because the other car was being driven by a drunk driver and ran the lights, this crash caused the younger brother to die and the older brother still seeing him in ghost form, since this has happened he has also been able to see him ex best friend who went off to war but because he could see his dead brother this also allowed him to see his friend walking around and spoke to him at the grave. Throughout the movie it shows Charlie's progression about getting over the death of his brother. Towards the end of the movie he has to chose between staying with the girl he has fell in love with or going to the same spot he and his brother used to practice baseball. The peoples story that this is based on wanted to remain anonymous but the writer had permission to make the movie without it being related to the real life events, this means that the writer has made some drastic changes to the story to make the movie more enjoyable. The director of the of this movie is Burr Seers, it was published in 2010 and was one of the biggest movies that Burr had directed. 

One primary resource that I can use when creating my screen play is a questionnaire about how lockdown affected peoples day to day lives. Another primary resource is a focus group about how people feel about Covid. 

The advantages of a questionnaire is that you get answers straight from each person. the disadvantages of this are that they may not have the option to answer how they want if its multiple choice. advantages of a focus group is that you get lots of opinions all at once. the disadvantages for this is that people in the group could influence on  others answers.

One secondary resource i can use when creating my screen play is the news, this will have peoples opinions in it. another secondary resource for creating my screenplay is a forum as this will also show peoples opinions on lockdown.

The advantages of the news as a secondary resource is that it is straight out of the governments mouth and this means it is factual. the disadvantages of this is that its not straight from the public about their struggles. The advantages of a forum is that anyone can post on it about how they are feeling about lockdown. A disadvantage of this is that it may not be 100% the truth about that person. 

The news was the most helpful when creating my screen play, this is because it helped me create my pm character. 

technical skills: lighting, camera, sound

 Audio task

The task was to compare different audio recording setups. For this task we were asked to go through a scene a few times using a different audio recording set up each time this was also done outside.

The equipment we used was a shot gun mic with a boom pole and an audio recorder as one set up. We also used a zoom audio recorder for another set up. We then used a dslr camera for the third setup so that we could compare all these. 

The result for this was that the shot gun and the boom pole set up was the best. This was due to being able to get closer to the person who was speaking. The worst one was the camera which is why you should never rely just on the camera for audio.

Photo task

The task was to take photos using a DSLR and led light panels and to use coloured gels on the lights. this was to experiment with high and lowkey lighting and to experiment with different colour lights.

For this task we used a Canon Dslr and we used Neweer led light panels with and without coloured gels. we done this in w16.

the result of this was that we managed to try all the different lightings. high key is for something that isn't meant to be mysterious where as low key works to make things mysterious. the colour gels showed us that you can make your video/photos look demonic with the red gel for example. 

Role of the writer

 

Job roles in media

Screen writer

-          A Screenwriter writes and develops screenplays for film or tv drama.

-          They prepare the script in a way that the reads are able to understand the setting and the emotion and the way it will work on screen.

-          They work with the Producers, Directors and actors to draft and redraft their script.

-          They often must work to tight deadlines.

-          Screenwriters are usually freelancers.

Screen writers are good at:

-          Writing screen plays (understand the good features of a screen play and know how to improve one)

-          Being creative (Express their ideas effectively in screen-play form)

-          Have knowledge of all genres of art (so they can understand a range of sources and understand the cultural context.

-          Have a passion for the genre and a love of the industry.

-          Freelancing (being able to find your own jobs, manage your own finances and be self motivated.

screenwriters work with:

-          They work with development producers and their assistants.

-          They are occasionally assisted by researchers (These people allow for screenplays to be fact checked.)

-          They may have their work overseen by script editors (they may also in turn be supported by assistant script editors)

In tv dramas they may be further assisted by:

-          Story producers and story liners (Story producers provide the framework season-long or series-long story arcs, which screenwriters can then go and write individual episodes. Story liners do a similar job, but they assist the story producer in order to write an outline document for a series.)

-          Script editors (they read the script and edit it to make it better)

How to become a screen writer:

-          Start writing screen plays as soon as possible. (practicing the form is essential)

-          Practice writing screenplays in a professional format.

-          Read existing screenplays online to familiarise yourself with the form.

-          Build a portfolio (Create work that you can show to tutors or employers. This is essential)

-          Network (go to Screen Skills’ events like open doors to meet people working in development departments. Meet producers and ask them if they would like to see your script. Give them your contact information)

-          Network online (Create a LinkedIn profile. Join groups on social media that are looking to make films or tv in your area. Find a film office near you)

Director

-          Directors are the creative leads of the film.

-          They hold the creative vision throughout the whole process, from pre-production through to the final edit.

-          The executive producer or producer is in charge of employing them.

-          They start with a script and work with a screenwriter and sometimes a script editing team.

-          Sometimes directors are screenwriters as well

-          It is the director’s job to imagine the script in a visual form.

-          The director works closely with the producers to assign different roles such as the director of photography and the production designer.

-          They also work with the producer to cast actors.

-          They also work with the director of photography to develop filming styles, including notes about camera shots and script changes.

-          Some directors will rehearse actors before shooting however not all of them do. They ‘block’ the performance with the actors before filming begins. (This means they choreograph where actors are positioned, where they will, over the course of a shot and how they will deliver their dialogue.

-          They will also instruct other members of the crew such as lighting, wardrobe and make up supervisors.

-          After filming they will lead the editing process, preparing a ‘directors cut’.

-          Directors may be employed by tv broadcasts, film or television production companies, or work on a freelance basis.

What a director is good at:

-          Leadership: shares the vision of the film with a range of people from different departments.

-          Imagination: envisage the film you want to make, see it, hear it. Create the vision execute it.

-          Arts knowledge: have a passion for and deep knowledge of film and tv drama.

Job roles within the commissioning process

- Commissioning editors - The role that commissioning editors working for a publishing house or magazines, is commissioning authors or journalists to write books or articles. This job can also involve developing ideas for new books and articles before identifying suitable authors and journalists to write them. To become a commissioning editor you  will need some college degrees, most editors have at least a bachelor's degree, usually in English, communications, or journalism. Some have graduate degrees but it is not a requirement. It is mostly important that you have a passion for reading and enjoy editing. 

- Independent production companies - A production company is normally run by a producer or director but can also be run by a career executive. A production company relies highly on talent or a well known entertainment franchise to raise the value of an entertainment project and draw in larger audience. The difference between an independent production company and a studio producers films to the general public whereas an independent production company works for other companies to help them produce their desired content. 

- Independent directors - This refers to a member of a board of directors, every public company is required to install a board of directors, who does not have a material relationship with a company and is neither part of its executive teams or involved in the day-to-day operations of the company. 

- Producers - A producer is the person who is responsible for finding and launching a project, arranging financing, hiring writers, a director and key members of the creative team, they over see all elements of pre-production, production and post-production, they do this all the way until the release date. 

- Competitions - competitions is a great way to get your work noticed, contributing to competitions will be allow you to get your work across and recognized. Some competitions will not take work that you have used for something before and may ask you to create something different and may have a specific genre that they would like you to focus on. 

Working as a writer 

When working as a writer there is a lot of things that you have to consider  here are some examples and why its important...

- Agent representations -  

- Optioning and payments -

- Professional presentation - When you are presenting a presentation it is important for it to be profession for example, not having childish images, no slang, it would have to be well said English this is because if you go unprofessional then others may not take you seriously and in the film and TV industry it is import to be taken seriously for your work 

- Time management - It is important be good at managing your time this is because you wouldn't like to go behind when your working because it will set you back and once you have lost some time it will be hard to get back to it so it is important for you to be able to keep up with everything and not full behind 

There are many different legal and ethical considerations for example:

"copyright" - The exclusive and assignable legal right given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film or record literary, artistic or musical material. So in other words if the work that has been realized hasn't been realized by the person who created it they can claim for copywriter which means they will be able to get some money from the person who realized it.  

-"bias" - this means that the person has a strong opinion on a specific thing and they are showing that, they will lean more towards one side than the other and in the case for tv and film you have to be biased and you have to be able to pick more than one side and they have to be able to show what opinion/ option they like better and sometimes they have to be open minded and see everything from all sides. 

-"censorship" - the genera; censorship occurs in a variety of different medias including speech, books, music, films and other artists, the radio, tv and the internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, child pornography etc.. 

-watersheds" - This is the timings of what goes on what, for example in the mornings and throughout the day they will have child friendly programs and after 9 that's when they start to get inappropriate for children for example sexual, horror and over 18 films.

-"libel"- A published false statement that is damaging to a persons reputation. 

-"plagiarism" - presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent. 

 

 The role of the writer 

screenwriters write and develop screenplays for film or TV drama. They do this either based on an original idea by adapting an existing story into a screenplay or by joining an existing project. Television writers develop stories, write scripts, make edits and revisions and help determine what an episode looks like in the world of TV. Writers are able to influence everything from the series that are told to how the sets are built.

The screenplay guide for the producers, director, actors, crew of exactly what will appear on screen. It is the common ground that everybody on the film will work with from start to finish of production. It tells the complete story, contains all action in the film and all dialogue for each character. 

One example for a screen writing competition is Bluecat. If your a winner living outside the USA, your script is automatically eligible to win the Fellini award, given annually to the best internal script and that is $1 000. They have a rule that all entries must be in English, the feature screenplay must be between 65-125 pages in length. The pilot scripts must be between 20-75 pages and the short screenplays must be between 1-29 pages in length. Everything that is submitted must be your own work, you are not allowed to copy or use anyone else's work, or previous work. The script that you send in must be completely new and its not allowed to have been previously won at any contests, competition or award of any kind. In this event there is a number of prices for example the grand prize winner will receive $5,000, the feature screenplay award winner will receive $2,000, the pilot award winner will receive $2,000 also and so will the short script award. Some of the things that they accept are features, episodic pilots and short film scripts, each submission with receive one complimentary written analysis, script must be in PDF must have a properly formatted by file name (name of script by author by Author First Last Name.pdf) they don't have any title page requirements and all entries must also be in English. 

 

When going through the process they have to commission content, when doing this they have a number of things to look out for some of their strategic priorities include;

*To support the supply of distinctive, British ideas to the BBC from across the UK

*To maintain  a range of supply in the UK enabling smaller producers to survive and grow

*To strengthen production ecologies, talent and the creative pipeline outside London 

*To strengthen progress on diversity and representation both on and off screen

*To strengthen progress towards environmentally sustainable production to the UK.

 

As part of the commitment to creative diversity they are prioritizing £100m of their existing TV commissioning budget over three years. They aim to make the decisions as fast as possible: entering into a dynamic, creative dialogue with producers and managed by the relevant commissioning genre. Every idea has different considerations but generally BBC television aims to work to following timescales. 

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Documentary mini task

Documentary mini task

A documentary is a wide term used to describe a non-fiction movie that in some way "documents" or captures reality. Documentary makers are often inspired to make their films because they feel a particular story or viewpoint is not being covered by mainstream media the way it should be. The way i would define the word “Documentary” is by using the words factual and educational. Documentaries are films that are factual and are educational meaning they teach the viewer information about important life events for example a documentary that covers the events of a world war.

The key features of Expository documentaries are that they give the narrator the role to explain the film's rhetorical content. They use stories and statements given through voiceover with images to illustrate the tone of the film. The filmmaker collects footage that functions to strengthen the spoken narrative.

 One example of an expository documentary is “City of gold”.

The Key features of Observational documentaries are that they avoid interviews, voice-over narration and a soundtrack. Instead they present footage of real life as it unfolds. The effect is a documentary that tends to show, not tell, and leaves it down to each viewer to come to his or her own conclusions of the film.

An example of an observational documentary is “knuckle”.

The Key feature of Interactive documentaries are that they use interviews. When including these interviews in the documentaries they may decide to keep the interviewer’s questions in or edit them out.

An example of an Interactive documentary is “prison valley”.


The key features of reflexive documentaries are that they include the filmmaker within the film. They also solely focus on themselves and the act of making of the film.

An example of a reflexive documentary is “Chronicle of a summer”

The Key features of Performative Documentaries are that they focus on the filmmakers' involvement with his or her subject, they use his or her personal experience or relationship with the subject as a starting point for exploring larger, subjective truths about politics, history, or groups of people.

One example of a performative documentary is “supersize me”.

Expository Documentaries are my favourite. Observational documentaries are the most unbiased because they leave the viewer to conclude the documentary for themselves. I do feel like documentary producers have a contract with the viewer to show them honest and unbiased, accurate information. The reason for me feeling this way is because Documentaries are known for being educational and informative.

The reason the 23rd April is being talked about on social media is because its st georges day and the first ever world book day was celebrated.

News values are a group of rules or criteria which determine how much attention a media outlet such as a newspaper gives a news story. They also show how editors and other journalists decide that one piece of information is news while another is not.

The 12 news values categories include:

• Negativity - This is the bad news such as death, murder, bad weather, This is rated as more important than "positivity" such as but not limited to weddings, royal family, celebrations.
• Closeness to home (Proximity) - This is what the audiences seem to relate to. The stories that involve people in their country or things that are happening near them geographically. 
• Recency - this is how recent it happened and how quickly that news outlets respond to it and get the news to the public. This includes 24 hour news channels such as BBC and CNN. 
• Currency - This is the opposite to Recency as currency is a news story that has been in the public eye for some time. For example a missing person or a murder. 
• continuity - This is the news coverage of a situation that is on going such as a war or a sports tournament. A current example of this is the Covid 19 lockdown this is in the news everyday.
• Uniqueness - This is when an unusual event occurs such as a three headed child birthed by a 16 year old women. This would be very unusual which would intrigue audiences and make them want to read it. 
• Simplicity - This is the news thats obvious but true. Its news that can be easily explained for example a cat stuck in a tree. 
• Personality - This when a news story surrounds a particular person. Newspapers like these especially if the person is well known such as a well known local person or a well known celebrity.
• Expectedness (predictability) - This is whether or not the event matches the expectations of the organisation and or the audience. 
• Elite nations or people - This is news that is about the nation and offers more importance to the nation than other news.
• Exclusivity - This is when one news outlet is covering a story. The Sunday papers are very fond of exclusives.
• Size - This is about how big the story is, meaning how important it is to the public. How many people it affects.

13th FEB 2015

Dear Flipside media,

I am Writing to you regarding your recent job advert for an apprentice digital video production producer. I have found a few things wrong with it. The things i have found wrong with it are explicit and go against advertising legislation. contracts will almost always include small print. you will need to make sure you have fully understood what you are signing for example in a contract for a television or movie job there would be small print about confidentiality and exclusivity. before signing any contract you need to make sure that you 100% understand it. 

The first thing that i have found wrong with it is the fact you are asking for the applicant to be christian that is wrong it is discrimination as you cannot only choose to have people work for you if they are a specific religion. 

This advert is to promote Ben and Jerrys ice cream flavour Netflix and chill'd because its new. They show that its called Netflix and chill'd by making it look like a Netflix trailer and as it moves on you see that they are showing ice cream in multiple different Netflix tv shows and films.

The primary demographic for this advert is the youth, the reason for this is because the advertising is colourful and so is the packaging. The packaging has colourful pictures on it such as cows and blue skys. The advert is also introduced as an advert for a new Netflix series which would attract the youths attention. The secondary demographic for this advert is anyone who may like ice cream or Netflix. This may be someone who is in the room watching the tv when the advert comes on, they wouldn't be the primary target audience because the people who made the advert were not targeting them directly.

I couldn't find out when this was shown but i expect it would be shown in the day time and early evening, the reason for this is because it is targeting the youth and that would be the best time to show it as thats when most of the youth will be watching tv.

The advert took the form of a standalone, documentary, live action type advert. The reason for this is because it was like a netflix trailer and they dont usually carry a story through multiple trailers. the reason for it being more like a documentary is because it was documenting different peoples reactions to the new flavour.

I would say that the advert takes the style of humorous and it is a parody to a netflix trailer. It shows the humorous side by re editing serious films and tv programmes to ad the new ice cream into them. it creates the idea of a netflix original advert but adds a twist by using it to show off a new ice cream.

This advert attracts the potential consumers attention by creating the idea that this is an advert for a new netflix original, it does this by using the netflix logo and footage from actual netflix trailers but reedited to add the new ice cream into it. The advert arouses interest by using a saying that everyone uses when talking about netflix anyway and changing it slightly for the name of the flavour. The advert convinces the consumer to buy the product by showing that netflix are behind it by having it shown as a netflix original advert.

This product is distinguished against others by this being more fun for its consumers with the cartoons on the actual container and the advert being like a netflix original trailer these will both be more appealing to teenagers. Ben and jerrys has become a massive company over time and for this flavour they have teamed up with another massive company 'netflix' this creates a massive consumer base which means more and more sales.

There are a lot of different scenes used in this advert as they have used parts from a few different netflix original trailers as you can see by the screenshots below.

Ownership and Funding in the TV and Film Industry

Public service broadcasting in the UK refers to broadcasting intended to benefit the public rather than focusing or commercializing society. In the 1920's the UK government began thinking about how to start a type of broadcasting, this was radio at the time as the UK thought radio was a better option for the time. When thinking about this they referred to the U.S commercial model and decided they didn't like the way they were doing it. They said that it produced programmes that were mindless entertainment for the masses. This is when the UK Government decided that they wanted to create programmes that were valuable to the public and educational. They decided that they were not going to fund this directly as this would create accusations about it being a propaganda channel For the government. The way they decided to fund this was 'The license fee' this is when the BBC was born and in 1926 the British broadcasting corporation began broadcasting radio. in 1936 the BBC began broadcasting TV. The Licence fee is what we call a TV licence today but back then would have been for any type of broadcasting. This is called a monopoly.

In the 1950's the UK government decided to introduce a rival television broadcasting company but this time it would be funded commercially. This new TV broadcasting company was called Independent Television (ITV). This company started broadcasting Television in 1954 this creates a Duopoly. However the UK government imposed regulations on ITV which were based on service principles - I.e. Educational content, children's programmes, religious programs and news programmes. A purely commercial company would not want to do this as programmes such as the ones stated do not maximize audience viewer ship. Audiences are the product made and sold by commercial media company's.

The third channel was then created in 1964 and it was called BBC 2. This was then followed by the channel 4 which was created in 1982 this was the fourth channel that was created, This channel was funded by  a levy from the ITV companies. This channel commissioned everything, they did not make any of their own TV shows.

All of these channels were terrestrial television which meant they were on the ground. We now have a thing called satellite TV which is transmitted above the ground using a satellite. We also have the option of cable TV which is below the ground as the cables are ran under the ground. With satellite TV there is the option to purchase and download additional things such as box sets or movies and even pay per view.

Global media is media ownership, this is increasingly concentrated into the hands of a small number of companies. 95% of the worlds media companies are owned by multiple different smaller companies.  A conglomerate is a group of companies all under the same owner ship. 

Vertical integration is the tendency for all the sectors within a media industry to become part of the same company (e.g. the film making industry, distribution companies and cinemas. Many companies have laws against this. 

Horizontal integration is when the tendency for a company to try and increase its market share by either buying rival companies within a sector or by making rival companies go bust by out competing them.

Monopolization is the domination of a market or commodity to the exclusion of others. monopolization domination - social control by dominating.

old spice case study

the traditional old spice advert has a primary target audience of older man. This will be mostly dads as it says it in the advert and people will buy this for there dads.

pre production paperwork

Depict evaluation

The task we were set was to create a 90 second short film. This is what we managed to create in the time we were given. Our idea was to create a story where a guy sees a girl and starts to look like a stalker, when he follows her around as he try's to gain the courage to ask her out. we had to pre production paper work this included talent release forms, location release forms and

unilever research

"On any day, 2.5 billion people use Unilever products to look good, feel good and get more out of life  giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future." https://www.unilever.co.uk/about/who-we-are/introduction-to-unilever/ 

"Unilever is a multinational corporation selling consumer goods including foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ... Unilever owns more than 400 brands including 11 "billion-dollar brands", which each achieve annual sales in excess of €1 billion"

Three unilever products are: 

1. Lipton
2. Pot noodle
3. Dollar shave club  

'Requirements for a moving image production'

For this part of the course, The type of media product I created was a 90 second short film.This was for 'Depict'. 'Depict' is a 90 second short film competition, which challenges filmmakers to create an ultra-short masterpiece. 'Depict' https://www.depict.org/ aims to use this competition to unveil emerging film making talent. I distributed my 90 second Depict using YouTube we uploaded the short film to the 'ENMedia' YouTube channel.

Other types of moving image include films, TV, YouTube videos and music videos. Different ways of distributing media products are Cinemas, TV, DVD, Streaming websites (such as Netflix for example), Social media.
Products such as Films will be released in the Cinema and then on DVD and Blu-Ray where as trailers will most commonly be released on TV and through social media sites.





Funding for Film, Television and other moving imagery include Government grants, Tax incentives, Debt financing, slate financing, individual investors, product placement and crowdfunding. Government grants are when a financial award is given by the local government or federal state, this can be awarded for a beneficial project such as a film or TV production. Examples of these include things such as kick starter and Go fund me.  Debt financing is when a firm collects money for working capital or capital expenditures by selling bonds to individuals or institutional investors, this is in return for lending the money. A product placement is when a goods manufacturer or service provider pays to gain exposure in a film or television program. Crowdfunding is a way for people and organisations such as charity's to collect money, this is done by businesses investing into the project in return for a potential profit or reward.

various Requirements for a moving image product include:

• Equipment (Cameras, Lighting, Audio equipment, etc)
• Actors
• Extras
• Food
• Locations 
• Directors
• Camera Operators 
• Crew
• Possible catering staff
• Audio Engineers. 
• Props

I needed a few things for my Depict Project these included:

• Equipment (camera, Tripod, Microphone and audio interface) 
• Costumes  (although these were just our day to day clothes we still had to ensure that we kept the same outfits clean as we filmed over a period of days.) 
• Props (we only used minimal props however we did have a few things such as a Phone, A cup of water, the bottle of drink and the bits of paper work)

The crew for different types of media production can vary for example a low budget short film crew would consist of a director, a camera operator and an audio operator all of these people would be multitasking as there is so many jobs for such a little amount of people. The crew for a television program would consist of a few more people but there would still be people multitasking, there would be 1 or 2 camera operators, a sound operator, director and a producer. Where as the crew for a Hollywood feature film would be much larger including multiple camera operators, multiple audio operators, director, assistant directors, producers and assistant producers, where other crews would be multitasking the crew for a Hollywood feature film would have very specific job roles.
For our production we only had a small crew to work with which consisted of me, Brad, Erin and Matt, we all multitasked to get the production filmed and edited. Brad was the main camera operator but doubled to also be a director for some shots and a boom mic operator, Matt was doing the voice over but was a director and camera operator for some shots, I was an actor but doubled as a camera and audio operator and Erin was an actor and doubled as director and camera operator. We all worked together to edit our media product. We allocated work to our small crew by working out who the actors were going to be first and then we chose our camera operator and then decided to have someone do a voice over. I had some experience acting and with operating both the camera and the audio recorder and had a bit of past experience editing, Brad had some experience with editing but with sony vegas and not adobe premiere pro, Matt and Erin had little experience with this type of thing but done a great job as part of the crew.
An example of the crew for a budget short film is Colin (2008)

An example of the crew for a TV Programme is "How I met your mother" (2005 - 2014)

An example of the crew for a hollywood feature film is from Hobbs and shaw (2019)

Some other people a part from the crew that are a big part of creating a media product include:

• Actors 
• Extras
• Technical department (Script manager, Grip, Photography Director)
• Craft Department (Costume Designers, Prop designers)
• Editors (Music editors, audio editors and Video editors)
• Distributors (Sales agent, Distribution executive, Publicist)
• Accountants 

Our timeframe was made up of 4 weeks this was to plan, film and edit. We split this up using a production schedule and we decided to use one week for planning, two weeks for filming and a week for editing. In the creative media business it is very important to keep to deadlines and not get work done after them, we made sure as a group that all of this work was ready for the deadline. We managed to have our short film planned, filmed and edited one lesson before the deadline we then checked it through for any errors and patched these up in our final lesson. If you do not meet deadlines in the creative world you risk losing your job and getting a bad name in the industry meaning no one will hire you. We had deadlines in class which we did manage to meet. 

In professional moving image productions such as a Hollywood feature film there is company's that you can contact to hire equipment such as cameras and lighting, these company's are called media facility houses. An example of a professional media facility house is "Epic Studios". https://epic-tv.com/broadcast/equipment/

Epic Studios have Equipment for hire for competitive prices, they also have studios and crew available for hire as-well meaning no matter how big your production is they will have what you need. This facility house is located in Norwich and is the closest one to us as a college. 

For my depict there was cameras such as Canon 650ds and 700ds, audio such as boom mics with boom arms and condensor microphones with vocal booths there is also audio recorders such as zoom audio recorders and phantom power boxes. To obtain this equipment we have to book it out at AV/Skills, we also have to bring and use our own SD card. Editing equipment at the college is iMacs with Adobe premiere pro 2019 installed. To obtain the use of the editing equipment we can either use it in lesson or we can ask to use it in break and lunchtimes we can also use it after college. 

For my depict we filmed on college grounds, to obtain the use of these locations legally we had to fill out a location release form and get it signed by the appropriate authority for that department of the college for example the use of the corridors we asked the caretakers to sign it for us. Location recces are forms that you fill out when you are thinking of using a location for example you may need a certain amount of plug sockets and if a location that you are thinking of using does not have that many plug sockets then you will have to think about either using a different location or bring an extension lead. A location release form is a form that allows you to have a signed document proving you have been authorised to use that location legally. For our depict video we used recces to help us determine a specific location for example "the hive" the reason we chose this was because of the big window that leads out to the corridor. We chose the corridor outside of skills as we wanted to be near a vending machine and also have a place for the character to be able to sit down and do work.

An example of a material that you may need for a moving image production is research for example if you are doing a movie on world war two you will need to research about world war two. financial considerations for the materials are not to spend all the budget on research if you need multiple different materials.

Examples of materials you may need for a moving image production are:

• Research (this is used to make the piece of media correct)
• Script 
• Storyboards 
• planning 

Legal considerations that could come into play include:

• copyright 
• plagiarism 

"Copyright protects your work and stops other people from using it without your permission" "you automatically get copyright protection when you create:

• original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work, including illustration and photography
• original non-literary written work, such as software, web content and databases
• sound and music recordings
• film and television recordings
• broadcasts
• the layout of published editions of written, dramatic and musical works "https://www.gov.uk/copyright

Copyright affected my depict work because I used a non-copyright text sound in my video. The reason I made sure I used a non copyright sound is so I do not have to pay for the use of it. This was the only affect copyright had on my depict video.

Clearance - Clearance is the official approval to do something such as a moving image production.

Public liability insurance - Public liability insurance covers the cost of claims made by members of the public for incidents that happen in connection with your business activities. Public liability insurance covers the cost of compensation.
completion guarantee - completion guarantee also known as a completion bond is a form insurance that is often used on independently financed films. This insurance makes sure that producer will complete and deliver the film.

A regulatory body is a public authority or a government agency that is responsible for making sure something is suitable for a certain audience. OFCOM is the regulatory body for the communications industry, it is responsible for regulating the TV and radio sectors. OFCOM regulates the BBC but they are independant from direct government intervention meaning they are also regulated by BBC themselves. BBFC is the British board of film classification and they are responsible for regulating the release of film meaning what age they are released for.

A trade union is "an organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests", the reason they are so important is because they help communication between workers and their management they provide advice and support to ensure the difference opinions do not create major conflict.

PACT is the trade association representing the commercial interests of UK independent television, film, digital, children's and animation media companies. BECTU, a sector of Prospect, supports members working in non-performance roles in broadcasting; film and cinema; digital media; independent production. Both of these organisations do work for independant film and creative media industries.

A trade association is a non profit organisation that is made up of a group of companies that all have common interests or have work in the same industries. They are formed to protect the common interests of their members and funded by their annual subscriptions.

90 second Depict (The Stalker)

editing techniques

 Matching footage to Markers

Here we used markers to line up both the audio and the video to create a seamless edit.
To do this I used the marker tool to capture the beat of the music.

 Automate to sequence

I used this to automatically put clips on the markers I had just created. this then created a sequence inline with the music.

lumetri colour wheel

I used this to edit the colour of parts of the footage i selected a certain colour in the footage and used this colour wheel to change it to a different colour, or I used it to make the selected colour more vibrant.

Dissolve

This is where I used the default transition called the dissolve. the reason I used this was because it helped me to merge two different parts of footage. The dissolve transition helped to vary the edits between footage.

Fade up

I used the fade up at the beginning of this edit. this created the beginning of the music video as I wanted it to begin with a black screen.

Markers

This tool is used to edit footage to the audio for example editing to the beat of a music track. This is what I used this for.

Multi-cam editor

I used this to watch all cameras at the same time and sort of edit it live in a way its like if you have multiple security cameras and you watch the footage and watch different angles and switch through them. To use the Multi-cam editor you click through the camera angles when you want to make a cut to the next camera and that will create the cut in your timeline.

Multi cam sequence

This tool is used to put all clips in a sequence so the editor can click on each camera and quickly create an edit using multiple camera angles. I used it to create the base of my edit but then went on to add other clips to go along with it.

Rendering

Rendering is used at the end and during an edit. The reason for this is so the editor is able to watch back their edit without having any issues such as jumping and or skipping footage. I used this every-time, I made a small change to my edit.

Clip speed/duration tool

This tool is used to slow down, speed up footage but it is also used to put footage in reverse. I used this tool to slow down a small clip in my edit. This can also be called slow-mo.

Evaluation of a film extract for continuity

Because editing doesn't exist in real life, a set of rules has been created to make sure that continuity appears.

Match on action

This shot is the start to an establishing shot it establishes where people are in the scene.
This shot pans up from the ground on to Hobbs and you can see shaw in the background.


This whole clip keeps to the 180 degree rule it doesn't break it. this film struggles to keep to it but manages it. this film is full of action which makes it difficult to stick to the 180 degree rule                                                                                        as the camera is flying around everywhere.






This shot begins the Match On Action. it starts off by Hobbs pulling the seat off of the wall. It then continues to a shot of him dragging it further away. This is a good editing technique and creates good continuity. It does this by creating a continuous shot                                                          with the use of two shots and a cut in-between.





This whole clip keeps to the 180 degree rule it doesn't break it. this film struggles to keep to it but manages it. this film is full of action which makes it difficult to stick to the 180 degree rule as the camera is flying around everywhere.


These two shots create a shot/reverse shot. it goes from Hobbs and Shaw to Mr Nobody and back again. This is used to show a conversation between two or more people.

Eye line match.

This is an Eye line match it creates continuity by showing what someone is looking at as we can't look around by ourselves. This is used to show us around a scene. we do this by having a shot of someone looking somewhere and then we cut to a shot from eye level to show what they were looking at.