Here are some of the Outtakes from the filming of On The Air. Enjoy!
Monday 9 June 2008
Day Four: Editing Group Project 30/05/08
This is the point where the control freak in me came out. At very few points did I let the other members of my group take over the computer to edit. Although having them at my side during the editing process made me feel that was good enough to satisfy them. I honestly think it was very unfair of me now but at the time I simply just wanted to be rid of the project and start on the portfolio work.
It was the previous day in editing that we decided to cut the footage of Mike Johnstons interview, so Balve and I filmed some cutaway shots of the Main House to splice in while he is talking about the lack of space for a radio station at Bath Spa university. We also realised the documentary didn't work very well without a soundtrack, I decided on using the song "Don't You Evah" by Spoon for the introduction sequence and the scene on the green outside the Main House.
I liked the fact that I got a long with the crew and the interviewees we spoke to, I feel like we had a great time during filming however this may have resulted in a lack of professionalism. I think some of the things we could have benefited from was reviewing the footage after shooting to ensure that we were happy with the shots compositions and how some of the interviews would look in playback. It would have been a good idea to run through the interviews several times so that the interviewees could have possibly tightened up their answers as all the interviews were done in one take.
Here's the finished version of On The Air
It was the previous day in editing that we decided to cut the footage of Mike Johnstons interview, so Balve and I filmed some cutaway shots of the Main House to splice in while he is talking about the lack of space for a radio station at Bath Spa university. We also realised the documentary didn't work very well without a soundtrack, I decided on using the song "Don't You Evah" by Spoon for the introduction sequence and the scene on the green outside the Main House.
I liked the fact that I got a long with the crew and the interviewees we spoke to, I feel like we had a great time during filming however this may have resulted in a lack of professionalism. I think some of the things we could have benefited from was reviewing the footage after shooting to ensure that we were happy with the shots compositions and how some of the interviews would look in playback. It would have been a good idea to run through the interviews several times so that the interviewees could have possibly tightened up their answers as all the interviews were done in one take.
Here's the finished version of On The Air
Tuesday 3 June 2008
Day Three: Re-filming at Spa 29/05/08
Day three of filming… We had come across a few problems with our footage
1) We had lost the footage of Balve’s introductory scenes at the SU.
2) After watching the scene where Balve is waiting for a bus to go to Bath Uni, it’s pretty obvious that he’s reading off a page!
We filmed a totally new scene to replace the bus stop scene which is Balve walking across the green outside the main house and we decided to do it without a script. So Balve had to learn his lines before filming which he assured me was not his strongest point. We re-filmed the scenes of Balve outside and inside the SU, which the SU president James Anderson was courteous enough to do again posing as a receptionist of some kind, this gave us an opportunity for Balve to introduce the David Jones as he had not been mentioned by name at all in the previous footage.
We then headed over to the Gatehouse to finally finish up the edit for the deadline which was that same day!
1) We had lost the footage of Balve’s introductory scenes at the SU.
2) After watching the scene where Balve is waiting for a bus to go to Bath Uni, it’s pretty obvious that he’s reading off a page!
We filmed a totally new scene to replace the bus stop scene which is Balve walking across the green outside the main house and we decided to do it without a script. So Balve had to learn his lines before filming which he assured me was not his strongest point. We re-filmed the scenes of Balve outside and inside the SU, which the SU president James Anderson was courteous enough to do again posing as a receptionist of some kind, this gave us an opportunity for Balve to introduce the David Jones as he had not been mentioned by name at all in the previous footage.
We then headed over to the Gatehouse to finally finish up the edit for the deadline which was that same day!
Day Two: Filming at URB Radio and Spa 28/05/08
On our second day of filming we decided to scrap using the marantz as it was more trouble than it was worth. I opted to use the R09 instead as a backup for the sound. We met Tim Dye URB’s station manager who was happy to do the tour and was helpful in pointing out different things we could film for cutaways such as the old newspaper articles from back when URB was first set up.
We couldn’t film in Studio1 because there was broken glass all over it and Tim’s key for Studio 2 was broken so we filmed Balve’s final scene in studio 3. We filmed Tim giving us a tour and a brief history of the station as well as some interview questions we wanted to use as cutaways from footage of Balve in the studio.
Once we’d finished at Bath Uni we got back on the bus to get footage of Balve explaining how he felt that he could not set up a radio station at Bath Spa, however the R09 and the Panasonics internal mics were picking up too much noise from the buses engine, so we decided to get some footage of balve sitting on the bus and possibly adding a voice over of his explanation. We also agreed to film him doing this scene at the bus stop at Bath spa’s bus stop and run with whichever sequence looked better. And that was to be the end of our filming and the beginning of editing…
We couldn’t film in Studio1 because there was broken glass all over it and Tim’s key for Studio 2 was broken so we filmed Balve’s final scene in studio 3. We filmed Tim giving us a tour and a brief history of the station as well as some interview questions we wanted to use as cutaways from footage of Balve in the studio.
Once we’d finished at Bath Uni we got back on the bus to get footage of Balve explaining how he felt that he could not set up a radio station at Bath Spa, however the R09 and the Panasonics internal mics were picking up too much noise from the buses engine, so we decided to get some footage of balve sitting on the bus and possibly adding a voice over of his explanation. We also agreed to film him doing this scene at the bus stop at Bath spa’s bus stop and run with whichever sequence looked better. And that was to be the end of our filming and the beginning of editing…
Day One: Filming Group Project at Bath Spa 27/05/08
It was Tuesday and the deadline for our Group Project was Thursday. We had already interviewed our lecturer Mike Johnston and the shoot went really well, although the shotgun mic is obviously in shot in the interview!
We finally got permission from David Jones to interview him and wanted to film Balve’s introduction scene outside the SU.
We picked up the equipment for the shoot, which was two Panasonic DV cameras, a Marantz Audio recorder with a directional mic. We spent about an hour trying to figure out how to make the marantz work before going to rich the gatehouse technician for help.
We decided that Lance would be the cameraman while I acted as sound recordist and Balve would be the presenter and finally got to interview David even though the mic sound I was getting was horrendous and kept cutting out. After this we filmed Balve walking up the stairs and through the SU office on the way to speak to David. I wanted the interview to be conducted using one camera as most fly on the wall documentaries uses just one camera.
We proceeded to film Balve’s introduction scene, and eventually concluded that we should start it with Balve waiting for us to get the equipment ready as opposed to a more clean introduction we wanted to embrace the fact that we were first year media students and start off with the crew fumbling around.
Through pre-production I had asserted in all production meetings that I wanted to take a producer/director role as a lot of the vision and the original concept were mine. However when it came to shooting I was happy to see Balve and Lance interjecting their own ideas when it came to shots and even the content, as it was Balves idea for him to fix his hair using the camera! I was totally comfortable with letting them have their own say and this resulted in almost no conflict between the crew during filming.
We finally got permission from David Jones to interview him and wanted to film Balve’s introduction scene outside the SU.
We picked up the equipment for the shoot, which was two Panasonic DV cameras, a Marantz Audio recorder with a directional mic. We spent about an hour trying to figure out how to make the marantz work before going to rich the gatehouse technician for help.
We decided that Lance would be the cameraman while I acted as sound recordist and Balve would be the presenter and finally got to interview David even though the mic sound I was getting was horrendous and kept cutting out. After this we filmed Balve walking up the stairs and through the SU office on the way to speak to David. I wanted the interview to be conducted using one camera as most fly on the wall documentaries uses just one camera.
We proceeded to film Balve’s introduction scene, and eventually concluded that we should start it with Balve waiting for us to get the equipment ready as opposed to a more clean introduction we wanted to embrace the fact that we were first year media students and start off with the crew fumbling around.
Through pre-production I had asserted in all production meetings that I wanted to take a producer/director role as a lot of the vision and the original concept were mine. However when it came to shooting I was happy to see Balve and Lance interjecting their own ideas when it came to shots and even the content, as it was Balves idea for him to fix his hair using the camera! I was totally comfortable with letting them have their own say and this resulted in almost no conflict between the crew during filming.
Monday 2 June 2008
Editing the Individual Project
The editing process for this project was very straightforward. After putting all the footage in the timeline on FCP and syncing up the audio tracks from the R09, all I had to do was create a title sequence and title screens before each lesson.
I was really happy with the title screens and the use of additive dissolves into a freeze frame. Before handing in I decided to crop the intro and outro clips with Chris facing the camera as he is far too close to the left.
Here's the finished projected entitled 'How to DJ with Chris Bibby'.
I was really happy with the title screens and the use of additive dissolves into a freeze frame. Before handing in I decided to crop the intro and outro clips with Chris facing the camera as he is far too close to the left.
Here's the finished projected entitled 'How to DJ with Chris Bibby'.
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