Fiction Adapation - Production

Spent a long day filming out in the countryside today although I can't be sure about how the footage will look when cut together but I have a good feeling at this point.

Here are a few frames from what I shot. I must admit that these are some of the better images there are plenty that won't make it into the film.

AS LIVE - My frustration with this unit!!!

Before reading the following blog entry it is important to note that it is in no way intended to be malicious or spiteful in any way but is intended to document the way that I currently feel about my role in the AS LIVE production thus far.

I obviously understand that there are a limited number of job roles on the lead up to the date of recording of Unsigned Live. At the time of the job application process I only applied for two job roles. These roles were that of director and premonitions, this knowledge along with the tutorial that I had with Helen in which it was unsubtly suggested that I would be put in the promotions team prior to the job roles being announced. I had come with the expectation that the job role that I would receive would not be the job role that I was hoping for and was instead left with my second choice. This was indeed the case and although the feeling of disappointment still remains I can understand why this part of the process ended up the way it did.

However I am writing this entry for what I personally see as a valid reason and I hope that it isn’t just my frustrated mind blowing things out of proportion. The ‘responsibilities’ of the promotion team are as follows the designing of a logo, sorting out social network pages, creating posters/leaflets, making three short adverts, creating a website, filming a ‘making of’ and creating a title sequence which as a list of things to do seems like a lot of stuff which ordinarily I wouldn’t mind in fact I would probably quite enjoy. But and here’s where my issue lies I have successfully applied, paid for and attended this course with the knowledge that it would lead me to this unit in which the facilities of the television studio would be at our disposal to create an as live show. Now baring this in mind I refer back to the list of responsibilities that I as part of a group have to complete not a single one will need me to use the gallery therefore I feel I am missing out on any experience of working in this environment nor for the most part will the studio space be of any use to me.

As for the following elements logo, posters/leaflets, social network pages and creating a website these have next to nothing to do with the skills that I have acquired during my time on the course and therefore will probably be of no higher quality or standard to that which I could have produced when taking my GCSE’s when I wasn’t paying for it. Remaining on the list are the elements that will draw on the skills I have acquired on the course. The making of element which today was referred to something to the effect of ‘less important than the show that is only for the website and not as polished as the show’ now knowing this is the view of members of the second year you will forgive me for becoming despondent with it. Finally the adverts this is the most worthwhile element of what I will be producing as I will be able to note down that I attributed to the creation of an ad campaign. However where I expected to be able to write on my CV that I had some role in the creation of a 30 minute as live production I don’t think this will now be the case. Of the actual show I will be responsible for a 20 second title sequence, a responsibility which I share with three other people so by rights means I am responsible for five seconds of the 30 minutes broadcast which works out to be roughly 0.25% and that isn’t exactly what I expected.

Obviously Jo and I will be editing the show come the completion of recording which you may suggest make me part of the show. Equally you may argue that I put myself forward for the promo team but my argument is not where I have ended up as I suspect that even if I had only applied for the directors role I would still be in the exact same position I find myself in now. But it is the fact that I have had gained more experience in the gallery of Frank Skinner than that I will have gained over the period of this UCA as live production.  I hope that this has not offended anyone and will perhaps eliminate my frustration which until now I have attempted to keep quite. I hope to hear peoples oppions whether I am valid with my frustration or if I just need to get over myself. That's it for now bye x

AS LIVE - Unsigned logo design number two

Based on the Beatles Abbey Road album cover I designed this the second of my two logos. I personally think that as an idea it is relevent as for those people that pick up on the reference will be music fans and those who don't it is still clear that it is a music based show. If this logo was to get picked I'm not sure whether I would want to use silhouette or real people and if I was to use real people where I would take the photo. I have used the same font as in the other logo becuase i have already recieved possitive feedback. We shall see what the production team think.  

AS LIVE - Unsigned logo design number one

This is the first of my two draft logo ideas for presentation to the production team on the 15th. Obviously this may not be what Lauren has in mind but I will talk through my thoughts and how I came to this design. After seeing from a blog entry that Lauren prefured simple logo designs I discarded some of the more complex designs and started thinking about the show it its most basic form. 

Not having a musical bone in my body I think has come as an advantage for this task. This is due to when I think of music i think of the obvious elements. For example I have used the shape of a guitar pick as the main element. At this stage I have left it plain white but there is no reason that it couldn't be changed to another colour or pattern.

Having been told that the colours were going to be purples and yellows these were the first colours that I attempted for the text however I personally thought that the purple didn't work on the design. This is why I have used the yellow and orange colours as they were clear and alluring.

As for the image contained within this was originally a lonsom guitar which I tried in various colours. This looked effective but was lacking the passion for music that the general audience of the show would hold. Therefore the classic image of someone leaping into the air striking a note on the guitar presents this passion and joy of music which I assume wants to be translated.

I hope I have headed in the right direction for what the production team will be looking for.  

AS LIVE - YouTube, Vimeo and Email

Hey everyone I have set up a few accounts after the meeting with the production team the other day. So we now have a dedicated email address for the show which could prove useful for tickets and alike. So the accounts that i have set up are YouTube, Vimeo and a gmail accoutn. 


Unfortunately both Unsigned and UnsignedLive were taken on YouTube so the channel is names 'TheUnsignedLive'


The Username is: TheUnsigned Live
Password is: uns1gned


Vimeo
The Username is: unsigned.live.2012@gmail.com
Password is: uns1gned


Email
The address is: unsigned.live.2012@gmail.com
Password is: uns1gned

AS LIVE - Promo team deadlines

Items that we the promo team will be in charge of are the following:

• Logo
• Social Network Pages
• Youtube and Vimeo accounts
• Posters
• Leaflet
• Viral adverts - one long and two short
• Website
• Making of doc
• Title sequence

In todays meeting with the production team we agreed on some deadline dates for when some of the items above need to be done by, these as follows:

1. Social network pages to be set up as soon as possible - being done by Alex
2. Youtube and vimeo accounts to be set up - being done by myself
3. Each of the promo team is to come up with two logo designs to be submitted to production team on Thursday 15th March
4. Chosen logo elements must be generated by March 26th
5. Posters and leaflets created by March 29th
6. Viral adverts must be shot by April 27th
7. Title sequence completed by Early May
8. Behind the scenes ongoing throughout

Fiction Adaptation - Beginning my essay

I sat down earlier today reading through text books, finding quotations and planning the content of my essay. Part of my planning involved me working out what each paragraph was going to focus on and how many words I should have roughly in each. Well considering that I don’t particularly enjoy writing essays and that I thought I was going to struggle to find things to say I have actually enjoyed my afternoon writing. Admittedly I haven’t written a great deal in regards to the meat of the essay and answering the question of In adapting a novel the adaptor inevitably infringes the integrity of the original text but my brain got to work and my fingers tried to keep up. As the allotted 250 word introductions swiftly become almost double that and the following paragraph seemed to appear on the screen good and quick without the aid of copy and paste as would have been the case back in the day.

Granted if this kind of over writing continues throughout the essay I am going to be face with quite a hefty edit session come the end but I would much rather that than struggling to find anything to write about.

I hope that it is going as well for everyone else having to write this essay