We decided to ask a lots of different people of all years of uni to describe uni in a few words. We wanted to create a montage similar to the channel 4 faces adverts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNdFbwgg0E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6A7VJIx8NI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaLgxMpsk4I&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIYGNZPZKX8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBHxOSjWrd8&feature=related
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Research
As we had decided to use a reconstruction to add humour to the piece, we researched into programmes like Crimewatch. I watched the programme at noticed the types of shots they used within the reconstrucions.
- close ups
- loud background noise
- coming in and out of focus
- text at the start
i also looked on the website:http://www.bbc.co.uk/crimewatch/
- close ups
- loud background noise
- coming in and out of focus
- text at the start
i also looked on the website:http://www.bbc.co.uk/crimewatch/
Initial ideas
Shots needed
- montage of uni buildings
- reconstruction of radio film
- vox pops
vox pops -
As a group we choose a selection of different questions that related to uni and student life. we then each picked one which we asked different people and filmed the outcome. we decided to do this way as we wanted to have lots of different locations. we also thought about the time scale that we had to do everything and felt it was best to shoot these small sections on our own.
Questions -
- What's advice would you give to new students?
- What's your biggest memory of first year at uni?
- What's the hardest thing you have had to do coming to uni on your own?
- What did you do on your first night at uni?
- Is there anything you didn't expect?
The question that i asked was what's your biggest memory of first year at uni?
The setup - i used my front room of my house to get quite a natural set-up. I used my housemates to ask the questions as i felt they would be the most comfortable in answering my questions.
I found that it was quite difficult to some up just one memory of uni. i found that they struggled with things to say and they had to really think or had quite similar answers. To go on from this i am going to expand the questions to allow more answers. i will also look at changing the locations and have more people answering to create a montage.
When we met as a group we all discussed our findings. Jonny who was given the question what did you do on your first night at uni? He found that most answers where very similar and most of them involving being drunk. We then discussed the idea of having lots of different people and locations and them all saying what they did. Speeding it up to make a montage of all different ways of saying what they did.
- montage of uni buildings
- reconstruction of radio film
- vox pops
vox pops -
As a group we choose a selection of different questions that related to uni and student life. we then each picked one which we asked different people and filmed the outcome. we decided to do this way as we wanted to have lots of different locations. we also thought about the time scale that we had to do everything and felt it was best to shoot these small sections on our own.
Questions -
- What's advice would you give to new students?
- What's your biggest memory of first year at uni?
- What's the hardest thing you have had to do coming to uni on your own?
- What did you do on your first night at uni?
- Is there anything you didn't expect?
The question that i asked was what's your biggest memory of first year at uni?
The setup - i used my front room of my house to get quite a natural set-up. I used my housemates to ask the questions as i felt they would be the most comfortable in answering my questions.
I found that it was quite difficult to some up just one memory of uni. i found that they struggled with things to say and they had to really think or had quite similar answers. To go on from this i am going to expand the questions to allow more answers. i will also look at changing the locations and have more people answering to create a montage.
When we met as a group we all discussed our findings. Jonny who was given the question what did you do on your first night at uni? He found that most answers where very similar and most of them involving being drunk. We then discussed the idea of having lots of different people and locations and them all saying what they did. Speeding it up to make a montage of all different ways of saying what they did.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Research
This is from a facebook group and i felt it was quite relevant.
Just for fun guys, but come on how many of these can u read and go Hell yeah thats true!!
You actually like doing laundry at home where the washing machines work.
Two miles is not too far to walk for a party.
You'd rather clean than study especially if an essay is due.Oh shit how did it get so late!" comes out of your mouth at least once a night.
Parents' cooking becomes something you desire, not avoid.
You schedule your classes around sleep habits and soap operas especially neighbours and Murder She Wrote.
You know the pizza boy by name and don't even need to read the menu.
You go to sleep when it's light and get up when it's dark.
You live for getting mail.
Looking out the window is a form of entertainment.
Prank phone calls become funny again
.You start thinking and sounding like your friends and your accent becomes a hybrid of West Country, Surrey and general Northern.
Highlighters are the coolest things on earth.
Rearranging your room is your favorite pastime.Rubbish cheap £1 shops are so cool.
The weekend lasts from Thursday to Monday.
BEFORE I CAME TO UNIVERSITY, I WISH I HAD KNOWN...That it didn't matter what my first lecture was, I'd still sleep through it.
That I could change so much and barely realize it.
That you can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways.
No matter how 'cool' you were in school, no one here cares.
That if you wear polyester everyone will ask why you are so dressed up.
That every clock on campus shows a different time.
That if you got good a-levels, so what? It doesn't matter here.
That I would go to a party the night before an exam or essay due-date
That you can know everything and fail a test.
That you can know nothing and ace a test.
That I could get used to almost anything found out about my friends.
That most of my education would be obtained outside of lectures.
That friendship is more than getting drunk together but that's still funny......!
That Sunday is a figment of the world's imagination.
That Psychology is really Biology, that Biology is really Chemistry, that Chemistry is really Physics and that Physics is really Maths.
That my parents would become so much smarter in the last few years.
That it's possible to be alone even when you are surrounded by friends.
TOP 10 REASONS THAT UNIVERSITY IS LIKE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
1. You cry for your mummy.
2. You cross the street without looking for cars.
3. Snack time is a necessity.
4. You bundle up for the outdoors without caring what you look like (because everyone else looks as stupid as you do).
5. You stay at home and play games with your friends.
6. You wear your backpack on both shoulders.
7. You wear big mittens.
8. Playing in the snow is a legitimate activity.
9. You take naps.
10. You look forward to cheese toasties.
Just for fun guys, but come on how many of these can u read and go Hell yeah thats true!!
You actually like doing laundry at home where the washing machines work.
Two miles is not too far to walk for a party.
You'd rather clean than study especially if an essay is due.Oh shit how did it get so late!" comes out of your mouth at least once a night.
Parents' cooking becomes something you desire, not avoid.
You schedule your classes around sleep habits and soap operas especially neighbours and Murder She Wrote.
You know the pizza boy by name and don't even need to read the menu.
You go to sleep when it's light and get up when it's dark.
You live for getting mail.
Looking out the window is a form of entertainment.
Prank phone calls become funny again
.You start thinking and sounding like your friends and your accent becomes a hybrid of West Country, Surrey and general Northern.
Highlighters are the coolest things on earth.
Rearranging your room is your favorite pastime.Rubbish cheap £1 shops are so cool.
The weekend lasts from Thursday to Monday.
BEFORE I CAME TO UNIVERSITY, I WISH I HAD KNOWN...That it didn't matter what my first lecture was, I'd still sleep through it.
That I could change so much and barely realize it.
That you can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways.
No matter how 'cool' you were in school, no one here cares.
That if you wear polyester everyone will ask why you are so dressed up.
That every clock on campus shows a different time.
That if you got good a-levels, so what? It doesn't matter here.
That I would go to a party the night before an exam or essay due-date
That you can know everything and fail a test.
That you can know nothing and ace a test.
That I could get used to almost anything found out about my friends.
That most of my education would be obtained outside of lectures.
That friendship is more than getting drunk together but that's still funny......!
That Sunday is a figment of the world's imagination.
That Psychology is really Biology, that Biology is really Chemistry, that Chemistry is really Physics and that Physics is really Maths.
That my parents would become so much smarter in the last few years.
That it's possible to be alone even when you are surrounded by friends.
TOP 10 REASONS THAT UNIVERSITY IS LIKE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
1. You cry for your mummy.
2. You cross the street without looking for cars.
3. Snack time is a necessity.
4. You bundle up for the outdoors without caring what you look like (because everyone else looks as stupid as you do).
5. You stay at home and play games with your friends.
6. You wear your backpack on both shoulders.
7. You wear big mittens.
8. Playing in the snow is a legitimate activity.
9. You take naps.
10. You look forward to cheese toasties.
Research
I asked a few friends to tell me there best and worst bits about uni so far.
Frances James - worst.... getting extremely drunk one night, getting up 4 a 9am lecture and having pickled onion monster munch for breakfast, only to shortly bring them bak up after evri1 in my lecture was starin at me cos i was green... then thinkn it wud b ok to eat a sausage sandwich, wich it wasnt as tht also came bk up, so then spent the rest of the day in bed!!!best.... too many to recount...meeting my wonderful bf!!! cheeeeese!!! nights out with the family, orange wednesdays at the pics lol, hot beverages! and many more!!!
Dan Peet - dont think i have a worst memory! other than the many many hangovers that seem to occur after a good nite out!Best- meeting four of the most amazing and beautiful girls in the world!and moving in with 3 of them!
Jamie Minshull - Worst - wetting the bed when fran was next to me- Weting the bed again when fran was next to me- Kissing men Best - spose i better say fran And st paddys day in my first year. Woke up at 11, bought a fry up with a guiness. And stayed in the union from 12 till 2 in the morning drinking guinessWinning varsityBeing the greates footie player to grace dmu
Daniella Jones-Ellis- Ok worst will have to be feelin the effect of weds nights on thurs mornings 9am!! um... cant think of anymore reallyBest will be meeting some great friends, and especially through dance meeting girls who share the same passion as me, wink wink : ) passing first year and memorable nights out
Claire Havey - best parts of uni most defo are making friends u know ull have for life, gettin dressed up in fancy dress for nights out, always complainig wer skint but secretly we love it!!! and actually passing the year with pritty good grades haha! worst is solid assignments that scare you and keep u up all night, throwing up on your hallway carpet then having to clean it up immediately b4 it stained. and then finding out the next morning that it was a waste of effort, as it stained anyway. (i promise im not talking fro experience haha!!!)
Katie Lynn - The best fng bwt uni for me was meetin so many new ppl and makin sum great friends. And goin out havin a laugh. And livin on im marsh! Worst fng is al the assements which are clusterd 2geva and make u have soo much wrk 2 do!
Frances James - worst.... getting extremely drunk one night, getting up 4 a 9am lecture and having pickled onion monster munch for breakfast, only to shortly bring them bak up after evri1 in my lecture was starin at me cos i was green... then thinkn it wud b ok to eat a sausage sandwich, wich it wasnt as tht also came bk up, so then spent the rest of the day in bed!!!best.... too many to recount...meeting my wonderful bf!!! cheeeeese!!! nights out with the family, orange wednesdays at the pics lol, hot beverages! and many more!!!
Dan Peet - dont think i have a worst memory! other than the many many hangovers that seem to occur after a good nite out!Best- meeting four of the most amazing and beautiful girls in the world!and moving in with 3 of them!
Jamie Minshull - Worst - wetting the bed when fran was next to me- Weting the bed again when fran was next to me- Kissing men Best - spose i better say fran And st paddys day in my first year. Woke up at 11, bought a fry up with a guiness. And stayed in the union from 12 till 2 in the morning drinking guinessWinning varsityBeing the greates footie player to grace dmu
Daniella Jones-Ellis- Ok worst will have to be feelin the effect of weds nights on thurs mornings 9am!! um... cant think of anymore reallyBest will be meeting some great friends, and especially through dance meeting girls who share the same passion as me, wink wink : ) passing first year and memorable nights out
Claire Havey - best parts of uni most defo are making friends u know ull have for life, gettin dressed up in fancy dress for nights out, always complainig wer skint but secretly we love it!!! and actually passing the year with pritty good grades haha! worst is solid assignments that scare you and keep u up all night, throwing up on your hallway carpet then having to clean it up immediately b4 it stained. and then finding out the next morning that it was a waste of effort, as it stained anyway. (i promise im not talking fro experience haha!!!)
Katie Lynn - The best fng bwt uni for me was meetin so many new ppl and makin sum great friends. And goin out havin a laugh. And livin on im marsh! Worst fng is al the assements which are clusterd 2geva and make u have soo much wrk 2 do!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Initial ideas
Ideas -
Each of us asked our friend about their best and worst moments of uni. To meet up on Tuesday and discuss which to use and film.
- Reconstructions - one of best one of worse.Quite comical to add humour. Think about the crimewatch type reconstructions. Consider using drama students to act it out so that it is of a high standard.
- Things that we wish we had been told before coming to uni - list of things. Vox pops of different people in lots of locations. Think about the channel 4 adverts where it all links up and makes sense on the last point.
- Start the piece with a montage of the univeristy - Buildings, students,halls,night life. Possibility of using photograph sequence?
Each of us asked our friend about their best and worst moments of uni. To meet up on Tuesday and discuss which to use and film.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Factual Briefs
Factual briefs project
- film about student life
- current events
- news
- nature
- reality t.v
- recording truth
- give information
- real people not characters
For this six week project we decided to look at student life and coming to univeristy.
Getting views from lots of different people -
- where abouts in the country they came from
- Living at halls or living at home
- views on halls and their housemates
- what people miss from home - home comforts
- social life - has it changed?
- film about student life
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