New studies idea

Following some thinking i have decide to change my idea of what i am looking at in that, my new research idea is this

TV Vs. Film: The nature of Storytelling

Here i will look at how both film and Tv tell their stories, and what it takes fopr stories to be made on both mediums

I will add more post looking at research and the like so stay posted

Thanks

Me,Myself and I: Inspiartion

Idea:

When i was trying to come up with ideas about my project on Me, Myself & I. I had many some that i liked others that i didn't but one idea stuck with me through my project, a way to tell my project that i felt was unique and worked for me.

Inspiration

I took my inspiration from many different shows but one particular show

Which was Jackanory, as it had a similar vibe to what i want my project to be

Professional roles 2 – Lighting / Camera / Sound

Professional roles 2 

Again during this weeks lesson we looked at some more job roles in the industry and again i will just right a quick summary as for some i have already went into depth with or will do later down the line.

Lighting

Simply Lighting Tech., are involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for video, television, or film production. In video, television, and film productions, lighting technicians work under the direction of the Gaffer or Chief Lighting Technician who takes their direction from the cinematographer.

Camera 

Often called the camera operator or a cameraman and/or camerawoman is a professional operator of a film or video camera. In film making, the leading camera operator can often be known as the cinematographer,  often a camera operator in a video production may be known as a TV camera operator, video camera operator or simply videographer depending on context and technology involved they are often operating a professional video camera.

Sound

Sound can often be put in different categories whether  its as a Foley artist or sound designer, for easier understanding i will only use boom operator 

 boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. The principal responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, usually using a boom pole with a microphone attached to the end, their aim being to hold the microphone as close to the actors or action as possible without allowing the microphone or boom to enter the camera's frame.

Time for Something New

I have recently decided to change  my idea for my journal. Which in the past was more focused on scripts and how they differ depending on the medium that its in, my new idea will be:


TV Vs Film: The nature of storytelling

This means any following post that are labeled profession studies will be focused on this topic area

Professional roles 1

Professional roles 1

In Professional Studies we looked at certain areas in the industry in more depth in this weeks lesson we looked at Production manager/ Director /Writer/ cinematographer/ Editor, for this post under each of the job roles i will add a small note as in some previous posts i have gone in depth to some of these :

Production manager

Or in certain times also melded together with general Producer role. Production Manager holds the staff position responsible for the distribution of a film/ Television programme, but also take on the role of making sure the production of whatever runs smoothly.

Director

A film director in simple terms is a person who directs the making of a film, but also the director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while informing the crew and actors in ways to achieve this vision.

Writer

Screenwriter for short, is the person that writes the script/screenplay for the film,television programme etc, this is often a freelance position that requires the writer to shop their ideas around to directors and studios or in some instances deciding to fund the production of the script and direct it themselves.

Cinematographer

Cinematographer or director of photography is the chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the film, which is often referred to as cinematography.

Editor

The film editor works with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create a finished motion picture. They often work hand in hand with the director and/or producer to give the film a certain look or feel that all can agree on and like.

One of these scripts is not like the others

I'm back again, as i have recently just found a page that may be useful for my journal that actually goes in depth with how T.V. and Movie scripts are different and it turns out there are many ways:



1) Know thy scripts 

The First way to show the difference between the T.v and movie scripts is to know the scripts. T.v scripts can be used for news, ads. sitcoms and much more while movie's or short films 

2) - Cover and the page 

After determining what type of script you have you can then look at title page and cover for determining script's . This is the next distinctive difference between a TV and movie script. The title page of  TV script's should contain the title of the show, the episode name, and usually the name of the writer. The title page for your movie script should contain the title of the film along with the writer listed below it.

3) - Laying It Out 

Third difference between a TV and a movie script is the layout that is contained on each page. In TV script, the formatting is divided into two columns most commonly referred to as the 1/3; 2/3 TV Script. On the left column all your visual elements for the script will be contained in that area. On the right  of the page, all of the audio sounds will be incorporated in this section. With this dual method, the TV script has the reader to think in dual methods both hearing and seeing.  The movie script contains a layout without columns, but relies on the use of tabs and margins.  Along with the tabs and margins, a movie script contains a lay out which shows all the words formatted and aligned towards the center of the page.

4)- Format away

The last major difference is formatting. The formatting for a TV script relies on the use of capital letters to distinguish the audio portion of the story from the  video side.The audio section of the script must contain all caps, while the video column remains in upper and lowercase. Another unique difference a TV script has is that it showcases estimated time duration for each section of dialogue. This documented time duration can  prove to be extremely useful during a live TV production. 

The format for a movie script as you can expect is a little bit different from TV. A movie script requires caps for the following elements: the character name, scene heading, and shot transition. Along with the use of capital letters, the margins and tabs are broken down to four elements such as the: dialogue, the character, the action, and the scene location. Each element has their own distinctive tab indentation which allows the users to read through a script quickly. Both TV and movie scripts have unique formats and layouts with different purposes. By determining the proper use and difference, knowing this should help in the distinguishing of each of the scripts

Lightning The Way

As my previous Post during Loc/Doc Drama i have chosen to be part of a Psycho Recreation group, i was chosen to do three roles I've have already touched upon Sound. In this post i will go in depth with Lightning Technician

Lighting Tech

Lightning Techs are involved with rigging location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights, to give certain moods or looks to shots, again i will be doing this for the documentary which doesn't require much difference lightning techniques but just another to make it look pleasing.

To be a good Lightning Tech i will have to be:

• pay great attention to detail
• take a logical approach to problem-solving
• be able to plan ahead effectively
• possess physical and mental stamina for long working hours
• have good colour vision
• be able to concentrate for long periods of time

Radio scripting if you please

Now since my last post where i just showed how T.V. and movie can be writing i thought that i will include radio drama just to give a clear view on of mediums for scripts, i will not use radio drama as a main focus but, i thought it would be useful here.


Radio 
Radio drama is the most intimate relationship a scriptwriter can have with their audience, and yet it can also cheaply create anything that you can imagine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/write-a-script/writing-radio-drama

O, Journal, My Journal

For my course, I have to pick a topic that relates to the industry in this case, my journal will focus on How Script Writing Changes due to different media  this means that i want to know how the process of script writing differs when your writing for a film and how its different to writing for T.V.

Firstly i will look at the basis of the script for:

Film

Here is just a simple wiki on how you write for a film.

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-Movie-Scripts

T.V.

Here is a familiar page to just show how some can start writing a T.V, script

This is not in depth as the previous link, but it gives you a basic idea on what TV script writing is.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/write-a-script/writing-tv-drama

Websites & Unions

Websites and Unions

In the lesson this week, we look at unions that help and definite people who work in the media industry, while i will not go in detail on any i will post links to each site with some bits of info. here are a few examples.

BECTU

Aka Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union, is a union in the United Kingdom. Which has around 25,000 members who work in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure and interactive media.
https://www.bectu.org.uk/home

 PACT

Aka Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, is the UK trade association for independent content producers in feature film, television, animation, children's and digital media.

http://www.pact.co.uk/home/

DGGB

Aka: Directors Guild of Great Britain is a professional organization which represents directors across all media, including film, television, theatre, radio to name a few. It has evolved to become an independent trade union and a non-profit limited company.

http://www.dggb.org/

Equity

(formerly known as the British Actors' Equity Association) is the trade union for actors, stage managers and models in the United Kingdom. 

http://www.equity.org.uk/home/

Other unions and websites:

http://www.gbfte.org/   Guild of British Film and Television Editors

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http://www.bscine.com/   The British Society of Cinematographers

http://www.stld.org.uk/  Society of Television Lighting and Design

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http://www.jengovey.co.uk/screenwriters_friend/screenwriter_agents_uk.html   Screenwriters agents

https://writersguild.org.uk/  Writers Guild 

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Descriptor of charactor

Hello again, I'm back after a week or two off, but i have being working hard on my course, or to be specific my script writing for my course (which i tend to go into further o here since i'm writing a report about but anyway). I thought i would give some help to struggling author's or writers out there and give some basic help i got in my course which are the eight basic story types and some descriptions about them that may help, so here we go.

1) Achilles: This idea takes the idea of a fatal flaw (which we all have) that leads to the destruction of a precious flawless individual. Most crime or superheroes mob#vies use this idea.

2) Candide or  the indomitable hero: this focuses on the good man/women or hero and them not being kept down, fighting off anything that comes their way (something we should all do) and overcomes it. Can also be seen as the innocent abroad or eternal optimist.

3)Cinderella: The classic rags to riches story where the dream comes true or happiness and fulfillment is at last realized after many ups and downs. This basic idea is often used in Disney films (hence the name sake) or certain film good dramas.

4) Circe: Taken from the Greek myth, this looks at the chase. the victim and the criminal. The spider and the fly. Most film noir's use this and some dramas.

5)Faust: Making a deal with the devil, that at first brings only good but comes with a price, when fate finally catches up with them (and we know how that ends)

6) Orpheus: Involves a gift taken away, the loss of something personal. the main idea focuses on the loss or the search that inevitable follows

7) Romeo and Juliet: I think we all know how this goes, Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl again. So anything romantic use this.

8) Tristan: This involves triangles [eternal or otherwise] man loves women or other way around but one or both are spoken for.

Now this a short idea for basis for stories, but there are many others if you wish to look.

Sound Guy

Since being picked to do sound on my psycho recreation

This post will look at what Sound Engineer  does, what i will do and so forth. However i will be only doing sound for the documentary.

Sound Engineer can be broken into to sections:

Sound Recordist 
 The main use of a sound recordist is to record sound on location or in the studio or when needed usually with a camera or boom mic, to enable the best sound possible that is able to use when filming is happening.

To be good at this role i will need:

• be willing and able to compromise
• be able to think creatively to solve problems created by particular locations or situations
• have good knowledge of audio equipment and sound technology
• have excellent hearing
• have excellent balance, agility and a good sense of timing
• have good communication skills, including diplomacy and sensitivity when working with artists and crew members
• be patient, self-disciplined and reliable

Other names for sound recordist are production sound mixer, location sound recordist, location sound engineer.

The Call For Silence

During one of my lessons, i was told an interesting tidbit. Which was how sound production works on set or at least how the procedure for sound works. Here it is:

 Director D) or 1st ad calls "Quiet on Set"
D then calls "roll sound"
Sound Recordist (or S.R) starts recording "Sound Rolling"
D Shouts "Roll Camera"
Camera Op (lets call him C.OP, ) Respond "Camera Speed"
D says "Marker"
The Clapper responds with the shot and Time
D (yells the immortal) "Action"
and everything rolls to they hear Cut

Now Granted, it may not be the most exciting read but it does give you a look how shots in films start, if you get what i mean.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment




During introductory to professional studies we leaned about Risk Assessments, similar to most  risk assessments we looked at areas we would be filming in certain locations and looking at how they be risk, with the filming Risk assessment it was more in depth, As shown below that shows the risk assessment in its entirety, we also had to mark each risks severity on a scale from  Negligable (N), Low risk (L), Moderate risk (M), Severe (S), Very severe (V)

Hazard		Present?	Severity	Likelihood	Risk Factor
1	Alcohol/drugs
2	Animals/insects
3	Audiences
4	Camera cable/grip equipment
5	Confined spaces
6	Derelict buildings/dangerous structures
7	Electricity/gas (other than normal supplies)
8	Fatigue/long hours
9	Fire/flammable materials
10	Hazardous substances
11	Heat/Cold/extreme weather
12	Laser/strobe effects
13	Machinery/industrial/ crane/hoist
14	Materials - glass, non-fire retardant set materials
15	Night operation
16	Noise – high sound levels
17	Non standard manual handling
18	Public/crowds
19	Radiation
20	Scaffold/Rostra
21	Smoking on set
22	Special effects/explosives
23	Special needs (elderly, disabled, inexperienced)
24	Specialised rescue/first aid
25	Stunts, dangerous activities
26	Tall scenery/suspended ceilings
27	Vehicles/speed
28	Water/proximity to water
29	Weapons
30	Working at heights
31	Working overseas
32	Other risks