Unit 150 Begins

After the Easter break we are back and starting the research stage of our final major projects.

Briefs are for a 10 minute documentary following the formats of BBC Three's Extraordinary Me or Channel 4 First Cut.


We are only at the ideas stage at the moment but I'm developing an Idea with the team from the Strip Doc about cycling and BMX riding and its inclusion within the Olympics. The cameraman has a great contact Robert Reed who has links to UCI BMX World Championships, events such as Rollapaluza and many many more.
We are looking to focus on the grass routes story of BMX riding and how it has been transported to a new level by it inclusion in the Olympics.

We are also hoping to use the other contacts within competition bike events to make a promotional film for his work with schools and for his sponsors.


Currently I am contacting the Great British cycling team and event coordinators at the UCI to gain access to film at the upcoming World Championship so watch this space!

Pitching time again!

This week we started Unit 140, two productions to make this semester so its all go!
On the back of good feedback from the last module it was all to play for as we had either dramas or documentaries to make...

My aim was to gain some more camera experience and hopefully direct a piece. the competition for camera roles was high again but as luck would have it, I have been able to work on documentaries and get a sound, camera and director role! Although these roles are not going to be easy.
The first documentary is 'young and pissed'.
     Yep you guessed it, sounds of people being loud and obnoxious and of course SICK! Guess what my role is? Sound, so this will be challenging capturing the atmos of evenings out whilst being able to react to people around us.

Keep an eye out for following posts about sound recording techniques and images of set ups!

My camera role is on Kernow Curfew which was an idea I pitched, this will have great challenges with low light shooting and young contributors.
I will research the role and experiment with different cameras to see which copes best in low light and learn techniques of on camera lighting.

My last role is Director, this is the one I'm most excited about, the documentary is about stripping in the U.K! This will be the most challenging Doc yet and will take all the skills from the director and producer to make it happen and find the contributors.

Watch this space.....