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Me and Santiago met back up at uni. I’m unsure if he was happy or not with my work. I believe things were starting to become a bit stressed and the end ‘grand design’ bit wasn’t as easy as he originally thought. We tried working together to complete the editing however it became slightly tedious.

I felt that I offered my help as much as possible however next time I would be more confident from the start, this is because I doubted the idea from the start, and wanted to do a similar aesthetic, and believe if we had started with the basic idea first and mastered that and then left the opportunity for extra at the end if possible, rather than rush the filming and try and achieve something we don’t even know how to do. I think the work we produced was good, however, behind the scenes work was a bit hard to keep up with and communicate thoroughly which I felt left some people a bit confused.

Over the past few days we got a lot of filming done. This involved doing things such as thinking about continuity, re-watching footage, checking sound and thinking of creative solutions i.e when someone forgets to bring in their props. This project is nearly coming to an end, I’m looking forward to seeing all the footage that Santiago has gathered as at the moment I feel a bit out of his loop, from speaking to him it sounds exciting.

Once we had finished filming I offered Santiago to do anything as I was no longer ill and wanted to make up for missing a day or two of filming. We decided I would complete the shot list and he requested some really simple, conventional titles for the characters so I proceeded to do that.

Shot list

Shot List

Title example

Now I’m ready to go back to Santiago and discuss further plans.

Today we discussed the idea further. It’s still a bit up in the air as Santiago has a good idea however I’m personally unsure of how we are going to achieve it with the time and materials given. I personally think it would be better to aim for less and do it well.

Next we had to present our idea in a group crit. This went well, we showed them story boards and concepts for all of our ideas, they were understood and we proceeded to carry on.

Unfortunately for the start of the filming I was ill, I contacted Santiago and asked him to carry on without me (as I was conscious of time). I said I would try and be accessible by phone all day however nobody needed to ring me.

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We’re still focusing on idea generations and script writing so I’m going to take this time to research further and ensure that I am prepared for filming, to do this I produced some more mood boards.

Some of the things I noticed when focusing in on the clothes that the male producers was how they normally had there top button unbuttoned, this created a more casual appearance and some even just wore t-shirts. Another thing I noticed was a lot of repetition in the clothing, presenters often wore the same thing a lot of the time, this suggests that the filming was all done very close together or could mean the opposite that the filming was all over the place so for editing purposes it was easier to have continuity throughout the outfits.

We’re also dabbling more on the idea of Santiagos idea of gentrification. I’m going to proceed to do more mood boards on the topics he has mentioned so far.

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Next I decided to start off with some very simple mood boards, I think this will be useful to have in the tutorial as a rough visual guide to our ideas.

This mood board is focusing on the presenters. I noticed a lot of horrific outfits - especially on the women, these normally included some uncomfortable tight fitting material in similar colours. Men were normally wearing shirts and ties, I noticed in the parody ones they were normally a lot more accessorised and over the top, this brings more attention to their backgrounds and wealth compared to them just wearing a normal suit or dress. They almost always had there establishing shot as wide angle, long distance with relevant scenery in the background and them walking towards the camera or the camera panning across to them. Another thing was the hand movements, oh my, once I noticed it I couldn’t stop! So much hand movement! Did notice it was often done more by the male producer than the woman - not sure why.

One thing I noticed was the mens hair in these shows. Very often they were not styled or bald. This gave it a lot more of a casual feel. I’m not sure if this is because some of the shows I was researching were pretty dated or not, this is something I’m going to try and work out.

The theme here is locations, I’ve focused on more run down areas for this mood board. I really like that it isn’t all grey. We thought Peckham could be a good place to focus on as there’s already signs of gentrification and there are also some places really in need of some help (help developing not rehousing!) and it’s local to us, bonus! To develop this further I am going to go out and take my own photography and start location scouting.

This was a good exercise and I am probably going to develop it further to make the attention to detail even more precise.

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Now that I have a better understanding of my topic and what I’m doing I am able to carry out specific detail. I started off by asking a friends and family of a variety of age, gender and location what they knew and/or thought about gentrification. Here are my responses -

Personally I struggle with gentrification because as much as I want to be green etc I also believe there is a way of doing that whilst still developing our technologies, lifestyles and living choices however the way it is currently being done in some places is only allowing a few people to survive the way they want to be surviving. – me/19 years/London

Gentrification to me is a great thing if all parties are agreed that they want to improve surroundings. But it means it makes the area more desirable and raises cost of living which could lead to social cleansing which in some areas like cities could dramatically reduce the diversity which is not always a good thing. – Dad/47/Minchinhampton

Can’t say it’s something i’ve ever really given much thought to it. Why?? – Jack

I think gentrification only leads to one thing and that’s literally a geological spilt in rich and poor. Personally I think the state should step in and balance it out by stopping companies change the pricing of public housing where people have lived for years and then forcing them out so they can build mansions. It could only work in a Orwellian State like 1984. The way to combat is public knowledge and bring public attention to said things like what Russell Brand did and they won. - Stan/21/Stroud

As with many if not most things there are pros and cons. Gentrification can increase property prices which can mean local people who were brought up in the area can’t afford to buy and get priced out of the area. Also it can completely change the character of an area. That’s happened a lot in London for example. But gentrification can greatly help local businesses, make an area more beautiful and bring more wealth to a previous poor area. The area is better kept up, has better facilities etc. Call me superficial but Personally I like it. – Gran/67/Minchinhampton

Personally I love the concept but only if it takes all of society with it - ie not pricing the working classes out of an area. The state should step into prevent this. - Mum/46/Minchinhampton

Gentrification is a bit hit and miss, in some areas it can revive the CBD and bring revenue into a city or town, however in other places such as Cardiff gentrification has led to social polarisation, poor often being bordered by the rich, change in local amenities to suit the higher income families which come along with the higher income housing often ostricises the lower income houses/families which live in the area leading to degradation and/Or removal of the lower income families from the area, this has become apparent in places like Cardiff where now house prices are similar to that of london! - Chris/Cardiff/20

To be honest I don't really know much about it but always wanted to no more about it , I'll try and read about it abit and try and get an opinion if that helps? - Callum/Spain/20

It’s always about perspective so which side you’re looking at it from. There is good and bad. Can be seen as like middle class appropriation of working culture. Usually I would say it’s response to degradation and stagnation. Also a kinda process from like regeneration and studentification is also a key theme. Good examples are Islington borough in north London and kelham island in sheffield( was the old steel industry sector now full of nice flats and gallery’s etc) - Conrad/21/Sheffield

ADDED - No worries I did a study on kelham island last year and when we went down there someone had graffitied ‘fuck off yuppies’ kinda says it all - Conrad/21/Sheffield

Hmmmm I'm not particularly well informed but I think it is kinda inevitable, however, this doesn't mean I like it. It's just moving towards becoming socially segregated between classes, I think it's to do with the government though, maybe some law can be put in place to stop it happening.... realistically that is never going to happen, not 100 percent anyway - Katryna/20/Brighton

It can provide opportunity for more work for lower class in the city. It's not neccisserily a bad thing but if it means lower class have nowhere to go then its an issue - Freddy/20/Bristol

Personally I prefer nearly everything after it’s been gentrified, but also, yakno, there are so many negatives. Inflation of course being one of the worst for poorer family’s. Personally if it was just for aesthetic purposes I’d be all for it everywhere (but preserving some graffiti) But economically, not every place can handle it. - Shaye/21/Teddington

This helped me avoid having a biased view towards it, I am still waiting on some more responses to make my understanding even broader. I think asking people you know compared to strangers is a lot more effective as I find I trust them to be as honest as possible and I find the responses a lot more personal and easier to digest than opinions found online.

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Met up with the group a couple of times now and we’ve come to a few conclusions. We have decided to split off in to sub categories of self expression/D.I.Y, gentrification and history. I decided to put myself forward for the gentrification group, this is something that interests me and I think is defiantly something that could be addressed in a satirical style.

First of all we brainstormed some ideas together. We liked the idea of taking inspiration from Grand Design Style but do it for a whole neighbourhood, it draws in with gentrification and I think it would be an effective way to show both the negatives and positives of our topic. Another idea that was influenced by Wife Swap was to have people swap houses and show the problems through those characters rather than a typical ‘presenter’ style show.

Now we have some time to do more individual work to prepare for our tutorial on Monday.

notes

http://www.davelynch.net/portfolio-item/authenticity/

did anyone find out about when property shows started?

why did they start?

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Next we all choose our categories. I decided to go for satire, I looked around a bit and spoke to people and decided that I would work best in that category. I particularly liked it as because even though every categories could have a satire approach, the category satire could approach all of the categories.

Then we all had to pitch why we were worth keeping on the channel, why was satire worth it? As a group we came up with some ideas. I personally said it’s good because you can aim it at institutions, governments, pretty much anyone and any topic. We concluded in saying ‘satire is a device that allows us to understand the complexities of humanity’. Next there was a twist, we were all allowed to stay however we got paired up with another category, we got combined with property.

We had some time left to meet and say any initial thoughts. This is what they were

Bad properties - what it’s really like buying a house

Really keen audience

Documentary/mocumentary? (Research styles)

Conventional?

Green screen presenting show - could be really over the top

Unorganised crew yet really wants to be the best

Watch existing programmes

We then left each other to do some research.

First of all I asked myself some questions.

Should we focus on social issues?

What time period should we set it in?

Are we going to do a conventional property show or should we change the meaning completely?

I then thought of a bit of detail we could add in, it could either run throughout one character or different ones but we could include some everyday mistakes such as tripping up the stairs, sleeping in, singing in the shower, clothes on inside out, misplacing keys, phone on silent etc.

I got some inspiration from Chris Morris’s ‘cake’ hoax, even though he has satire running throughout it I thought we could maybe reserve a lot of it through the end, whilst doing a sketch taking inspiration from his iconic style.

Another idea I have has come from seeing an advertisement on the tube for ‘virtual offices’ I wasn’t really paying full attention but after researching it is exactly what I thought it was.

It led me on to an idea of creating a futuristic sketch that shows the way property and humanity is going to go.

Similar to the last idea but inspired by Jonathon Pie’s video where I thought we could show any type of future idea of what it will be like to buy houses. This is a more general idea and could be developed in to many different outcomes.

Next I am going to meet up with the group and discuss our ideas further.

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Today we got a new project brief, we are working with the second years to produce a 24 hour tv channel that will be broadcasted on the 15th March. We were introduced by being told the different categories that they wanted to be involved, I noted down quiz show, satire, news, public affairs, current affairs and reality tv. I thought that they were all ones that I could make informative whilst fun, they could be related to relevant and interesting topics and therefore I thought they would allow me to have the most flexibility. We then got shown some examples from last year and some examples to start us thinking about the project, particularly The Day Today, 1994, Chris Morris and The Girl Chewing Gum, 1976, John Smith. I really enjoyed the styles and less conventional approach, I think they are also quite effective because of the time they were written however I think I will still use this to develop my research.

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Hi, I’m having to do primary research for a project (it’s to do with digital technology and graphic design) so I’ve decided to do a survey, it would be super appreciated if anyone had the time to fill it out as I want a range of responses, thank you in advance, here’s the link https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/L9D8BNS or here are the questions and you can DM or email [email protected]

1. What is your age?

2. What digital appliances do you have in your house?

3. When you think about digital technology, do you think of it as something you need or don’t need?

4. Do/have you studied graphic design?

5. How do you see the future of things such as advertising, images, magazines, films - anything visually communicated?

Film Project

We presented our film to the class and it was received well. I answered questions such as was the lighting on film or on set and how did you position them? We then spoke about how we could improve it by having an overall closer attention to detail. Overall I felt it was successful and i’ve mainly learnt how to think about a film set and really consider what is in the frame. Here are the final films 1 and 2.

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We were happy with the footage we got when it came to editing. Then we had to have another meeting with the Alex. He was also happy with our work, he advised us to really play with the sound and said there were points that could be improved if we felt we had the time such as the curtain and other little details. As a group we felt that we would focus on what we had and really refine it with sound and slight adjustments to colours and textures. After the sound and editing has been completed we will be ready to present our work to the class on Thursday.

Overall I have really enjoyed this project, I think we worked well as a team and I learnt a lot from doing the lighting. Here is our final production, from doing this I now know how to rent out lighting, I learnt a bit about how to position them and some terminology.

Next time I would try and be more ambitious with the type of lighting I use and if appropriate try and create more depth with them. Ideally I would probably just try and get a different role and learn about that.

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We managed to get a lot of filming done today. We decided to shoot when it was dark, so we all came in around 1pm to start setting up and running through the directions. This was really useful as it helped us know where we were meant to be at certain times and fill any gaps if necessary, it also gave us a good feel for the space and understanding of what was going to be in the shot. If we were to do this project again I would like to be able to do tests as soon as possible as I think they help you visualise the idea the most.

After several takes it was getting close to 8pm which is when the studio became unavailable. We felt that we had got at least three takes to choose from and had Monday as contingency time incase we had to reshoot.

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