Commision Unit- Reasearch

I have had another idea for my documentary. It is based around the invention of Big

Brother in 2000 and how it has become such a world wide phenomenon. I would also include things such as the amount of CCTV that is now in our day and age and how this has had a almost controlling effect on how society is today.

It would include things such as how we cannot go anywhere without being filmed, whether this is with us knowing or without us knowing, and how it has almost become a daily routine that we find ourselves being filmed for security purposes.

This would be linked to Big Brother by showing how people are now willing to be filmed in order to make a name for themselves and how other television programmes have followed in this direction.

I could then bring in YouTube to this arugment explaining how people have now started posting videos of themselves or friends in the hope they it will become a viral hit and make them famous.

I stilll have alot of research to do for this idea but once i have started i think i will be able to make something out of it which gives information but also shows the lengths people will go to, to become famous.  

Commission Unit- Research

For the commissioning unit of my uni course we have been asked to make a 10 minute documentary about a subject that happened in the years from 2000- 2009. I have had a few ideas for this and will explain them briefly below:

• The invention and introduction of Youtube-  in February 2005, YouTube launched. This meant that for the first time ever people could use one site to upload, share and watch other users videos. This made a instant viral impact on the internet and soon became a huge sensation all over the world with people becoming famous from videos they put up. When first launched it was disliked by entertainment corporations as they thought it would bring all sorts of copy right infringement with it. But since being brought by google it now has over a billion hits per day. 

• Opinions-  This idea would be to have several people talking about the main event in the noughties that meant the most to them, whether it would be a personal matter or something that hit headlines worldwide. 

• Becoming a teen mum in the 00's- I have some friends and relatives who became mum's in the noughties. But for this subject i would like to focus on the teens who became mums and how it changed there lives. 

Direction Unit: Research

I have been thinking about my chosen drama for this unit and how i am going to adapt it to fit my way of directing. I have decided that it may be a bit too much of a change to go from having a original scene in Desperate Houswives that involves a very glossy life style and very glamourous characters, to having a scene which is set in a dingy council estate with characters who are the complete opposite.
Because of this i have decided that i will need to re think what my scene will now involve and do some more re-search into this.

Direction Unit: Research

I have been thinking a lot into what drama television program I am going to use for my 3 minute shoot. Although many ideas came into my head about certain dramas i have watched previously, I have decided to settle on the American drama series, Desperate Housewives.
It is based around the seemingly beautiful, rich, wealthy and perfect neighborhood of Wisteria Lane. it follows the lives of 5 main female characters and the story of their lives is told through the eyes of their dead neighbor. It premiered on October 4th 2004. 

Because the whole idea of this project is to put your own twist on a program of your choice I came up with an idea to take this program from its glossy, glamourous setting and transferring it to a run down council estate. This would mean that i would keep all of the same dialogue but just changing the setting and characters to almost the complete opposite of what they are in the original scene.

I have been doing research into the Desperate Housewives series that have been aired and found that the scenes which portray the show the best are the ones of the main characters sitting around in one of their luxurious stately homes enjoying high priced wine/champagne, expensive foods and a bitchy gossip. I am hoping that very soon i will have narrowed my scene down to the one i think is the best for this unit. I am looking for a scene which can still be translated into a complete opposite of what it originally was but with still being able to understand which drama it was originally.

Direction Unit: Lighting practice.

This is the link to the project that i did with Hennie and Maddie today.

It focused on being able to use different types of lighting for different moods etc and how this can add to the story. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EzStBifl3Y&feature=channel_video_title

I enjoy this task as it gave us a chance to get to know how to use the lighting equipment for when it gets to our own filming.

Direction unit: Directors workshop

This is my attempt at being a director for 20 minutes!
The task was to film a scene which involved two strangers passing a note from one another.
I did enjoy some aspects such as bringing my idea to life and getting other people to see my idea.

Back to uni I go!

Today I had my first lecture back back at uni for my broadcast Media course since we split for summer almost 3 months ago! I have to say it was a lot to take in but I'm up for the challenge as always!
The project brief was based around this unit focusing on Direction. Simon my lecturer explained that we would be expected to make a 3 minute episode of a drama of our choice but making it our own. This meant that we would have to undergo all the jobs and tasks that a director would do. Such as the prep, which would include looking at and making decisions on all of the following:

• The script
• Cast and crew
• Context
• Design
• Sound design
• Schedule 
• The shoot
• Post production                                                                                                         

Simon also explained that directors are split into 2 different catergories:
The Author
A director who is very specific ad knows exactly what they want. Still colaborates on ideas but the vision is still very much the directors. Examples of Author directors are:

• Scorsase
• Cameron
• Coen
• Hitchcock
• Nolan

It is thought that an author directors work is more recognisable then a conductor directors work.

The Conductor
A director who trusts people to bring their own ideas to the table. The the conductor of a orchestra or choir. Examples of Conductor directors are:

• Doug Liman
• Jon Faureau
• Katheryn Bigalowe