Media Update

So far Caiman and I have been shooting the dancers in class with Jemma and Tash's camera's which they kindly lent us, but after the holidays it was very hard to get the footage off them to be able to convert, and the we did eventually get to see it and decide whether we anted to use it, the footage wasn't effective enough, so we ended up shooting again in The Obie with my camera and tripod lent from the Media Dept, to add to news clippings in the trailer that we had found between us, it was much easier to work with. Caiman first drew up a demo video using her phone, to show to Jodie and Julia, so we had a rough idea of what to go for, and a good structure to base our proper full length video on, it also taught us what looked good on camera, and which effects would sit well together when it came to fixing and editing parts.





Honestly, it has been a struggle with the two of us doing everything, as none of our group has really helped us at all, I wouldn't want to sugar coat it, because we've literally had no help from anybody, and its been really frustrating for us, as a friend you get stuck because you don't want to be bossy, naggy, or annoying but the idea of teamwork was really non-existent,  and also sad because at the start things looked very promising, but after ignoring our messages and not following through with things, and just having no care for the media group, it was evident that we could only rely on ourselves, and that was intact a good life lesson too, so there is no love lost.
We just had to get on with things, and I think we will do a good job despite this, but I would love to let the end project be proof of this in the coming weeks.

In light of this now 3 weeks down the line we have got a finished trailer and are ready to show it Julia and Jodie. (BUZZING) After our well structured Friday sessions, we had finished the first draft and received notes of what to change

- More cross over transitions and layering of the dancers
- More Cross Fades in and out of things
- They liked the fading in and out of movements especially when it looked as if the dancers, were dancing on the beach moving onto the next story
- Exported and sent to Guy and those in TTA, in charge of audio and visuals
- Emailed to everybody in other groups eg. marketing,sponsorship, and teachers

Our trailer consists of news articles, clippings, and footage of the dancers to give promotion for the show. Joe the media technician has been so helpful as we've learnt to successfully convert, import and change sections of audio for the trailer over the past couple of weeks brining it all together. Above is the finished trailer, which the teachers were happy with and will be used in Open Invitation and hopefully put on display in the foyer on the tv screens. I am so so proud of the work we've done as it makes all of the time we spent each week worth it, and also gave us new skills and techniques to use in the future.