Creating a Title Sequence by Kate Parkinson, Candidate number 9204

I have created the title sequence for the documentary in Final Cut Pro, we have to the name

Creating the Ideal DPS - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

I've managed to find a website which I believe is going to be an amazing help to us during our DPS construction. It gives you examples on how to construct the page and how the reader would view it, as in the most visible and prominent areas as well as how the reader subconsciously and naturally reads an article. The latter instructs you on how to create a natural text flow on your page so the reader feels comfortable whilst reading and doesn't feel like they have to work to read the text.

Here's the site and it is going to be a real help...

http://www.magazinedesigning.com/magazine-spreads-good-bad-practices/

Re-Filming with Luke by Kate Parkinson, Candidate Number 9204

When we started editing our footage I realised that part of our filming with Luke had to much background noise with it and cut off a little bit too early. I asked Luke if he would have a problem re-filming it and he didn't so now we have much better quality.

Problems with publics opinions-KimPotter Candidate number 8180, Kate Parkinson Candidate number 9204

Whilst filming in Brigg with Luke we attempted to ask members of the public their views on tattoos, unfortunately no one was willing to take part in this. As a result of this we have had to decide to remove this as we could not find any willing participants.

Final cut pro X by Kate Parkinson 9204 and Jamie Ellie 9150

When we imported all of our footage onto Final Cut Pro X we had 11 minutes of film. For our documentary we have to get the footage down to just 5 minutes. After hours of cutting footage we felt wasn't vital we have got the footage down to just 5 minutes and 48 seconds of footage we believe is absolutely essential. A lot of the answers that our interviewees gave were long winder and rambled on a bit, we believed as the age of our TA was young they would get bored with the long winded answers so cut a lot of it out.

Storyboards for filming

Call sheet for Brigg with Luke-Group post

SCENE	INT/EXT	DAY/NIGHT	SCRIPT LOCATION	SHOOTING LOCATION	EVENTS	CHARACTER	TIME
Shooting bridge footage with presenter (Luke)	Ext	Day	By a bridge	Brigg	Luke walking in from Long shot to MS	Presenter (Luke)	11.00-11.30
Asking public opinions	Ext	Day	Within Brigg	Brigg	Interviewing people on the street	Presenter (Luke)	11.30-11.50
Discussing reactions to tattoos	Ext	Day	Walking in Brigg	Brigg	Talking about peoples views after asking	Presenter (Luke)	11.50-12.20

Rough cut of doc on Pro X by Kate Parkinson and Jamie Ellis, candidate number 9204

This is a rough cut video of our documentary on Final Cut Pro X, there is a lot of film here in which we have to squeeze down to just 5 minutes. However, the bright side of this is that we have a lot of shots in  which we can use and have our pick of the best shots we have. I am looking forward to editing the rest of this and mixing around the shots so we have different people answering the questions relevant at the time of the documentary. I am looking forward to making this the best it can be as I believe we have a lot of great footage that will make a fantastic documentary. 

To agree with Kate, we've definitely got enough footage for our documentary we just need to chop it down. This will be easier when our colleague recovers from conjunctivitis and can give us her input on the editing. We're either going to do our documentary on subjects, as in talk about different sections, for example we could talk about the attitudes that teenagers have towards attitudes and have clips of our interviews about when our subjects talk about their first tattoos. The alternate idea could be that we just shorten down the interviews  and just get the clips looking smooth in following each other. Either way, we've got plenty of enough footage to get this done

Research into Newspaper Advertisement by Kate Parkinson, candidate number 9204

What is advertising?

An advertisement is a message designed to sell the advertiser’s goods or services to prospective buyers.

Kate: We are trying to persuade people that our documentary is the best thing on TV to watch and that they should watch it. 

Types of newspaper advertising

There are two types of newspaper advertising – display and classified. A display advertisement is a written message, often accompanied by an illustration or photograph, which can be placed in any section of the newspaper. A classified ad refers to those advertisements that are separated into specific classifications and located in one or more sections of the newspaper.

Kate: We will be using a display advertisement for ours in the paper as we will use still shots from the documentary and persuasive sentences to advertise our documentary.

Display advertisements

There are two types of display ads found in the newspaper – national and local. National advertising usually refers to products that are promoted on a nation-wide basis, such as automobiles and brand-name products or retail chains. Local advertising is used to promote local, regional or national products. The ad is written, however, to appear in the local market.

When placing a display ad, the advertiser is charged by the amount of space the ad occupies in the newspaper. The price of the space varies with certain factors:

• Newspaper circulation (the larger the circulation the higher the price charged)
• Size of ad We will have a large ad so it sounds out from the rest
• Use of colour We have made a decision to use to colours that occur most often in the documentary for the advertisement so a lot of brown, green, cream, etc.
• Guaranteed position in newspaper We will guarantee a good position in the newspaper, I would like it to be one of the first ad's that someone will see when they turn the page, I want it to catch their eye so they don't ignore it.
• Day the advertisement runs We will have it running for a couple of days on the run up to when the documentary will be on TV.
• Advertising frequency As our documentary is a one off we will have it like I said for a couple of days straight on the run up to the doc being broadcasted.

To attract a reader’s attention and to sell a product, many techniques are used in the creation of a display ad. As a result, these ads are usually professionally prepared in creative services departments of the newspaper, the advertiser or a contracted advertising agency.

The physical appearance of an advertisement often determines its attractiveness to the reader. Some aspects considered in ad preparation are:

• Size of the ad
• Use of colour
• Amount of white space, i.e., not too crowded
• Graphics chosen
• Type style and size of text

The information included in an ad can definitely influence its effectiveness in selling a product. Some display ads are purely factual and appeal to reason. Information in these ads usually relates to:

• Quality of the product
• Price or value of the product
• General description of the product
• Guarantee of the product

Other display ads appeal to the emotions of the consumer and may emphasise:

• Brand loyalty – the advertiser wants you to identify with and continue buying established brands.
• Conformity – the "everybody is buying this particular brand or item" approach.
• Hero worship – endorsement of a product by a personality in entertainment or sports.
• Status – an appeal to the buyer’s ego.
• Humour – entertaining, but deceptive; says little about the product.
• Personal attractiveness – a wishful-thinking ad appealing to a particular feminine/masculine image.
• Style changes – the buyer is asked to keep up with the times.
• Vanity – this kind of ad appeals to the buyer’s self image or ego-gratification where the buyer’s happiness comes first.
• Economy – everyone likes to think he or she can economise while spending.
• Luxury – symbols of wealth and excess.
• Convenience – work and time-saving devices.
• Lifestyle – the advertisement associates a certain lifestyle with a product.
• Security – this covers many kinds of security: emotional, personal, financial, etc.
• Sex – the ad uses the lure of sex appeal. It is similar to the appeals of feminine and masculine attractiveness.

Keep in mind that more than one appeal may be found in the same ad.

Editing decisions by Kate Parkinson, Candidate number 9204

We now as a group have all the filming we need done and can move on to editing our documentary, the cutting and editing will be done all together and be group decisions to make our documentary the best it can be!!

Interviews are done by Kate Parkinson, candidate number 9204

A big thanks to Matthew Brundle and Lauren for their intimate interviews about their tattoos for our documentary it is much appreciated and very helpful and now we have our filming we can crack on with the editing!!

                           

Double-Page Spread Research - Jamie Ellis

Double-Page spreads are two pages in a magazine working together as one unit, focusing on one particular subject. When designing these spreads it is vital to look at these two pages as one single article, as this is how the public are going to view it. When looking through double page spreads, they tend to have a very large picture of the main subject of the article either on one page, covering it, or in the middle and the article, or at least, the opening of the article. The use of a double page spread is typically only used on an article that was on the front page of the magazine.
 Above, an example of a double page spread
 featuring the image/picture to be in the
 middle of the page and text surrounding it. 


A DPS (Double Page Spread) always has a colour scheme of 2-3 colours. The above example is blue, red and black/grey with white text to stand out on the background.

Similarly to my research into DPS's in my AS course, The images in the DPS have meanings to them, they can mean many different things to different people. The quote near the bottom middle-left of the example above is "It took a toll on me. I felt so small" and the fact that in the image, the subject is looking down, his whole body language is very reclusive, he's trying not to show too much of himself. This links to his quote as he feels/felt small and with his body language, he's trying to not show too much almost as if he's trying to hide himself away.

That was just a specific example and could be extrapolated when looking at other images in other double-page spreads.

So, when we're making our own, we're going to fish out a good quote from the documentary and use that in the double page spread.

We're probably going to take some specific shots of either our subjects or presenter for the image in the DPS, depending on which quote we'd like to pull from the documentary. Then, we can use that image to begin to create a more effective DPS.

An interesting layout which might be hard to pull off, would be having the entire image as our background and then the text on top. This would be challenging, due to the fact that the text would need to be visible on the picture, but not be to overpowering to ruin the picture and draw attention away from it or make it hard to make out.

A more basic layout would be to have the picture and quote take up 75% of one page and really be a big eye-catcher to make people stop and read the article. Hopefully, this would make the readers want to watch the documentary after reading the interesting article on it.

Filming with Luke Kim Potter, Candidate number 8180 and Kate Parkinson, Candidate number 9204

We have arranged with Luke to go and film in Brigg near the bridge, he is going to discuss tattooing through the ages in the outdoor area. We are also going to walk through town centre and ask a few people in the public what their opinions on tattoos are.

Production breakdown by Kate Parkinson candidate number 9204, Kim Potter 8180 and Jamie Ellis 9150

Scene	Int/Ext	Day/Night	Script Location	Shooting Location	Events	Characters	Notes
Bridge Footage with Presenter Luke.	Ext	Day	On a bridge	Bridge in Brigg	Luke discussing tattoos within todays society	Presenter Luke	Long shot into a MS.
Interviews with the public	Ext	Day	In a busy town centre	Brigg town centre	Interviewing members of the public on their opinions on tattoos	Presenter Luke, Members of the public	Short clips of public.

First attempt at Final Cut Pro by Kate Parkinson. Candidate number 9204.

Today I started my first attempt at Final Cut Pro X, I watched through the footage that had been filmed already and picked out the best attempts at each scene. I had a play around with what we could do and what technology we could use and got to know my way around.

Filming with Luke and Interviewing, Kim Potter, Candidate number 8180

Me and Jamie have both arranged with Luke today to film some of his lines about the history of tattooing and his introduction for the documentary. We have also arranged to go and film with someone tonight about her tattoos and interview her, at the moment Luke is unsure if he will be able to make it tonight, but if he is unavailable we are going to go ahead with the interview and do the best we can without using our interviewer and later record Luke as a voice over on the footage.

2 Possible Interviews... - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

I've managed to try and get 2 interviews ready for today, however, i can't get hold of the other 2 members of my group, so i may have to splice in the footage of the interviewer, Luke, asking the questions if I can't get him there on location. If i can't get him on location, i'll just have to ask the candidate the questions and film her answers and of her tattoos.

Script for Presenter - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

Lines and script for presenter

Young people script/text

Just what is the appeal that tattoos have towards younger people? We’ve done various forms of research into this. We’ve sent out questionnaires to young people of different intellect levels and there’s a coincidence in our responses. Females gave more emotional responses. They gave responses which went further than just “it looks good”, which was the male majority answer. One of the answers that a female gave us was that she wanted a love heart on her wrist because she wants to show support to self-harmers. That response was from a 15 year old.  This greatly contrasts with a rather disappointing male answer. He told us that he’d want a tattoo because and I quote “They look mint”.  So, in answer to why young people get tattoos? It’s the same reason as most adults. For emotional reasons and for physical reasons. I find this inspiring that younger people can have these maturity levels towards something as serious as a tattoo.

History of tattoos script/text

 Tattoos have been around for a VERY long time. They’ve been used by early Japanese, Polynesian, Greek, Roman and Indian cultures. They’ve taken many different forms, from full body “Hori” tattoos in early japan, to branding slaves in early Greece to showing allegiance to your nation in early Rome. They can take on many properties to many different people/cultures. In India, the deity “Hanuman” was a common image in tattoos. In this culture, it wasn’t the tattoo that was special, it was the embedding process that the monks used which gave the tattoo it’s magical properties of empowering the person it belonged too. In contrast, Japanese hori were created for their decorative qualities alone.  They had no special qualities, they simply were adorned for their beauty. In Rome however, tattoos were often forced upon you. There have been stories from ancient Rome that slaves were branded with a tattoo that simply read “Tax Paid” and they were often used to pay-off debts. Another form of this branding was the tattoo “SPQR” with an eagle standard on the arm. This was placed on you when you joined the roman legion and was to be a constant reminder to you that your loyalties now lied with the roman legion, no where else. It stood for “Senatus Popolusque Romanus” which translated as “The Senate & People of Rome”. 

So, even back then people had pretty much the same ideas for tattoos that we do today. Which is really interesting, that the ideas haven't changed in ALL these years.

More Shots for our Presenter - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

This post is all about various lines, dialogues and other things we want our presenter to do during our shots, that weren't mentioned in my previous post.

We've discussed (Kim and I) that we'd like a shot of our presenter on a merry-go-round when we start to discuss our audience research on young people and why they/if they want to get a tattoo. We believe that this will be a great shot through the subject and environment linking in the mise-en-scene. The topic of young people, and the presenter sat on a merry-go-round.

The shot I'd like to have when our presenter is talking about history of the tattoos would either be in a graveyard, for the message of things no longer with us. Another idea would be a sequence involving him simply strolling down a secluded pathway, which I believe would link to the topic in the way that these old ideas and philosophies are now secluded and forgotten, much like the pathway he is now walking.

Interviewee, Matthew. Kim Potter, Candidate number 8180

One of our agreed interviewees is someone who has been trying to get a chance in the tattooing industry, so has some idea how hard it is, and what is needed to become a tattoo artist in this day and age. We thought as we have an opportunity to interview Matthew, we could ask him some extra questions about how he has gone about trying to become a tattoo artist and his artwork that he is hoping may get him noticed.

Questions for Matthew, about his journey trying to make it in the tattooing industry.

What was it that first inspired you to try and make a career out of tattooing?

What is your opinion on the debate over whether tattoos are a form of art or not?

Where do you hopefully see yourself in 5 years time?

Would you ever encourage someone to get a spontaneous tattoo?

Is there any kind of tattoos you disagree with people getting? If so what, and why?

Is there any tattoos you have yourself that you regret?

If there is any tattoos that you regret, why?

Is there any tattoos you have that have personal meaning to you?

Do you have a favourite tattoo? If so, what is it, and why is it your favourite?

Whilst interviewing Matthew we are hoping to get the chance to also look at some of his artwork.

Our first bit of filming planned by Kate Parkinson, candidate number 9204.

We have scheduled our first bit of filming. We are going to our first interviewee Danni's house to ask her questions about why she got her tattoos and what they mean to her. We have arranged to go at 11 on Sunday, me and Kim will be going.

Props, costumes and locations by Kate Parkinson. Candidate number 9204

Props
When we are filming in the tattoo shop we will not have control of the props in the background, however, in a tattoo shop we will probably just be filming around the chair, the equipment and the pictures on the wall. We have agreed to interview the people in our documentary at their house to make them comfortable, there won't really be any props used there either.

Costumes
The people being interviewed will dress themselves however they like we will not have a dress code for them, however, we will suggest they wear something that shows off their tattoo's if they can. We will ask the presenter to look smart/casual.

Locations
We while be filming in a tattoo shop and possibly interviewing the tattoo artist, however, as of yet we have not found a tattoo shop owner who will be willing to do the interview and let us film around the shop. We will be interviewing our tattooed people at their house or work. We are also going to try and do some filming in Brigg Town Centre, asking people their opinions on tattoos.

Interview Subject, Kim Potter, Candidate Number 8180 and Kate Parkinson 9204

One of the males who has agreed to let us interview them is an aspiring tattoo artist trying to make his break within the tattooing industry. Speaking to him may give us an insight into how hard working in the tattoo industry can be and how hard it can be to get into the industry in the first place. It could also give us the opportunity to look at the talent of an aspiring tattoo artist and the dedication he has towards this career. If we can find a current tattoo artist to interview also, we can use both of these to compare with each other and look at someone aspiring to be a tattoo artist and someone who has become successful within the tattooing industry. The male who has agreed to speak to us also has many tattoos himself, so will be a good subject to ask about the way people view him and the way it may have affected the way people interact with him.

Structure of Documentary - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

Structure of our documentary will begin with an opening title sequence, likely containing a couple of clips of our documentary, possibly muted, it really depends on whether or not we finally decide on what our opening sequence will look like. We could either go with a muted sequence of shots leading up a title screen of our documentary. We could also have a mix of shots with sound, little snippets of interviews that use quotes and having muted shots of tattoos which will lead up to a title sequence.

After our documentary title shot, we're  going to have it lead into a sequence involving our presenter talking about the origins of tattoos, including what they meant to each early culture. We could splice in some images of these traditional tattoos as a visual representation.

From this sequence, we're going to cut to our first interview with one of our subjects. These interviews will likely follow the same structure, our presenter introducing the subject, we'd then ask the subject about their tattoos, what they mean to them, why they got them etc. We'd most likely follow this up with a sequence of shots of the subjects tattoo, possibly with music.

The tattoo interview sequences would most likely follow this series of events.
1) The interviewer would meet and greet the interview subject.
2) We'd then have the first question being asked in a dual shot, with both the interviewer and interviewee in shot. After the question had been asked and the interviewee has said a few words we'd then cut into an over-the-shoulder shot facing the interviewee.
3)During the interview, we'd switch perspectives in over-the-shoulder shots, going from looking over the interviewers shoulder at the interviewee and over-the-shoulder of the interviewee, looking at the interviewer.
4) This would continue until we reach the part of the interview where we'd politely ask if we could look at the tattoos in question. If we're allowed to view them, then we'd take many shots, stills and photos of the tattoos. The shots would include pans, zooms and other techniques.
 

Next, we're going to have our presenter talk about the attitudes and mentalities that our TA research has revealed about people who are approaching the age of being able to get a tattoo. This will most likely be a shot tracking our presenter as he walks along a lane, or street, looking directly at the camera and talking.

From here, we'd probably have another interview, with the same layout as our last interview. From here, we're going to have a montage of interviews with the public, asking peoples opinions on tattoos, if they themselves have any and what they mean to them, if they have them.

Next, we'd most likely have our final interview after this.

Finally, we're going to have our presenter give a final speech about tattoos. From where they came from, to how they've developed, what they can mean to people and finally, peoples attitudes towards them. 

Props, Costumes, Make-up and Locations - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

Props

I can't really see what kind of props we'd actually use in a tattoo documentary, other than the tattoos themselves. Unless we can gain access to a tattoo parlor to shoot in, then we can't film the various instruments they use to adorn people with tattoos. We still have no current word on a shop that will let us film in. At least, I don't. The other members of my team were responsible for this as they were in charge of location scouting.

Costumes

Each individual person in our documentary will have their own type of outfit. Our presenter is going to be dressed in smart casual attire. This will likely involve a suit jacket, suit trousers and an appropriate T-shirt or a shirt. If we couldn't have this outfit, then we'll have to settle for an appropriate outfit that the interviewer/presenter owns.

This is an example of the smart outfit i'd like our presenter to wear.


Ideally, we'd like to have one of our subjects represent a sub-culture that stereotypically has tattoos. So, we'd likely need an outfit that would stereotypically show off an image of that subculture.
Most subcultures do have tattoos, so it depends upon what sub-culture each subject is, to depend on the outfit they're going to have to wear. If we can't have this idea for a costume, then we would get them to wear a casual outfit that best represents their personality.

The people who we interview on the street, we obviously have no control over their outfits. If they're wearing anything offensive, or a brand name, we're going to pixelate it out.



Make-Up

Unless our subculture requires a set of make-up, for example, goths tend to have slightly whiter faces, so we'd use make-up to do that. Other than that, we'd use natural make-up, something to make them seem natural, unless they'd want to do it themselves, in which case we'd make sure that the make-up wasn't too over-bearing.

To the right is an example of natural make-up.

Locations

The locations we need or at least, what we'd like to film in, would be a tattoo parlor and we know for definite that we're going to be filming in a subjects house. We'd like to get permission to film on the street, for interviewing people and filming our presenter. Aside from that, we just need to figure out which locations we're going to film our last 2 subjects in.

Questions for Interviews, Kim Potter, Candidate number 8180 and Kate Parkinson, Candidate number 9204

Questions for Interviews

1) How many tattoos do you have?

2) Where are they? Could we see them if it's appropriate?

3) Do your tattoos have meaning? If so, what is the meaning behind them?

4) Have any of your tattoos been a spontaneous decision?

5) Do you regret any tattoos?

6) How old were you when you got your first tattoo?

7) Did you have permission/approval from your parents?

8) Would you consider getting anymore tattoos? If yes, what?

9) What advice would you give to someone who was thinking about getting a tattoo?

In addition to this we have also told our interviewer that if he thinks of any other questions during the interview that he thinks would be appropriate to ask, that he doesn't need to follow the questions exactly and he should ask them if possible and appropriate.

Additional Questions - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

10) Could you please describe to us, what the sensation of getting a tattoo is like? is it painful? or is there a form of pleasure in them?

11) Do you design your own tattoos? or do you tell the stylist what the reason is behind your choice and allow his professional experience to draft up an idea?

12) If you design your own, do you typically stick to a certain style of artwork? i.e. gothic? cheerful? fantasy? Steampunk? or do you not have a preference?

13) When you decide upon a tattoo, is there always a definitive trigger? has there ever been a moment where you've just thought to yourself "I'm going to get a tattoo of this moment"?

14) Now, obviously you having tattoos, you have no objection to them, but would you be able to tell us your own views on tattoos. Should people get them? Should they only get them with a good reason? Or do you encourage anyone to get a tattoo? really this question is all about getting the views and opinions of somebody who has a tattoo, on the subject of tattoos.

Finding a new shop to film in by Kate Parkinson, Candidate number 9204 and Kim Potter, candidate number 8180.

After our original plan for the filming in the shop failed we have searched the web for local places we could ask to do the filming we found:

. Toxic Bunny
. Sinful Ink
. Holy Mountain
. Cat with the Tat

Interview Subjects! - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

We've found 2 interview subjects!

We've managed to convince 2 people to let us ask them questions, film their tattoos and get them to tell us their personal story behind getting them. We ideally need 3, so it's one more to go!

Found a new actor to present! By Kate Parkinson. Candidate number 9204.

WE HAVE FOUND A NEW PRESENTER!!!

We have asked Luke and he is willing to present for us in the documentary!
This means we are a step closer to getting filming underway!

Filming plans rejected by Kate Parkinson. Candidate number 9204

We asked a local tattoo artist if he would please be interviewed for our documentary, however, he said he was camera shy and wouldn't be able to do so.

We are now moving on to new ideas for where we can film.....

Some questions we could ask a possible tattoo artist when interviewing. Kim Potter, Candidate number 8180

Questions for Tattoo Artist

Do you get many young people coming in for tattoos?

If yes, do you get a lot of underage people coming in trying to get them?

What is the most common designs you are asked to do on males? And females?

Do many people come in with their own designs?

Do you ever refuse to do certain tattoos?

What is the strangest design you've been asked to do? And the strangest place someone has asked for a tattoo?

What is your opinion on the recent rise in popularity of tattoos?

If you coud give any advice to a young person thinking about getting a tattoo, what would it be?

Consent Letter - Jamie Ellis, Candidate Number 9150

November 2013-11-08

This is to confirm that Caitlyn Parkinson, Jamie Ellis and Kim Potter are currently interviewing members of the public as part of their OCR A Level Media course.

They are producing a 5 minute documentary for their Advanced Production.

This product will be published on the students blog and be sent to OCR for marking. It may also be published on youtube for audience feedback.

Please indicate to the students if you give your consent for them to use your comment.

Miss S King

Head of Media


Here is our consent letter to show people the authenticity of our on the spot interviews.