Client Project - "Flight Of The Chonchords" Series 2 Credits

• Line Producer
• Associate Producer
• Cast
• Casting By
• Director of Photography
• Production Designer
• Edited By
• Music Producer
• Unit Production Manager
• First Assistant Director
• Second Assistant Director
• Costume Designer
• Art Director
• Set Decorator
• Production Coordinator
• Production Supervisor - LA
• Script Supervisor
• Production Accountant
• Payroll Accountant
• 2nd 2nd Assistant Director
• Production Associate
• Writer's Associate
• Casting Associate
• Camera Operators
• Steadicam Operator
• 1st Assistant Camera
• 2nd Assistant Camera
• Hair Department Head
• Make-up Department Head
• Costume Supervisor
• On-Set Costumer
• Assistant Costume Designer
• Location Managers
• Assistant Location Manager
• Location Coordinator
• Location Production Assistant
• Transportation Captain
• Boom Operator
• Production Sound Mixer
• Utility
• Property Master
• Lead Man
• Assistant Property Master
• Set Dresser
• Charge Scenic
• On Set Dresser
• Camera Scenic
• Gaffer
• Best Boy Electric
• Generator Operator
• Lighting Tech.
• Key Grip
• Best Boy Grip
• Grips
• Assistant Production Coordinator
• Script Coordinator
• Art Department Coordinator
• Art Department Production Assistant
• Construction Coordinator
• Key Carpenter
• Key Construction Grip
• Carpenters
• Assistant Editors
• Post Production Coordinator
• Editorial Production Assistant

"Flight of the Chonchords" is a TV series about two unsuccessful kiwi music artists, Jemaine and Bret. In the first series they have moved to New York and there manager is a kiwi working for the New Zealand Consulet who only ever gets them gigs in places such as the libarary and in a lift.... In this series they have been living in New York for a Year and have yet to actually have a proper gig but that is there main aim, o and to get money! One reason i really like this program is it obviously has a very low budget and they use techniques to do things that look quite good cheaply, such as whilst they were making a music video they had the camera doing a 360 degreas turn to give the impression that sumone was spining and it worked quite well.

Client Project - "Babylon" Credits

• Production Manager
• Assistant Production Manager
• Casting Director
• Sound Mixer
• Assistant Sound Mixer
• Dubbing Mixer
• Operator
• Focus Puller
• Clapper/ Loader
• Location Manager
• 1st Assistant Director
• Dubbing Editor
• Art
• Director
• Assistant Editor
• Art Director
• Assistant Art Director
• Continuity
• Assistant Editor
• Assistant Dubbing Editor
• Accountant
• Construction
• Grip
• Gaffer
• Make Up
• Wardrobe
• Props
• Producer's Assistant
• Titles
• Sound System
• Special Music Recorded
• Music
• Thanks
• Processed By
• Sound Track Album Available on Chrysalic Records and Tapes

"Babylon" is a film from the 1980s that follows "Blue" and his "rasta crew" as they get close to a sound clash competition with a rival crew. Its Based in London, Blue is a calm likable character and throughout the film is trying to stop his mates from getting into fights even after alot of racial abuse, until he gets fired from his job as a car mechanic, there hangout gets broken into and there sound system smashed up, and he gets beaten down by plain clothed police man. After this he becomes increasingly angered and alienated and starts fighting back. This film addresses racism violence and the roots reggae lifestyle in London in the 1980s.

Client Project - "A Very British Gangster" Credits

• Film Editor
• Camera
• 2nd Camera Unit
• Jimmy Jib Operators
• Sound Recordists
• Camera Assistant
• 2nd Unit Directors
• Stills Photography
• Video Rostrum
• Archive
• Post Production
• Audio Assistant
• Dubbing Mixer
• Online Editors
• Colourist
• Music Supervision
• Original Whistling
• With Thanks
• Co-Producers
• Assistant Producer
• Producer
• Associate Executive Producers
• Produced and Directed
• Music

"A Very British Gangster" is a documentary that follows the mob boss (Dominic) of one of the largest "gangster" families in Britain, the Noonans.

Client Project - Sorting Out The Roles

Chase and I got talking more in depth about the different roles we will be doing, what/ how many other people we may need to fill in the roles we don't have. We decided it would be a good idea to watch a few films credits and write down the roles in them, I realised I have a documentary so thought that would be good to look at as we are doing one.

So the first credits we watched where at the end of the documentary:

Client Project - The Draft Proposal

As I thought it was really important for the first email to the client to be concise and draw them in I said we should do a proposal. Chase and I then met up and started brainstorming on the proposal:

What:

• Promotional DVD for Local reggae band including music videos, documentary and live video.
• Service/ product that the client can distribute as they want.
• Third year NTU student project.

Why:

• Music has always been a big part of our lives especially reggae, dub and drum n bass and we wanted to keep it close to our hearts.
• With the three different parts to the DVD I can show off a variety of techniques and a variety of skills, such as different camera skills and editing styles.
• One part of my favorite types of audiovisual is documentaries.
• A DVD is a very useful promotional tool for the band to get recognised.
• Free for the band, more interesting promotion than a t-shirt or poster.
• CD / DVD Sales - sell double sided DVD with one of artists Cd's.
• As its a local band it reduces costs, improves accessibility / co-operation with band.

Where:

• Nottingham:
• Gig Locations - Bars - Festivals - Exhibitions - Clubs - Concert Halls
• Life Style - Artists home - Studio - Rehearsals - Places of Leisure and Personal Interests of Band

Who:

• Reggae Artist
• Percy Dread
• Notts Dub

How:

• Rastafarian Theme
• Reggae/ Roots Soundtrack
• Slow Pace
• Shots of lifestyle + gigs + interviews
• "Getting To Know the Band Behind the Scenes"
• Highlight production of song progress

Artefact 1 - Music Videos

For my first Artefact I wanted to look at music videos and whether people prefer the new MTV style or if they were happy with the older style. This was to try and find out if the change in technology has come from the viewers changing and thus causing the advance in technology or if it has come from the other way round. I started off by looking up the music videos that won awards last year and found these:

Oasis - Falling Down UK Music video awards 2009 Best edited

The Kooks – Sway Best Art direction in a video

(imbedded was disabled) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLYO-4LRsY

Florence & the Machine – drumming best styling in a vide0

Glasvegas – flower & football tops best cinematography in a video, Best visual effects in a video (Embedded was disabled) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF45CxcXQqk

Paolo Nutini – candy Best Telecine in a video

Moray Mclaren – we got time Best Budget video – rock/ indie/ alt

Will young – changes best pop video

Coldplay – strawberry swing best rock video, Video of the year

(embedded was disabled) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb9X5jMofEo

The presets - if I know you best dance video

Department of eagles – no one does it like you best indie/ alternative video

Lady Gaga – Paparazzi best international video

PRP Writing the Essay

I had a lot of issues whilst writing the actual PRP essay. I started off with the title "How can a cut/ edit affect the modern day viewer?" but after having a surgery session it changed to "Have current delivery methods and techniques changed the perception of the viewer?" it slightly changed again and then ended up after talking with our course leader as "Audiovisual work has been constantly changing over time with the advancements of technology. How have recent styles and program formats changed to accommodate this and why?". This brought enough problems on its own as I kept having to research everything all over again, and change my essay to incorporate new things and decide what parts were still important. I was finding it particularly hard to find exactly what the problem was in my question, which made it difficult to know exactly where I was going whilst writing/ researching it. With the final title I managed to make headway and completed the essay.