filming garden art.....again

I am currently house sitting for my nan so i thought i would take advantage of this and film another Garden Art.
So this morning i filmed for 2 hours in the garden. i got a variety of shots of trees, garden ornaments and close ups of flies, wasps and butterflies.

i am currently transferring the footage to my laptop where i hope to edit it later.

Editing Open Art

Yesterday I started editing all of the footage from the Open Art Evening at the Shire Hall Gallery.
I went through all the footage selecting the best shots, I then synced all of the audio to match the best shots with the best sound.
I then edited more of the earlier footage I had collected, trimming down clips and in some cases removing clips completely to make room for more important footage from the Evening exhibition.
This morning I have picked up where I left off last night, chopping up the footage of the presenting side of the open art evening, and adding some cut away shots.
I am now going to spend the afternoon editing the winners interviews.

Art Gallery Video

Yesterday I filmed at The Shire Hall Gallery again. I filmed the whole of the judging of the competition from 9:00am till 1:00pm and then interviewed the judges in the afternoon.
This morning I have captured all of the footage to my laptop and I am currently previewing the footage and organizing it ready to edit it which i will hopefully start tonight.

Meeting for Art Gallery Video

Today I met with the client from the art gallery for the first time.
We sat down and spoke about what she wanted from the video, which was that she wanted a video that documented the Open Art Exhibition from start to finish. The Open Art Exhibition is split into sections which are; Handing in, Judging, Installation of winners in the gallery and the Prize giving evening when the winners are given their prizes and get a chance to look at all the new art hanging in the gallery.
The client has stated that she wants the video to be between 5 and 8 minutes long.
Based on my research I feel that this video would work well accompanied with some original music for the bits of the video where the sound of the video is not important. luckily i know some musicians so it should quite easy to find someone that is willing to do the music for me.
I feel that the handing in and the installation of the art in the gallery will be the 2 shortest parts of the video as i feel they may become boring, so i have decided to concentrate on the judging and the prize giving evening.
I will also interview the judges and winners of prizes to mix the video up a bit and make it more interesting for viewers.

DVD Menu for Foundations to Employment

Today I authored a DVD menu for the Foundations to Employment video that I am doing for Staffordshire County Council, I used Adobe Photoshop to design the menu and then used Adobe Encore to author the DVD and burn it to disc.
My DVD is complete with Working links for different videos that I have done for the council and can be seen below.

Filming for Staffordshire County Council

Today I have filmed at a children's nursery in Oldbury, an Equestrian center in Tamworth and a car mechanics in Hednesford, this was for the project I am doing for Staffordshire County Council's Foundations to Employment program.
Below are some pictures of both me and Ashley taken throughout the day including pictures of us setting up equipment and filming.

Meeting with Client

Met with Alan from Staffordshire County Council to talk about an upcoming project I am doing for him.
set the outlines of the video including the style and length that he wants the video to be as well as setting filming dates of the 5th and 6th of March with a rough editing being done for the 12th of March.

Location Recce The Old Court House

Today Olly and I did a location recce for an upcoming drama we are filming on the 8th of November as a group. While at the old court house we decided conduct a risk assessment for the location. We decided to take pictures of the location to show to the rest of the group and so that we could document some of the hazards such as a high balcony, sharp railings on the set, narrow spaces to work in and steps.

picture of one of 2 plugs located on one side of the court room

sharp railings which are part of the set in the court room

shot of Olly on balcony

Olly on balcony 2

Narrow walkway which we will have to use equipment in

small space could be used for filming

steps up to the balcony a possible hazard

Side stalls as seen from balcony

shot of the court from balcony

As the pictures of the court house show lighting is going to be an issue in this location. With big windows one side of the room and florescent lighting attached to the high ceiling. This means we will have to experiment with lighting in the location before filming.