Role evaluation

The process of creating a magazine show always begins with the planning, getting Writers to write scripts for the presenters, getting the Director to write a running order, a camera script and a script for himself as well as getting the Producer to make a call sheet for everyone. The planning involes a lot of writing and is definitely the most vital part of a show. After all the planning is done and the day of shooting the show arrives, it is the Set designers responsibility to make sure the set is ready for action and is safe for everyone else. Once the cameras are rolling, it is the Directors role to lead the Camera operators, the Visual mixer and the Lighting designer, while the Floor manager makes sure everything is under control on the recording area.

The role I was given for our show was a Camera operator as well as being set responsible for designing an intro for the show, which I believe turned out rather fitting. The role of a Camera operator doesn't include many responsibilities, as all I have to go by is a camera script and the Directors orders. I had to make sure the main presenters were always in the center of the shot, otherwise everything would look out of place and unprofessional.

Having the role of a Camera operator has it's ups and downs, the negatives would have to be the fact that the set was quite small so there wasn't any space to move around which forced me to stay in one spot for most of the recording. Another thing would have to be that the tripod I was using was quite stiff which restricted me from using swift movements to make the shots look fancy and in the end turned out looking amateur. The positives of being a Camera operator is that in the end it was quite enjoyable and it sets you in control (for the most part) of how you want a show to look like.

Overall, in my opinion, being a Camera operator isn't a bad career choice to make, but nor would I say is it a perfect one, it's a delightful experience if you have the mobility to execute the shots you want but for the most part you're forced to follow orders.

Insert evaluation

We decided to do our insert about a film review but we didn't want it to be a typical video talking about a recently released movie, we wanted to review quite possibly the worst movie of all time, that would make our insert rather unique and entertaining.

I believe our insert turned out quite succesful since it was entertaining, informative and educational in a way. Although it went over the time limit given to us, I think it makes up for it with the content, especially since cutting the time down wouldn't make the review as informative.

The process of making an insert started with the planning where we thought about all the possible points we could discuss about the movie and what clips we could use while talking over it, as well as who would be talking at what time. We then moved on to fetching the clips from the movie to give the viewers a taste of what the movie is really like. After we got the clips necessary, we worked on a script, we tried to keep it as lively as possible so the viewers wouldn't get bored easily and we tried using sarcasm throughout the review since the movie was pretty bad. After this, all that was left was recording the voices and rendering the video.

Overall, I found this a quite enjoyable experience and would definitely do something like this again in my own time, as bashing on a bad movie is entertaining in its own special little way. The process wasn't that hard and was rather simple which made the whole project pleasant. In the end, I'm pretty happy with how the final insert turned out, and all the planning beforehand helped out a lot.
If I could re-do the insert, the only thing I would change would be the length of it, since it goes a little over the time limit.

Plan

Movie Review

Write the script for the review.



One person talks about the movie while the clips from the said movie roll in the background.

Be sarcastic about the review to entertain the viewers, since the movie is rather terrible.

An opening to the review introducing the movie and showing the poster of it.

Give examples of why the movie is bad by showing clips and elaborating on them.

Tell the audience the summary of the movie.

Light photography

To achieve this effect, what we did was set the shutter speed to 1/20s and the ISO to 200, then we used a torch and just drew whatever came to mind, the pictures above are the ones we feel are the best ones.

Slow shutter photographs

To achieve a Frozen movement photo, I had to pan a moving object of my choice for a couple of seconds and when comfortable, I snapped a picture of it, making it seem like that object is frozen in time. To achieve that photo I used 1/125s shutter speed.