Jonathan White
UAL Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production & Technology
Candidate Number: 319325
LO7.1/7.2
Explore strategies to present a creative media production project
Present a creative media production project to a specified audience
Part 2 - Evidence of participation in meetings up until the show
Below you will find my notes for the meetings where I had a key role/job to achieve, proving my participation in the making of the show. After this, you will then find an evaluative journal of the actual show night, once again, proving my participation in the making of the show.
Meeting 1
The group meeting about the final year show was once again quite unorganised to start with. When everyone is sat in a circle, it’s common that the leaders can find it hard to control the group of people speaking. Furthermore, it doesn’t help with the fact that some people aren’t even speaking about the topic of final year show at all. Once the leaders were able to get their word in and stop people from talking, we discussed a few different areas.
My understanding from last weeks meeting was that the writers of the show were going to come upo with a name for the show as a whole so that the graphics department, me included, can begin producing concept art for the logo. However, there had been no communication between the writers, meaning there were was no title. The leaders instructed the writers that they must complete this, and have evidence of the discussion taking place by Friday. This is good because it allows me to create or at least start thinking about the style of the logo before the next meeting.
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On the bright side, the set design department did come up with a style sheet. This style sheet can be seen below
It consists of a very cozy vibe, with the use of warm lighting, natural green foliage, and clean white surfaces. It feels very aesthetic and pleasing to the eye. This was interesting to see, as it would make sense to relate the graphic work towards the style of the show. I did try to do some concept drawings for the logo after this meeting using this mood board, but without a name, I found it very hard to create anything. It’s a shame I struggled with this as it would have been nice to be able to create something to show the leaders quickly before the class ended, but I will instead just have to wait until a title comes my way.
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The other discussion related to me and my role was the logistics of how the video would be played on the big screen. Considering we have a tight schedule, and the audience are only there for a set amount of time, there can’t be any time wasted; it needs to go smoothly. There were several ideas on how we could play the videos, but the two most promising options were:
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Using powerpoint, with the first slide being the logo/name of the production and the second slide being an embedded video of the production itself. The first slide will be up behind the student as they speak about their production. This idea does include someone having to be in control of clicking across slides.
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Using one long video that doesn’t stop playing. The splash screens will pop up after each production is played, and will stay like that for a set amount of time before the production plays automatically. This doesn’t require anyone clicking the slides, meaning there is less opportunity for technological and human error, but it does require everyone to fill their gap of time perfectly (could run over or could be left with silence until the production starts).
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This evening I then went onto powerpoint and checked the file size capacity for video on powerpoint – it was 50mb. This is a problem because I don’t want people to have to worry about their file sizes. Furthermore, I wouldn’t want them to have to compress the video to reduce the file size as this would reduce the over quality of the image. For a show where we are showcasing our work, we don’t want it to look worse than it actually is. This will be something to bring up in the next meeting.
Meeting 2
As it was Tuesday, we had our weekly meeting regarding the End of Year Show. Unfortunately, script still hadn’t done their job for deciding upon a title for the show, so the team leaders spoke amongst themselves and we instead voted for the best title. The title ended up being, ‘That’s a wrap!’. I think this title is suitable as its fun and has connotations to media production as this is what directors often say at the end of a shoot. Now that we had a title, we (the graphics team) could create a logo. There were concepts spoken about during the meeting of creating a literal wrap character. Some quick drawings I drew in the meeting can be seen below.
After the meeting was complete, I decided to have a quick meeting with the two others in the graphics team, as its important we work as a team. The results from this meeting were that if we are to use the title ‘That’s a wrap!’ and a logo of a wrap, it looks too similar to a sandwich shop. I am glad we were able to recognise this before moving on with it, as this saves us a lot of time and allows us to produce something much more effective. The idea we had instead of using a wrap was using film reel and using this to wrap it around a camera or some sort of character. With this in mind, we decided that we should split a part and create our own concepts ready for next week. From there, we can see what everyone likes, and move forward using that chosen concept.
The image below shows a concept for a loading screen as guests walk in to be seated.
The idea is that the character slowly climbs up the ladder for a minute, then jumps onto the reel slide, coming all the way back down. This animation can then be looped forever, allowing for a perfect loading/waiting screen.
Meeting 3
As it was Tuesday, today we had our weekly meeting for the end of year show. This week I was able to come to the meeting with ideas and concepts. The two concepts I was able to bring forward were the looping animation ladder and reel idea I drew last week, and the logo I designed below…
To my surprise, both concepts, and the visuals with them, were liked by everyone. The end result from this meeting with regards to my work were that the character is an absolute must and that next week I should aim to create something new with the character (e.g. new logo design) or improve upon this existing character and add further detailing/change things. I must ensure that I do not do too much detailing as I like how simple it is, but perhaps a change in the size of particular objects like the reel could be changed. Additionally, I think I also want to redraw the reel wrapped around the character, as this becomes quite jagged at some points. Furthermore, another idea is to bend the title around, giving the logo a more circular feel, so this is something to look into as well.
Meeting 4
One of my tasks, as graphic designer for the end of year show, was to create a final, cleaned up version of the logo that the team had agreed upon in last weeks meeting. The chosen logo can be seen in the image below. I sent the image in the chat here to confirm with everyone that this was the chosen idea and that this would be going ahead.
To show the creation of the logo from start to end, I have produced a video timelapse below - please enjoy.
I'm very happy with how this turned out and I'm actually quite proud of myself for producing this at it's going to be used everywhere for the end of year show. To allow my team to gain access and use the logo, I sent the marketing team jpeg and png versions of it. This can be seen in the screenshot below.
Meeting 5
On Tuesday we had out weekly meeting catch up to further prepare our end of year show. This meeting revealed a lot about those in our team, and perhaps some of the commitments that they said they would stick to. What I mean by this is that as Aimie, one of two leaders, discussed the plans that were made last week, and asked people if those plans had been executed, practically nothing was done. This isn’t just this week either, for the past several weeks, we have had the same problem where those with jobs just simply aren’t doing them – nothing is being set in stone; over the past few weeks, accumulative ‘jobs that need to be done’ are being set and more and more is piling up.
The largest issue we had here was to do with the technical side of the show – video and audio. To begin, audio:
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Audio levels need to be at a set volume throughout all of the productions as they are going to be on one video file, meaning volume cannot, and should not be changed between productions.
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Speakers in the venue must be tested to see if they are clear and if you can hear from all seating positions.
Video:
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The screen needs to be checked to see if it is clear enough to see out productions on. We had tested previously with a YouTube video playing, but it’s important to check that, now some of us have some cuts, to check if we can actually see our productions.
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How is this video going to be shown on the tv? Thoughts regarding the laptop/vision mixer being used to display the video on screen is important as what if something becomes faulty and we don’t have anything to show.
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The videos need to be compiled into one video with appropriate interval timings for the person managing the video to be able to pause in time.
What we took away from this meeting is that we all need go to the venue and check it off now. If we keep waiting around, nothing is going to happen – so that’s exactly what we did. I suggested the idea of using Harry’s video as I was aware he was creating a film noir, meaning he is using very dark tones and also someone else’s which is much brighter, such as Flossy’s documentary which is light and airy. This was took well, and using Harry’s powerful laptop, before leaving, me, harry and flossy made sure that we had videos to put on the screen when we went to go down and test it.
To add to this, the photos below show me checking on with Stan and Gus (who are controlling the video playback) to see where they will be situated on the night and how everything is going to work. This was very good to know and be aware of, as because me and a few others double checked what they had planned, we can ensure that it’s the right thing to do.
Specifically, in the photo below, Ash the technician was showing us how the HDMI cable would reach down to where the input is for the screen.
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In the image here you can see how I was sitting at the back of the venue to see if the screen was visible or not. As you can, it actually looked really good… up until you sat down at the front and because of the angle you were at, is looked really dark. This is something we will be discussing in the next meeting as it could become very problematic. Speaking on this further, after playing the video (as seen in the image) we played Harry’s film noir – due to the dark tones, this was even harder to see and was very dark.
Discussing what I talked about before with the audio and video problems we have, I have taken upon the responsibility of some of these myself as quite honestly, I just wanted to get the job done. I wil be compiling all of the projects in the class into one long video with 5 second screen with the title and producer’s name. With this, I will also adjust the audio levels for every single project so that they all meet the correct audio level requirements. This audio level will be between -6 and -12 dB.
To add to this, I also asked if there were any additional creations that needed to be made regarding graphics, and idea that was suggested was a poster with the logo on for the main door of the venue. This poster should say, ‘This way!’ or something similar to indicate to those coming where they need to go.
Throughout these meetings I ensure to stay professional and never speak over anyone else. We discussed the principles of being respectful within our group, and this is something I think very strongly of. I find that at some points in the meetings it can get a bit ‘antsy’ so ensuring that I am not a part of that and causing less troubles for the leaders to deal with is important to me.
Meeting 6
Additionally, as it was Tuesday we also had our weekly meeting. Within this meeting we confirmed the arrangements for the end of year show and created a job list, where we were designated jobs to fit every requirement. A lot of people’s roles were already set from the ongoing roles they have had throughout the entire FMP journey, but as I was in the graphics department, my role was not needed on the night – all the work was already done. Therefore, I delegated the role of standing outside and directing those from the car park to the main entrance. This was a fairly simple task, but one that needed to be done. To organise further and understand where everyone would be stood with their new roles, we set markers out on a floor plan – the image below shows Gus, one of the team leaders setting these markers out.
The last main job I completed was setting up the sequence timeline for the End of Year Show. I was in charge of bringing everyone’s videos together and creating one long video to play at the final show. I thought that because I had the time, I’d quickly prepare for this, so that I had less to do when I came round to bringing it together. The main things to point out here were the considerations I made regarding the sequence settings. The sequence settings include all of the technical considerations to a video, so as everyones frame sizes were the same, I set it to 1920x1080p and the frame rate as 25 because the UK use 25fps as the standard frame rate for TV video (PAL).
Meeting 7
Today was the day for collecting everyone’s FMP videos in. Evidence of me doing so can be seen in the image to the right. I spent the entire afternoon taking files and cutting them together into one big sequence, meaning I crossed many different problems along the way. I will now be discussing the different problems that I faced:
The first problem was that I had originally set the sequence settings of premiere pro sequence to 25fps, as this is the standard frame rate for TV in the UK, using a format called PAL. However, what I had not accommodated for was the fact that animations had a different frame rate, as these do not follow the same standardisation. If I kept the frame rate at 25, these animations could look slightly off, and it’s not fair for those who have created an animation to have their video seen as worse for something they didn’t do. Therefore, to overcome this problem I searched on google to try and find if there were any articles or forums where people had the same problem. Sure enough, I luckily came across two different chats on the same topic.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/comments/q88l1u/is_it_possible_to_mix_multiple_frame_rates_in/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/davinciresolve/comments/sdat8m/comment/hubmkb9/
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The consensus across both was that because the only differentiation between the frame rates was 25fps and 24fps, I would be best to keep the sequence settings to 25fps. The 24th frame in the animations would play for a frame longer to accommodate for this setting, but this goes very unnoticeable unless you’re intentionally looking for it. If I was trying to include 60fps videos into the mix too, then it may become more complicated, but with frame rates like this, keeping it at 25 is the safest and fairest option I have.
I had quite a few people wanting their own custom title pages, so I made sure to note these in my book to keep organised, and those who wanted custom fonts sent me the font names via email, and those wanting an image, sent it to me via Google Drive. The biggest problem that I found here was keeping organised but it wasn’t too much of a worry when I managed to get control over it.
A particular special example was when someone told me to take a frame from their production (as it had the title on a black background), and use this as the title screen – with the addition of their name. To do this, I clicked the little camera icon inside of premiere to export the frame he wanted. I saved this as a jpeg, and then reimported that frame back into the sequence, where I could then scale it and adjust its positioning accordingly.
For those who were not actually there on the day, I contacted them online and told them to put their videos inside of a google drive folder I created called ‘FMP videos’ . This was the easiest way of me collecting their videos. Mostly importantly too, this technique doesn’t compress the video file, meaning I am downloading the highest possible quality version of the video they are sending me.
When cutting the videos together, I reached the mid point where the interval was going to be held. I spoke with the person in charge of the computer on show night what he would like me to put there, as he would need to switch to the other video with the music during the interval. We both agreed upon the best idea being that I just cut it to a black screen with the words ‘interval’ so that it’s clear he needs to switch. Though we will go through this during our tech run, it’s important to know this. Therefore, this is exactly what I did. Communication like this is important as it’s good and well me knowing this information, but does the person who it will affect the most know this? – in my case, yes, now it does because I’ve communicated with them.
The final problem I ran into was that some of the videos were actually 4k, meaning they were really zoomed in (they are twice the size of a normal video). Therefore, to overcome this issue, I went through those videos that were zoomed in and set the scale to 50%. To double check there were none that I missed, I checked every single video by changing the scale and seeing whether more video was revealed.
Overall, the day went very well, and I was actually able to achieve a lot of the cutting process within this day too. I will however need to catch up with 2 people, as I do not have their videos.
Meeting 8
On Friday morning, as I had created the end of year show cut, we watched through the entire video. Not only this, but it also gave us a chance to go through the entire script and hear what everyone was going to say before their films are shown. Evidence of me reading out speech can be seen in the image below. Additionally, when putting my external hard drive in the computer, I mentioned the fact that the person controlling the computer on the night should be in charge of this today too.
Doing this speech was very nerve-wracking as I find it hard to speak in front of a lot of people, but it was a good chance to gain some confidence and run through what I was going to say. It definitely helped having notes for what I was going to say, so I made the decision to produce a little card for me to hold when I go up on the night. I produced this in the afternoon, sticking the logo for my film on the back to keep it on brand and looking professional.
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Overall, the rough run-through went okay. There were a few adjustments that needed to be made to the speeches, but overall, the main problem was with people’s videos. Generally it was audio that was an issue. The reason that audio was such an issue was that we have all been listening to it in our headphones and not on other devices such as loud speakers, and evidently, they sound different. Therefore, a lot of people needed to change their videos, including myself (minor adjustment to music as it was a tad to loud). As I was in charge of putting together the video, I needed everyone to get this done ASAP – it was Friday, coming into the afternoon, we needed it for Monday morning rehearsals, and I had a busy weekend. I noted down a list of everyone who needed to make adjustments and ensured that they completed this, and had given me their export by 4’oclock that afternoon. One student did not have their export with them meaning they had to send it online via google drive on the weekend. This was a bit annoying but there was nothing else I could have done except take time out of the limited spare time I had in the weekend to slot them in the timeline. Furthermore, I still do not have on students video at all – I have not seen any of it – so I will be chasing them up about this on the weekend too.
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The photo below shows me going through everyone that afternoon and getting to make a new export of.
The main skills I used throughout this was communication and organisation. Communication to speak with people throughout the afternoon, check where they’re up to and ensuring they are working on it for it to be completed by 4. Organisation as I am working with so many peoples work and I need to ensure that no one is missed and I don’t make any mistakes for anyone’s work.
Meeting 9
The main task that I was able to achieve today was gaining confidence and understanding what I’m going to be doing on the night of the End Of Year Show. The reason I was able to achieve this was because on Monday morning we had a full run through of the show in the actual location it was going to be done in. Despite it being a proper run through, unfortunately we could not play back the sound as exams were being taken in the building and it would have caused disruption. Despite this set back, it still meant that everybody was able to stand out at the front infront of the big screen with their titles on and say their short speeches. Furthermore, it also gave us a chance to double check any visual errors such as video being too dark to see.
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The image below shows my video on the big screen. I was really happy with how it looked – it was clear and timing and pacing was good as expected. Everything was very positive.
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The main problems we found were that there needed to be screens for when the hosts speak at the start, interval and ending. This meant that I needed to produce a new edit with these changes in place. I spoke with Aimie to check what she would like on the screen during these times, and she suggested that the logo would work just fine. To add to this, one persons film was not fully edited, so this was either going to be kept in and explained on the night, or changed in the edit too
with different depeartments achieving different tasks that needed to be complete. My role over the past 15 weeks has been to produce the graphics for the show. Through multiple versions, lots of discussions with the directors of the show, and set department, I would say that I have done a very good job at achieving an overall brand and feel for the show. A great example of this is through the logo I created, and the effect that my logo had on the set departments programmes. This can be seen below.
That afternoon I began the final evaluation to get the ball rolling with it. I find starting big writing pieces like this quite daunting and difficult, so by just starting it, it should make coming back to it after the end of year show far easier. The stage I was able to give a good go at was the unit 12 reflection stage where I was able to determine how useful what I did in unit 12 was regarding my unit 13 production. This was interesting to look back on as I now realise how many changes I made, yet how much I learnt along the process of doing this.
Meeting 10
On Tuesday I made the changes that needed to be made to the End of Year Show video sequence that I had found yesterday. The original plan was that the person who had not completed their video would let me know what they wanted to do, but this was not the case. A lecturer came to me and said that he would no longer be able to attend tomorrow night and that it would be ideal if I could take what I had of the video they sent to me, and stitch it together to remove any black screens. As I was generally happy with the position I was in regarding my own personal work, I said that I’d spend the next hour cutting his piece together and trying to make it flow. It’s only fair that his work is presented in the same ways as ours despite not being there, so I didn’t mind doing this at all. I had to do a bit of re-jigging and place some audio transitions in to try keep the flow of the music sounding right, but overall I was happy with the outcome of his cut: it was a lot more presentable.
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Now that I had made all changes that needed to be made, I had the very final version. I spoke with Jenson, the person controlling the computer on the night, and gave him this new edit. It was a good thing that after college today we had a full sound and video check, as we actually had the proper, final video to check now.
Now that it was 4o’clock, a few of us stayed behind to do a full sound and visual test in the location for where it’s being held. This was vital in ensuring that sound was good across all films throughout the night. The image below shows us working out the most optimal sound levels for the main speakers on the video wall and bleachers. To overcome this problem we set one person at the front, middle and back of the seating and played someone’s production. From there, we were then able to see where it suited everyone’s preferences for volume. We ended up settling on 8 notches down from the top and max volume on the latop and media player. This can be seen in the image below.
Furthermore, the photo below shows me sat listening and watching the video to check it’s its quality and suitability.
Part 2 - The End of Year Show
Today was the big day that this entire production has been leading up to – the end of year show. This was a really important day where we were going to be able to showcase our work to an audience of over 80 people. As someone who has never done public speaking to this many people before, was going to be a big mental challenge.
Every Tuesday, and Friday in the final weeks, we have worked as a group to collectively come together and bring together a show for this very day. We had set our selves roles amongst the group, with different depeartments achieving different tasks that needed to be complete. My role over the past 15 weeks has been to produce the graphics for the show. Through multiple versions, lots of discussions with the directors of the show, and set department, I would say that I have done a very good job at achieving an overall brand and feel for the show. A great example of this is through the logo I created, and the effect that my logo had on the set departments programmes. This can be seen below.
It can be seen that the font, colours and overall style of the logo, played into the outcome of the inside of the programme. My contribution goes beyond just performing my role and task, as I also communicated with my team. I think that this is just so important for making a cohesive and well-thought out show, so I’m glad I did this.
Upon arriving at college, though my role within the production was technically complete (all graphics work and putting the video sequence for the productions and music together), there was still a lot to get done in the other departments – particularly set department. Therefore, instead of focusing on my own personal work, I helped out with them to ensure that their tasks were done before the opening tonight. The tasks that they needed to complete were to cut out all signs, laminate all of them and organise them into piles ready for putting on walls later that evening. Furthermore, they also needed to organise all the sweets and popcorn into bags too. They had made the decision to do the popcorn just before the doors open for the show, as this meant it wouldn’t go stale, but the sweets were okay to be divided up now. Therefore, I volunteered to help cut out all of the signs as this was a very simple but long job to complete. I did this because it meant they could focus on the other tasks with more specific details they had already discussed with each other before hand about. The photos below show this being taken place.
However, one problem that I encountered was that there was no ‘Row F’ posters. I double checked with set department that this was the case, and confusingly, they had managed to miss out ‘F’ on the file that they sent to be printed out. To overcome this issue, I downloaded the template of the original posters, created a new slide for F and printed it out myself. Though I understand that the outcome of this print was not as high quality as all of the other posters, it was 100x better than having no poster at all – people needed to know where to sit. These posters can be seen in the photo below.
After the posters were complete, and the sweets had been divided up, I talked with Jenson, person in charge of playback on screen, to check everything was okay and that he was ready for tonight. Throughout working on this show, I have often found myself checking up on people to see if they were alright. This is not because it is more job role, but must be something that I just like to do – it allowed me to understand that everyone was happy, and if not, I could try help them or report it to Aimie who is in charge of the show as a whole. I actually wasn’t aware that I was like this before taking part in this show, so I’ve been able to discover something about myself – this is very interesting and makes me think about the role I could have undertaken if I wasn’t in the graphics department (Aimie’s assistant or something similar).
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Returning back to my conversation with Jenson, he stated that he thought that playing it back on a premiere pro timeline was going to be a better option for us tonight as it meant that when he paused the video, nothing came up from the bottom of the screen like a normal mp4 video being played back through media player does. I was skeptical at first as we had only just done a full sound a video test the night before, and this was using media player, so I didn’t want to start trying to change things now. However, despite this, I told him and another person in tech to go try it in the venue now and see how it runs. Roughly half an hour later he returned with very positive news stating that it was a much better option as it looked far more professional – so I spoke with Aimie to have it checked with her and we said that he should use Premiere Pro to play back on. This was one of those moments that we had to just trust Jenson – there was no reason not too, especially as he was head of tech, but due to time restraints, there was no time for me or Aimie to come check too.
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I think what I have learnt through this experience is that communication is good as we were able to make a conscious decision as a group, and that I must trust other's expertise and job roles, as they probably know more than I do.
As 5:30 came about, everyone now had to be back in college and working on achieving their roles. My role on the night was originally to be standing outside and directing those from the car park to the main entrance, however, this changed, and I was now performing multiple roles at once – overseeing all departents and checking everything was okay for them. To add to this, if a particular department needed more help/support, I could help.
As it was 5:30 and doors didn’t open until 6:30, it was the preparation stage. During this time I performed 5 main roles:
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As I had mentioned earlier, set deparment needed to create the popcorn bags just before doors opened to ensure that it did not go stale, so to help with this process, I helped to do this. I was told by them to use a scoop and a half of popcorn for each bag, so this is exactly what I did. The image below shows me doing this, and the outcome of moving the table appropriately and organising the sweets/popcorn too to make it look presentable.
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I checked up on those in the car park. Though we had tested the radio connectivity and distance at which it could radio from, Aimie was having problems reaching those in the car park. Though it wasn’t for any specific reason and it was just to make sure everything was okay and they were having no problems, it was just a bit of a problem. Therefore, I offered to go outside and check up on those in the car park. Everything was absolutely fine, the connection was just a little off and it would occasionally cut off. They were doing their jobs well and they had actually made the conscious decision to start using the smaller, closer car park as there was plenty of spots here, which was good to see. I let them know how much time they had until they needed to head back too, as I wanted to ensure that they wouldn’t forget to return/come back too late.
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Another contribution I made in this set up time was helping to solve a problem we faced. The original room we had planned to use as the cloakroom was locked, despite having checked with out lecturer that we had access to it. This room not only had space for us to use as a cloakroom, but also had the seats that we had planned to use for the front two rows. The main problem now was that we didn’t have a whole two rows worth of seats. To overcome this issue, luckily there were some rooms avaible to us that had chairs in, so we made a group effort to bring all the chairs out and organise them. This then leads onto my final contribution I made...
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With the cloakroom being in a different space, I now needed to set up my cloakroom sign in a different spot. We decided to use the room right next to the enterance of the building, as this makes most sense. After attaching this poster to the wall next to the door, I then proceeded to go and put all other posters up too, working with set department too instruct people where to place all of the row posters too. The image below shows me putting up a poster outside of the main entrance doors, directing people and telling them that it is this way.
After everything was set up, the audience members started coming through the doors and it was all starting to feel real! During the time between the audience members coming in and the show starting, I greeted audience members, showed them to the seats and to where the toilets were (overall just having a smile on my face and inviting them in).
Once the show begun, I was situated in the corridor down the side, along with everyone else. I was quiet throughout speeches and films being shown, but often initiated the clapping with loud applauses to signal the crowd to applaud too. This was important to keep the show feeling positive and boost overall enjoyment of the night. I also made sure to congratulate people for going up and speaking, as it’s a very nerve wracking thing – companionship is important when working in a large team as individuals can often alone despite their being lots of people being around them. By individually walking up to an individual and speaking to them, I’m able to boost their morale and confidence.
During the interval of the show, as my documentary had not yet been shown, I didn’t have an opportunity to speak to audience members for feedback, but I did make sure to continue being positive and smiley, directing people to where they needed. Just as I had before at the start of the show, as the time got closer to the end of the interval, I instructed everyone that they needed to return back to their first positions ready for the show to begin.
As it was getting closer to my speech, I went out into the stairwell to practice what I was going to say as I was getting very nervous. This seemed to help me and calm down the nerves. To prepare going on, I made sure everyone was stood in line of the order we were going on. After the person infront of me had their film end, it was the my turn to go up. I waited for Aimie’s instruction to go up as this is what we had practiced and been told to do. This was vital as Aimie knew when the title screen was paused and mic audio was turned on. The actual speech went well and I’m proud of how well it went. The images below show me doing my speech and having my documentary on the big screen.
I think that the show went really well with very little problems. Despite all the disagreements we had in our meetings throughout the past 15 weeks, it all came together in the end, and it was nice to be able to work together to produce something engaging and fun for everyone. We managed to raise £223.25 for a local charity which was really nice to be able to achieve.
However, one improvement that I would have made to the show is the way in which we got feedback. It was really hard for everyone to get feedback, especially as there are 22 of us all asking for it. I think it should have been done in another way as the QR code situation just didn’t work – seeing as I was in the second half, I also didn’t get an opportunity to speak to people during the interval. I could have spoken to them after the show, but everyone had already left and photos were being taken so I didn’t get the chance. I did manage to speak to one lady however who stated that she really enjoyed my documentary and found it very powerful, particularly Eddie’s interview with the waveform on screen. She found that because it was a child’s voice and all you could see was a graphic on screen, it felt very powerful. What I can interpret from this is that she was able to gain a emotional connection with the interviewee without there being any physical face to look at. This is interesting as body language is a big way in which we comprehend emotion, so I’m glad that the technique I used paid off. As a reminder, the interview can be seen in the image below.
Besides this, however, I only had one other piece of feedback which was through the google forms survey QR code on the programme. This feedback stated that a 36-50 year old female really enjoyed the documentary and found it ‘informative & gained greater understanding of misophonia’. This obviously shows that I’ve achieved my goal for the documentary but doesn’t leave me with much left to improve on. It would have been nice to receive more feedback than this, but I think the technique we used to receive such feedback perhaps wasn’t optimal.
