Thursday, September 29, 2011

Settings and Location

The setting of our music video is going to be in the urban/sub urban parts of London. With the lyrics of our song, we thought that 'rough' areas of London could be used as our location due to the title of the song 'Getting Nowhere'. The fact that the main character in our video isn’t getting anywhere although he does try to, a typical less wealthy part of London could be portrayed well in our video.

As far as actual locations go, we ideally want a block of flats/council estate to shoot at. We thought maybe Brixton and other parts of South London would be quite good to shoot at. Primarily we want to have a block of flats with a playground or small green outside. As we don’t know any locations like this, we will have to do a bit of travelling around London to find the location we plan to use. As well as the idea of council estate idea, we would like to have a nearby high-street to get a few cinematic shots of the area itself.

We would like to shoot the whole thing during daylight/dusk hours along with a scene shot at night. As we don’t have proper lighting equipment, we will have to find a location which is quite well lit.


By Charlie Head

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Risk Assessment

Hazards
Who is Exposed
Risk Level
Control Measures
Risk Level After Control
Being attacked for filming equipment
All Present
Depending on location – Maximum level of risk High
Be discreet and do not obviously advertise the equipment
Medium
Falling/tripping/
slipping
All Present
Medium
Look for potholes, cracks and other uneven surfaces in roads and pathways
Low
Locations of filming – derelict flat and public toilets
All Present
High
Be aware of others that may be in the location or around it, and be wary of any objects on the floor and do not touch them, e.g. needles
Medium
The Roadside
All Present
Low
Look when crossing roads and be wary of other cars  around you
Low
Building Top
All Present
Low
Be wary of the sides of the building and do not fall off the edge
Low
Flat’s flight of stairs
The Cameraman
Low
Be aware of your own balance and do not fall down the stairs or through the stairwell
Low

By Tom Beal

Monday, September 19, 2011

B.A.R.B.

B.A.R.B or the (Broadcasters Audience Research Board) is an organisation that compiles audience’s feedback and television ratings in the United Kingdom.  B.A.R.B was mainly created to replace a previous system, where the BBC and ITV companies compiled their own ratings.
The organisation itself works by attaching a TV box onto the sides of people’s houses.
At the moment there are currently 5100 B.A.R.B TV boxes around the UK this averaging to about 11.500 individuals.
This box works by, recording exactly what programmes they watch, and the panellists indicate who is in the room watching by pressing a button on a remote control handset.
The data is then collected overnight and published as overnight ratings at around 9.30 the following morning for use by TV stations and the advertising industry.

By James Raison