Final FIlm:

Link: https://youtu.be/LvzNmS5fq34

Multiple Drafts:

We have gone through multiple drafts with discussion on how to improve the video. We have now eventually got to the final product with issues with sound and narrative being changed.

Main Change we have made:

Due to the fewer participants we were able to collect and film due to the COVID-19 outbreak we have made one main change to the project:

The change has improved the sequence in my opinion. With it being two individuals side by side it is more personal to them rather than there being 10 or so on a screen and it being slightly clunky.

Mock Up issues

 From the first adapted edit Irina didn't quite do what we agreed on with the adapted storyboard. After the map sequence we wanted it to go straight into the side by side shots, however in the first mock up the full shot was used for three different people having something in common, which really slowed down the pace. Therefore in the second mock up the side by side was used for every similarity.

The side by side shot somewhat does what we intended to do with the collage shot, but of course with less people. In some sense it works even better as it's a side by side comparison and empthasises their physical differences (the purpose of this sequence) 

Group Meetings:

Fortunately Irina has the footage on her laptop so is able to still edit from home. Therefore, we have discussions on Whatsapp for any changes that should be made to the project to make it the best it can be. It's not as easy doing this over messaging as not everything typed is as easily understood and when something is misinterpreted it can become very long winded. For example, a new edit is made and the thing that was misinterpreted is still wrong. Although there are difficulties we are still able to get points across and there are a lot of positive changes to the video!

Conversation between the editor and myself:

Adapted Storyboard

MAIN CHANGE

Instead of collage sequence we will just do a side by side shot and map is animated not physical map.

Corona Outbreak Adaptations:

Due to the corona outbreak we have realised that our project plan as it was would be unobtainable; so we have had to make multiple adaptions. After messaging over the past weeks we have decided:

1.) We are now unable to achieve the desired 50 participants, however we have already got footage of around 20 participants that we will be able to use for a final video. Instead of the full collage screen we will show two people side by side that have a common interest but are different in physical characteristics.

2.) Due to the outbreak and the most at risk people being the elderly we were unable to get any people of the age of 60 and above. This is unfortunate but is very understandable given the circumstances. Although there isn't a significant representation of a diverse age there is still some range there and there is also a lot of diversity in other aspects i.e ethnicity and sexuality.

3.) We didn't get people to put the pins in the map of their nationality during the shoots we did, as we were going to do this in a later shoot. As we already prepared a plan B for this, an animated map, we will be looking to do it like that rather than using a physical map.

Consent forms:

My Role on Filming day:

My role - Producer/Director

As the Facebook posts and Brighton and Hove Council email was unsuccessful in recruiting participants, I took it upon myself to collect participants around campus. This hindered the project due to the smaller pool of people that were accessible. However, fortunately as we were filming on a Saturday there was more of a mix of people on campus. I ensured I picked diverse people with different ages to allow for the best participants possible in the situation we found ourselves in. While doing this I was also contacting family that lived in the area to help me out. At first I didn't want to use them as it was a long journey for just a 5 minute interview; however after contacting them they were very happy to help, of course they didn't end up doing it as we didn't film any other day due to corona virus. But this was a good implication that I was very quick to adapt to allow the filming to continue.

Big Filming Day

Saturday 14th March:

Plan for the day -

Gain participants through Facebook groups and through the councils contacts
Film for day with multiple participants

What happened on the day -

Unfortunately nobody replied through the multiple Facebook events I posted and no one responded through the councils community event posts. So we as a group had to adapt to the situation we were now in. Fortunately, we already captured some footage of around 10 participants before this day, but we were initially aiming for 50 participants.

So to make the most out of the situation we decided to physically find volunteers of varied ages on campus. Of course it wasn't too easy finding a large variation of ages of participants due to the fact we were on campus. However, we did find and get around another 10 participants to get involved with ranges of ages from 18 - 45. So overall we made the most of the day the best we could especially due to the scenario we were in.

Equipment list:

Equipment list for filming:

Call Sheet:

Participation Information Form:

Brighton and Hove Council feedback:

Link to Full Mock Up

https://youtu.be/VtXBlORL6gs

Fits Brief:

Brief:

Show people from different backgrounds can and do get along and a key message that needs to be shown is :

We can stand alongside our neighbours even if we don’t know them or look like them or sound like them. We can say we are different. But we are the same. We can show that people of different background can, and do, get along.

We had to ensure we didn't go off task and that we stuck to the brief in question. We are currently doing this in the second half of the video especially when we present different people of different backgrounds all having something in common. Overall we are ensuring we follow the brief to make the most desirable product for the clients!

Mock Up Screenshots:

Below is a screenshot of a 'Cut' video that gave us inspiration and how we replicated it in the studio on campus:

We have multiple participants in a very similar close up shot as they answer the questions. In the first segment we will see some people and hear others say their nationality as the map of the world gets filled out, like below. The strings all lead to one spot Brighton, showing that all these diverse people reside in one location!

Of course during the one minute video we won't see everybody we will just hear them but for the 'collage' scene we will see them as they reveal stuff they have in common. 

For example, in the mock up these people all like Italian food, some old some young and of different nationalities. This is the second segment of the video and the hope is that out of 50 participants we will see a full screen of a different variety of people!

Presentation Feedback Prior to Pitch:

We went to Paul to show him our pitch the day before the official pitch. This was extremely beneficial as it gave us time to feel more comfortable presenting as a team and allowed us to adapt the pitch with the advise he gave. After the presentation Paul informed us of things such as the length of the pitch may be too long but more importantly the order of the presentation should change. As we were unaware that we were in fact repeating ourselves for example showing the mock up but then also showing the storyboard; which in fact was showing the same thing! These adaptations have made us feel a lot more secure the pitch in the next few days!

Facebook Pages Posted on:

First attempt, Waiting on people to respond. If it doesn't work will message people directly, hopefully will work!

Message to Get Participants:

Hi, 

I’m a Media Production student at the University of Sussex.

Me and my team are creating a short video for Brighton and Hove Council showing the representation

and diversity of Brighton's residents. I’m messaging you today to see if you would want to participate in

this video. It will be a five minute interview max on Sussex campus; where we will ask your ethnicity,

sexuality, religion, favourite cuisine and your favourite genre of music. The aim of the video is to show

that  

there are many people from different backgrounds living in one city and we may look different but we are

all the same! We are free to film on either the weekend of the 14th-15th or 21st-22nd.

If you are happy to take part please reply to this message and I’ll get back to you with further details. 

Many thanks,

Joseph

Shot List:

(Irina)

Research:

Looking at work that is already out there - 

Image 1 is a screenshot of the Brighton and Hove Council's Youtube page. What I take from this image is the predominant theme of each thumbnail. The coloured shape is a consistent recurring theme of each video, so we will make sure to stick to the clients brand and use it within our video. We can use it at the start where we inform the audience of what the video is: 'We asked 50 residents of Brighton where they were from and this is what we found out' for example. This is implementing a similar idea to what we saw in the 'We are Bristol' video (Image 2). Similar to the image 2 style we will also be filming in a studio. The shots will look like image 3 a close up headshot well lit with a plain background. Making the focus be more on the individual themselves than anything else. 

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Final Storyboard:

(Naomi)

Filming Pre-Visuals:

Group Meeting - Plans

From this group meeting we all planned out what we needed to do, especially due to the fact one of our participants were not going to be available due to personal issues. We narrowed down our questions i.e What is your sexual orientation, do you prefer tea or coffee, what is your religion and what is your ethnicity? This was beneficial as we were then able to plan a day to film pre-visuals to begin to make a draft to show the clients.

Roles in the Team:

Being the Producer means I am in charge of finding and recruiting as many people as possible to be part of the project. This will be slightly shared with everyone however as it may come to us having to ask those we know living in Brighton etc.

As I am director I am ensuring everything runs smoothly on the days of filming. During the mock up shoots I made sure the lighting was fine and the framing for the shot was as envisioned prior to filming. On top of this I will oversee the edit to ensure it fits the plan we set out from the start. But at the same time I won't change or influence the other team members in their choices as we all have ideas that will cross over through our discussions.

Moodboard:

After looking at the colour scheme on the Brighton and Hove Council website we knew we had to take inspiration from it and implement it into our project. Above is the moodboard with some inspiration with colours and themes and also includes the stroyboard.   (Mariam)

Rough Story Board:

Initial Idea:

The brief we chose to create for was the Brighton and Hove council brief on 'how people from different backgrounds can and do get along'.

The idea we have come to is a one minute video filmed in the photo studio on campus. We intend to have 3-5 minute interviews with around 50 different people that live in Brighton of different ethnicity's and backgrounds. We will ask all the participants the same questions, the first one being 'What is your ethnicity?'. After answering the questions the participant will put a pin onto and map of where they're from. After all of this the map will hopefully be full and spread out demonstrating the diversity of people that reside in Brighton alone.

In the interview though we will also ask other questions i.e sexuality, religion, hobbies. From this information we will link people on what they say, for example someone from Brazil may say they are gay and also someone from Hong Kong may say that. We will present the individuals with the similarities as a collage of the close up interview shot, filling up the screen. This will for example demonstrate that no gay person looks alike or no Muslim person looks alike etc.

This one minute video will conclude with different people holding up different letters to spell out '#WeAreBrighton and #WeAreHove'. Overall it demonstrates that you can't judge a book by its cover and you also can't box people into categories and groups. We all cross over and have many similarities with each other no matter what race, sexuality or religion!

RESEARCH

RESEARCH:

We were already aware of the diversity within Brighton. When we looked into the census from 2011 we saw that of course there is a dominant representation of white British Christians living in Brighton. Butt ehre are still other ethnic groups and people of different backgrounds living here. With the popoulation graph we found that there are in fact more people than ever living in Brighton in 2020, so this diversity and mix of people will have increased from the census in 2011, and we want to be the ones to present this to people. 

First Meeting: