Newspaper Report;

http://www.peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk/2011/08/chibuku-shake-shake-presents-j.html

Edit Process


The major issue we've come across when coming to edit is the fact that the interviewees seemed pretty concerned in promoting their own cause, in other words, almost nothing they say relates to what the other says. As far as learning curves go, this is a steep one. In order to get around this we have had to sacrifice much of what we initially thought good footage in order to create a loose structure that gets an audience from A to B. 


Multi Camera; Due to the fact we had two DSLR's to use on the project we thought it a good idea to have two camera set ups per interview in order to achieve a more interesting style and break up information that could have otherwise been quite mundane and relentless. The problem with this is that in post we discovered that the two cameras were potentially set up slightly differently, meaning that the two angles differed in colouring. We used filters and colour correction to get around this and generally I'm pleased with the result. Paul in particular when using the stationary footage, was badly washed out and not vibrant at all, the finished result, while clearly altered, does a good job of establishing continuity.

The End; I have a big issue with the ending, I found it really hard to end the documentary in anyway better than the way we did. With the footage we captured it seemed that no matter what we finished with it was always a bit of an anti climax and didn't really leave the audience with any lasting message. I'm aware that this is a big issue as the ending of this kind of documentary should be a summary of the film as a whole. If i were to do this project again i would be more aware of the edit during the shooting process and try to get what i needed out of the interviewees, rather than settling for just anything.  

Screen Grabs;

As you can see from these screen grabs we chose to colour correct some of the footage to improve continuity.
   

Contributor List


Paul Hutchinson - DJ/Promotor - paul@waxxx.co.uk


James Rand - DJ/Producer (Contactable via Facebook)


Andy Hill - Promotor  (Contactable via Facebook)

Documentary Audio


The documentary opens with a live mix by James Rand, as shown, he uses a number of analog mixers along side the software Ableton to produce the track on the spot. As a result, we have no MP3 or WAV file, just the sync sound we captured on both the Marantz 660 and Canon DSLR's

The second track we used is one produced by Dauwd, a producer from Liverpool who has been kind enough to give us a free range of his tracks.

Locations 


While in Liverpool we intend to visit two particular establishments. The first is 'The shipping forecast,' the reason behind going to this bar is that two of the three intended interviewees have ties with it. Andy Hill is a promoter who often uses this bar as the venue for his nights and James Rand is a producer/DJ who has a residency here, along with one another club. 

As you can see from this screen shot, at the time this was taken The Shipping Forecast was yet to exist however the building is clearly recognisable as the legitimate establishment from the documentary. 

Similar to the above, the venue shown in the film has yet to be arrive on Google Maps...

Shot List

Shot List

Shot	Location	Shot Type	INT/EXT	Movement	Interviewee	Equipment
1	James Rand's Room	Medium Shot	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
2	James Rand's Room	CU	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
3	James Rand's Room	CU OTS	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
4	James Rand's Room	CU of mixing equipment	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
5	James Rand's Room	High angle	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera
6	James Rand's Room	Medium OTS	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
7	Peacocks Bar	Medium Shot	Interior	Static	Paul	Camera/Tripod
8	Peacocks Bar	CU of face	Interior	Static/Free hand	Paul	Camera
9	Peacocks Bar	Medium Long Shot of Peacocks Sign	Exterior	Static	Paul	Camera/Tripod
10	Peacocks Bar	Medium Shot of statue	Exterior	Static	Paul	Camera/Tripod
11	Peacocks Bar	Medium Shot	Interior	Static/Free hand	Paul	Camera
12	The Shipping Forecast	Medium Shot	Exterior	Static	Andy	Camera/Tripod
13	The Shipping Forecast	CU of face	Exterior	Static/Free Hand	Andy	Camera
14	Streets of Liverpool	Medium	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
15	Streets of Liverpool	Long Shot (Building)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
16	Streets of Liverpool	CU (Simon Cowell (Graffiti)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
17	Streets of Liverpool	Medium Shot (Bar)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
18	Streets of Liverpool	Medium (Gig Posters)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
19	Streets of Liverpool	Long Shot (street/ posters)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
20	Streets of Liverpool	Push Focus (Street)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod