Studio Production: Opening Graphics

Today myself and Sam Creamer started to create the graphic opening for Punchlines. I have never used After Effects before however Sam was quite experienced with the programme so that did help quite a bit. We had an idea already in mind and with that we were able to start work. We did not finish the intro today, however we were able to make a start and tomorrow we should be able to finish it off. I learnt alot today with Sam and using After Effects, although I won't be the best person at using it I now have some experience and knowledge on how to use the programme!

Studio Production: Poster Creation

Within the last week I created a poster for the Punchlines production, in this poster there is a lot of information about the show. The poster explains how to book tickets, where to find us on the internet, the date of record, that it is a student production and shows off the boxing iconography. I designed the poster in Photoshop. Problems that I encountered whilst making this poster is that the image that I was using has a lot going on in it so it was hard to find a place to put all of the information. I overcame this however by putting a box around the picture so I could add as much information that was needed. Below is the completed poster, they will be printed off tomorrow at UCA campus and will be posted around the uni and the town centre.

Studio Production: Ticket design

A couple of days ago myself and Neill created an entry the ticket for Punchlines. In this ticket we included the Punchlines and UCA logos, all the information on when to arrive, the address and who to contact. We tried to make the ticket look as professional as possible so we used the O2 Arena's ticket as a template for ours, you can see the comparisons below.

 

Fiction Unit: Filming

Last week Wednesday I started filming for "The Graveyard Poem", for my location I used a friends house not far from the uni halls, this house was perfect as it had the exact number of rooms needed for my shoot and was very spacious. For the shoot I used a various amount of props which included over 30 alcohol bottles to represent a house party sort of state, a rabbit head mask for the beast which follows the teen/youth around and a syringe and belt for the drug scenes. Shooting wise I got all of the shots that I needed and a couple of extra ones aswell, some of which I thought of on the spot but felt that these shots could add something to the story. I feel that the day went very well, the actors that I had chosen played the part perfectly, I look forward to editing the piece and making it look as good as it possibly can!  

Studio Production: Photo Shoot

On Friday when Joz came down, the promo team needed some photos for the poster to advertise Punchlines. For this we used the lighting kit to make Joz look a bit more dynamic and also made him wear one of the boxing gloves. Here are what the pictures turned out like later on I shall use Photoshop to put fonts and effects on.

Studio Production: Filming Trailer

On Friday the VT and Promo teams met with Joz to film the trailer for Punchlines and shoot a couple of VTs. The trailer script was written by myself and the trailer was directed and edited by Neill. The basic plot of it was Joz waiting in his dressing room waiting to get called in for the show, the floor manager arrives to let Joz know that the studio needs him. At this point we see Joz walking down the hallway where we see alot of boxing and comedy props come into play, this shows off both the boxing and comedy elements of the show. Here is the finished trailer!

Studio Production: Teaser trailer

Before we broke up for Easter, myself and Neill created a teaser trailer for Punchlines. We did this by using a boxing glove, a crowd cheering and editing it in after effects and final cut. Here is the link to the completed teaser! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWAvcy638ZE