For the past few months I have been in charge of a project for Bournemouth University about BU Staff. The project was requested by Staff Development Manager Colleen Harding and as a result I am making a series of short interviews for the website with a wide range of Bournemouth University's staff to show what working at BU is like for prospective employees. After doing all the preproduction of putting together the schedule, risk assessment, booking locations and kit I was ready to film so for the past couple of weeks I have been filming two camera set up interviews with the help of final year Global Media student Alex Naqvi and Bryony Reed around various campus locations. Once again we had a great view of Bournemouth from the Executive Business centre which I couldn't help add to the production photos. I am now nearing the end of editing process and the interviews are looking really good. More to follow once the project is complete!
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Today I was assisting Big Ben and Bryony on the BU research shoot. It's been an interesting project to work on with everything shot in super slow motion on the FS700. Today was a great one as we were shooting senior lecturer Sean Beer with a Champagne bottle opening in super slow motion which looked fantastic. However this was not the only exciting part of the day - we were working in a building just across from the Sunseeker factory in Poole when it suddenly caught on fire. Being there when it happened we quickly got some snaps of the scene and my pictures were used by ITV Meridian and can be seen on the following link! - http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2013-01-29/dramatic-pictures-from-yacht-factory-fire/ - Had we not been working we would have loved to get some super slow mo fire shots - (once we knew everyone was safe of course!)
This week I have been filming and editing the National Student Survey video for Bournemouth University with Red Balloon and Toby Honer form Corporate Communications. NeSSa the camel strikes again by having a graffiti mural painted on Talbot and Lansdown campuses. I have been filming with the help of Joe Jackson and Jamie Whitton the time lapse and close ups of the very talented graffiti artist Oli from Graffiti Kings who is bringing NeSSa to life. The National Student Survey is for final years to complete to let future students know what the course is like and whether the students on it were satisfied. It is a very important survey and hopefully this video will encourage students to fill it out! Check it out on the link below and the production stills. I have just had a very interesting and inspiring week filming Maurine McAllister and Philip Alford as they undertake their first Digital Destinations workshop which is about social marketing and networking. Sixty businesses are involved broken down into six different clusters and paired with final year students to work on digital marketing business plans. This has been fantastic for me as it has given me lots of social network ideas myself. The clusters include some really interesting businesses with a diverse range of ideas. It has helped me to realise that no matter how many social networks you are on you always need a strategy to help you engage with your target market. If you don’t have a strategy and plan you are just creating meaningless posts. The business and marketing side has been of a great benefit to me so though I’ve been filming I’ve managed to actually get a lot from the event. It also reinforced the power of viral videos which I love watching and will have to try and think of a few of my own! After the three days insightful filming I went on to edit together the sessions for research purposes.
Over the last few days I have been working with Red Balloon the crew including Big Ben and his FS-700, production manager Bryony and director Andy. The aim was to film academics in their workplace in super slow motion to promote the research at Bournemouth University. It was an interesting shoot, going to many different locations to see the researchers in their subjects environment. So there was a great deal of variety. It was also eye opening to see the amount of different research that goes on within the university. As always it was great to see the FS-700 doing its super slow motion as it always produces such wonderful images.
Today with Red Balloon I was shooting with Mobile Media again. An event was organised in Sandbanks where the clients of Mobile Media could come down and take a look at the new digital advert van and see other options of campaigning such as the Ad Walkers. They had champagne at the hotel then it was off to Sandbanks beach for the polo. Sadly the weather was terrible all day and we were fooling no one that we were on a nice sunny beach but at least the Ad Vans looked good!
This week I have been filming with Red Balloon assisting the shoot as grip and lighting. We have been filming in Poole at Streetwise and St. Leonards Hospital in Ringwood. Streetwise is a safety awareness centre that I remember from childhood. It is a studio of hazards for children to identify what they are and makes a great set. The shoot is for the NHS paramedic training videos and has been very interesting. Different scenarios have been recreated and the paramedics go through the procedure such as dealing with stabbings, amputees, motorbike crashes and child abuse. What the paramedics do has been fascinating to see and I have learnt so much about their profession. It was a very enjoyable shoot with a great group of people.
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