After having completed the group presentations we got a positive result alongside certain feedback that relates to every group in the class.

-Always have something on the screen – be more visual. In a good presentation it also has to be visually appealing for a design course.

-Keep presentations dynamic – someone talking, someone working the computer and going backwards and forwards between the K-film and the powerpoint.

-We need to think of the delivery – what is the best way to get our message across?

-Clean interviews – get good sound to go over the footage to make higher quality granules.

-Korsakow can be quite poetic – does not have to be traditional.

-Think about using text – applies with point 5

-Time lapses? Could work with Carly – riding or preparing her bike.

These are all points that we will be analysing and approving upon for the panel presentation along with the Project 4 brief.

-Summarise what we have done so far – meeting, shooting day, editing.
-What we are heading towards.
-Project 4 – user experience in K-film – what works. what doesn’t; additional shooting; additional editing; filling content gaps.
-What we learnt from the shooting process?
-What we learnt from the editing process?
-What we learnt from the equipment?
-Shooting stage
-Editing stage
-What we have planned for PB4.

The main idea is to portray what we are doing, what we have discovered, and what our plan is when exploring PB4!

INTRO:

-Broader picture
-Group focus
-What we are doing as a group
-Briefly refer to PB2
-Explain where we are heading for PB3.

MIDDLE: Explaining PB3

-What we wanted to achieve
-What we have achieved
-Pre-production – meetings, etc
-Production – shooting
-Post-production – editing
-Korsakow
-What we learnt from PB3 going into PB4.

CONCLUSION: Introducing PB4

-Where we are heading for PB4
-Why we are heading this way
-How we plan to use Korsakow
-We are focusing on the user interface
-How we plan to get to this
-Focusing on a greater scale (4 bikes – road/cafe/art/mountain)

After coming away from the meeting with Seth we did some brainstorming and re-thought what we wanted to achieve, and how we are going to go about it. We thought that by just having one bike through the use of clustering of geographical locations was becoming too linear, and that is not what we wanted. We later decided that instead of focusing on Carly’s road bike, we should focus on her three other bikes as well, those being art bike, cafe bike, and mountain bike. This meant that we now had four elements to focus on, and it would suit the idea of clustering a lot better in the  K-film. This was going towards the multi-linear non-narrative structure that we want. This also means that the audience can see four different aspects to Carly’s life, and interact with her on a deeper level, by still having her represent the cycling community of Melbourne.

Each group was allowed a one-on-one interview with our tutor, to get some feedback before the presentations.

The notes that were taken:
-Think about interviewing secondary people.
-Taxonomy of themes
-For project for have sustainable footage
-How are PB2 and PB3 determining how we record our material?
-It is all about the decisions we make from PB3 going into PB4.
-Are we still thinking multi-linear?
-How are we going to be working in Korsakow?
-Key-wording in Korsakow project
-Where can we go from here, moving forward?
-Focus on drawing content out of themes
-Understand what we are working with – Not necessarily geographical.
-Re-export videos – changing the compressions to specially cater for movement.
-Bridging the different bikes together
-What perspective are we portraying through cycling?
-What are we conveying about cycling?

Seth really challenged our ideas and ways of thinking, pushing us to look even harder into what we are doing, so that we can achieve the best results.

As Korsakow wasn’t our main focus, we only created a basic file, to support our granules and show the content we had, and the possible interface that we might use. We put the 12 granules into Korsakow and had a start SNU and an end SNU. From here we wanted to have the end video to be released later into the project and wondered how we could achieve this. We found through SNU rating that if we lower the rating the video will be shown when the majority of the other videos have been seen. This was an element that we experimented with that allowed us to find out new features to this program. We also rearranged the interface and used an image as the background, we haven’t done this in previous projects, so we had to do our research in order to pull it off. We were having with what we achieved in Korsakow, because in Project Brief 4 it will be the main focus.

Now that I have a structure to work with, I needed to go back through the various files that I created to see where Carly talks about specific subjects. At first this was quite time consuming and a little bit confusing, but after the first couple of videos were made, I knew where everything else was that I needed to use. This was the main stage that I could experiment with what works and what doesn’t work, and see how I could use this footage to escape the generic style – in reference to Matt Soar’s work.

Going through the footage, I noticed another important aspect that needed to be included which was M.S (Multiple Sclerosis). This is the foundation that Carly and her cycling group ride for, and they raise money by doing multiple rides a year dedicated to this cause. I felt as though this was a more personal and intimate side to Carly that has to be shown, to get the most out of her character in just a handful of videos.

After I had completed 12 granules I had to export them for Korsakow. I did this by using the H.264 format through a HD 1080p 25 compression; the audio was set on ACC; and the footage is high definition. Once the granules were exported we tested them in Korsakow and they worked. It is just a matter of seeing what works for your specific project and what doesn’t.

Later in the week after our filming day, we met as a group to continue editing, and for the other two group members to see what I have done. We sat down and re-watched the rushes, taking notes of reoccurring points and themes. We decided that from the edited footage we would create 11 videos to put into Korsakow – as Korsakow wasn’t our main focus – the content for the brief was. These 11 videos are self-dependent and each have a different editing style which we decided to experiment with for PB3.

The themes we chose are:
-Carly Intro – montage of footage
-Great Victoria – emotional, achievement
-Strava App – explanation
-Gran Fondo – explanation, personal
-Training
-Friends/Social – cycling group
-Lycra – women in cycling
-Bike – her collection (4 bikes)
-Bike – Individual
-Freedom – Journey, clearing her mind
-End – Tail wind home, montage of footage

These were the main themes that Carly covered in detail – allowing us to have more footage to work with. Coming away from this group meeting I have 11 videos to work towards that illustrate our talent, the theme/story we have gone with, the experimental facet to our videos, and to show how much work we have done throughout the production stages.

To begin with, the editing stage was quite overwhelming, as we had a significant amount of footage to work through. I sat down and tried to work out the simplest way of editing it all, so I started by going through and watching all of the rushes – this way I knew where everything would be located, and take notes of what I had to cut out. I imported all of the footage into Premiere where I continued editing by cutting out the questions in the interviews, and the unnecessary words that Carly said before and after her answers. This took time, but was worth it in the end. I saved all of the files with relevant theme names, allowing them to become more identifiable and automatically know what content they contain. Watching all of the footage allowed me to pick up on the mistakes we made while filming such as the sound recorder and interviewer being in the frame, the camera being too jumpy, and the car was seen in the frame when we were recording whilst driving. For these issues, I just cropped the frame in Premiere so that they wouldn’t be seen. These are all things that can be fixed with further concentration and planning for out next shoot.

For the filming day we all met at Blackrock at 10am to get set up and get prepared before Carly arrived at the designated cafe between 10:30 and 11am. This allowed us to set up the equipment, run through what we wanted to do, what we are going to do – and what we wanted to achieve for our final result/project.

We started by buying coffee with Carly and introducing ourselves; having a casual conversation to calm the nerves – on both parties- and discuss with her our plans for the day. We then got the sound recorder out along with the cameras and started recording. We underwent some test shots in the beginning where we just filmed her conversation with Sonia (group member). From here we conducted a series of interviews, where we then changed locations from cafe to park. In this transition we filmed Carly riding her bike along the road. The second half of the interviewing was more natural, as the nerves calmed down, and she started to feel more comfortable and confident around us all.  As this happened she opened up her answers, which led her to revealing stories about herself that are more personal, which will work well in our k-film, as the audience can connect with her on a more personal level.

We then got into the car with the cameras, and attached the clip on camera to Carly’s bike – this part of the day was spent filming scenery, while Carly was recorded the path she took, while talking to the camera and showing us around (seeing what she is seeing).

Overall this day was successful, and we gathered more than enough footage for the day. The only problems we encountered was the wind, using all of the battery power, and running out of room on all of the SD cards. These are all elements that can be fixed, and we will learn from these mistakes going forwards into the future shoots.

The question is how we go about Project brief 3, and we have started planning for this by hiring equipment, and putting together themes for the interviews, and then forming them into questions.

The equipment that we will be hiring for this shoot will be:

-Camera x 2

-Tripod

-Sound recorders x 2

-Spot microphone

-Clip on camera (to put on bike)

Ways to film:

-Filming interviews

-The interviews will take place with various people doing this event, and they will be held when they take their breaks at cafes etc.

-Attached microphone and camera to bike to follow the journey of the rider, when we cant be there. The camera could be facing the riding to be a more personal shot, and then spun around so it is filming where they are riding.

-Film them riding past (we will be on the footpath or in the car).

-Follow them in the car and film them.

-While in the car we could shoot the scenery. Just take shots of the road, document the surroundings in which they are riding.

-This could be of the ships, cafes, the bay, the road, other cyclists, people in parks. It is a Sunday, and we want to capture the whole event, and what goes on around it.

-We could make it more personal, as charity is already personal to people, especially when riding for a cause.

-Do we focus on just one main character and then have other people and their stories in the background? Or do we make everybody the same?

footage of someone on their phone using the app.

Ways in Korsakow:

-Possibly work with a non-narrative system, the story will allow for this, as it could be effective to have it all integrated in together.

-Have themes for the snu’s.

-Group multiple videos together with the same classification or names.

-Do we need to specifically have a start sun and an end snu?

-To treat the project kind of like an onion, peeling back the layers until we get to know the people. Kind of like the change of seasons one.

-Is there a way to combine videos so that they show in the first half and then others show in the second, but still have them randomly scattered?

-Bridging videos

-Its a journey, so it isn’t all random. Something happens so that the user knows they are into the next part.

animation

-Slideshows – still shots

-Start with a map of the bay, and then in each section have a zoomed in map for the background, showing where they are.

Core Topics: Try to keep them talking and make them elaborate. 

-Basic cycling questions. Why do you like cycling, why do you ride etc. Tell us the most interesting cycling story you have had, or know from someone else.

-About the app. How do they use it etc?

-Gran Fondo. Tell us the details. What is it? Tell us the history of the Gran Fondo.

-Personal cycling. What do you think about? Do you plan stuff? Do you mediate and not think about anything.

-Personal about why they do Gran Fonda. Where is the most interesting place they have done one?

Interview Questions:

1. Introduce yourself. What do you do, what are your hobbies. Where do you live. Where are you from. How old are you?
2. When did you start cycling and why?
3. Why do you cycle? Motivates?
4. What types of cycling do you do. (commuting, for fun, with family or friends, social, exercise).
5. What kind of bike do you have? Tell us about your bike. Why you chose that one.
6. What if The Gran Fondo? What is its history? What is involved?
7. Why are you involved? How did you get involved? How long have you been involved with this event?
8. Where do you do the Gran Fondo? Where is the most interesting place you have done it?
9. Who do you do it with? Or do you do it on your own?
10. Do you do it for a certain reason? For charity? Or for fun?
11. Do you set yourself goals?
12. What charities do you support? Why? Is there a reason or story behind your decision?
13. How does this event test you both physically and mentally?
14. Do you like the challenge? Do you struggle? Do you enjoy being pushed both mentally and physically?
15. Do you train for the event? How do you prepare yourself?
16. How does weather affect this event and your cycling?
17. Do you think of it as a competition? Do you compete against yourself or the people involved?
18. Tell us about the app that you use to track your process? Do you find it beneficial?
19. Does it motivate you to complete your goal? If so, why?
20. When you ride: What do you think about? Do you plan? Do you meditate and not think about anything. Do you talk to yourself?

Plan for the day:

-10am meet at Sandringham station

-10:30/11 am Carli and friends get to  Blackrock.

-11am-12:30: Breakfast at cafe.

-12:30-1:30: Following bikes in car.

-1:30-2: Finish