Tees Active Production Diary

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Thursday 9^th November 2012

The first meeting took place at the Tees Active building in Stockton on Tees. All 2^nd year media students apart from David and Kirsty who were interviewing the new principle attended the meeting to discuss the brief and meet the clients. The client gave a detailed discussion on what they expected and what the brief entailed. Everyone spoke about ideas that had been thought about and could be used.

Thursday 15^th November

Following the meeting with Tees Active a meeting with all of the 2^nd year media students was organised. Notes from the previous meeting with Tees Active were discussed.  We then broke down the different roles that would be needed for this production. We started with pre- production and gave everyone a job role that they would have to complete.  I took on the lead of communication   with the client. This role gave me the responsibility of contacting the client whenever we to discuss any ideas, organise anymore meetings and schedule filming with the clients and venue.

Monday 19^th November

I emailed Kerry from Tees Active to give her my contact details and give her an overview of what pre- production stage we’re up to.

Thursday 22^nd November

Another meeting with all the media students was organised to go over the notes and brief from Tees Active. We looked at the different sections that Tees Active wanted on the DVD and went through the original induction power point. We came up with an action plan that would contain information from the induction power-point/ talk and created a structure of our ideas and who we thought we would require for the different sections.

Once the action plan for each subject was completed, it was typed up in a table so it was easy to understand. I then attached this to Kerry (from Tees Active) asking if she could get back to me if the plan required any changes or they had any other ideas for the brief.

Kerry replied back soon after  saying she would forward the email/ plan on to Steve and Jeremy so they could give us their comments and feedback.

Monday 21^st January

Me, Jack and Dylan went to Redheugh House to film the main parts of the induction DVD. We interviewed staff managers from each venue who gave an overview of their venue and what it offered to new staff/ customers. We also spoke with various members of staff that work within Tees Active, they all gave an overview of their job and covered a section of the DVD. We tried to position each interviewee somewhere different so each time there was a different background that would link to their title or Tees Active company. Filming was expected to take all day, however we finished fairly quickly finishing around 2pm. The managing director couldn’t make the interview so it was rescheduled for a different date.

Wednesday 23^rd January

M e and Jack went back to Redheugh House to capture some of the first aid training on camera. Employees were going through the basic health and safety training that they required and were trained up in how to react in certain situations. The footage would be used as cutaways so we would be able to intercut the interview (With Dennis) and the footage together. After this we then went over to Splash to talk to Emma the venue manager. Emma was previously interviewed at Redheugh House on Monday but was asked to do the interview again so that the venue was in the background. We did the interview with the swimming pool and lifeguard in the background so the audience watching knew what venue they were in (Splash).

Thursday 31^st January

A lot of people were off this week, so the shooting schedule changed round, due to people being off and filming other venues today me, Dylan and James went to Splash to film so of the classes and interview some more staff members. We met just before 9am to get the equipment sorted and set up so we could start filming as soon as possible. When the camera was set up and we were ready to film we had a problem with the camera so had to go back to college to get the cleaning tape and a spare camera just in case that wouldn’t work. I got back to Splash around 9:40am where we set up the cameras again and got ready for filming. We missed an interview with one of the staff so we re- arranged it till later that day so we could capture everything.

Once we were back on track with filming, we attended the classes and interviews we were meant to so that we had everything for the induction DVD. We captured lots of different classes, interviewed staff and customers as well as getting footage from the venue. 

We finished filming at Splash around 3pm. At around 6pm I went to Thornaby Pool to film there. I was meant to go filming with Abbie and Nathan but because of travel arrangements they weren’t able to attend filming, I went to Thornaby Pool to film on my own to get the footage that was needed. When I arrived a few classes were taking place so I gathered different footage of what was going on. I also gathered different cut aways of the venue that would be useful to use in the final edits.

Thursday 21^st February

Before half term, all the footage was captured and looked over to make sure that everything we needed was there. We then gave everyone a section of the DVD to edit and make sure it flowed, looked and sounded right.

I started editing the sections of the DVD I was given. I edited all the footage to make sure it flowed right and made sense as well as making sure all the sound levels were consistent and not too loud or quiet.

Thursday 18^th April

I watched over my edits to make sure that everything worked proper, looked consistant and flowed how it should. The DVD was getting prepared to be burnt so all the sections had to be completely edited.  The DVD was sent over to Redheugh House so they were able to watch the finished product and give us feedback where needed.

Wednesday 1^st May

Kerry came this morning with the DVD and feedback they had prepared after watching the DVD. We talked over the final DVD we had developed and talked over some notes they had. We then all watched the DVD and pointed out any changes that needed to be made. I took notes so that we were able to come back and re-edit sections were needed. Kerry left and each of us went back to our edits with notes to change what needed to be done.

Monday 3^rd June

I went over my edits to make sure all changes had been made and that all the sections flowed how they were supposed to.

Tuesday 4^th June

A re-shoot was filmed yesterday for one of my sections I was editing. I re-edited the section and included cutaways that were relevant to the interview. I finished editing and made sure that the sound levels were all equal and as consistent as the other sections.

I gave my sections to Jack so that he was able to put them on to the new DVD.