https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2 Mark McElwain Visual + Audio Diary Unit 5 + 6 en-us 2017-01-04 11:39:08 UTC 2026-02-11 02:24:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/145228796 Today we did test shoots for interviews and used a wide range of skills in the video to make it look appealing like using rule of thirds, to make it visually appealing to watch.
 
But overall the whole thing could of been improved because we only used 2 angles and should've made the audio more clearer and also should've talked more loudly when interviewing the person. But this is just a test to experiment with the camera to grow more confidence while being a camera operator.

.I could majorly improve my skills for the next task i'm given in the future by using a lot more angles because it would make it more appealing and also using proper lighting in the scenes to make it stand out and make it look professional and making the audio sound better. Below in the link to the footage we captured and edited using Adobe Premiere.]]> 2017-01-04 11:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/145228796 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/145291655 Today i did secondary research, i researched different Local Offers around England to get research about the different types of support and leisure activities and how they support different people who have different special needs.]]> 2017-01-04 15:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/145291655 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/146268086 Today we continued with the secondary research and we also had a visitor come in to talk about the essex local offer and what they do and what the different types of activities they do.]]> 2017-01-10 15:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/146268086 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/146544633 Today we did tongue twisters so we could improve our confidence when we read and also giving feedback to the person to help them improve overall. In the after noon we did recording and everyone in the group had to present and everyone did then we took some b-roll footage so we would edit it together in Adobe Premiere, we did the recording so we could boost our confidence when filming and editing.]]> 2017-01-11 15:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/146544633 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/146655994 The finished video from the filming we did in the afternoon. ]]> 2017-01-11 20:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/146655994 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/146726762 Today we did more research and continued from what we did yesterday and also finished off task 1 and also finished of the formal report for the mind map.

Next week i will start doing primary research and also getting into my group for the promotional video and starting to plane on the story board and questions we might use when interviewing.]]> 2017-01-12 09:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/146726762 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/147543400 Today we got into our groups and started doing primary research and we already started to get ideas for the locations to film and started to gather information about the places like contact details like phone number and email so we can get in contacted with them about the filming that may or may not take place at that location.]]> 2017-01-17 14:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/147543400 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/147828014 today we did some editing with the footage i recorded last week, i continued with the editing and added captions to my video, later in the after noon we had a discussion about lights like high key and low key lighting and we went and recored 3 different clips using 3 different lighting techniques.]]> 2017-01-18 14:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/147828014 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148064709 Take 1, F: 5.5 ISO: 900]]> 2017-01-19 13:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148064709 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148066724 Take 1, F: 4.9 ISO 1000]]> 2017-01-19 13:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148066724 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148067503 Take 2, F: 3.7 ISO 800]]> 2017-01-19 13:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148067503 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148096922 Today i continued with the secondary research about local offers and deconstruction of promos.

this week has been good we have got into our groups and have started research different locations we might film in and get interviews, next week we are planning to get more research and try to get more details about the locations we already have.]]> 2017-01-19 14:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148096922 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148977736 Primary Research
 ]]> 2017-01-24 12:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148977736 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148977959 Primary Research - People answering the questions. part 1]]> 2017-01-24 12:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148977959 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148979150 Primary Research - People answering the questions. part  2]]> 2017-01-24 12:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148979150 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148979268 Primary Research - People answering the questions. part  3]]> 2017-01-24 12:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148979268 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148996912 Interview summary
Today me, Jack and Tinashe talked to some people down in english area with people who have special needs like autism, we talked to them about the benefits of being with the essex local offer, but a few of the people we interviewed didn't know any services from the local offer and didn't understand what SEND meant and also had a lack of knowledge of the topic and this would be great to talk about what SEND is in the promotional video while showing the Essex Local Offer activities for people who are disabled. While interviewing them we found it hard to get detailed answers from them and only got short answers which will be difficult to expand upon when writing up and most of them didn't understand the questions we were asking them and we had to explain to them what some of the things meant to them.

The feedback we received about what type of things they would like in the promotional video was a few on them liking the idea having a pop song in the background, but some said they wouldn't like it if it had music and only wanted to focus on the people in the video instead of the music. 

When interviewing one person they would like a promotional video if the the music in the promo was pop or upbeat to make the video happy and appealing to him. The other person we interviewed said it would be better if the main focus of the promotional video was the people who have special needs, and let them talk about the activities and why it benefits them in a positive way, while showing the activities in the video.]]> 2017-01-24 13:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/148996912 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149031984 Minute meetings ]]> 2017-01-24 14:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149031984 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149032337 Minute meetings ]]> 2017-01-24 14:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149032337 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149325078 Today we finished off research we did yesterday when we where talking to people who have special needs in the college and got good feedback from this. 

In the afternoon we was task to add sound effects and a voice over the clip we was provided by Dave. The problems i encountered when editing was some of the sound effects was to loud i other came this by making the audio more quieter. The other problem i over came was not being able to voice over due to my iPad having no battery and i over came this by using someone in my group who already did a voice over.

]]> 2017-01-25 14:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149325078 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149340295 Need to finish of the editing by making my own soundtrack to add to the clip.]]> 2017-01-25 15:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149340295 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149540588 2017-01-26 10:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149540588 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149540754 2017-01-26 10:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149540754 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149540850 2017-01-26 10:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149540850 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149540957 2017-01-26 10:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149540957 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149607890 This week we continued with the primary and secondary research. On Monday we also did 1 to 1 reviews with people who have special needs or are disabled in the college and got good feedback from the people on what they would find appealing in a promotional video about Essex local offer.

On Wednesday we did video and audio editing, we was tasked with adding audio and a voice over to a clip we was provided by Dave, while editing i did encounter problems like not having enough time to do a voice over so i had to use someone else's voice over in my group for the project.

Today i continued with the primary and secondary research and started to finish off little bits and expanding parts but i still need to finish off somethings before next week before the deadline for this part of the unit.  ]]> 2017-01-26 14:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/149607890 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/150544171 Finished the editing we was doing last week with Dave ]]> 2017-01-31 14:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/150544171 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/150843503 Today we used different equipment like a slider to help get cinematic shots and test with it to get different shots to give us more experience, i also finished the editing what we started last week, where we had to edit and put our own soundtrack from a clip we were provided from  Dave. ]]> 2017-02-01 14:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/150843503 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/151123825 Today we continued with our pre-production and as a group, we started to write our proposal. Today we also started to do the risk assessment and also started with the audio script, now we only have a few things left to go like storyboard and finishing off the interview questions for our promo video.

On Tuesday we got on the phone with the locations that we had a interest for our promo video and now we are waiting for them to reply via email or phone.

On Wednesday we finished editing the video we was working on last week with Dave, i added the soundtrack that i made with garage band and uploaded it to padlet.
 ]]> 2017-02-02 13:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/151123825 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/152089025 Testing out After Effect, we was tasked to make a title in photoshop and then add it to any video editing program like after effects and adobe premiere. 

]]> 2017-02-07 11:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/152089025 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/152734349 Today we have been doing small things like continuing with the run down of the jobs to make sure they are happy and want to do that job for the project.

As a group we discussed the locations, we also reviewed the risk assessment guidelines and location recess and also finished our job role profile proposal. 


]]> 2017-02-09 11:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/152734349 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/155140440 Today we made contact again with Harlow Quasar and tomorrow we will do a risk assessment in the morning and prepare for filming at the location at a later date.]]> 2017-02-21 13:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/155140440 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/155436338 Today we went to Harlow Quasar to do a risk assessment and also got shown around the building of the different areas like panic room and game room and also the Quasar area and had a walk around it, telling us about it, like the rules of the game, We also asked some questions about if there is any flashing lights, so it would not cause epilepsy for people watching the video, and he replied that there wasn't any flashing lights in the area, apart from some lights that spin around. 
 ]]> 2017-02-22 13:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/155436338 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/155737856 Today we went to the Harlow Bowl, we made contact before we went, to give them a reminder that we are coming, when we got the Harlow Bowl we talked to the people and asked them if we could get permission but said we would need to write up a letter and be specific about what we need to do.]]> 2017-02-23 13:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/155737856 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/156672263 2017-02-28 11:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/156672263 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/158817795 Today i went outside and got some b roll footage of Harlow College. I have almost finished the editing all i need to do now is add the interviews which i will record tomorrow in the morning with Jack and Tinashe and also finish getting feedback and finish off the evaluation before the deadline on Friday 9th March.  ]]> 2017-03-08 21:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/158817795 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160220308 2017-03-15 12:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160220308 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160222492 2017-03-15 12:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160222492 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160280219 Today we made a mind map ]]> 2017-03-15 15:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160280219 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160475004 2017-03-16 10:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160475004 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160537675 2017-03-16 14:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160537675 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160540621 2017-03-16 14:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/160540621 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/161777351 2017-03-22 12:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/161777351 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/161867378 2017-03-22 15:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/161867378 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/161873719 2017-03-22 16:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/161873719 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/162066148 2017-03-23 10:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/162066148 markmcelwain3 https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/162134477 2017-03-23 14:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/markmcelwain3/3dp0ebe8sap2/wish/162134477