PULP BRITAIN, CHANGES

From recent discussions with a my tutor, I have decided to change the original of the map of the british isles. This was the original look. It was said that the map looks too formal for the style of the video.



This is the new style of the original. I had to learning new techniques to get it to look the way i wanted. I wanted it to look like as if the map had been folded up. I have tried to make the map look less formal than the other one. This map seem to be more fitting for the film.

Design Changes

I have decided to this as the main logo for the video and for the part when the website is mentioned.



On the part where the website is concerned and the bit which shows where the store stores are located I wanted to use animations. This would require key framing at an advanced level. This meant that I would have to learn how to do it and to over come my lack of knowledge. I decided to look at some tutorials and see if I can produce animation in Premiere Pro.

This is a tutorial I looked at

PULP SHOOTING DAY 3, MIlton Keynes

I had to cancel on my original date for the Milton Keynes shoot, this was due to the fact that I had a throat infection and felt that traveling from Nottingham to Milton Keynes would be to much to handle. The Date was rescheduled to the 02/03/2010. The day went really well the only real problem was the lighting in the store was a little dull and so I feared that the footage may not fit in the footage from the other stores. After reviewing the footage after capture I had otices that I had set the camera up so that there was no problem with light or white balance (WB) of the shots. I think I have learnt from my mistakes in Manchester with the Iris and WB an now set it up for each location I shoot.

Birmingham, Shooting day 2

The Birmingham was very simple I had problems arranging dates to go to the store as the Manager wanted to be present whilst I was filming and so I had to fit around the Schedule. The store was the smallest store that Pulp have and so this mean that the shooting went really quickly. The store is located in the shopping centre which is located next to the train station with access to the centre through the train station. The shoot only took an hour to do this was because I knew what shots were needed and down to the size of the store.

Screen shot from footage.

PRP Artifact 3

Artifact 3

This artifact will be cantered on a usability study of the online services using a group of people from the different age ranges. The participants will ranges from 18 to 50 year olds. The main aim to see how people use these websites, whether they find them easy, what features they find easy to use.

Each Participant will load up a website that provides an online catch up service, They then would need to find a specific program using the search engine. The next test will be to browse the TV schedule to find a program from the prime time slots from the day before. The time spent on each site will be timed. Each participant will be asked to take part in a small interview. The experiment will take place in a quiet room with no distractions. The events will be documented on film with the interview recorded on a Dictaphone.

These are the 3 online services they will use.
BBC iplayer
ITV player
4oD

PRP Artifact part 1

As part of the PRP project it requires that 6 artifact are to be collected, these artifacts consist of collecting data that supports the research collected in the main document. This post will outline the first two Artifacts.

Artifact 1
The first Artefact conducted was an online survey; this was distributed over the Internet using an online survey tool. The sample size was 100 participant ranging from the ages of 15 to 50+. The aim was to see if online TV made it more convenient to view Television.

Artifact 2
To produce a study centred on the experiences of Internet Television viewing. The study will follow the experience of a 45-year-old women who as never viewed or used Internet catch up services.

The Study will last for 4 days in this time they will keep an on going diary of how they have found using catch up services. The study will have three conditions; the first one is that the participant will only watch TV through online catch up and no other means. Second, they will have to produce a dairy with of their time spent viewing online Television. Third, they have to spend two days watching Television programmes online using a Computer, then after that watch it when on a TV using a laptop and a VGA cable.

Diary

Day 1

I have never used the BBC iplayer before so I don’t really understand how it works. I am quite new to the whole internet thing. I managed to watch Eastenders that I missed the other day.


Day 2

I have just realised that on BBC iplayers as a guide that shows what programs have been played that day previous feature. I managed to have a look at the ITV one it completely different to the BBC service.

I finding it quite hard to view things on a computer. I don’t feel comfortable sat at a desk watching TV. I do prefer watching sat on my couch or in bed. I do see the appeal of this but I do fine it hard to navigate through he web pages, this could be due to the fact that I don’t use the Internet that often.

Day 3

I really enjoyed using the laptop being connected to the back of the TV. It was quite simple connecting it up. I have missed watching Television programmes on a Television. I am starting to get a little more confident using the catch up services.

Day 4

I feel a lot more confident now using the catch up services. Using it with the TV makes it more comfortable. It would be good to have it in with my TV so I could always catch up when ever I feel like it with out using the computer, The only problem I had was sometimes I had to wait for the video to load.

PULP Shooting day 1

The day started around 12:30 when I arrived in Manchester, the store was easy to find, this was due to the fact that I lived in Manchester and have worked in the store before. The store was well lit and in some cases became a problem, due to over exposure. This provided a problem when i came to some shots on my list and resulted in the footage not being used. I put this down to lack of experience and decided to work on these for the next shoot which is due to be in Milton keynes. The Day in its self was a big learning process as this was the first time I have shot in those conditions.

These are a few shots taken from the footage.