Example Research

I have looked into a few examples of some other B&B’s promotional videos to get an idea of the codes and conventions that apply to this genre of informational videos. One of the examples that I looked a was mostly made of out of focus pans of the rooms and then gains focus, transitioning between shots with fades having mostly extreme close ups of flowers, food, and lights. 

Video Technique Ideas

For my video piece on Glendower B&B I would like to include a voice over to use when showing images and footage of the house, rooms, and the garden. This is just to showcase the entire house to the viewers so they get a good idea of what to expect before booking rooms there. I will sit down with the owner and have an interview with him to get a bit of history on the house, a little information about him to give people watching a more friendly feeling when watching. I can then cut out the footage from the interview and use it for voice overs if he speaks about something relevant to the house or the local area. For example within the interview he speaks about what rooms they have and what they feature, I can show this in the video along side him speaking it, giving it a more free flowing video, rather than having it all separated, this can make the transitions between shots a lot more smooth.

Evaluation of Pitch

I think that my evaluation went well; I covered everything such as my idea, the visual style and techniques I will be using. I felt that I got across my idea well to the lecturer and the class that were viewing.  I presented my pitch in a professional manner and explained my ideas well. The feedback I got from the lecturer was to make sure that I include an interview and use it for a voice over so I can include other shots that may refer to what he is saying. Also to get any testimonials from guests to get their opinions and views on what they thought of the service.

Production Diary

Things to do for 26th & 27th of February 2015

• Assess other students Blogs
• Write up Evaluation
• Schedule
• Building Blocks Piece

Project Pitch Presentation

Production Diary

Things to do for 12th & 13th of February 2015

• Finish Project Pitch
• Present Pitch to Group
• Upload Project Pitch to Blog
• Write up Feedback from Project Pitch 

Project Proposal

Task 4-Project Proposal

‘SkyDart Productions- Aiming for Perfection’

Client/Title: Glendower B&B Owner/Manager Steve Garner/Glendower Promo Video

I am hoping to create a short promo video to promote Glendower B&B to give people an example of what they are in for before they book there. It can feature on their website or Facebook page for guests to watch.

Project Aims/My Idea: My intentions for this video is to have a tour of the house so people can get a good understanding of the quality and style of the place, and generally get a better feel for the place, rather than looking at a few pictures on their page. I’m thinking of going for a calm relaxed style video using slow music to fit the style of camerawork that I will be doing, such as having slow pans, and high angles to get the whole room in shot to give a perfect first impression for people watching. I aim to make a high quality video that represents the B&B as well as possible showing off the perks and positives of staying at such a lovely home.

Logo

To make myself recognised and to add a more professional look to my blog and myself, I decided to create a logo.

I wanted to keep the design simple, yet still look professional, I decided the name fit well with the design as I wanted to go for a classy look. I came up with my slogan which is "Aiming for Perfection" which I think goes well with the name. 

Mind Map of Ideas

This is a mind map ideas for CPP and SACM

Production Diary

Things to do for 5th & 6th of February 2015

• Finish Logo and post to blog
• Upload task 1 & 2
• Upload Spider Diagram
• Finish Proposal
• Begin Project Pitch

Format Chart

Idea Creation

Task 2- Idea Creation

Idea 1: One of my ideas is to do a promotional video for Glendower B&B in Dereham, my idea is to make a promo for their B&B to raise peoples awareness about it and tell people a bit about the house to gain their interest, I could do this by having a tour of the house showing people what they have to offer. I could also have a testimonial from one of the guests staying there to get their opinion on what they thought of the service and the accommodation. My client would be the owner of Glendower B&B, Steve Garner. He would be the one that asked me what to make for him such as a recruitment video, promotional video or anything else. He also tells me what he wants to include in the video and anything he doesn’t. It would be good to work for him as he lives within walking distance and I could easily walk down and film without having to find a way of transporting any equipment I may need.  The service that I will be highlighting with a video is why you should come and stay at Glendower B&B when visiting Dereham, showing people the perks of staying there. The potential audience that will be seeing my video are people visiting dereham or passing through and need a place to stay whilst on their trip.

Production Management

Task 1- Production management

Production management – A project manager is someone who is in charge of everything, they control the Pre-production, the production, and the post-production side. The role of a production management is to come up with an idea and do all the paperwork for it such as the proposal, research, target audience, risk assessments. They have to keep everything and everyone sorted and organised to show that they have good team leader skills, challenges that they face will be things such as sorting dates with clients that both suit their preferences.

Welcome

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Welcome to my Production Management Project