The Dark Knight Rises and his vehicles appear on Media City UK
I had woken up that Monday morning with the plan to get a shower, get dressed, have breakfast and then go filming with my good buddy @watersidestudio.
This however was not to be the case! We arrived at MCUK to find the Batmobile (aka Tumbler) and the Batpod. I felt like I had walked in to my 9 year old selfs fantasy world. We stood watching as the team from the BBC filmed their items for Blue Peter and I un-be-knowingly struck up a conversation with the gentleman that built the batpod. He explained that it did run and was fully functioning as a motorcycle and told me about the logistics of riding it. I was in my element! We continued to watch the filming, all the while getting wet in the glorious Mancunian weather!!
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Chris Corbould who is one of the best known SFX supervisors in the business and also got chance to speak to the pyro operator. As a student of audio and video this was an invaluable opportunity for me but as a fan, it was like a dream come true!!!
#ELVSS12 – LOOSE ENDS. – The Final word.
Over the last few weeks, I have been involved in a project aimed at creating movies for the small screen using mobile devices which combined the efforts of 3 schools from across the globe. These were: Salford University,UK; Unitec, Auckland (NZ) and the university of Strasbourg, France. The brief was to create a short film using mobile devices ( iphones, ipads, Android handsets etc) that highlighted the issue of sustainability. Here is the final edit of the film our team came up with –
More information can be found here: Mobilexhibitionists Team blog
It was a very exciting project to be a part of and I hope that I can do more of this kind of thing in the future. I have gained some valuable skills whilst being a part of the project including elements of leadership, communication and technical skills. Things I can definitely use in any role I may undertake in future employment. As a team leader on this project I was required to be involved in regular meetings via Google Hangouts with lecturers from each university to make sure the project was on track for our deadline as each team was comprised of members from all 3 countries, each with different tasks to complete in order for the video to be a success. In our team, New Zealand did the first part of production, filming and editing the first half of the narrative, my colleagues and I in the UK organised the second half -filming and editing shots then writing the soundtrack and our colleagues in France created the title sequence and soundtrack. It was then uploaded to dropbox where we could access the clips, download them and complete the final edit. – This is what you can see in the video above.
Having been part of such an innovative project , I feel, has been a huge privilege and it is a credit to the tutors from each university and them being such forward thinkers that this was so successful.
I would personally like to thank the lecturers – Helen Keegan, Ben Shirley, Dan Wagner ,Tom Cochrane and Solene Trousse as without them, we would not have had such a brilliant opportunity! THANKS GUYS!!
I know I have already posted about the ELVSS12 project in terms of reflections but I felt that I wanted to conclude my work tying up loose ends so to speak.
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