Friday 18th May - Finishing

Today is deadline day. I created the soundtrack and finished the project.

Friday 11th May - Editing

Today i created the transition from Kieran's part to Richard's and it looked really good. I also edited Richard's part.

Thursday 17th May

Today I just made sure all of the transitions worked and looked good.

Wednesday 16th May

Today I changed the picture for me as it didn't look right and I changed the picture for Richard slightly for the same reason.

Tuesday 15th May - Checking

Today I just looked back over the whole project and made sure everything was right as there was alot of little bits that I hadn't done right so I corrected them.

Monday 14th May - Editing

Today I created the 'Snatch' effect graphic for Richard and created the ending to the video, creating the ending took a while.

Thursday 10th May

Today i edited Kieran's part and created a 'Snatch' effect graphic for him.

Wednesday 9th May - Editing

Monday was bank holiday and yesterday I was ill. Today I edited editing creating transition for my part leading to Matt's as there is a little bit where he has his own part. I also filled out a shotlist for good and bad shot. Afterwards i edited Matt's part and created the 'Snatch' graphic and the transition to Kieran's part.

Friday 4th May

Today I created the transition between Rob's part and mine and also edited mine and Matt's matt as it was almost the same thing. I also created the 'Snatch' effect graphics for my part.

Thursday 3rd May - Editing

I was still creating the transtion from Alex's aprt to Rob's part as i had to get it perfect and it kept going wrong. I also edited Rob's part and created the 'Snatch' effect graphic.

Thursday 3rd May - Editng

Today i created the transtion between Alex's part and Rob's part, this was very hard to get right and took a long time.

Tuesday 1st May - Editing

Today in the hour long session I had i created the 'Snatch' effect graphic for Alex and created the transtion to Rob's part.

Monday 30th April - Filming/Uploading/Editing

Today was the next scheduled day of filming so we went out and it was a sunny day so we were in luck. During the morning we filmed Rob's part and Alex's part and after lunch we all uploaded the footage. Once we had all uploaded the footage the work we did now became our individual responsibility. I started by editing Alex's part of the footage.

Friday 27th April - Filming

Today we went filming and we decided that since it was raining heavily we were going to film Matt's part, my part and Kieran's part (which were all inside) first and hope the weather would be better on the next day of filming. We got all filming done successfully and decided we would also upload the footage on the next day we went filming,

Thursday 26th April - Locations

Today we decided where we would be filming each part and we went and took pictures of each to take sure it was exactly what we wanted.

Wednesday 25th April - Schedule

Today we had to create a schedule for what we were going to do and how long we expected it to take. We also had to book equipment for when we go out to film and write the proposal for our opnenig titles sequence

Tuesday 24th April - Opening Titles Research

Today I was given  a sheet in which I had to research the opening titles for a film and a TV program. I chose the film 'Zombieland' (2009) and the TV program 'Chuck' (2007-2010). I had to describe the elements of each, the pros and cons of each and what companies created each

Monday 23th April - Planning

Today I planned the character storyboard as well as a character Photoshop design sheet but the main thing I did was an opening titles overview A3 sheet to plan what our opening titles would look like.

Bus/Billboard/Website

Marketing Case Study - CAMPFIRE

Campfire is a marketing agency that shapes perceptions and enhances brand preference through social storytelling, digital content, and physical experiences.


They 'ignite the fan cultures and broader communities that shape conversations and deliver results for our clients'


The founders made The Blair Witch Project. But if you think it was just a movie, you’d be mistaken. It was a tale that evolved in the press and online and through genre fans and dozens of other little experiences to create an experience much larger than any single film could contain. The movie was just the centerpiece in a complex series of encounters. Legends were seeded. Stories evolved. Advocacy grew. And the film became a sensation before it ever reached a single theater.


Case Study - FX American Horror Story


FX Networks wanted to create a buzz for the premiere of a new TV show so they asked Camfire to help with it so Campfire created a digital house with a twist, they would invite people to come into a house and discover rooms and artifacts that could have caused them to murder.

My Poster and Analysis

I tried to keep it as a 'teaser' poster, not giving away too much information but in the end it looked better with more information. I think if i had more time i would have put 'Trapped' around the release date like in my draft.

Tues 13 December WEEK 3 Production Day 9

The group need a bit more time as alot of the days we were meant to be filming people were ill so we had to postpone the filming. Today i finished the titles and credits. I'd been doing a long of editing, looking for sounds etc. I found some sounds on youtube but steve said i couldn't use them as they'd be copyrighted to the person who uploaded them so i got some from a CD that steve gave me and used track 46.

Mon 5 December WEEK 3 Production Day 8

Today Abbi did editing and I did the title sequence on Photoshop.

Fri 2 December WEEK 2 Production Day 7

Today we went out and filmed the first part of the project it was quite hard but we did it. We got back in and Cassie and Abbi said that the lighting wasn't very good so we are going to re-film on monday.

Thurs 1 December WEEK 2 Production Day 6

I updated my blog and posted a trailer showing an effect Abbi wanted to put into the video. The trailer is posted further down on this page.

Se7en Trailer

This trailer shows some of the 'scratchiness' that Abbi wanted to include in our 'Trapped' Video project to make it look more exciting and more than just a student-made film.
Here is the trailer for Se7en

Tues 29 November WEEK 2 Production Day 5

Today we just did filming and editing.

Mon 28 November WEEK 2 Production Day 4

Today we went out and filmed a few shots including cassie waking up after passing out and of her walking we didn't get much time but did as much as we could.

Thurs 24 November WEEK 1 Production Day 3

Today we filmed part of the scene that takes place on the pathway between the bathroom and the forest where Cassie and Abbi ask which path to go down. The problem is when we filmed the footage it was quite dark so it therefore made what we captured quite dark.

Weds 23 November WEEK 1 Production Day 2

Today Richard was a bit late so we decided to try out some light painting so we did it in a classroom which was too bright so we did it in the hall instead.

Weds 23 November WEEK 1 Production Day 2

Today we were going to go out and film the first scene but Cassie and Richard were slightly late and so instead Abbi decided to do some light painting for the opening sequence and i took pictures for the blog. First we did it in the classroom but it wasn't dark enough so we did behind a curtain on a stage in the hall.

Tues 22 November WEEK 1 Production Day 1

Today Abbi and Cassie researched about light painting and Abbi found a video which is the reason why she wants to do it.

Locations for 'Trapped'

During this session we picked to have one of the locations in a bathroom since we couldn't find a building that looked like a house. So Cassie and Abbi are getting ready for a part in the bathroom. Then we have a path where there is two ways to go, either a longer way to the party but it is safer or one that leads straight through the woods but is easy to get lost.

The third location is in the woods where the most action and development takes place. and that is where the short film ends.

My Finished 'Trapped' Storyboard

'Trapped' Target Audience Member

For this task we picked a particular target audience member and searched for the different TV Shows, music, brands and games that would associate with them.

I think this target audience member would listen too dubstep or possibly music from the charts, watch shows comedies like Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory or something made for teenagers such as The Inbetweeners. I would think that this target audience member would watch either a horror film such as Friday the 13th or a comedy film such as Johnny English. Its most likely that this target audience member would use the internet for Facebook, and YouTube.

Find Your Tribe Quiz

My 'tribe' was Smart Urban, i personally think this is quite accurate as i like going out and buying new clothes, watching films and generally being out places

'Trapped' Initial Planning

My initial ideas for the short 'Trapped' film was in the beginning someone (either a student, teacher, or caretaker) is still at school after it has finished on a Friday. The person then goes to get something from a cupboard but while in there the door closes by itself and is locked from the outside so the person has to wait for someone to come and unlock the door. Since it is a Friday the person will have to wait until monday to be rescued.
In the middle the trapped person had to figure out how to survive without food or water and almost no space to move. The new head teacher comes in to have a look at the school and the trapped person hears this and attempts to make noise so they can be heard but it doesn't work and the new head teacher walks away not knowing about the trapped person.
In the end somebody come into school on a monday morning and hears the person shouting but doesn't know what it could be so they open the door, let the person out and the person runs off.

The group's initial idea was to have a group of young people that are going to a party, in the beginning, drinking and having fun. 

In the middle the group get lost in the woods and realise that someone is chasing them and planning on killing them.

In the end someone from the group gets dragged of but you don't see the killer and you never find out what happen to get group.

Rosie Ball's Visit

What we thought was going to have a regular lesson but we were visited by games designer and BAFTA nominee Rosie Ball who came to tell us about what she'd done since leaving university and how being at Long Road helped her with other things including work at university and winning in her competition and possibly winning a BAFTA.
This it the link to her website.

Final New York Titles Sequence

Once I had put the new york sequence with the soundtrack I made I then had add credits using final cut. When I finished I exported it and uploaded it to Vimeo

L2 Sam's New York Sequence from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

New York Garageband Soundtrack Session

I put the new york final cut sequence into garageband and made a song to have as a soundtrack in the background of the New York sequence. Once I finished the soundtrack I removed the new york sequence and then save the soundtrack and add it to the new york sequence using final cut

New York Final Cut Editing Session

I was given a selection on clips of new york and had to go on final cut to edit these clips anyway i liked to make approximately 1 minute and eventually it would look like the opening sequence of a movie.

Garage band demo session

Logo ident production session

In this session i took my rough logo design and made it in Photoshop using an image of a plasma TV with the words 'Sam Productions' on screen. When i had finished i exported each individual layer and am planning to import into final cut and have the two words fly at the viewer as it it was a 3DTV.
The most difficult thing about working in photoshop is trying to work out what buttons do what job and how to do certain thngs with the age(e.g. scale the image down). I eventually figured how to do it and became more confident with what i was doing.
I haven't used final cut yet so i cannot say much about it at the moment.
I am pleased that although my logo isn't the best looking one I am proud of what i did as it took me alot of time to work on it.

Media production company logo planning session

This was a slighly less complicated task, probably the easiest so far, where we were shown a customised logo created by Steve, after seeing his we were given some paper to do our own and I had many ideas and eventually had the idea to have the words 'Sam Productions' diplayed on a 3D TV and then suddenly it comes out of the TV as i love 3D movies.

Logo research session

First of all we were shown logos of various well-known companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Nike and were told to go and search for 2 logos that we like, i picked Sony and Facebook. I had to write information such as company name and what it does and then I had to draw both logos and annotate it, writing and font, colour, size and shape. Then I had to write what i thought the design elements might suggest.

Photoshop Skills Session 1: Club Flyer Task

In this session i went to search for two images on Flikr to have as the background for my club flyer but these two images had to be made into one using Photoshop. The first image just had 'DUBSTEP' written on it with smaller vesions of the word within the word itself, the second was the symbol of a musical note. Just like the first session this involved opening the two images in Photoshop and using the layers and making one image. I had to move the image around and scale them down to fit and then i had to write down a few details including special offers and the name of the club. The club i decided to create was called Dubstep and Stuff with dubstep being the major genre of music and other songs being selected from the top 40 songs in the chart. This is the end result.

Photoshop Skills Session1: Earth & Eye Exercise

In this session I went on the Flikr to get two images one of the earth and one of an eye. Using photoshop i opened both images and did various things such as remove the black background from the earth and scale the earth down in size. I put them both on the same page and using individual layers to create one image. The end result looks like this.