Class assignment for Year 2 Film & Television students at Unitec New Zealand's Department of Performing and Screen Arts: In teams, create a presentation pitching an integrated media strategy which combines the specialisations of the students involved (Production, Camera, Sound and Editing). Collaboratively brainstorm and create this presentation using a wiki document on Google Docs, and deliver the work on Google Docs Presentation, combining your efforts to build and present the piece to your classmates.
2. Concept
A Three Month Tour of New Zealand
collecting old home videos and
commercials to create a "slice of life"
documentary featuring New Zealand
life from the beginning of New
Zealand film through to present day
New Zealand.
3. But Why?
To Educate:
New Zealands' youth of today.
Tourists or new arivels to New Zealand
Anyone who seeks knowledge of our history
To Entertain
To make it as enjoyable for everyone to watch.
To help assist the learning process.
Nostalgia.
To make people laugh and be happy.
4. How?
Four different types of new technologies will be used
throughout this project:
Gorilla Production Software
Smoothcam
Online editing
Protools 8
We will drive all over New Zealand in a Mitsubishi Canter 6
Berth Motorhome and work all these technologies off
computers and laptops from our Motorhome.
5. Gorilla Production Software
This new software will be used in both the pre production and
production phases of the project as we tour New Zealand and
plan to tour New Zealand.
Gorilla Provides:
Scheduling
Budgeting
Storyboards
Calenders
Accounting
Contact Lists
6. SmoothCam
SmoothCam is a piece of technology
borrowed from Apple’s high-end
compositing system "Shake", that was
ported to Final Cut Pro 6.0 as an easy-to-
use effect filter. The basic idea is that
SmoothCam tracks the pixels in your
footage to create smooth bump-free shots.
Useful for correcting shaky handheld NZ footage.
Can make NZ home made videos look professional and
marketable.
The application gives you control over how much you
correct the NZ footage.
7. Online Editing
This will give us the advantage to edit while we are on the
move around New Zealand at any time this means that we
can save time by working as we go.
8. ENHANCED SOUND WITH PRO TOOLS 8
One of the cool things about Pro Tools 8 is the plug-
ins. A plug-in is a enhancement feature for sound
available in Pro Tools. Depending on which plug-in you
use; it will immediately make changes of the original
sound to a better quality and design.
I will use two plug-ins from Pro Tools 8, and they are
called BOOM, and VACUUM. Both are virtual instruments
that I will use to create a theme track.
The end result will be a sound design to compliment the
production and enhance any local tunes from the media
archives.
9. Thats A Wrap
At the end of the three month tour of New Zealand and the
subsequent time sifting through all the material we will have
collected we will have created a 5 DVD Box Set Limited Edition
"Slice of Life" documentary.
We will attempt to illustrate New Zealand's way of life and New
Zealanders way of life has changed over time.
We will use the latest in post production technology to a
documentary of the highest quality that can be used as a
resource for generations to come.
