Week 3 (03/10) : Audio Introduction & Ideas Pitch

In this weeks lesson we were introduced to all the different types of microphones and recording equipment that we will be using throughout the first year of the Creative Production Video module. I have very little experience working with sound so being shown the different types of mic that we could be using and what situations they would be used in was really helpful and gave me an insight into what sort of equipment I will be using in the future progression of the module. We also discussed interviewing techniques and were shown examples of what to and what not to do when carrying out an interview in preparation for the short interviews our groups would be doing this week for the short 1 minute videos (The Pitfalls of Independent Living). I have carried out a lot of interviews during my time studying Media in the past, so I am quite familiar with the techniques used but there were a few things mentioned that I had not come across before which was interesting to find out!

This week we also had to individually present our ideas for our 4 minute final Creative Project at the end of the first year module. My idea was to create a portrait of 'The Keep' in Brighton. (The Keep is an archive and historical resource centre which gives the public access to over 900 years of records relating to the county of East Sussex and the Special Collections held by the University of Sussex). I found that not a lot of people were familiar with The Keep so I thought that it would be interesting to create a visual representation of the building itself and to explore the records that it holds as they are extremely important to the historical significance of Brighton, and Sussex especially. The other members of my group came up with some really interesting ideas also, but we finally decided to go ahead with Laura's idea of creating a video on the Brighton Police Cells and the 'haunted stories' behind them.

As a group we met up (07/10) and headed to Northfield accomodation with the camera equipment to film our interview for the 1 minute video. It went really well and luckily the weather held out for us and we were able to carry out the interview smoothly and effectively. We got some nice angles of our interviewee and the answers she gave to our questions were really great and informative, I think that this will be great material to use in the edit of this short video.