Rough Cut Viewing-Action Points

Rough Cut Viewing-Action Points

Today we made a few adjustments to the edit, I was able to implement all the shots I wanted in to our "Live" segment. I mostly stick to the single shot that Alex suggested but felt it best to break in to a two shot whenever there was interaction between Alex and AJ, with the occasional reverse reaction shot of Alex, but not often since he's not the focus.

AJ brought up a lot of good points, because of this our "Live segment does over run. I considered cutting it down, but I'm not sure if this is possible since it's supposed to be "Live". However there is still some cut away shots of his electric car that I would like to add in. 

This was Cailan and Andrew's first proper viewing of the full edit so it was great to get their input and opinions. They were mostly positive, but did remind me to add in a few graphics. I did want to get there opinion on what they felt would make a good green screen background, but they didn't have any suggestions. 

Since yesterday I had worked on the VFX transition from the studio to the Live, which Alex wasn't keen on at first, but after getting other opinions we came to a successful compromise. 

Rough Cut Viewing And Helen's Feedback

Then it was time for Helen to watch our project and give her feedback. 

She gave mixed feedback, mostly positive, some negative, but all useful, she raised the following points:

1. Alex felt like a good natural presenter and really helped boos the already strong package. 

2. There needs to be some more voice over in the package. 

3. The studio stuff is decent but Cailan could work a little more about presenting more naturally. 

4. The project is cut well, the VFX work well so far but there is room for more.

5. The interview with AJ is nicely shot and he brings up some interesting points. 

6. The big point she raised was with our "Live". Although nicely shot the result of this is it looks too much like a package. The location and length of the interview mean it is not interesting enough to be a "Live" piece. She suggested it be cut down and put in our package, and that we should shoot a new "Live". She said we need an interesting location that fits the story, e.g. a busy road side or a service station and we should interview someone there.

What We Are Going To Action

I will continue to work on the edit to fill in the gaps.

We will record more voice over to use as OOV.

I will cut AJ down and work out where he can fit in the package. 

The big point we need to action is re-shooting our "Live". We met as a group briefly after the meeting to discuss this. We paced around for a short while trying to rack our brains for a new idea. But we didn't get far since Cailan and Andrew both left early. 

Alex and I met via Skype that evening after taking some time to think. We brainstormed about potential interviewees and locations. The difficulty is trying to find someone to interview and obtain relevant permissions with 4 days until our deadline. 

We considered AJ but thought that another interview with him would be a waste of resources when we could simply use his important points in the package. 

We thought about re-contacting some of the mechanics we spoke to but I couldn't find there contact details despite extensively searching. 

We phoned up Nissan, Renault and Smart to ask about a potential interview there. They said they'd get back to us but didn't say when. This is not ideal with the deadline fast approaching. 

This is when Alex had a brainwave. earlier in the project we considered Brands Hatch as a potential filming location. There were a few events happening over the week that we had briefly looked in to but ended up changing our idea. 

After some thought we decided this would be our best option for a New "Live". It fits Helen's request, its an exciting location, we have a reason to be Live, we have interesting people to talk to, and we can keep it short. 

We arranged a rough Schedule for the day and prepared the following questions for any driver we might be able to interview. 

1. How much do you spend on petrol on a race weekend?

2. How long have you been racing?

3. Has the cost of racing risen over the years?   

4. With the rise of electric cars on the road, do you see that transitioning to Motorsport, and how would you feel about it?

Hopefully this new shoot day will prove fruitful, its just a stressful time right now.