Thursday, 24 May 2012
Monday, 30 April 2012
Monday, 2 April 2012
Evaluation for documentary
1. I think we worked quite well in a group, but at first we had a couple of difficulties with coming up with an actual idea for our documentary. we started brainstorming ideas and came up with smoking and the younger generation. After we all agreed on the idea we got to work on it.
The whole group contributed towards the camera work and parts of the editing. Kamiul and Syran looked for the most of the audio for the documentary. I was making headings for the documentary on Adobe After Effects. And Shamim did the main editing on Adobe Premier Pro.
2. We had quite a few difficulties when working on our documentary such as coming up with the initial idea. we over came this problem by brainstorming ideas and the we finally came up with the young smokers idea for the documnetary.
Another difficulty we had was when our recorded scenes kept getting deleted for some reason. We had to re-record these scenes a couple of times so that they'd be more accessable. After we put the scenes together, we realised that the documentary wasn't long enough. So we filled up these spaces by doing a few interviews from teachers and a student. Another problem that we faced was when one of the group members was ill and couldn't come in. The remaining people of the group, myself, Kamiul and Shamim had to share Syrans' role in order to get the documentary finished without any delays towards the deadline date.
3. Our documentary could have been improved if we used better camera shots and more exciting information. This way the documentary would've looked more professional aswell as being more fun to watch.
4. Our audience feedback has been pretty good,the areas we need to work on are the statistics and facts to try and make them more exciting. this feedback will be taken into account and we will use it when it comes to making any other videos.
5. For the production of this documentary we used many different softewares such as Adobe Premier Pro and Adobe After Effects for the headings and titles. Premier Pro was used to shorten and lengthen the clips that we would use for our documentary. we also used the blurring effect on Premier Pro so that the anonymous smoker could not be identified.
2. We had quite a few difficulties when working on our documentary such as coming up with the initial idea. we over came this problem by brainstorming ideas and the we finally came up with the young smokers idea for the documnetary.
Another difficulty we had was when our recorded scenes kept getting deleted for some reason. We had to re-record these scenes a couple of times so that they'd be more accessable. After we put the scenes together, we realised that the documentary wasn't long enough. So we filled up these spaces by doing a few interviews from teachers and a student. Another problem that we faced was when one of the group members was ill and couldn't come in. The remaining people of the group, myself, Kamiul and Shamim had to share Syrans' role in order to get the documentary finished without any delays towards the deadline date.
3. Our documentary could have been improved if we used better camera shots and more exciting information. This way the documentary would've looked more professional aswell as being more fun to watch.
4. Our audience feedback has been pretty good,the areas we need to work on are the statistics and facts to try and make them more exciting. this feedback will be taken into account and we will use it when it comes to making any other videos.
5. For the production of this documentary we used many different softewares such as Adobe Premier Pro and Adobe After Effects for the headings and titles. Premier Pro was used to shorten and lengthen the clips that we would use for our documentary. we also used the blurring effect on Premier Pro so that the anonymous smoker could not be identified.
Monday, 5 March 2012
5th march
Today we are going to film our last scenes of the documentary, such as the shop scene. After all the scenes have been recorded we will put them together and edit them using premier pro.
And we will also be making our statistics scenes which include many interesting facts about smoking and the history of tobacco products.
And we will also be making our statistics scenes which include many interesting facts about smoking and the history of tobacco products.
Monday, 27 February 2012
Year 8 Teaching Session
In this teaching session we joined a year 8 english set, and tried to suggest and guide them with their documentary making. We looked at their ideas and
Monday, 20 February 2012
research and brief history
History
Tobacco was first introduced to Britain in the sixteenth century when it was commonly smoked in pipes by men.
Later cigar smoking became popular among men but it was the invention of cigarette-making machines in the later part of the nineteenth century that made mass consumption of tobacco possible.
By 1919, more tobacco was sold as cigarettes than in any other form of tobacco.
At first only men smoked cigarettes and their consumption rose steadily until 1945, when it peaked at 12 manufactured cigarettes per adult male per day.
Women began to smoke cigarettes in the 1920s but not in large numbers until after the Second World War, by which time they were smoking 2.4 cigarettes per adult female per day.
Statistics
More than half a century ago, the causal link between lung cancer and tobacco smoking was established.
Since then a wealth of information has been assembled on the tragic health consequences of tobacco consumption and the highly addictive nature of nicotine in cigarettes which makes smoking cessation so difficult.
Today, tobacco consumption is recognised as the UK’s single greatest cause of preventable illness and early death with around 107,000 people dying in 2007 from smoking-related diseases including cancers.
Around 86% of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by tobacco smoking and, in addition, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) states that tobacco smoking can also cause cancers of the following sites: upper aero-digestive tract (oral cavity, nasal cavity, nasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx and oesophagus), pancreas, stomach, liver, bladder, kidney, cervix, bowel, ovary (mucinous) and myeloid leukaemia.
Overall tobacco smoking is estimated to be responsible for more than a quarter of cancer deaths in the UK, that is, around 43,000 deaths in 2007.
While less than 1% of 11 and 12-year old children smoke, by the age of 15 years, 12% of children in England report being regular smokers despite the fact that it is illegal to sell any tobacco product to under 18s.
There is evidence that actual smoking rates among 15-year olds may be higher than reported, based on measurements of cotinine in saliva, with 21% of 15-year old boys and 19% of 15-year old girls having cotinine levels indicative of active smoking.
Tobacco was first introduced to Britain in the sixteenth century when it was commonly smoked in pipes by men.
Later cigar smoking became popular among men but it was the invention of cigarette-making machines in the later part of the nineteenth century that made mass consumption of tobacco possible.
By 1919, more tobacco was sold as cigarettes than in any other form of tobacco.
At first only men smoked cigarettes and their consumption rose steadily until 1945, when it peaked at 12 manufactured cigarettes per adult male per day.
Women began to smoke cigarettes in the 1920s but not in large numbers until after the Second World War, by which time they were smoking 2.4 cigarettes per adult female per day.
Statistics
More than half a century ago, the causal link between lung cancer and tobacco smoking was established.
Since then a wealth of information has been assembled on the tragic health consequences of tobacco consumption and the highly addictive nature of nicotine in cigarettes which makes smoking cessation so difficult.
Today, tobacco consumption is recognised as the UK’s single greatest cause of preventable illness and early death with around 107,000 people dying in 2007 from smoking-related diseases including cancers.
Around 86% of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by tobacco smoking and, in addition, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) states that tobacco smoking can also cause cancers of the following sites: upper aero-digestive tract (oral cavity, nasal cavity, nasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx and oesophagus), pancreas, stomach, liver, bladder, kidney, cervix, bowel, ovary (mucinous) and myeloid leukaemia.
Overall tobacco smoking is estimated to be responsible for more than a quarter of cancer deaths in the UK, that is, around 43,000 deaths in 2007.
While less than 1% of 11 and 12-year old children smoke, by the age of 15 years, 12% of children in England report being regular smokers despite the fact that it is illegal to sell any tobacco product to under 18s.
There is evidence that actual smoking rates among 15-year olds may be higher than reported, based on measurements of cotinine in saliva, with 21% of 15-year old boys and 19% of 15-year old girls having cotinine levels indicative of active smoking.
our documentary schedule
Schedule for filming
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| 20th Feb Lesson 2 & 3 · Doing the timeline (4 scenes) · Short random clips of the school | 23rd Feb Finish the · Stats & facts (3 scenes) Half do research and other make it on premier pro · Interview on young smoker |
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| | 1st march |
| 27th Feb · Recording of the narrators voice · Interview a science teacher · Youngster going to shops | Start on our editing |
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