Our finished BBC 2 ident!

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Evaluation.

In this assignment we had to create our very own BBC 2 ident. We worked in groups of 4 or 5 and had to make our very own number 2 and film it in 6 weeks. We all chose which role we wanted to take part in out of prop designer, set designer, editor, lighting and filming, but to make our process a lot faster we all stuck together and helped with each others role. In the producing of the BBC 2 ident we used a flip camera, still life table, studio lighting, tripod, backdrop stand, Various coloured materials and the 2's. We worked really well as a team as we never argued and agreed on pretty much everything. We had to use a flip camera for the videoing but if we wanted to do a stop motion picture we could use our camera's.

Firstly we discussed various ideas for the ident but we finally came up with our final idea the seasons in the first week, and we all agreed it would be the best idea, me and Dani went out to get some props including cotton wool and leaves, Jodie was busy cutting out the 2's from the foam board, Lydia was busy taking pictures documenting all of our work so we could prove what we had been doing and finally Coral was busy decorating bits and pieces for the backdrop.

We felt that if we all worked on one thing at a time it would get done quicker and we would be filming before we knew it but because we had 4 different 2's to make and decorate and also 4 different backdrops to decorate it took 4 of the 6 weeks to complete just the 4 different 2's but in those 4 weeks 3 of the girls managed to video one of the 2's which was the winter 2. In the fifth week we planned on doing the other videoing but unfortunately the studio had already been booked out so we had to leave it to the 6th week to video. Also because we did layers on the 2's it took ages to dry before we did another layer which took most of the time, especially the Autumn and Summer 2. It took all day to finish the filming and editing of the other ident video's so we couldn't do any retakes.

We took several shots of each 2 zooming in and out on each detail making it more easy on the eyes, and in editing we added different sound effects to each season making it more obviously to what the season is, I feel it worked well except for the different landscape and portrait views on the scene which made it hard to edit and mesh together but as we didn't have time to retake we had to stick with what was produced.

I am really happy with how everything went because it went well and I feel the videos have really nice lighting and the sets were how we wanted them to look and we made each season stand out to how we wanted it to making it obvious. To improve on what we had already done I think we should have probably made better time in making the 2's and trying to get everything decorated in the 3 weeks, obviously we had some obstacles which wasn't our fault but we probably should have booked the studio sooner and maybe took the 2's home to finish and then we would have made better time, as a group I feel we worked really well together as there was no arguing and we all got on and helped each other with each role, I would say we probably did sit around doing nothing and wasted time in some areas but we can improve on that next time and keep going with the work until its ended to get the best possible outcome at the end. 

Editing.

We decided that we would put sound effects to each season to make the ident more interesting and not boring, we were thinking more different sound effects for the different seasons for example.

Winter: triangle sounds. (triangle as in the triangular instrument)
Summer: sounds of the waves from the sea.
Spring: sounds of birds and roosters.
Autumn: sounds of crunching leaves and the blowing of the wind.

AUTUMN!

We used the same backdrop as the spring and summer but instead we put a reddy/orange translucent material over the top giving a sun set feel to the background, we also used a sand coloured material as a base for the 2 so we had a nice even colour scheme going on.

we also scattered dried up leaves over the sand coloured material which we would then turn the fan on to get them blowing gently like they would on a Autumn's day, also with them blowing it would give more movement to the scene and would make it less boring.

Jodie actually had to pick some of the leaves up and place them in front of the blower when filming because they weren't really blowing as much as we wanted them too, and we also had the same problem as to having two people behind the backdrop to hold it up so we actually had a background. We used the same lighting as we did for spring and summer as we felt it worked really well but it still had the sunset feel to it because of the material we used over the backdrop, I feel we succeeded in making it an Autumn feel.

SPRING!

We all got stuck in, in making the set look like it was spring time, we used the same background as we did for the summer one because spring and summer sky is pretty similar, but instead of having the sand coloured and blue material representing a beach, we had a green cardigan underneath the two making it look like grass and giving the background more texture. We used a glass to keep the 2 stood up right and this worked really well as the 2 was stable and didn't fall down.

We had the fan turned on low so the wind would make the grass blow like grass would normally outside giving the whole scene more movement making it not so boring. I feel the scene does look spring like. 

We turned the main lights out and used the setting lights to create the scene using a big light on the background to brighten it up and also a light on the 2 because that is the main focus of the scene. We had to have two people in the background actually holding the backdrop up because otherwise we wouldn't of been able to have a background at all there was no way of holding it up, so we had less people to set the scene and  to get the movement of the scene flowing well. 

SUMMER.

We started off with the same setting as we did for the winter one with the still life table, but instead we used a sand coloured cloth for the sand and a blue sheet for the sea. We propped up the 2 with a glass. We used the same equipment as we did with the winter ident to hold the camera and the lighting.

Dani then stuck on clouds that coral made earlier on, onto a blue background to make it look like a sky.

We then had the perfect scene for a summers day. To make it look more realistic Jodie made the blue material ripple making it look more like a sea.

We then got the lighting sorted out for the sea and for the background with the main lights turned off through the flip camera the scene looked nice and bright and summery.

This is the set up for the ident. We had then finished filming.

setting up the scene for the winter number 2.

We started off by setting up the background for the ident, including the backdrop stand to hag the snowflakes on that coral made earlier. We used a still life table to use as the base for the props that we are including in the ident. We covered it with a black sheet and made the background black so it looks like a night sky with the snowflakes hanging up.

we made a base to help it stand up by using left over foam board, but because the 2 was too heavy for it we used pebbles to hold it down so it didn't move.

Dani got some white thread and attached it to the snowflakes where we then hung them up to the back drop.

We then made sure that we could see all the set in the frame for the flip camera, we also used a mono to keep the camera in position as we were filming.

by having the fan on the slowest setting it gently moved the snowflakes making it seem as if they were falling from the sky.

We then turned off the main lights and used the studio lights to brighten up the set, we didn't want it too bright as it would be hard to see the fairy lights that we set up around the 2, we also set up a snowman to help make the winter theme more wintery.