What Ive Got.

Ive spent a long time collecting a lot of different shots. Ive even traveled all the way up the Cheltenham to collect these shots. Here is what i have so far. I have worked on the part of the speech, where he talks about how people live, and lack of things people have to survive. With this infomation, i used shots of towns, and train stations, and very english areas, as a contrast to what he is saying. The music i have used is "Dead Already" From the American Beauty soundtrack. I chose this track because of the monotinous nature of it. The idea of the same thing happening over and over, and slowly building up fits well with the themes of human development that Nelson Mandela is talking about.

Tomorow I am going to spend the day working on the text overlay that I have featured on the piece. I feel that i need much more of it, and need to think about where i have placed them

DV Cam troubles.

I am currently having troubles with my DV Cam. For one, the only one i could get my hands on is an old NTSC mini DV camera. The picture quality is pretty good, but i am having difficulty capturing the video off the tape, and onto the computer. I may have just figured this out, but I have ran out of battery... I have ordered the cable I need, so HOPEFULLY i will be able to upload it all at home. This will also give me a some time to work on my blog and my Sketch book.. I have neglected them both, as I have been away for a week. But no more..!

Music Choice.

Ive decided to have a sort of.. Building up to my advert. So what I want is for it to start with not a lot on screen, and then build up to a lot on screen. Like, I can start with no one on screen, then end up with really busy shots, with lots of people. I got this, because i heard a piece of music i know and love. It is the music to American Beauty (1999, Sam Mendes). I think this would work perfectly because its a real slow build up. I can also mess around with it on Garage band, or even pro tools, to make it build up to a climax within a minuet.

People

Nelson Mandela's speech was all about the freedom of people. About how we would learn to love one an other, and to accept people of an opposite race, or religion.

Ive had an idea to make my advert all about people. Ill start with shots of public places, when they are empty. And as the advert goes on, more and more people will enter this public place, showing an increase in life.

Ill add more to this soon, as well as a music choice.

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. The first female British prime minister and the longest-serving of the 20th century, Thatcher's strict conservative policies, hard line against trade unions and tough rhetoric in opposition to the Soviet Union earned her the nickname the "Iron Lady".

Originally a chemist, then a barrister, Thatcher became Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley in the 1959 general election. During her time in Parliament, she heavily criticised the tax policies of the Labour Government. Edward Heath appointed Thatcher Secretary of State for Education and Science in his 1970 government. In 1975 Thatcher became Leader of the Conservative Party (and Leader of the Opposition), the first woman to head a major political party in theUnited Kingdom. After leading her party to victory in the 1979 general election she became the UK's Prime Minister.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; born 18 July 1918)^[1] served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheidactivist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted ofsabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation, while introducing policies aimed at combating poverty and inequality in South Africa


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela)

New project: Speeches.

Here is the brief for my new project, all based on great speeches


BBC channels are increasingly cross promoting their programme content and for this assignment you will be
producing a TV trailer for a series of radio programmes on Radio 4 called ‘Speeches’, about a selection of great
speeches of the 20th Century.
Radio 4 will be running this series of programmes, each focusing on an individual speech from the following list:-
• Franklin D Roosevelt: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
• Winston Churchill: We shall fight them on the beaches
• Harold Macmillan: The wind of change
• Nelson Mandela: An ideal for which I’m prepared to die
• Jawahharal Nahru: A tryst with destiny
• John F Kennedy: Ask not what your country can do for you
• Martin Luther King: I have a dream
• Margaret Thatcher: The lady’s not for turning
• Earl Spencer: The most hunted person of the modern age
The TV trailers will act as ‘teasers’ about the speeches by creating short films which use a combination of an
excerpt of the speech accompanied by atmospheric, original footage and text graphics. These films need to be 1
minute long (with a 5 second leeway in each direction). You are not searching for original footage of the speech
being delivered, and nor are you trying to film literal interpretations of what is being said, but rather you will devise,
shoot edit and post produce a sequence of shots which add visual accompaniment to the words being spoken.
This film will also feature text elements which are used to highlight words being spoken in the speech. You can
also use music and/or sound effects in your film.
You must use research to find out more about these speeches, their importance and historical context, and a useful
starting point is http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/series/greatspeeches. You also need to look at and
analyse films which will help inspire you. Use this research to devise your ideas, develop sketches and/or
photographs to help you choose styles and locations. Fully storyboard your sequence, then keep a log of your
progress on shooting, editing and post-production in your blog.
The film must be finished by crit, then you can make any suggested changes between crit and submission. Crit
and an evaluation must be written up in your blog.