Post production

For post production I have had 2 roles. The first was to see poppy's picture edit for the documentary and give her my feedback, most of what I said was positive, however i did suggest she cut dow the prop making scene in the middle as in the original edit it dragged on with no new infomation being delivered.

My second responsibility was the sound edit where I had to sync up camera sound with the sound on the mirantz, including sound from rehearsals, interviews and the performance itself. I also had to alter the sound levels so they sounded right for the viewer of the documentary, this proved challenging as the things that were recorded projected at different levels, for example whilst the interviews were faily normal levels for sound recording the performance and rehearsals are wild and all over the place and it proved challenging to find levels that showed how big and impressive the performance was, whilst still sound natural and not strange compared to the other audio.

Performance

We have now filmed the performance of seussical which will be used throughout the documentary to help show the mood and present what is happening within the film allowing better context of what people are talking about. I had 2 responsibilities during the performance, the first was to look after the camera placed in the centre of the theatre, the second responsibility was that I had to be in charge of the sound recording for the performance. I set up a mic on mic stand connected to a mirantz, as well as this I also had a wire fed into the theatre sound system allowing me to get much better sound, overall it was an excellent shoot that went very well.    

Dress rehearsals

The dress rehearsals for seussical have begun in the hubs and we have continued to record and film this footage to be used in the documentary, this footage is great as it is very different to the class room rehearsals, as well as the location change the actors are now in costume and there is great footage of them getting ready as well as in their final costume, there is also a lot of interesting footage of the crew getting ready for the performance which is very different to classroom rehearsals and as well as all this the sound I have been recording is much more impressive to hear as it is either big and booming sound from a stage or a crowd of people getting ready for the performance.  

Filming more rehearsals

Filming has continued for rehearsals for the 10 min documentary. We hope to use this footage to create the 10 minute documentary, unfortunately for the rehearsals taking place in the classroom, poppy was sick and unable to attend therefore the filming and recording was solely left to me and johnny. I was able to organise interviews with the main cast and the choreographer, during these interviews I asked questions about the cast and crews responsibilities, what their costumes are and other questions. I also recorded these interviews and johnny filmed them.  

Presentation of 2 min film

We have now presented the film and have received feedback on the piece and taken into consideration what was said so this can be reflected in our 10 minute film. I greatly enjoyed seeing other people work, in particular the morris dancing, t-shirt and the poetry documentaries.  

Post production on 2 min piece

Editing has been finished on the post production. while I only had minor part in the picture edit as I was asked my opinion on it before it was picture locked, I had a far more substantial role in the sound edit as I was the sound editor. for this project I had to do such this as clean up the interview sounds and cut them so they sounded cleaner, I also spent a large amount of time working on lowering the noise of the scene involving singing as the peak noise of the scene fluctuates frequently. my final challenge in the sound edit was editing the audio so it not only sounded nice but also had audio of the director directing his cast hearable, as this documentary is focused on the behind the scenes crew and what goes into that, i felt it was important to be able to hear the director at work without it sounding too strange to the viewer, though this was a challenge I feel I pulled it off.

More filming

We have been filming more rehearsals which have been going well and have been able to get interviews with the director, producer, stage manager and the production assistant. we hope to use some of these interviews in our 2 minute and 10 minute piece to help explain not only what seussical is but explain some of roles and responsibilities of the crew behind the scenes.

Filming begins

We Have begun filming for the documentary. For this documentary we have had to film at the rehearsals for the "Seussiacal" musical, as I am in charge of sound for this project, I have had a large challenge in finding a way to record the rehearsals general atmosphere and singing/acting, whilst also being able the focus the sound recording on people who may be of interest. I was able to get over this problem by using the cameras the record the general atmosphere whilst using a mirantz and sennhieser microphone to record anyone or anything i wanted to focus on, namely the director and producer.