Film and Television Editor

May 14

Week Two of Unit 150

This week I met up again with dan and we discussed the marketing strategies for Capture Cornwall. We spoke about the following:

1) Crew roles

2) The shooting date

3) Promotions

4) The final product

5) Crew Availibility

This is what we came up with:

1) Crew Roles 

 Production Producer – Henry Austwick

Director – Dan Whitehouse

Creative Producer – Catherine Vondrak

Technician/Editor – Melissa Curnow

2) The shooting day will be June 2nd 2012 and the footage will need to be uploaded by the 9th of June 2012. 

3) Promotions:

A Flag

Selling to the public, twitter, Facebook, blog/website, Vimeo channel, Capture Cornwall logo

Shaytards style video blogs

Count down clock needed on video blog

Radio stations – BBC Radio Cornwall, Heart FM, pirate FM, St Austell etc…

Newspapers

Road show

T-shirts and other souvenirs 

4) The Final Product

Technical brief – five top tips on how is shoot and upload their footage

Introduction guide for the public so that they know what we want from them

Equipment Lists

Channel 4 first cut documentary

A community project

University College Falmouth Logo is needed as well as any other sponsors of the project

5) My availability:

I am free Monday to Wednesday, Thursday and friday I am free until 1600, Saturday I am free until 1200 and sundays I am free after 1730


This week I also met up with Henry Austwick as he was interested in me editing his BBC3 drama called ‘The Highway woman’. He gave me two drafts of his script this week and mentioned that it was going to change again this week. 


For my dissertation I was told to think of my dissertation title which was:

How can Editors Make or Break Dramas and Documentaries?