Major Project: Sunday League Reflections

The whole of Sunday League has been a long and interesting experience from start to finish, I have worked with people I have not perviously worked with before which has been an interesting challenge, this has lead to ups and downs and tension within the team. We have even fallen out over small things that feel important at times, but this has just made us stronger and we managed to pull of a great production.

This has been my favourite production one the last 3 years at university as we had the option to do anything and be which ever role we wanted leaving a lot of options, being a producer of a low-budget TV pilot has had its challenges and everyone I seemed to face and over came somehow.
I am so proud on Sunday League and what we have created as a group, the boys have been amazing to work with and have made the experience that whole much better even when we don't see eye to eye we have made the good decisions int he end and have ended up with a short than I expected pilot which I can show off and say I produced this, I actually did it.

If I was to go back and re-do the whole production again I'm not sure I would want to change that much just a few small errors I made as the learning curve along the way, but I would happily go back and do the whole thing all over again it would even be really good to make the other episodes the series as this came out well and to make the others would a bonus and amazing.

Some of the things I would do if I was to do it again would be to definitely have back ups for actors like Simon suggested - I had back-ups for some characters just not the one we turned out to need in the end. I would also make sure I casted all roles no matter how small they are as they are juts as important and could make or break the scene and or film, extras was a hard things to do as people don't always like to just sit around in a scene especially if they are not being paid so next time I would make sure this was also an important role as casting the main guys.

Overall I have learnt a lot of important information about my chosen role as a producer which I will take into my career and after I leave university, I have learnt that a producer is one of the most important role on the production as without one there is no film, I have learnt a great deal working with others about what kinds of people you can work with and how people work within their roles, this has lead to me having more communicational skills which are needed to progress as a producer and in this industry, and I can now work with others better and know what kind of problems I can face with them but you can always get over the hurdles.

I have had a great experience and have really enjoyed making Sunday League and being apart and making the decisions of its every step along with the boys so I am thankful to them and Helen for letting me be apart if this  experience and a film we can all be proud of, I hope you enjoy it the making from idea to screen in just under a year.
I am really going to miss this project as it has been part of my everyday life for nearly a year now and I have met some great people cast and crew of which I will always have contact with and I hope they enjoy our hard work and effort.

This Pilot is better than I hoped and I hope it goes far, just like the people that starred and helped to make it, maybe we might have made a star in their somewhere. I couldn't have asked for a better team backing the Pilot.

Thank you for the opportunity.

Major Project: Sunday League Producer Research

http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/3850_post_production_supervisor

This website is about the post-production supervisor rather than a producer but after reading what they do I i will be doing these roles anyways, as this is low budget filmmaking a supervisor is not needed and not affordable plus the edit process won't take as long as the big budget Hollywood films.

The Supervisor works closely with the editor providing support and communication between the editor, producer and director - so rather than having the middle man of the supervisor as a team we will be communicating the process with each other and I will be providing the support and communication plus the budget for the sound design.

They also work through the whole post- production stage to the completion of the film. These people don't necessary have qualification but have worked in post-production for a while and have done various other jobs such as assistant editor so they know what its like and as editors prefer to edit most alone they have the supervisor to communicate so the editor doesn't have the producer hovering while they edit.

I found another website based on post-production supervisors which says very similar stuff to the one above too, as this role is similar to what the producer does on set I feel the two roles are similar and can relate its just a different title and a different size budget.
http://www.media-match.com/usa/media/jobtypes/post-production-supervisor-jobs-402753.php



This video is a producer of animation but in series so even though its similar to what I am currently doing it is more about the animation which doesn't have as much stress over the filming production period but he still talks about his paperwork of risk assessments and recording the sound and voice overs.
He talks about series animation is not as stressful as filming live actions as these are done on a schedule rushed into a number of days whereas animation is scheduled over a long period of years to create series.

A producer has complete control of the whole production form beginning to end and has final say as in the industry they are the one who hires the crew and cast and even finds the right director for the job.
In pre-production the producer brings all the key elements, cast and crew onto the production including location finding, equipment hire and scheduling.

During the production the producer is in charge of the day to day smooth running of the production, they have to have constant contact with the cast crew and mainly the director making sure the filming is moving and fixing any upcoming problems etc.

During post production the producer liaises with the director and the post production team, which in our case is just us 3 so communication in key.

this website says that it is rare to find just one producer who does all the 3 stages of the production and normally has a team for support as they don't always have knowledge of all areas of production.

Major Project: Sunday League Post- Production Research

http://www.raindance.org/the-13-steps-of-post-production/

This website form Raindance has 13 steps to post-production from a Producers perceptive, it sums up that the hardest part of the film making is the production (filming) and the post-production is the easy bit as a producer as you just pay and editor and check in on them occasionally.

This website has 13 steps to post production, some of which don't apply to Sunday League and as low-budget we won't have different people for each thing.

This says one of the first thing to do is hire an editor which lucky for us we already have an editor and as they were cinematographer they already know what shots were taken on the film and roughly want can be done before starting, plus as they know they story and the footage already this saves us a lot of time for them to get to know and sift through.

Sound design will also be done by the same person and as they are editing they can add in the sound when they like plus they know what they want so we won't need to spend more time giving the footage once editing to another new person to do the sound effects, but we will be recording our own foley/fx and we have a website where we are able to buy effects too.

Stage 11 is for sub titling if we are to sell the film to other foreign countries so it can be sub titled, in order to so this a time coded digital script has to be made showing exactly what is said at exactly the second, this we won't be doing but as the editor is Latin American he can translate to Spanish to show the film off to.

The last point ont eh website says the post-production is a do-able process and to just take it one step at a time and to relax as the producer.

This Website is not that professional or reliable but with may different back-ups from other resources it states that simply the post production is the final stage in the film making and is the editing of the footage, transitions and the sound together to create the final piece which to put in words is a very basic simplified example.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/post_production.html

A blog I found has a few tips on about post production and editing, even though I am not editing it is still good to learn as this could come in handy in this edit or another.
In the blog it talks about the more coverage the better for the edit and the more time spent on filming the easier it will be to edit together - this advice is good to know in advance especially as our editor is also doing the camera.


http://www.thevideoeffect.tv/2013/06/26/video-pre-production-and-post-production/

http://learnaboutfilm.com/making-a-film/organising-filmmaking-process/

A lot of websites for post production talk more about the edit and what that entails rather than the what roles each person plays, this one has a good tips or watching the edit and create a paper edit (script) and a rough cut or what we call a sync assembly so we can see the film in the time line to see what flows and what will need changing and work the most.

This blog by Serif has a lot of detail on each step and stages of the post production form finishing filming to exporting the final film.
They cover what kinds of equipment you would need and what to do in steps from rough cut to final cut - the rough cut involves putting the wide shots of each scene into the time line to see the story before starting to cut anything down. Next come the unwanted bit at the beginning and end like the actions and cut.

http://www.serif.com/blog/essential-video-post-production-steps/


This youtube video I came across shows an editor exactly what to do during the edit and for people that don't know what post-production entails or how to do it, it goes through the step by step process including colour grading and the importance depending on where you are showing your final film.


After researching on a lot of different websites I have food that there are a few different ways to go about the post-production stage but the main thing is to keep checking on the edit and watching it to make sure everything thing is going well and starts flowing as well this stage is a lot easier and less stressful than the actual shot, I have not covered how long the post-production stage takes as this ranges depending on the production but as we have a dead line we have to work with that will be your post-production time frame.

Making Miracles Volunteering

After working for the charity last year and creating them an awareness video and helping to find the funding, this year after seeing everything that has happened in the last few months I have offered my services again to help out with either a updated video (although that would be very long) or a brand new video, which is what Kelly (Founder) chose to do.

Before I finish uni I spoke to Kelly about doing her a free video that would be me volunteering my services for the charity to help them show the charity off more than their website of pictures, so after the last film Kelly had now learnt that it is not as easy as she first thought after all those hours we put in and how little footage we had we have decided to make this video mainly footage shot from events and on location interviews.

Doing a promotional video for the charity is like volunteering for the charity and doing my big for them, last time I made a video I spent a lot of hours and hard work putting it together an round Kelly's house editing so much so her husband calls it my second home. I wanted to do my bit and make another video as Kelly was doing a flip gram of the year since the last video so I felt like it would be good to help the charity while I still had access to kit and free time to start a second film.

We decided that this film would not be 10 minutes again but a shorter happier piece showing what the charity has done since receiving the funding, my job is not to producer this film even though it would be good experience and fit in with Sunday League but as its Kelly's charity and 'baby' she will be producing and Kelly knows what she wants and knows a lot of people which I feel would make her a good producer if she ever wanted to take a career in film.
This film I will again be camera which I know now that I definitely don't want to do for the future but going some occasionally isn't too bad I just don't feel confident at it, I will also be editing this film which I don't mind doing, from the beginning of uni I have enjoyed a bit of editing, only in final cut pro, but I don't think I could do it as a career as again I don't know much about it and what every trick etc is but I can do basics and I enjoy it from time to time as a second trade.

Doing this film may be the last thing I create while at uni and also the last film I camera and or edit for a while so I am going to enjoy this especially as I am doing something I don't always do.

Major Project: Sunday League Credits

Credits

As the producer I knew everyone that has been involved in the making of Sunday League and no one else could have created the credits as it was my job to know and contact everyone so in order to have credits I would have to create a list of people and their roles at least so either Chris or me could create the credits. Above is the document of everyone and who they are in the production.

After doing this I did some research on credits as in my head I had a few ideas of what I wanted, after watching a few end credits of tv and film I decided I wanted the credits scrolling next to a picture from the week which would keep changing. When I suggested this to Chris he agreed on my idea and said we don't have to just use photos but we can have clips from the shoot too.



The above one is from a TV show which I found and it is similar to what I was thinking except I wanted them to be next to each other taking up half the screen each, like the hangover below, except without the drugs, alcohol and inappropriate nature of the film.

Both these are like what I was thinking with the image next to the scrolling credits, the bottom one is a Japanese credits from which I don't know but it is a video next to the text which I quite liked too so we may used them both and have a mix between photos and videos but no more than 2 minutes, we do have a long list of credits but not as many as a bigger production so we can have the text a bit slower but not too long.

Major Project: Sunday League - Making of Book

After a session with Simon talking about the project and things we can do as extras for the project at hand-in for extra credit, I decided that I wanted to do something extra to hand-in and after being shown one of the other years pervious extra work I decided on putting everything done during Sunday League into a book for people creating their own short film to TV episode could do easily with this step by step guide to making a project. Below are the pictures from my rough paper designs before making the book so I have an idea of what to put in it and to make it too much like the pre-production book.

on these 4 pages are my rough designs for things like the beginning of the book which will be about the program and how the program started, plus there are things like the characters and locations which will be made up of pictures and informations. 

Over is a design of a multi page where I had the thought to write done a small description from each filming day from aspects that went bad and good so people know that things don't always go 100% right every time. 

I decided that i wanted the book to be made up of more images than words and more images of the production than the pre-production book as this is about the making of the program and pictures tell the story but also show more than words the fun behind the production, plus we have over a thousand photos for the duration of the filming week and the pick-up days which I would like to put them somewhere for people to see. 

Major Project: Sunday League Festival Research

Festival research -

New York TV and Film festival :

New York festival is one of the best for Film and TV competitions as it covers a range of lengths and varieties of types of projects, with the biggest range of diversity it gets films from over 50 different countries over the world enter. 

With it being dedicate to both TV and Film it covers a lot of different genres and talents. 

Entries can come from: Animations, Comedies, Corporate, Dramas, Documentaries, Features trailers, music videos, news and most important TV series. 

They have awards that consist of best Actor/Actress, Best host and visual art. 

To be eligible for 2016 competition, entries must have been produced, released, exhibited and screened between 1st september 2014 and 15 October 2015 (the deadline). 

Unfortunately we do not fit into this as the date has been and gone and the film had not been finished let alone screened etc in time. 

Specifications; every word has to begin in the title, brand name or any text with a capitol and the rest lower case, not all capitals or not all lower case 

Only except quicktime files (.MOV) 

Only accept codec - H.264 

No countdowns or Chapters 

Can post the entry 

http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/tvfilm/

ITV fest:
info

DEADLINE
The submission deadline is June 30th, 2016.

SUBMISSION FEE
£55 per project per category. If you submit your project in multiple categories you have to pay the fee multiple times. To be fair to all creators, we do not grant fee waivers so please do not ask.

HOW TO SUBMIT
All projects must be submitted electronically via the links on this page. No DVD or mail submissions will be accepted.

INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED
Submissions are welcome from all countries but must be in English or have English subtitles.

SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Selections will be announced by August 1st, 2016.

ACCEPTANCE CATEGORIES
There are two acceptance categories:
1) Official Screening Selection
2) Network Notes.
A screening acceptance means your project has been selected to screen at the festival. A network notes acceptance means your project has not been accepted to screen at the festival but has been selected for a free development meeting with one of our judges/executives to give you the notes and feedback about the project for future consideration.

PREMIERE REQUIREMENTS 
We have no premiere requirements. All projects are welcome to submit regardless of being previously screened at other festivals. Our focus is simply on finding the world's best shows and talent.

ACCEPTANCE PERKS
Projects selected to screen receive 1 live Q&A at the festival plus 2 complimentary VIP Talent passes which give full access to the entire festival plus access to private VIP only parties for talent and industry executives. Additional passes for cast, crew, family and friends are not included.

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES

Television - Comedy

Television - Drama

Television - Documentary

Television - Reality

Webseries - Comedy

Webseries - Drama

Webseries - Documentary

Webseries - Reality

Short Film

Documentary Film

REQUIREMENTS

Television pilot submissions should be single pilot episodes between 22-28 minutes (for half-hours) or 42-50 minutes (for hour-longs).

Web series submissions should have either: (1) a minimum of 3 episodes of any length or (2) two episodes totaling at least 10 minutes of total run time.

Short films should be a maximum of 25 minutes

Documentary films should be a minimum of 65 minutes

Animation can be TV or web, not to exceed 28 minutes

All genres are welcome except horror/slasher

This one fits a lot more with us as its just for TV and the deadline is after we hand-in and screen the film plus it fits into the right categories, except it cost over £50 unfortunately this is a lot of money when we can't even guarantee it will even be shown. 

http://www.itvfest.com/the-festival/submissions


Monte Carlo TV festival :

The Golden Nymph Awards are among the most prestigious prizes in international television, rewarding the best TV programs and actors.

Over the course of the Festival, an international jury of leading actors and industry professionals attend screenings of all the programs in competition.

The Fiction category is composed of Comedy TV Series, Drama TV Series and Long Fiction Programs (TV Films & Mini Series).

A TV series is defined as a run of multiple episodes in which the theme, content and main characters are presented under the same title and have continuity of production supervision. A TV Series is intended to comprise a limited number of episodes, usually divided into seasons. Sketch comedy, parodies and entertainment games are not accepted.
The TV Series category is divided in two sub-categories: TV Series – Comedy and Tv Series – Drama.

6 Golden Nymph Awards are bestowed:

• Best TV Series - Comedy
• Outstanding Actor
• Outstanding Actress

• Best TV Series - Drama
• Outstanding Actor
• Outstanding Actress

This website was originally in French but you could get an english version except this screenshot which is a document for certain requirements whichI had Chris translate for me, Unfortunately we could not submit to this festival even though it covers a big range of countries entries the same as New York, plus this is also quite a lot of money so I think we are going to start of small and local to begin with. 

http://www.tvfestival.com/index.php?Movelang=fr&p=125
http://www.tvfestival.com/dan/2016/COMPETITION/FR_Reg.pdf