EYES Pilot - Reflective Commentary

Here I have produced a reflective commentary for Pilot as means for me to more directly discuss my intentions for my approach with the Pilot and the EYES Project as a whole. These reflective commentaries actually serve as a sneaky short cut into understanding the project as a whole.

The first reflective commentary is just a traditional commentary track running playing over the Pilot.

The second reflective commentary is more of a video essay in which I spend a bit more time discussing various attributes of the Pilot and their place in the overall project. 

The Complete Vlogs

These vlogs chronicle the year-long evolution and process of creating the EYES project. You can either view the vlogs as a playlist or as separate videos. 

Remember This

Remember This is a fellow creative enterprise project/practical dissertation orchestrated by my peer Matt Coot. Matt's creative project was concerned with producing a short film - Remember This - and then submitting it into various film festivals. However, as was the case with EYES, Matt's project was not completed at the time of the final module submission; that said, it did not prevent the potential of the project from being awarded a First! 

And here (a year-and-a-half later) is the final cut...

While does tell a good story, I do still have a few issues with the final cut (mostly technical), but, meh, it's Matt's film at the end of the day, he can do what he likes.

You can find out more about Remember This on Matt's website.

Matt Coot - the orchestrator of Remember This.

As a means of support to double each of our effectiveness, Remember This was produced in co-operation with my EYES web series project, from October 2012 to May 2013. As such, I served as the co-producer on Remember This, in return for having Matt (writer, director, co-producer and co-editor) serve as the co-producer on EYES. 

In addition to producing (nagging) and providing technical support, I also took many photos of the production.

I was heavily involved with the organising and co-ordination of Remember This during the pre-production phase before Christmas (Oct - Dec), but in the New Year I devoted more of my time my own projects. However, throughout the whole process of making Remember This, my producing role has consistently been concerned with motivating the members of the project and keeping everything on schedule. I also offered additional technical support during the production phase. The documentation I produced for Remember This can be viewed here.

For more information on my role in the making of Remember This, please see the feedback videos below. I made these videos as feedback for Matt's portfolio, but they also act as my reflections on my producing role for Remember This.

 

EYES Vlog Update 22 - Feedback for the Actors

Part 1

 

Part 2

EYES Feedback: Daniel Tapper (Sound Designer)

Daniel submitted his feedback on the project today.

Daniel's Feedback post in the Facebook Group.

Pasted below is Daniel's complete feedback:



EYES Feedback – Dan Tapper – Sound designer
 

• Your experiences of working on the project.

My experience of working on the project has been essentially good. Its nice to work on a project with someone who has a clear vision of what they want to achieve. Most of the time Peter was able to communicate clearly what he wanted but at points what he asked for seemed a little convoluted and occasionally contradictory to something he had previously said. However I felt that both of us were pretty much on the same page meaning we were able to work effectively together and come up with a clear plan of action.
 

• What you've gained from the project.

Previously my sound work has been for quite visually abstract works such as animations, adverts and a short horror audio visual film. Working on EYES was the first time I had worked on a more structured narrative project and proved a good bridge for me between abstract and more structured dramatized work as EYES has elements of both.

• You're views on me and my project management skills, etc

I think Peter has done a good job managing the project. From my experience managing even a small team can prove difficult. The role I am performing is fairly straightforward and doesn’t require a lot of management but from working in the field with Peter I have seen that he is able to inspire others to commit themselves to hard work in pursuit of his vision. Peter is also very personable, helpful and unintimidating making which contribute to his leadership skills as people are not afraid to put their views across.

EYES Feedback: Mykel Elledge ('Boris')

A Return to the Weir: EYES Filming Day 4 (Pick-ups)

Mykel, Matt and myself filmed four new shots. 


Pick - up shot 1. A shot with Mykel's back to camera performing all of the scene right up to when he turns around to take the cube.

Pick up shot 2 - A close up of Mykel's face when he is performing this part of the scene.

 
Pick up shot 3 - we had to redo the shot of Mykel putting the cube down as it does not match up with the way the cube is placed down in the earlier shots. We had to do multiple takes of this to ensure I had shots that matched up with the previous takes of Mykel putting the cube down in the preceding shots.

 
Pick up shot 4 - As we had to re-do the placing down of the Rubik cube shot (see above) this meant that we also needed to re-do the shot of the Rubik cube on its own. As with pick-up shot 3 we did multiple takes of this shot with the Rubik cube placed in different positions to insure I had something that matched up with the new and old footage captured.

In addition to the shots above, after Mykel had gone home, with Matt's assistance I tried out an further extension of pick-up shot 4. This new idea is cliffhanger-like ending to make up for the absence of the trailer and something that you can see when I complete the rough cut...

EYES Vlog Update 10: Filming Day 3

In the Jazz Cafe: EYES Filming Day 3

Shot Lists & Editing

Drawing up a shot list for this Wednesday's filming, while assisting Tom with the editing of the Fencing documentary.

EYES Vlog Update 9: Filming Day 2

Here I discuss the second day of filming and some of the problems encountered.

Production Continues: EYES Filming Day 2

EYES Vlog Update 8 - Filming Day 1

Production Begins: EYES Filming Day 1