Digital News Production: Folkestone Trip

We went to Folkestone to have a look around and familiarise ourselves with the area before we film as this is important as we can't just turn up and expect to have the perfect film quickly. We went to photography and take archive footage for the Package piece. 

We took photos and footage of the Banksy piece before is would get a chance to be defaced and graffitied. This image I took so you could see the graffiti next to it. 

I took this one to show people how popular the art is becoming and soon will bring in tourism for Folkestone. 

This image is to show where the Banksy piece is just in case people want to go and see it, the artwork is in this piece but it is hidden by the lamp post unfortunately. 

This image is to show what Folkestone's high street looks like, this is just full of independent stores and is looking a bit run down and in need of some tourism and money into this sea side town. 

This image is of other art work around the town but this is just part of the features and not the triennial.

We thought we would get a photo of other pieces of graffiti in the town but this was the only thing we could find other than the original writing on random walls.

We took a few images of the harbour to show what it looks like, also you can tell how much money has been put into it but the expenses of boats and how it looks/kept up to date. 

This one shows the shops/houses etc on the harbour front and what kind they are, like the old beach hoses but in darker colours.

The beach isn't very big but it looks like most beaches but just not a very big popular tourist destination as there is no ice cream shops or fish and chip shops or even the souvenir places.

We took this shot to show that they are starting to do Folkestone up but this is just a small thing compared to Margate who have done the whole beach and sea front but Folkestone could be next with the help of Banksy's art work. 

Digital New Production: Risk Assessment

Risk assessment forms: 

Part A- Me and Sophie filled in the forms, we found it slightly hard as things we didn't know or understand what we need to write in some boxes, we wrote our numbers on the sheet but to put it up on the blog we needed to blur it first.  

We ticked everything we though applied to the risks around, but I felt we didn't have much risks as we was in a field/gardens surrounded by people so our biggest danger would be people. 

The only real dangers was we was surrounded by lots of people so had to make sure we stayed together, we was also right by the sea side so seaguls swooping by and stalls which could fall over and possible crutch us. 

Digital News Production: Script for "OB Live"

Digital News Script "LIVE"

This is our second attempt and final at writing this script, we did not find it easy but we also did not have very long to have this finished as we are filming this week too.
Lex, Mike and me all wrote this script together as I am not interested in script writing plus i find it harder to write for TV/News compared to film, but Lex wants to be a script writer so he wrote this as me and Mike told him what stuff we feel should be included in the script.

Digital News Production: Contacting Presenters

I got a few people interested in being presenters for our pieces; the first one is from Sean who cannot travel far and so wanted to help with green screening. We asked for him to send us a portfolio of something so we could see what he is like on camera, we are waiting to hear back. 

This one is from 2 girls interested in our Live piece but only Cecily can get to Broadstairs and so we chose to use her. After i sent thing i forgot to ask for a portfolio so we will have to cross our fingers she will fit our piece. 

Digital News Production: Interview Questions

These are the interview questions we are thinking of asking a person in charge of any stall that will know about the festival and what it does, the would preferable be Thanet earth as they are the biggest supporter and fundraisers for the festival. 

      These are the questions we want to ask someone with a interesting personality that will shine and people will want to see, we thought we should ask a visitor as it gives an outside view of the festival rather than just the organisers and people involved as that could be biased. 

This is the main interview we want and that is with the co-ordinator, we will be interviewing Jo as our main piece which we are allowing up to 30 seconds of answers for the 2 minute live, we have come up with 5 questions but will probably only use 2 depending on how long her answers are, we have chosen the 2 most impotent question to ask her first then we will ask the rest but we can cut it. 

The 2 main questions we want to ask are; what makes this festival so popular? and what makes this festival different from the others? This however might change slightly.

Digital News Production: Bansky Photo's

These pictures are of our trip to Folkestone to see the painting that Banksy created a few days before. I took all the pictures and Mike took video's. We travelled to Folkestone so we could get the pictures and video's of the artwork before it could be defaced or graffitied, as we are not planning on filming this story for a little while and just incase we want to make sure we have material. 

This is a picture of the artwork on the back of an amusement building in the centre of the town, next to a piece of graffiti originally, I thought this was an appropriate shot as some people consider what Banksy does is graffiti itself, plus this piece is suppose to represent artwork on a pedestal. 

This shot is to show that the artwork is bringing people and even tourism to the area to see the piece plus this might even help put Folkestone back on the map along with the triennial which is also happening till 2nd November. 

This is a low angle of the piece by itself, unfortunately with the protective cover it cause reflections so you can see Mike and Lex's reflections in the corner, this won't be used in our film but just for blog to show the artwork.  

Here we are standing in the car park to show a wide shot of the area and how close people can park and quickly admire the painting, plus I got Mike in shot showing what he is filming. 

This is a shot of the artwork too but it is hidden slightly behind the lamp post, I thought I would get a shot of the road name incase anyone wants to take a look and a trip themselves, I would like to know why Banksy chose this place/and the back of the amusement building, I wonder if it can be seen from a distance. 

This picture is of the front of the building where the Banksy is, the amusements owner was lucky to have an artwork left behind but as so many people were visiting the artwork the owner employed a security guard during the day to protect from vandalism, as this is now brining in tourism. 

Digital News Production: Broadstairs Research

BROADSTAIRS:

Situated between Margate and Ramsgate, Broadstairs is a small town on the east coast of Kent over looking the English channel. This is part of the Thanet Isle and Thanet are the biggest supporters of the Broadstairs food festival.

Broadstairs is home the Kent's food festival which is hosted every year in October right by the sea, this is it's sixth year, the festival is made up of food from all over Kent from dairy's to meat and cider. The festival brings 10's of thousands of people together to celebrate food made and sourced from Kent's gardens. The festival lasts all weekend from Friday to Sunday with many events going on all weekend, with champagne afternoon children's workshop and a demonstration.

Broadstairs is home to one of Charles Dickens houses and its beaches are award winning, especially in the summer with the water sports and many ice cream parlours by the beach. This is all year round destination as in the winter you can enjoy walks through the parks to Ramsgate. However we are going in October so it will be autumn and should be good weather just cooling down, which means it should be a good filming day.

We actually checked the weather before we left and we chose the right day over the weekend as Friday is supposed to be sunny and no rain.

This shows that it is going to be sunny all day so we will need to make sure we check and adjust the exposure all day and the camera angles as the sun will be shining, rain might be better for filming but we have to make sure the camera does not get wet and even with a rain cover you can only film so much before its a disaster so I feel we chose a good day to film. Plus if we don't get what we need we could always go back the net day if needed.