Tom Pearson's Multimedia

Hi there and welcome back. I've decided to segregate my first year's work from my second with an all new blog. The website name has also changed so don't go to my old blog as this is where I’ll be posting from now on. So here I am with another year of multimedia to go. I’m now a few weeks into my second year and have started work on my Audio Visual pathway. Things are running smoothly... as of the moment.

Our first project is to create a 4 minute documentary on a person or persons (a maximum of 2 people) of our choice. Obviously the first thing that pops into our heads is, who are we going to do it on??? We have a group compromising of 5 individuals, each taking on a different role for creating said documentary. These roles include: Producer / Director / Camera / Sound / Editor. I myself have chosen to work as the director. This will allow me to visualise the overall look and sound of the project and make sure that the creative vision that I have in my head, is the one that I follow through with to give an overall decent and well made documentary.

Our current idea (which we had to defend today in front of everyone while they were picking holes in it) was that of the buskers of Nottingham. We thought it would be a good idea to get to interview and follow a busker around. When first visualising the documentary you must ask WHY it should be created. We thought that we could create this documentary about the busker's life, more of a biographical documentary then anything. But then again that is too simple and there is no pitch there, the person we are interviewing could be dull and eventless. To stop this I get the feeling we need to re-think what the documentary will be discovering and aiming to achieve. I’ll have to have a sit down for some better ideas and bounce them of my group tomorrow. For now I must go as I’m going out dressed as someone from the rocky horror show if you've ever seen it....... eek.



I've also decided to actually read all of the books on the reading list this year. I read a few last year but personally just not enough. What books I did read were really helpful and I did gain a noticeable boost in my knowledge for those certain areas. And of course, I do love to read.