The second preliminary task

We have filmed with one of our friend which is same as us (the oversea student) and we filmed two version of the interview: one is Chinese which is the full version that all the interview questions are asked, and one is English that we only filmed one question. The reason of filming two version of the interview is that I was struggled to choose whether I would like to continue using Chinese when our participants are oversea students, or I would like to change and use English when we ask them to show that now we are in a foreign country.

Here are the videos:

The video above is the Chinese version.

And this is the English version.

After comparing these two videos, I think I prefer continue using Chinese in interview. This is because I found that students who just like me, when we are talking, we would like to involve some english words when we are talking in Chinese. I think the reason is because as we are now studying in the UK, when we learn a new vocabulary, we are more likely learn it in an english way, our thinking is more likely to be the English one, therefore, sometimes, it is hard to translate it back to Chinese. Also, some vocabularies are those very common and we use everyday, it is just a habbit that when we say Chinese to the others, we would like to say some English words as well. As a result, I think using Chinese version can show this habbit very clearly, so I would like to keep using Chinese when we are interviewing oversea students.

Distribution and target audiences

This is done by Melissa which is talking about distribution and target audiences and also it relates to our product as well. Which is that we are think about our audiences.
Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1c4QJl79XifFct4Rxl-NTZtE771AWJg-EzdGK_T1oCHQ/edit?usp=sharing

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The first preliminary task (interview testing in China)

This is the interview that is done in China by Melissa, and I edited it to put the voiceover and the video together. This is because just like what I said in the 'About the preliminary task' blog, the place that we chose for filming is too noisy, it is a cafe and there are too many people there, and in the original video the voice of the participant seems to be too small that it might not hear very clearly. As a result, the participant was filmming and recording at the same time by holding the phone for recording and Melissa was using camera to film him. Since both of them are in Chinese, I added the subtitles of translations (you need to click the subtitles to see it).

Here is the original video:

And here is the one that I have added the voiceover:

I think it would have some difference. The reason that we think it is a failed interview is because the background sound is too noisy and we are not sure if we could filmed with holding the phone (as it looks quite strange)

The Interview questions

I have made an infographic by using the website called Venegage. It is a free website to make inforgraphic. And it is about the interview questions that we have used in our preliminary task. It might appear in finale product as well, but it would be more so this is more likely to be for the preliminary task.
Here is the link:
https://infograph.venngage.com/ps/9ftB3I5HWcE/interview-questions

The camera angles of interview shots

My teammate, Melissa has filmed an interview when she was in China in summer holidays, and here is the collage that I have made by using her interview shots of that interview which that she was testing the camera angles and shots of the interview.

 Also, I have made a presentation to analyse those shots and trying to figure out why Melissa has chosen the middle one in the collage for the final angle and shot of interview. (Since this was done by herself, I didn't involve.)
Here is the link
https://www.emaze.com/@AOFZCOCIW/the-camera-anglesof-interviewshots

About the preliminary task

About the preliminary task, Melissa and I think about to do the interview testing. We decided to do two videos about the interview testing, one is that Melissa has done in summer holiday, which she interviewed her friend, but we think that one is more likely to be a failed one, as the location that we chose to film was too noisy(in China, the cafe is a lot more noisy), and we had to let the participant hold the phone and record the sound which seems to be quite strange and we are not sure if it would be okay. Another one is one we filmed with our friend in this school which was filmed in her room.

The reason why we choose to do interview testing is because it is quite important in our product. Also, as we are going to try the way of showing interviews in Eagle Huntress in our product, it would be great if we do this for the preliminary task and have a look.

A normal domitory room, but not the one we filmed

A normal cafe, but also not the one we filmed

The pitch of our production

Melissa and I have made two pitches which are talking about the same thing but present in a different way: Melissa had done a presentation by using Slides and I made an animation by using Powtoon(which contains both of our sounds). However, since the free mode of Powtoon could only up to 3 minutes, I slipped it to four part. （There may a mistake in the videos that we say our target audiences as first and second, it should be primary and secondary)
Here is the link to Melissa's presentation:
https://slides.com/yixinfu/deck/fullscreen

And here are the videos which are done by me (As this is the first time I use Powtoon, the quality might not be good):

Eagle Huntress

Last Friday, we went to the cinema and watched Eagle Huntress, a film which talks about a Mongolian Girl who wants to be an eagle hunter but traditionally, women should stay at home and this job is not for them.  But this girl is supported by her family and after numbers of challenges and training, she becomes a real Eagle Hunter (Huntress).
My teammate Melissa has done a presentation for the review of Eagle Huntress, and some inspiration for our product(as it has some documentary style in it). By getting those inspirations, we have done some planning for our product as well. Here is the link:
https://slides.com/yixinfu/the-eagle-huntress/fullscreen

Examples of documentaries (makers) on BBC Three

I have made a presentation on Google Slides which is another new website to create presentations, infographics, etc. I have discovered. This presentation is about some examples of documentaries and makers on BBC Three.
Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MlMuFHFmq0IAsEQ8CVxSa7BtftW1pGs8q5n6m4YRG2s/edit?usp=sharing

Myths of study abroad

This is the presentation that is done by my teammate - Melissa which is about the myths and misunderstanding of study abroad. This is linked to our topic as we are going to talk about the misunderstanding that people have to study abroad and the students. Here is the link to her presentation:
https://www.emaze.com/@AOFLRTIOL/misunderstanding

BBC Three - A digital channel

I made a poster (or it could say is infographic) for BBC Three and to give a basic information to this digital channel.
Here is the link:
https://my.visme.co/projects/jwvgyejq-bbc-three

Six primary styles of documentary

I have created a presentation which is about six primary style of documentary that suggested by Bill Nichols. Here is the link:
https://create.piktochart.com/output/33998246-six-primary-styles-of-documentary-production

Bill Nichols

I have made a Viseme presentation about Bill Nichols which is an introduction to this filmmaker which best known for his pioneering work as founder of the contemporary study of documentary film.
Here is the link:
https://my.visme.co/projects/y4y63dor-bill-nichols#s1

The front page of the presentation

Bill Nichols

The experimental film

I have made a Prezi which is talking about the experimental film, here is the link:
https://prezi.com/view/gdcVcneKJ0sWT7VrQcs8/

The overview of my Prezi

Channel 4 Guidelines

This is a presentation that I made on Emaze which is about the Channel 4 Guidelines. I just pick up some of them as the whole guidelines are too long.
Here is the link to the presentation:
https://www.emaze.com/@AOFLRTICF/channel-4-guildeline

What is Ofcom

I made an infographic of Ofcom to give information about what is Ofcom.
Here is the link:
https://create.piktochart.com/output/33418733-what-is-ofcom

And here is the picture form (png):

VoiceThread for codes and conventions of Benefits Street

I have created a new voicethread to explain and show the codes and conventions of Benefits Street.
Here is the link to the voicethread:
https://voicethread.com/share/11520562/

Response to Benefits Street

I created a presentation by using Visme which is about the different response to Benefits Street. Here is the link.
Response to Benefits Street

Research on ' what is the filmmaker's responsibility to the subjects'

I've made a presentation on Piktochart to present my research on the questions - "what is the filmmaker's responsibility to the subjects", and here is the link:
What is the filmmaker's responsibility to the subjects

Prezi for codes & conventions of documentary

I used Prezi to talk about codes and conventions of documentary, here is the link:
https://prezi.com/view/bN4lmWB8fNR1ZvJl910d/

John Grierson

I use Slide to create a deck to introduce John Grierson, a British filmmaker that has great influence in media, especially in documentary.
Here is the link
https://slides.com/zhangziqi/deck

An infographic for Night Nail

I use Piktochart to create an infographic for Night Mail include analysis and also some information about this 1930s documentary. I've changed it to image, but it seems to be hard to see, so I also give the link to this infographic:
The link to infographic

A2 Advanced Portfolio

A2 Advanced Portfolio

As I'm currently studying A2 media, here is the new start for the A2 Advanced Portfolio. I chose to continue my study of media and here, I will give details of my research, the planning and also the product procession for the advanced portfolio.

The final film

This is the final film that is produced by me and Melissa (Fu). This is the 2 minutes opening and I hope you enjoy it!

The creative critical questions: question 4

This is the final question of the 4 creative questions. The question is "How did you integrate technologies - software, hardware, and online - in this project?"

Here I have created a voicethread for it and this is the link:
https://voicethread.com/share/10720650/

The creative critical questions: question 3

This is the third question of the 4 creative critical questions. The question is "How did your production skills develop throughout this project?"

I have created a timeline for this question:

The creative critical questions: question 2

This is the second question of the creative critical questions. It is "How does your project engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?"

I've done this question on Piktochart, which is like a presentation. And here is the link:
https://create.piktochart.com/output/29007491-question-2

The creative critical question: Question 1

This is the first question of the 4 creative critical questions. The question is "How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?"

Here I and Melissa have created a director commentary on this question:

The risk assessment

Last week, Melissa and I have made this risk assessment but I forgot to upload it. Here is the Risk Assessment that we made:

Risk Assessment Form – Part A

Production Name:	Revenge	Organisation
Production Address:	Ellesmere	Producer / Editor  Tel: Mobile:	Melissa, Gigi - -
Start date	07/02/2018	End date	05/03/2018
Distribution Who gets a copy of the assessment	Melissa Fu, Gigi Zhang
Outline of risk assessment Summary of what is proposed in terms of sequences and set ups.	Multiple scenes of walking through streets, scenes of ‘homeless child’ sitting down on the street, scenes in the bar, scenes in the chapel
Team members / experts / contractors / contributors etc. List those involved	Melissa Fu, Gigi Zhang
Locations Outline locations involved – indicate any which are hostile environments	Ellesmere
Assessor  Name Signature		Date completed
Authoriser Name (if not Assessor) Signature		Date authorised

Hazard list – select your hazards from the list below and use these to complete Part B
Situational hazards	Tick	Physical / chemical hazards	Tick	Health hazards	Tick
Assault by person	X	Contact with cold liquid / vapour		Disease causative agent
Attack by animal		Contact with cold surface	X	Infection
Breathing compressed gas		Contact with hot liquid / vapour		Allergic reaction
Cold environment	X	Contact with hot surface		Lack of food / water
Crush by load		Electric shock		Lack of oxygen
Drowning		Explosive blast		Physical fatigue	X
Entanglement in moving machinery		Explosive release of stored pressure		Repetitive action
High atmospheric pressure		Fire		Static body posture
Hot environment		Hazardous substance		Stress / anxiety	X
Manual handling		Ionizing radiation		Venom poisoning
Object falling, moving or flying		Laser light
Obstruction / exposed feature	X	Lightning strike		Environmental hazards
Sharp object / material		Noise		Litter
Shot by firearm		Non-ionizing radiation		Nuisance noise / vibration	X
Slippery surface	X	Stroboscopic light		Physical damage
Trap in moving machinery		Vibration		Waste substance released into air
Trip hazard				Waste substance released into soil / water
Vehicle impact / collision		Managerial / organisational hazards
Falls from height		Management factors  (lack of communication, co-operation, co-ordination and competence)

Risk matrix – use this to determine risk for each hazard i.e. ‘how bad and how likely’	Likelihood of Harm
Severity of Harm	Remote e.g. <1 in 1000 chance	Very unlikely e.g. 1 in 200 chance	Unlikely e.g. 1 in 50 chance	Possible  e.g. 1 in 10 chance	Likely e.g. >1 in 3 chance
Negligible  e.g. small bruise	Trivial	Trivial	Trivial	Low	Low
Slight  e.g. small cut, deep bruise	Trivial	Trivial	Low	Low	Medium
Moderate  e.g. deep cut, torn muscle	Trivial	Low	Medium	Medium	High
Severe  e.g. fracture, loss of consciousness	Low	Medium	High	High	Extremely high
Very Severe e.g. death, permanent disability	Low	Medium	High	Extremely high	Extremely high

Risk Assessment Form – Part B

Continue on separate sheet if necessary

1 – complete separate table for each activity     2 - from hazard list in Part A     3 - from risk matrix in Part A

Activity1 – Each individual activity you are proposing:			Location – where this activity will take place:	Dates / times:
Hazards2 List what could cause harm from this activity  e.g. falls from height, trip hazard, fire, etc.	Who exposed List who might be harmed from this activity e.g. staff, contractors, contributors, public, etc.	Risk3 For each hazard, decide level of risk as if you were to do the activity without your controls	Control measures For each hazard, list the measures you will be taking to minimise the risk identified e.g. appointing competent persons, training received, planning and rehearsals, use of personal protective equipment, provision of first aid, etc.	Risk3 For each hazard, decide level of risk once all your controls are in place
Assault by person	ALL	Remote - Very Severe	Avoid arguments with any members of the public. Prepare the first-aid kit	Remote - slight
Cold environment	ALL	Possible - severe	Warm clothing will be advised to be worn when the actors are not acting. If an actor is extreme cold, we will consider to film the scene in a warmer day which this actor has involved in	N/a
Slippery surface	ALL	Possible - negligible	Skid shoes or stout footwear is advised where possible. When walking outside, walk slowly and care should be made by all actors	Remote-negligible
Contact with cold surface	Homeless actor	Remote - negligible	Actor must ensure that he is warm enough and he avoids touching any cold surfaces	Remote - negligible
Nuisance noise/vibration	ALL	Very unlikely - moderate	Keep the filming place at least 5 meters away from the noise	N/a
Physical fatigue	Actors and actresses	Remote - very severe	Medicine should be brought and a phone should be brought to ensure support can be requested if needed	N/a
Stress/anxiety	Actors and actresses	Remote - negligible	Stop filming and take a rest if the actor is stressful, talk to him and make him calm down	Remote - very severe