Video Takes

We did many takes of videos. Our first idea was that we were going to have the camera following a torch and then a different coloured torch was going to drop on the floor and the camera would quickly move to follow the noise. And at this point we were going to edit the light-drawing No.2 in to this clip so when the camera looked at the dropped torch the number 2 would be there. We did this many times as we needed to know whether it required flash or not, also whether we could change the way the video was staged.

We changed the idea around because we knew that editing the no.2 from the light drawing in would of been quite hard, so we decided to use the number 2 silhouette and put the torches inside. We did this many times.

The first time we did it in the dark with a torch attached to the umbrella so when the umbrella flew in the air the camera would notice and all of a sudden see the number 2. But we found it hard to keep the Number 2 out of the camera whilst we tried to capture the umbrella in the air. If we did this again I think we would of used more of the floor area in the studio so the two objects were separated so they didnt clash during the filming.

The final video that we would we thought was quite simple but clever. We made George walk across the studio floor but only have his feet in the camera whilst the number 2 was in the middle of the screen. Originally we thought we were going to act as if we just finished filming a clip and everyone was leaving but forgot to turn the lights off in the number 2 so when the lights went off the number 2 was still lit up. We thought this was quite good because the number 2 doesn't look like it was left there deliberately and I wouldnt of thought this would of been done before.

If we did this again, we think we would use more lights in the number 2 or make everything a bit bigger. Also, we would probably add speech to make the video seem more like a scene. Considering we changed the idea many times we thought these were good experiments because it broadens the ideas we can use to create the BBC 2 Ident.