Saturday, 24 March 2012



In the post production stages of the documentary we decided to keep an underlying music track throughout to keep a certain pace progressing swiftly from start to finish so that the dialogue never becomes monotonous, the first piece of music is diegetic sound from the interview and so links perfectly with the shots of James producing the track. 

We used two canon dslr's when filming and when the footage was compiled on final cut there was a noticeable difference between the two setups in terms of colour and so in the final editing stages I went through and colour corrected each clip. Overall we decided to increase the contrast to render a more vibrant aesthetic as we felt it was fitting in terms of the context. 

Friday, 23 March 2012


Shot List



Shot Location Shot Type INT/EXT Movement Interviewee Equipment
1 James Rand's Room Medium Shot Interior Static James Rand Camera/Tripod
2 James Rand's Room CU Interior Static James Rand Camera/Tripod
3 James Rand's Room CU OTS Interior Static James Rand Camera/Tripod
4 James Rand's Room CU of mixing equipment Interior Static James Rand Camera/Tripod
5 James Rand's Room High angle Interior Static James Rand Camera
6 James Rand's Room Medium OTS Interior Static James Rand Camera/Tripod
7 Peacocks Bar Medium Shot Interior Static Paul Camera/Tripod
8 Peacocks Bar CU of face Interior Static/Free hand Paul Camera
9 Peacocks Bar Medium Long Shot of Peacocks Sign Exterior Static Paul Camera/Tripod
10 Peacocks Bar Medium Shot of statue Exterior Static Paul Camera/Tripod
11 Peacocks Bar Medium Shot Interior Static/Free hand Paul Camera
12 The Shipping Forecast Medium Shot Exterior Static Andy Camera/Tripod
13 The Shipping Forecast CU of face Exterior Static/Free Hand Andy Camera
14 Streets of Liverpool Medium Exterior Static n/a Camera/Tripod
15 Streets of Liverpool Long Shot (Building) Exterior Static n/a Camera/Tripod
16 Streets of Liverpool CU (Simon Cowell (Graffiti) Exterior Static n/a Camera/Tripod
17 Streets of Liverpool Medium Shot (Bar) Exterior Static n/a Camera/Tripod
18 Streets of Liverpool Medium (Gig Posters) Exterior Static n/a Camera/Tripod
19 Streets of Liverpool Long Shot (street/ posters) Exterior Static n/a Camera/Tripod
20 Streets of Liverpool Push Focus (Street) Exterior Static n/a Camera/Tripod




Crew List 



Luke Wren - Producer 



George Beattie - Director 



Henry Vinten - Editor 



Joel Danby Irons - Sound Design 



Tom Newsham - Cinematographer



Liverpool Schedule 



March 5th 

Arrived In Liverpool at 1pm 

Captured cutaways at 4pm 

Met James Rand at Peacocks Bar at 6pm 




March 6th 

Met James for interview at his house at 12pm 

Met Paul Hutchinson for interview at Peacocks at 4pm 

Met Andy Hill at Shipping Forecast at 5.30pm 

Left Liverpool at 6pm

Equipment List 


Video

Canon 550D Dslr Camera 

Canon 7D Dslr Camera 

2 x 8 GB SD cards 

2 x Tripods 




Audio 

Boom 

Rifle Mic 

Long Xlr Cable 

Marantz PMD 660 

Sony Headphones 




Miscellaneous 

Apple Mac Laptop


Contributers


Interview

James Rand
Paul Hutchinson
Andy Hill

Locations

James' home studio
The Shipping Forecast
The Peacock

Music

James Rand - live performance in home studio
Dauwd Al Hilali - 'Could It Be' 2011 (Pictures Music) alex@picturesmusic.co.uk



Andy Hill 

Promoter @AbandonSilence

"Abandon Silence is an electronic music club night based in The Shipping Forecast club on Slater Street in Liverpool City Centre.

In our first year of business we have hosted performances from James Blake, Joy Orbison, Breakage, Mount Kimbie, Alix Perez, Deadboy, Girl Unit, Sbtrkt, dBridge, Girl Unit, Logan Sama, The Others, Mele, Koreless and residents Horza and Rich Furness. (posters included below)

We are currently undertaking a Summer hiatus, and will return with a fresh set of shows and some massive guest performances (we will be FORTNIGHTLY) from September 29th 2011." 


Paul Hutchinson


Resident @ DISCOTECA POCA, WAXXX, &TING, PEACOCK, EVOL




James Rand

James Rand has been a notable player on the Liverpool club circuit for the last four years. Originally as a resident at garage punk and electro hybrid EVOL and later at the legendary Liverpool institution Chibuku Shake Shake, his style of mutant techno with pop sensibilities has seen him set the stage for the likes of Andrew Weatherall, 2 Many DJs, Erol Alkan, Jaques Le Cont, Joy Orbison and Rob Mello at such venues as Fabric, Parklife Festival and Lock Tavern.

James currently holds three Liverpool based residencies at Chibuku, EVOL and Peacock.


James Lee discovers the contents of various characters pockets in the city of London revealing a brief social insight. The use of a close up camera angle derives a personal experience complemented with gentle music we are carried through an emotive montage of serenity.

The shallow focus allows the cinematographer to capture and reflect the detail of the treasures the people hold in their hands. Point of view shots force the audience to fix concentration allowing the interviewee to engage on a personal level I feel this stylistic technique makes pockets the success it is.