Ollie Tristram

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Documentary Project - Busking

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To do: In groups of 4 or 5 plan and produce a 4 min non fictional “character study” that entertains and informs the audience of one interesting character.
Presentation: Your group will present all the work you have done at the end of this non fictional study. To evidence your work every student will be expected to provide:

1. In your Journal: A Character study on your chosen subject, (research of subject) Research
carried out for film script project - (Stage 2).
3. A production file (group copy) containing production research and paperwork treatment ,
photographs, locations, script, storyboard, call sheets, schedules, VO, paper edit, book references
etc.)
4. On a CD: a 4 minute DV documentary with title and credits. [720x576 DVAVI 25fps none
compressed PAL].
6. In your journal - entries that document and reflect upon the work done during this module.
7. Completed group peer assessment form


We have decided to do ours on busking, but on one man in particular, called Sam, who plays Blues guitar and sings. As yet we are somewhat undecided in what interesting spin to put on the documentary, but our main ideas are to show his interaction with people, and maybe do it from his point of view, such as using him as a narrator.

A quick description on busking can be found on Wikipedia @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busking.

"Busking is the practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities. People engaging in this practice are called buskers. Busking performances can be just about anything that people find entertaining.

Busking is a British term used in many areas of the English-speaking world. Buskers are also called street performers or street musicians. The place where a busker performs is called their pitch. People busk for a variety of reasons, for money, for fun, for the attention they get, to socialize or meet people, for the love of their art, or to practise their skills or try out new material in front of an audience.

Some buskers only work part time, while others make a living performing full time on the streets. Some buskers do professional entertainment gigs in addition to working the streets. Some people manage only pocket change from busking, while others can amass substantial incomes. A busker's income depends on many conditions including, the type and quality of the performance, the composition of the audience, the weather, the location and the time of day. Competition from other buskers can also play a role.

Walk by acts are typically with the busker providing a musical or entertaining ambiance. There is no distinct beginning or end and the crowds do not particularly stop to watch. Sometimes an intended walk by act will spontaneously turn into a circle show.

Some people stereotype buskers as being unemployed, homeless or beggars. Most buskers are not, and these terms are normally derogatory when referring to a busker. Some people will heckle buskers and stigmatize them as such regardless of their social status."

Some parts of what a busker is and does will be relevant to our project. From the above, we should consider;
  • Reasons for him busking.
  • How much he earns.
  • His opinions on being stereotyped and/or his opinions on what other people think of him and his music.
Obviously it is important to consider a lot more, but when our 'hook' finally comes together and we have properly settled on an idea we can really start to develop exactly what we intend to find out.

"The essential point of networking is human contact. Business has killed networking by making it something for the career orientated person".

Posted by Ollie Tristram On 18:37 0 comments

Networking, as defined by my Mac's dictionary is 'to interact with other people to exchange information and develop contacts, especially to further one's career'. Now this would agree with the title statement. But to break the statement down further, here is what I think about networking.


It is clear that networking is a massive part in any business, and due to businesses evolving with technology it is no wonder the traditional methods of networking, such as seeing each other face-to-face or having group discussions in a meeting room, have probably decreased compared to 20 years ago. New technologies like e-mail and web-conferencing have pushed networking to be less social in the sense that people don't meet in person.

Personally, I would associate the term networking with businesses anyway, so to say that business has 'killed' networking I do not agree with. I would think all businesses use networking in one way or another as a strong relationship between the business and the clients is necessary for a successful year of trading. With these new technologies it saves time and money and therefore can result in a business to excel.

However, I can see why networking in person can be seen as a preferred method. It is easier to communicate and get the message across when face-to-face if a message needs to be conveyed and set solidly.

Besides from a business point-of-view, networking can be between children in a classroom at school, a group of musicians at a concert or even between players on an online game. Examples all in everyday life situations. But with the gaming example, even communicating between peers that way means that it doesn't always have to be in person, or business-related for people to network.

So to summarise the title statement, I do not believe business has has killed networking because networking has never been essentially about human contact and to say that it is for the career orientated is true, but to call it solely for that purpose is an overstatement. Networking can be for anyone in any situation that involves any means of communication with a particular purpose - and that purpose is what has created the network.

Year 2 Imminent

Posted by Ollie Tristram On 19:00 1 comments

It's been over 2 months since I posted on here last.


The main thing I have been doing over Summer is writing, recording and producing music, most of which will be heard on my band's soon-to-be-made MySpace once we have finished mixing the last song.

Kamikaze Cocktail are a three piece electronic rock band. So far I have written and produced all of the music at home which includes two songs of original material and two covers. My friend Sam is the singer which has been recorded and mixed using ProTools. When we have written a couple more song we intend to start looking for gigs. We will effectively play to a backing track of our own music using a sampler and then live bass (played by me), guitars (played by Sam and Andrew) and Synths (played by Andrew) will be played on top of that.

Video-wise over Summer I have been very uninspired. And it has annoyed me.
The only video I have produced is another strange, eerie and pointless video titled Fusty Olde, that just makes me look a little weird. It was edited on Adobe Premiere CS3 and features a few effects and a little stop-motion bit on the end. Talking of inspiration, it was inspired by David Firths video, Crooked Rot, below.

Fusty Olde

So really, I'm quite looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. On a side note, I now have Logic to create music and audio on which really should give me a bit of a boost when it comes to audio.  

"Crooked Rot"

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The set and the Foley sounds are amazing. It's inpiring. I might make a stop-motion with a similar style very soon!

Mid-Summer Post

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Hello.

Results are in and i got a 2:2 for my first year. I'm satisfied with that result but I wouldn't say I was pleased with it. Although, I got a 2:1 in the module which was most suited to me (Narratives) becuase it was mostly AV and thats what my pathway is for next year so on that basis I should be aiming to maintain and improve that score for next year.

Also, I found this awesome stop-motion of someone creating a spaghetti meal using household items.


Stop Motion Spaghetti Cooking - Watch more free videos

That is all for now.

Interactive Showcase - Part IV

Posted by Ollie Tristram On 16:55 1 comments

Well, I have finally finished my interactive showcase and to be honest it hasn't been that stressful. I haven't tried to be too adventurous, but I think the main reason I haven't had too much grief is because I have been using ActionScript 2.0. All the tutorials I used online to help me were all in AS2.0 so I would have been buggered if I used 3, and when I used 3 for that last Flash project I did it turned out well crap.

I will post the showcase soon, but I just need a few people to test it for bugs etc first.

P.S. I know I haven't posted in a while but I've been playing GTA IV too much! Ha!

Feeder - Miss You (Music Video Competition Entry)

Posted by Ollie Tristram On 14:14 0 comments

The above video is a competition entry made by me and my friend Andrew (who did most of the work). The competition was to create your own music video for Feeder's new song "Miss You" and the prize is to have it featured in the extras on Feeder's upcoming DVD, plus some other stuff I think. The quality is pretty poor because it has been compressed so much (I think I'll have to let Andrew know), but you can understand it lol.

The video is mainly old footage from our A Level music video to a different Feeder song which we have re-cut. Other footage you will see is from my Uni work such as the One Shot Film and Pixelation. We did shoot some new footage in the same woodland area so not to lose continuity, but on saying that, the video doesn't really have any particularly continuity to it other than repeated effects. Nonetheless, Andrew has done a very good job editing it and is easily in the top 5 compared to the other competition entries.

Have a look at some of the other entries by clicking this link: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=feeder+competition

Over and Out.

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