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I would like to talk about the losing something gaining something aspect, which is one of our aspects in our documentary and drama.

Last week my car broke down on the way to uni, which then ment i arrived late to uni on monday and made me miss our presentation. Later i found out that i had seized the engine due to the lack of oil in the car. Im blame myself for this as i wasnt looking after my car well enough. Now you are properly wondering how this links in with the gaining of something from losing something. Well my first car ment a lot to me due it being my first car, but it was also costing me a lot of money to keep on the road. When it broke down i finally realised i couldnt have kept it up, as i had more outgoings than i had ingoings. So from me losing me car, i also gained greater knowledge that i couldnt have kept it up. Now i have decided that i am going to stay without my car until my 21st in June. I can now save money and be more fully prepared for when i get my next car, so that i am not struggling for money agian like before.

This links in with the losing something but gaining something aspect in our documentary where wimbledon lose their original club, but instead creating their own club because of the passion the fans showed to their club, and also the drama where one twin brother loses his other brother through heorin, but gains a new lease of life from his brothers death.

Kyle Corfield - JMK Productions

Now that we have had our feedback on the documentary, it is time we moved on to our next part of the assigment which is our three minute drama. Back on the 21st of January jak pitched his drama to the class about two heroin addicted twins; which one dies from an overdose and so the other gains a new lease of life from the tragedy.

First i needed to do some research on the drug itself and found some startling information. Heroin called diacetylmorphine by its international nonproprietary name, and diamorphine by its british approved name, is a semi-synthetic opioid (a chemical substance that has a morphine-like action in the body which relieves pain), is synthesized from morphine. It's a derivative of the opium poppy. Opium is a narcotic that is formed from latex, and a opium poppy, is a poppy from which opium and all refined opiates such as papaverine, thebaine, codeine, morphine and noscapine are extracted.

It is made by acetylation(a reaction that makes an acetyl functional group form into an organic compound), making it a prodrug (is a pharmacological substance drug) pharmacological meaning the study of how drugs interact with living organisms to produce a change of function for a systemic delivery of morphine.

If you use this drug to much it can cause addiction and can quickly lead to tolerance; however, if you only have the occasional use of it does not lead to any symptoms of withdrawal. Popular street names for this drug can include black tar, brain junk, horse, gear, skag and a few others.

Many people get addicted to heroin due to the over whemling feeling of the intense euphoria (a emotional state related to happiness) that it induces into the body, so they want to keep feeling this feeling and ignoring the short and long term affects that it has on the body over a pre-longed period of use.

For people who directly inject it into their vains carry the risk of using a non-sterile needle or syring along with and other related equipment, which then leads to the risk of HIV and hepatitis. They also run the risk of contracting bacterial or fungal endocarditis (the inflammation of the inner layer of the heart) which can lead to death, Chronic constipation (a condition of the digestive system), Addiction and an increasing tolerance and withdrawal symptoms.

The presentation ran quite smoothly, I had learnt what I was going to say (which was quite easy as we had discussed every single frame and shot used during the mammoth editing session, which is why it probably took so long) to ensure that I could put a lot of enthusiam in to convey my emotion and passion towards the subject. Unfortunately, because of Kyle's car breaking down, we had to quickly rethink how we were going to present, as we had planned who would say what. Our general layout was to start with 1)Aims/How well we achieved them, 2)How we set up shots/Edited, 3)What we would do if we did it again, 4)What other people thought of it.

I started by explaining what our aim was and how we thought that we had managed it well by showing how the fans lost something good at the start with celebratory pictures of Wimbledon FC and the 2nd part showed the enthusiam towards the club with hand-picked interviewees, the whole documentary being wrapped up at the end by Ivor's one sentance.

Matt then talked about how we set up the room, with the interviewee's not looking directly at the camera, and lighting before I then explained how we edited it to try and create a continuous flowing structure (explained in the blog entry about editing).

The major points that we could try if we did it again was the adition of solely a supporter based interview, as the ones we got are in an official capacity at the club (whilst also being supporters), as well as attempting to use 2 camera's for each interview to get different perspectives we could cut between and finally latter day footage of the crowd, probably singing terrace anthem "I can't help falling in love with you".

We finished by saying that, of those that we had asked (who were unconnected with the course and club), they thought it was a brilliant representation of passion towards the community and club and the fans have clearly got the most from what was an original bad experience.

The feedback we got today was extremely positive, finishing in the top 5 of the course. One point that was raised was that we could have gone on more about the money side of football, however I think that the story we told was a perfect fit for 3 minutes, and trying to cover the issue of money in football would have needed a lot longer to cover. There's no doubt that it is a major talking point in the game, but I don't think that it has much relevance to the losing of something but gaining of something else as a consequence with the WFC/AFCW story unless we covered in more length the move to Milton Keynes and how it was solely money related for the owners.

Mon 18th

Due to working tonight, this was the earliest i could post this.

Today was quite an eventful to day to say the least, my car broke down on the way to uni, which then resulted in me ringing the university to explain why i was runnnig late, because i didnt want to fail or let the group fail. I literally arrived at the door and my group were just walking away from the front of the class having finished doing the presentation. I then let the lecturer know that i had just arrived and then watch the rest of the class's presentations.

Here is some of the things i would of said in front of the class, if i had made ita bit earlier.

We wanted to give our documentary an "au natural" look and feel while filming, so we had one industrial light shining away from the interviewie, so we didnt make them feel uncomfortable in anyway, then lightly reflected the light back onto the interviewie using the white side of the reflectors.

We had the camera placed to the side of the interview, so that they wouldnt get distracted by it, and their full 100 percent attention is on the interviewer, hopefully creating this sense of ease while filming.

We would of liked to have added inside shots of the crowds to get a inside view of the singing and emotion, as it is one of the main themes, that the fans are very important. We would of liked to have taken away the humming sound that came from the air con in the office as well when we were filming.

The only other two people we would of liked to have interviewed was the mascot, to show how important his role is in the club. But due to him being on holiday at the time of us being at the ground we were unable to interview him. The other person we would of added to the documentary was interviewing a fan, to get another point of view across as well.

Thurs 14th.

On Friday I sat through the footage we had got and split each interviewees answers into seperate seperate blocks according to what I thought would work best. I then started to pair some of them ready for the proper editing, for eg. Erik talking about how all of our fans wear the club strip, and Ivor talking about how the sponsors pay a lot to be on our shirt. After doing this I used the DV deck and DVD player to capture footage from DVD's that we planned to use to break up the interviews. This was harder than expected as there was no audio when trying to capture, it only playedback afterwards, making it quite difficult in spotting when to cut in and out.

Fri 15th and Sat 16th.

We started editing on Matt's Apple Mac and Final Cut Express at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, continuing through to 1.30 in the morning, where we had got the skeleton done and had started filling it out considerably. We began again at 11.30 and worked through to about 2.30, when we then went to find a projector in the Beacon building to see what it would look like; overall impressed with the final version.

We took so long because we thought about every single frame and shot. We started with 3 black and white pictures with cross-transitions between them that lead into 2 short clips. We made 1 of these desaturated to start off and slowly changed it to full colour, so that the transition from black and white to colour would be a smooth one. We decided not to put any audio with the start leading in to the text on WFC's move because we felt that a soundtrack would only be needed if it wasn't clear what the pictures where conveying. Just before the end of the text on the screen, we overlapped some audio "I think we can well and truley say..." before cutting to the footage accompanying it finishing "AFC Wimbledon is born". This like so many other decisions we made was to ease the transition.

When going straight from one interview to another, we made sure there was a gap with the interviewee not speaking either at the end of the first one, or at the start of the second one, as we found that otherwise it looked unprofessional as ones person speech would merge with another.

The goals we show are a progression through time as AFC Wimbledon, and usually have some significance to the interview before or after. When Erik talks about crowd, 1 of the goals finishes with a pan across a cheering crowd. When Ivor talks about getting to the conference and playing in games of real important, we overlap a bit of his audio with the FA Trophy game away to Gravesend and Northfleet in the FA Trophy last year, with us winning 2-0 against a team from the Conference, 2 leagues higher than us.

Since we're creating a feel good piece that shows that the fans having got something wonderful, we included brilliant goals as we thought it would enthral the audience more (of which, being in the Midlands, we assumed a lot of football fans would be used to higher quality football with Aston Villa, Birmingham, Walsall). We edited them in the same style as Soccer AM when they say "Later the goals from the Championship" with quick goals one after the other, as this is a extremely popular show that people may make the connection with and so enjoy.

We used the song at the end, by Fat Man Scoop, as we felt that it would stick in peoples heads as it is incredibly catchy, so if people sing the "AFC Wimbledon" part they will remember our documentary.

Here is the link to the test shoot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5Zt-KuoT4

This test shoot was useful as it gave us a little practice editing a documentary which is very different to editing a drama.

Due to a hectic few days we've been unable to update the blog. On Thursday 7th Feb we started early in the morning with a test shoot (will be posted tomorrow) in a Stafford Court kitchen. The reason we chose a kitchen was that we figured it would be roughly the same area of a office (for both manager Terry Brown and chairman Erik Samuelson). This would give us a chance to figure each of our roles and how we would use lighting, position our camera etc.

After doing that we then set off on the trip down to Kingston-upon-Thames and Kingsmeadow stadium. This took us around 3 1/2 hours, getting there about 13:30. Erik wasn't yet there and so we were allowed around the stadium to film. We then met Erik, who let us into his office to set up, and then conducted the interview with him. He then went to get Terry Brown and we stayed in the office to interview him. After conducting that interview we went into the President's lounge and waited for our final interview. Whilst waiting we went and took some more footage of the trophy cabinet etc. The final interview was conducted back in the President's lounge, where we set up in a similar style to the other two, except that the camera took my previous interviewing position on the left and I sat down opposite Ivor in the middle where the camera was before.

We got back at 22:50. The next day, along with lectures, we started uploading the footage; test shoot, actual shoot and audio, and started seperating it to make the actual edit easier. I also sent off emails trying to gain some more footage.

Day 12 - 6th Feb

Hi my name is kyle corfield and i am also a member of the jmkproductions group filming a documentary on Wimbledon FC. Now before this idea was pitched i knew who wimbledon were, but didnt know where they had dissapeared to after 2003. Me being a Manchester United fan wimbledon had many classic games with them in the premiership. But at the end of 2003 they just dissapeared from the tables, so i thought this would be a great way of looking into the history of wimbledon, how they were formed and what happened to them after 2003.

It all started in 1889 when they first named themselves Wimbledon Old Centrals FC after their old central school on wimbledon common. But then in 1905 they then changed it to wimbledon FC. Wimbledon FC continued to play their early games on Wimbledon Common and at various other locations until 1912, which they then moved to Plough Lane, which would be their home for the next 79 years. Wimbledon then decided that their cramped stadium at Plough Lane was just too small for the ever growing fans, so then Wimbledon began to ground-share with local rivals Crystal Palace, which actually ended up lasting 12 years.

Wimbledon then spent most of its history in the non-leagues before a rapid ascent to the top of English football in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which included them defeating the then-champions liverpool 1-0 in the FA cup final in 1988. Wimbledon then became the only football club in the country to have won both the professional and amateur versions of the Cup, having won the FA Amateur Cup back in 1963. Wimbledon spent most of their time in the old First Division but then were promoted to the Premiership in 1986.

Wimbledon had a good spell in the premiership, but then on the last day of the 1999-2000 season, Wimbledon lost to Southampton whilst their nearest league rivals Bradford achieved a surprise win over Liverpool, meaning that the club were finally relegated after 14 years of being in the premiership. The club then in the season of 2001–2002 narrowly missed out on the promotion playoffs and also in the following season.

Then in 2003, wimbledon fc relocated sixty miles north to Milton Keynes. The club was then relaunched the following year with new kit and a new badge. They were then called Milton Keynes Dons. They agreed in 2007 that they were not a continuation of Wimbledon FC and returned all artefacts prior to 2004 to the London Borough of Merton.

Supporters of Wimbledon F.C. were outraged and responded to the move by forming a new club, A.F.C. Wimbledon, which they see as the direct continuation of the sporting representation of the people of Wimbledon.

Now i feel i have touched on the history of Wimbledon FC, and found out that they relocated and relaunched as a new club after 2003. I will do more research into history of wimbledon because i feel there is still alot to learn.

Kyle Corfield - JMKproductions

My email to Erik.

Hi Erik, thanks. I would think we're get there around late afternoon so to get you and Terry if possible and then wait for Ivor. I was wondering if there are any spare DVD's of goals etc lieing around the club that I could borrow to add to the documentary to break up interviews, and then send back by post the week after? I'll put "Courtesy of..." in the corner and it's not for profit. If no, that's no problem.

And then to NUTS TV, who are producing a documentary series on the club themselves.

Hi, I'm studying Film Production at Staffordshire University and recently won a pitch to lecturers and class to produce a 3-minute documentary on AFC Wimbledon. It's mainly interviews with a couple of fans, Erik, Terry Brown etc; however I need some footage of the crowd, pitch action to fill bits in between. I was unable to film at the Torquay game and so I was wondering if you would be able send some of the footage you caught (even if it's just the crowd). It's not for profit at all and is just a uni moduler assingment, and I would stick whatever you wanted in, such as "Courtesy of NUTS TV" or something like that.

I also obtained a song by Fatman Scoop, "Get Your Hands Up", which is an upbeat song remixed to include AFC Wimbledon. It's perfect to accompany any footage of AFC Wimbledon players scoring goals and the fans going crazy.

Same problem with previous two blog write-ups.

Hello, Jake,

As for anyone else, If you are around at about 7.00 pm Ivor might be here – but he is very busy and finds it hard to commit to specific times.