Skittles Idea

Our final idea for the BBC 2 ident, we have expanded and developed out idea of dropping a white cardboard number 2 in to a box of skittles. This is so that the multlicoloured skittles would shoot of in all different directions creating a better effect. As a group we have decided that from experimenting on the idea for the skittles '2'. We have come up with a better idea of still dropping the number 2 into the skittles but then we are going to colour co-ordinate the skittles and places them around the cardboard 2. Once the cardboard 2 has been removed we will have a number 2 make out of skittles.

After experimenting we found out that by taking away each individual coloured skittle would make it harder to edit the final video. However we have decided to drop the number 2 into the skittles and then colour co-ordinate the '2'. We all found this idea more effective and that it gave a bigger dramatic effect. 

Below are some test shots that we done last week. 

Our BBC 2 Ident Ideas

Idea 1: Out first idea we thought about making a number 2 out of white cardboard and painting a cardboard box white and filling the bottom of it with skittles. After we have finished this the number 2 will be dropped into the box of skittles. 

The idea of dropping the number 2 into a box of skittles is so that the force from the number 2 will send some of the skittles in different directions to make a more dramatic effect. By doing this a range of colours will be going everywhere and would catch the viewers eyes because the sweets will stand out a lot more due to everything else will be white. To make this idea work, we are looking at buying 5-10 bags of skittles to fill the bottom of the box. When editing the video i will be making it slower, so it builds up tension and gives more of an effect. 

Idea 2: For our second idea, Danie came up with an idea of making a human 2. To complete this we are looking at having around 15-20 people to form the shape 2 on the floor. Before everyone takes their positions for the number 2, we will be marking spots on the floor in which the people will be standing. The marks will help the people walk into their place without any confusion. 

Everyone that will be participating will walk into their places and stay there for 5-10 seconds and then walk away. This will be filmed from the room CS103. We are using this room because it is directly above were we will be filming it. 

Idea 3: For our final idea, we will be making a plastic number 2 and then we will be filling it with water. Once it is mostly full with water we will be adding red food colouring to the water. We will be doing this by using a pap-pet and placing droplets of food colouring in different places around the number 2 so that it will spread faster and so that it will give a better effect. 

We will be making the colour change look effective by doing this we will place the plastic 2 on a white background so that the number 2 will go from white to red. Also by recording this the droplets will be making contact with the water in slow motion, this is so it will give a more detailed effect. 

When doing this we will have to take care of the food colouring and the white background in the studio because we dont want to spill the food colouring and stain the floor. To prevent this happened we will put a white towel underneath the number 2. This way the background will still be white and we get the lighting we need. 

BBC2 Ident Ideas.

For this assignment we have been asked to create a BBC2 advert. We have been given 6 weeks to complete this task. For this task we will be working in groups and each individual in the group will be set there own role.  There are several different roles to be taken on such as:

Camera man, (Danie Jones)
Lighting, (Tisha Hawkins)
Prop styles, (Sammy Bebbington)
Editor, (Jordon Axford - me)
Set designer, (Molly Burton)

I have been given the role as the 'Editor' therefore one we have shot the video i will be putting it together and adding music and different animations to the video. However we have all been given the different roles, we will each help out if and when were needed with the other sections to completing out video. Decided by all of us we have came to a decision that Molly will be the team leader, she will make sure that everything is on track, and that everyone is up to date with there contribution to the assignment.

We will be filming the ident in the studio and to shoot the video we will be using a flip video camera, and all the footage will be edited using iMovie or FInal Cut Pro. We should shoot the idnet so it will last between 10-30seconds. We must make the sound ambient in nature and appropriate to the theme that we have chosen.

To give us an idea of what we could do we went onto youtube and looked at different BBC2 ident videos from previous years. This then brought us to the conclusion of getting a box of skittles on the floor in the studio and then creating a number 2 and dropping it into the box. When editing it on the computer we would slow it down so it looked like the skittles were moving in slow motion.