Production Concept: This is the email I sent to the Youtubers

Dissertation: Bond Girls

Production Concept: A Very Productive Day

Today I have been very productive. I have started to make a list of things I need to include in my final package and I have decided how I want to present it. Looking at my list is very scary as it looks like so much work but I am hoping that if I carry on being as productive as I have been today that I will be able to tick everything off the list and head closer to that 1st that I so want to achieve.

The main thing I have done today is try and decided what cities I want to visit in my series. I know that I want my series to be a 6 part series with each episode featuring a different city. At the moment I have 8 cities short listed and they are:

• Amsterdam
• Paris
• Barcelona
• Prague
• Rome
• Munich
• Berlin
• Swiss Alps

But I also have London which I am thinking of using as my pilot episode but I don't know whether to include this in my 6 episode or have it as and extra one.

Today I have done alot of research on each of the 8 countries listed to try and help me which ones would be the most interesting to visit.

For each city I looked at:

• What you can do there/ Iconic places you can visit
• Ways you can travel around the city
• How to say Hello, Goodbye, Thank you and Cheers
• What their national delicacies are
• What I associate with each city
• What currency they use

This has helped me alot as I can now visualise what aspect of the city I would put in each episode and it has also helped me narrow down my selection of cities slightly. I have decided that there is not enough to talk about with the Swiss Alps plus if I want this to be a program for students on a budget I don't think skiing really fits in with that concept as I know it can be very expensive.

My definites are:

• Amsterdam
• Paris
• Rome
• Barcelona
• Berlin
• and then it is a toss up between Prague and Munich.

I like Munich because I have found alot of fun things to do and it means that all the countries in the series use the euro which could be another selling point but on the other hand do I want 2 German countries in the series when I could visit somewhere else like Prague?

This is something I want to have decided on by the end of the week so that I can move on with my research.

I also need to decided on a format/length for my program by the end of the week so that I am prepared for my tutorial on Monday.

Editing the Mac Twins a New Showreel

After using the Mac Twins in mine and Maddie's twin documentary series I have kept in close contact with the girls and their manager and I have been asked to edit them a new showreel as their current one is becoming a little bit dated.

I have used a similar format to their current showreel as we all liked it. I have used clips from some of the girls more recent projects as well as some of their older ones so that potential employers can get a taste for everything the girls can do. I have also added in some of the clips of the stuff we filmed with the girls. I made sure that when I edited the showreel that it made sense and showed off the girls best qualities and played on their USP of being twins.

I sent a copy to the girls and they loved it. The copy I sent them still need a few little tweeks but I thought I would get their opinion on it before I sent them a final copy in case there was anything they wanted me to change or add in.

Production Concept: Map Animations

I want a map animation in my show so that you can see where the presenters are travelling to. I found these 2 tutorials on how to create this kind of thing on iMovie. I am going to have a go at making one myself but then I will pass it on to someone who is more advanced with animation so that I can get something which is a bit different and fits in with my program a bit more.

Production Concept: Getting in Contact

Today I have emailed both Interrail and STAtravel asking if they would like to sponsor my fake tv show and also if they can help me with my research. I have also made a list of Youtubers that I need to contact and found all of their email addresses. I know that I want a pair of presenters and there is quite a strong Youtube community and so I'm hoping that I will be able to get a good pair who know each other and really bounce off each other.

Feedback From The Group

Today I presented my idea to the group and got some very good feedback which gave me more things to think about.

I presented 2 ideas one was the student guide to Europe and the other was a student guide to a gap year travelling the whole world. As I was talking the group and I were both more swayed towards the Europe idea rather than around the world. The group also thought that on hour long show was too long and so this is something I need to think about. I need to research which countries I want to be featured in the series and what I want the presenters to do there and see how long I think the audience need to see each thing for. Simon also asked me about whether or not I had thought about having different segments in my show and I had to admit that it wasn't something I had thought of but it was an idea I liked.

We have got a tutorial with Simon on Monday so I will develop my idea a bit more so that I can discuss my idea with him more.