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December 28, 2018May 3, 2020

Term 1 Reflections

End of the first term, Xmas is here and so are the mad ramblings of an HND film student 🙂 Hi, I’m Jon Morby and I’m on the HND in Moving Image Programme with Raindance So far this year, we have started covering the role of the Producer, what they need to do, and how …

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July 20, 2018

Reflections on my first year as a born again student!

So the first year of study has completed on the BTEC Higher National Diploma in Creative Moving Media Production I’m studying with the Raindance Film Trust. At the end of my first year, I have mixed emotions. By all accounts, it looks as though I’ve completed the year with a Distinction, it has taken …

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May 11, 2018May 18, 2018

Dating Dilemmas – Through the Looking Glass

Or in other words, my reflections on the “process” … First Edit. See bottom of blog post for the Second / Final Edit Pre-Production The initial concept was dreamt up in response to a(nother) lousy Tinder date the week earlier, where I had met a girl, we got on well, she confided in me her …

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April 19, 2018April 21, 2018

Reflections on being a sound supervisor

I have now performed sound supervisor functions on at least two HND student films, plus a number of student exercises in the classroom. Responsibility for levels and ensuring that we had clean and usable audio at the end of the shoot. This was with a mixture of Zoom H4N and H6N recorders. This is quite …

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April 19, 2018April 20, 2018

Reflections on being a camera operator

This is a strange one in a way, I need to reflect on being a camera operator since starting the HND course and note challenges faced, lessons learned and basically identify learning opportunities, however, I have been a relatively keen (hobbyist) photographer (and cinematographer) for many years so most of this is not new to …

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April 19, 2018April 19, 2018

Dating Dilemmas – Reflections on the scriptwriting process

Reflecting on Dating Dilemmas My original script was written as no more than an exercise in script writing, set in the warm summer months, in a complex location in Westminster, without any thought as to how it would be filmed. This was primarily due to a misunderstanding with regards the original assignment. I had …

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March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

Hire me to Produce

Tonight was the night of the Raindance Pitch a feature contest for the HND students. Several students had submitted ideas for a feature, and I paired with Josh to pitch “Airbag”. Josh did a great job of pitching his story, and I did a mediocre job of pitching myself and my talents as a producer. …

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March 20, 2018March 20, 2018

The Power of Max – Sound Recordist

Directed by – Josh Farrell DoP – Julian Deane Jon Morby Boom Operator – Bamba Diop Camera – (Josh’s Friend) Josh’s shoot was the easiest to get to by far, just a mile down the road from my house. The snow caused problems for some of the crew (notably Julian who dropped out at the …

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March 16, 2018May 17, 2018

Project Santana – Post mortem

And so ends a rather hectic couple of weeks as I work on the final edit of Dating Dilemmas, part of my trilogy of short films as part of the Raindance HND and associated projects. Day One Director Jon Morby DP Julian Deane Mihaela Obreja Camera Mihaela Obreja 1st AD Orlando Bryant Script Supervisor …

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February 3, 2018February 15, 2018

Dating Dilemmas – Production Notes

This is going to be a living document detailing thoughts and issues as the pre-production and production phases get underway Initial version 3rd Feb 2018 Updated 15th Feb 2018 Reflections on the Production Process Dating Dilemmas is a comedy short, part of my year 1 HND assessment. The requirement of the HND is that the short …

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