Production Process for Ident 1 & 2

1. Food Network - Christmas Ident

I recorded the footage for my 30 second Christmas themed ident on Christmas day, as this was the day where all of the christmas food was made. Firstly, I set up my camera and tripod in the kitchen and made sure that everyone in the house was aware that I was recording so that there would be no issues with health and safety. I then looked at my storyboard that I created in pre-production and began to gather the resources/food that would be in the ident.

Firstly, I adjusted the camera's settings and made sure that the lighting and focus was how I wanted it to be. I then filmed several close-up shots of the christmas food such as mince pies, chocolate cake, turkey and roast potatoes. I also referred back to my storyboard throughout filming the ident so that I would not forget how I wanted the final product to look like. Whilst doing this, I made sure that people were careful when they entered the kitchen, to prevent any accidents or problems occurring. However, one health and safety aspect that I had to consider was that the knife used to cut the turkey was used carefully as it was very sharp, and that the person cutting it was not distracted from the camera.

Filming the Christmas Ident went well and there were no big issues that would heavily impact my ident. I was able to film in a very short period of time and the shots that I had drawn on the storyboard were executed. This allowed me to start the post-production process as planned in my production schedule and meet the final deadline. Furthermore, there were no health and safety issues as I made sure I followed my risk assessment and was aware of the environment I was filming in.

However, after recording my footage, I had realised that some of the clips I recorded were not as clear and high quality as I wanted them to be. Some of the footage was unclear as it would take me a very long time to focus on the subject and I was also not very experienced with the camera at this point. I could have also improved my footage by experimenting with the camera settings more, as there were many different settings that I could have used to enhance the quality of the image such as the food setting.

2. Food Network - Breakfast Ident

I recorded the footage for my pancake breakfast ident on the 6th January. First, I set up up my camera  and tripod in the kitchen where I would be filming my pancake ident. I then added my ready made pancakes onto a plate and placed it in a white background so that it would stand out. Also, not making the pancakes from scratch saved a lot of time. I then recorded a few clips of the pancakes stacked up and added the chocolate sauce on top of the pancakes and recorded it whilst doing so. After I had finished making the pancakes, I filmed a variety of close up shots to make sure that the footage was the best quality possible.

When filming for my ident, I took Health and safety measures to ensure that there were no hazards which could cause accidents. I decided to film my ident when nobody else was at home, to ensure that there were no accidents such as tripping over the tripod. Overall, there were no health and safety issues that I came across when filming my ident as there were no objects that were harmful or unsafe.

Filming my breakfast themed ident went very well. I was able to set up the tripod and camera correctly and film the footage that I needed within 30 minutes, which allowed me to begin editing the next day. Furthermore, creating the pancakes for my food network ident was quick and easy. This meant that I would not need to re-record any footage, and could meet the deadline of producing my idents in time.

However, one thing I could have improved on during production was making sure that the camera was steady. Some of the footage that I recorded looked very shaky when watching it afterwards. This may be because when filming, I did not use the tripod to film some of the shots as the tripod was not long enough. This meant that the camera footage did not look very smooth.

Overall, the production process for both idents went mostly well, and I was able to use the footage for my final ident.