The Design of Our Facebook Page

our facebook page was the simplest of them all, allowing people to network, link to videos, read blog posts and share us about. We were also connected to Twitter, allowing our facebook posts to show up on there automatically too - now and then i'd add my daily limit of people on twitter to publicise detention deficit as much as possible - our main page on blogger had our twitter feed showing on there too, essentially connecting three massive social networking sites together, all working sybiotically to target each sites main audience, giving them universal information.

the 'info' page on our fan site. we kept the information simple yet intriguing. we wrote an insight into the cast and crew and who was invlolved. we also wrote a short character profile for each character.

Keith:
Keith is a troubled caffiene addict who suffers from anxiety attacks. he causes conflict from annoying people with his mood swings and excessive talking. and when he get's angry, boy does he flip out.

Sonny:
Sonny doesn't quite understand the meaning of detention, but enjoys the thrills that go with getting himself in it. He's certainly the most agressive out of the characters. This guy likes to shout.

Pier:
Pier is one of those people who always wanted the excitement of life to be like the films. He also loves freedom, and because of this, draws up ways in which to escape detention. obviously, his ideas are better than simply walking out the front door.

Valerie:
This girl feeds off everyones problems, causes conflict, and sits down and enjoys watching the mess she's created. She enjoys a good old shout as well, so her and Sonny don't tend to get along.

Vince:
The best way to descibe Vince is he's a paranoid pesemistic who believes that people are watching him at times. If he's reading, it's about conspiracy theories. Though he's obviously troubled, he's very calm in his approach.

the images above are examples of "facebook insights", a festure that facebook offers 'pages' rather than users to see their content popularity, tallying visits and 'likes' in all areas to give the admin an insight into how to optimize their page and gain as many views as possible - it's a great feature.

you can visit our fanpage here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Detention-Deficit/240802514737

script for episode 3 - gas leak

script for episode 3 - gas leak


pier: why are you always getting at me? your always around me. where is the pen? vince! (pause) your always, like getting at me. i just cant stand it, the one time..

sonny: (interrupts) well think of a desent plan then and i'll stop getting at you.

pier: i just cant think of a plan, like, what the hell. (looks at keith)

sonny: you are such a vegetarian

shot of keith looking really 'out of it'. sonny and pier stare at him unable to figure out whats up with him. vince goes to see if he's okay.

vince: what seems to be the matter keith?

keith: i have eaten a rare amasoneon coffee bean. (sticks head up while talking and then continues looking around the room)

vince: aah, i see where you're going

shot of vince is from keiths perspective. everythings colourful and morphing.

sonny: what are you two talking about?

pier: yea, what are you two talking about?

vince and keith are talking in gibberish and sonny and pier can't make out what their saying.

sonny: am i missing something here?

pier and sonny look confused at eachother and then continue looking at vince and keith. damien walks through the door

damien: alright guys

keith: aah, cheif. (rubs face paint on his face to look like a red indian. the face paint magically appears with no explanation of why its there) get this spirit out of me

the next shot is of damien but he looks like cheif from 'one flew over the kookoos nest'

script for episode 2 - trapped

detention deficit

episode 2 ‘trapped’

starts off with everyone sitting down at their desks, sonny starts talking to keith

sonny: keith. we’ve been sitting here for 15 minutes now. why haven’t you annoyed me yet?

keith: (looks frustrated with sonny) I'm pacing myself

sonny: so, you’re going to annoy me in a little while instead

keith: no. you ignoranus

sonny: (laughs)

vince and valerie start talking over sonny laughing

vince: what did you call him?

valerie: ignoranus, what the hell have you been smoking in your crack pipe.

sonny: crack (continues laughing)

pier: guys, i’ve nailed it. i have nailed it (bangs book on desk)

keith: sorry, but am i going completely mad? (raises voice)

valerie: going?

sonny: you’ve been a patient at the fucking luni-bin for a while mate

keith: can i just explain how im pacing my. fucking self

sonny: well, it happens

pier: what

sonny: he’s annoying me again

keith: fuck you guys

pause for a while

vince: enlighten me keith

script for episode 1 - pilot

Detention deficit – Pilot episode script

Starts with pier looking bored leaning on his desk. He looks at the clock, the hand keeps on moving slower and slower. Even goes backwards. Sound of the clock out rules everything else. This is pier zoning out on the clock. Sounds comes back and you can hear Keith mumbling. This turns into Keith talking really quickly. Keith is talking to pier.

Keith: (talking really quickly, hard to make out what he’s saying)

Pier: (sighs)

Pier looks at sonny. Sonny understands what’s on Piers mind.

Sonny: he loco

Pier: (laughs)

The model release forms for all of our actors involved throughout our productions

model release form for me, who played keith

model release form for alexander whitcombe, who played pier


model release form for matthew hornby who played vince


model release form for laurence smith who played damien


model release form for aimee who played valorie

model release form for tim hodson who played cheif

model release form for josh lucas who played chris

model release form for James Walker who played sonny

production forms for episode 2 of Det. Def.

-how long filming would take

-what equipment we'd have and what we were filming

this covered health and safety as teachers must know where we are at all times. if there were any problems with what we had written, we'd have to change it before shooting. the reason teachers wanted this was to make sure they'd know who had what so they could make sure it was all back and in fine condition at the end of every shoot - I  have had a previous experience where i bought equipment back late, meaning Nick placed Philllipa in charge of these details instead - although upsetting for me, knowing that he had little confidence in my punctuality for bringing things back, I understood his concerns and made sure I helped out Phillipa with double checking things at the end of the shoot.. hopefully he is now ok with me borrowing equipment in future. I have many plans for it's usage again, after study leave when we're finished at Long Road..

Health and Safety forms Det. Def.

The Spot - '95 to '97

The Spot, or thespot.com, was the first episodic fiction website, and pioneered the underwriting of bandwidth and production costs by offering paid advertising banners on the web pages and product placement within the journal entries, much like Spotify's method of profiting. The site earned one of the original Webby Awards.

Technologies used in the distribution of Web television

• BitTorrent
• Dirac
• HTTP
• RSS
• RSS enclosure
• RTSP
• SMIL
• WTVML

TV vs Internet

"According to the results of a recent online survey conducted by IBM, television sets are losing ground to the internet when it comes to personal leisure time. 19 percent of all respondents stated that they spent six hours or more per day on the internet versus nine percent of respondents spending the same amount of time in front of the television. 66 percent responded that they spent one to four hours in front of the television versus 60 percent on the internet."
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08/23/tv_vs_the_internet_internet_wins/1




when broadcasting on the internet rather than TV, there are many different aspects you need to take into mind - TV is a medium of media on it's own, having a specific format/pattern of publishing and advertising that works best for it's viewers - usually only showing shows at a set time schedule (unless we're talking online 'sky anytime').
With the internet, you have the chance to check out a program at any time convenient to you. many tv broadcasting companies have internet anytime broadcasting like "40D" or "BBC iplayer" where you can catch up. web series pages usually specify a date for the next release but again allow users to view it at any time once it's released. although "40D" or "BBC iplayer" programs expire eventually it's still a big step up from tv conventions and the advertising is unique too, allowing users to click on the screen during an appealing advert to be taken to the companies page.
from the statistics mentioned earlier it would seem that the internet is quickly pushing television out just due to it's convenient nature - it's on a screen which you can minimize if you want facebook or blogger up in the background. with normal  tv you cant do this at all, and with the sharing capabilities that social networking/web 2.0 sites offer, watching a great program can be spread among your peers to also view. again, tv isnt capable of this.

Equipment needed to put a show together:

beneath will be a list of the things I needed to complete our Webisode. It'll include both software AND hardware:

-Coleridge Media department. Complete with high end editing macs and cameras/sound equiptment
-Sony HD cams + lenses and glare reducers
-Boom mic + telescopic boom mic pole
-Long Road MacBook laptops
-Final Cut editing software
-Adobe After Effects editing software
-Garageband music editing software
-tripods
-hardrives for footage transportation

all of these pieces I used in each episode as we have lessons in both coleridge and Long Road which meant I needed to use both facilities equipment for each episode...



This was the first clip that used all of the above. the time-displacement effect was created in  after effects after finding a tutorial on how to do it... I worked between two colleges and edited the sound effects ourselves. the main editing was done on final cut (composing the timeline).