E4 Sting

The Brief asks for 1 Ident and 1 Sting, i have made my Ident so that it can be split into different stings, here are 2 examples of that. these will be submitted with the ident to D&AD.

E4 Ident - with music and voice over

I have mocked up the voice over for my Ident, the intention is to have the E4 voice over man (Peter Dickson) read the script.

E4 Ident Edit 1

This is the 1st edit of my monday night movie Ident, I have chosen the best clips and compiled them into this sequence, the order of the clips is yet to be decided.

E4 Jame - Grease Fan

These are the best takes out of all of the footage of James playing the Grease Fan.

E4 Anne Marie - Crocodile Dundee Fan

These are a few of the best takes out of all of my footage of Anne-Marie.

E4 Voice over recording

I Recorder this sound of Will impersinating the E4 Voice over man peter dickson for my ident soundtrack, i hadnt used garage band before and found it very straight forward.
Thanks to will for his malleable voice.

E4 Ghostbusters

This video is all the footage shot for the Ghostbusters fan section of my E4 ident. It shows Scott dressed as a Ghostbuster but with a purple Ghostbusters emblem on his overalls, he is also wearing a home made Proton Pack, i shot two sequences, with two different lighting set ups, in the 1st shot Scott is waiting for the film to come on and gets excited waving his proton gun around when it starts, the 2nd section was Scott watching the film and joining in with the Ghostbusters theme song chant "Who You Gonna Call?...GHOSTBUSTERS!"

E4 Buffy

This Video is all the footage from the Buffy fan section of my E4 Ident. It Shows Oli dressed as Buffy the vampire slayer, in a purple dress with a stake waiting for his secret role model film to come on, when it does he gets over excited and ready to watch the film.

E4 Grease

This Video Was my 1st attempt at filming the Grease fan section of my E4 Ident. The shot shows James waiting for his guilty pleasure film Grease to come on TV. When it does he slicks back his hair with an E4 purple comb and relaxes into his chair to enjoy the film. In some takes he was to be over excited and in others just very happy to see the film, i wanted to get a variety in order to see what fitted best with the rest of the shots, unfortunately i wasn't happy with the lighting in this scene or that it was the same surroundings as my Buffy shot.


This Video is my 2nd attempt at the Grease fan shot, i got a chance to re-shoot the scene from before in a different environment and think that this 2nd take is much better than the previous. The lighting is better and James seems more relaxed in his role.

E4 Star Trek

This video is all the footage of Cheng playing the star trek fan, he waits for the original Star Trek movie eagerly in his E4 Purple Star Trek uniform and as soon as it comes on he salutes the TV in a Vulcan fashion which means live long and prosper. I am quite happy with the shots but unfortunately the zoom out was harder to calculate on this shot which means i may have to crop some takes in after effects and attempt to neutralize any excess zoom out.

E4 Superman Footage

This Video is all the test shots of the Superman fan section of my E4 Ident. because i only had one purple shirt i was only able to do the shot once, unfortunatly that shot was the only one that hasn't captured from the tape properly so i will have to re-capture it and upload it at another time, this has seriously disrupted my plans of editing this weekend.
The Shot shows Angus watching his favorite guilty pleasure film Superman, as in the film when Clark Kent rips off his shirt Angus joins in ripping his own shirt off to reveal an old superman tee shirt.
The Only Take

E4 Crocodile Dundee Footage

This Video is all the footage shot for the Crocodile Dundee fan section of my E4 Ident.
The Shot shows Anne Marie watching TV waiting in anticipation for her favorite film Crocodile Dundee, a film which she considers to be her own guilty pleasure.

E4 Photo Mock Up

After reviewing my previous test shots of Oli and James i have decided that the most effective shot process would be to start with a short pan across the chest of each person and then a very quick zoom out to reveal them in their guilty pleasure costume. The short pan of the chest holds continuity as every costume would have a feature that could be viewed at the chest but until the final zoom out the costume/film is still ominous.

My main issues now are mise en scene, both what to include and collecting.
I plan on asking in my crit tomorrow weather the inclusion of the film posters is necessary? i feel that as the clips are short they would re-iterate the film reference but a point has previously been made that the films are seen as "Guilty Pleasures" so would the subjects have them up if they were embarrassed about watching them?
I also wondered if changing the person and not the environment would be a better idea, a generic background setting would help tie the stings together into a set, and may also look quite interesting.
Finally would the use of arm chairs be more effective than sofas? As the subjects are to be undoubtedly alone i though the use of single seated furniture may help to support my concept?

E4 Test Shots

As my paper work explains my idea for my E4 Ident has changed, i have decided from the feedback i got at my last tutorial to simplify my idea. Instead of documenting the journey to the couch in a parodied style for each film i am now quickly going to show the same shot of 6 different people, each watching a different film, sat on their own in the dark.
I am carrying on the theme of "Guilty Pleasures" which the brief suggests, my subjects therefor will be sat watching their guilty pleasure films in fancy dress.
I plan on using the same 5 second shots for each subject.

This is the footage from my 1st test shots, i shot these in order to view angles and composition. The clip below is at 200% speed and has no sound.



Oli - Buffy Fan, will be holding a stake & wearing an E4 purple dress.

This 1st shot works well, fits within 5 seconds and could be applied to all other subjects, my issue with it is that starting from the eyes means nothing, and the zoom out takes up the shot, with more speed there could be more impact with the zoom, leaving more time pre zoom-out to build a false impression/mystery.


This Edit was an attempt to build a false impression that it was just a man sat watching TV, then the zoom out would reveal him to be in a dress. I don't think it works very well and i think it would be hard to keep continuity between subjects.


Slow revolve around subject, initially shows normal man, then reveals skirt and then the TV were he would be watching Buffy the vampire slayer/dirty dancing (undecided) or an E4 Ident. in order to do this shot properly i would need to use track or some kind of move-able tripod, which brings an issue of space. composition wise i don't think this is as effective as straight on.


sweeping pan of subject would easily fit all other subjects but is a quick and easy method, the composition doesn't add anything to the concept.


James - Greese Fan, would be wearing a white t-shirt (possibly E4 purple) and/or combs his hair with a purple comb

Slow zoom out works well, but same issues as before, eyes give nothing to the content other than surprise at the gender/film mix which is evident anyway. [consider new starting point: chest, arm, hand?]


Pan includes TV and subject which is good but shot of subject doesn't have the impact i want it to.


Slow pan up the body is a nice movement and composition, its effective in showing the subject but no reference to the TV.


Short cuts build a good view of subject, and includes TV, works well on its own but appears jumpy because of contrasting camera movements, stationary camera for next would probably be better. If put next to 6 examples of the same shots it may appear jumpy and chaotic.

E4 Animatic

The video below is an animatic, an animated storyboard which depicts the strongest out of my ideas for the E4 Ident. It is a close representation of the pace and obviously actions of what i want to achieve with video.

The idea is that the girl is pretending to be buffy the vampire slayer as she walks round her house, this ident would work as a set, each of the "Guilty Pleasure" films would be parodied in order to advertise E4's Monday Night Movie.

E4 Animatic

The video below is an animatic, an animated storyboard which depicts the strongest out of my ideas for the E4 Ident., its a close representation of the pace

E4 Mood Board

So far whilst researching and trying to develop my ideas for my E4 Ident i have decided it should be funny, it should show the E4 branding and some embarrassing scenarios/"guilty pleasures" should be used to illustrate (possibly by the use of parody) the monday night movie.