Final YAMP meeting for 2008

For those who can make it to the final YAMP meeting of 2008 it will be held in MS3 on December 18th from 4pm onwards. Apart from snacking on some nibblies, we will be discussing what went wrong with the YAMP project this year.

Please give some thought to the following questions before coming to the meeting so on the day we can exchange our ideas:

1. What did you feel were the barriers to this project - what did you struggle with the most?
2. How could we have solved these problems?
3. What did you learn from your experiences in the YAMP group this year?
4. What could we have done differently?
5. What projects would you like to work on next year?

This type of reflective practice is important in order to learn from our experiences. If you are unable to attend the final YAMP meeting, please post your answers to these questions on the blog, however this last meeting is a very important one so please try to make it on the day.

Follow up from previous meeting

Hello YAMPers!

Last Thursday we held a YAMP meeting that unfortunately was only attended by two people. We took advantage of the time to discuss what needed to be accomplished before a filming date can be scheduled.

There are a few things we need to finalise:
1. A well planned storyboard
2. A script
3. A list of names for those who are planning on attending the filming date, and an explanation of what role each person is to take (for example, cameraman, lighting, actor, director etc)
4. Written permission from your parents to attend the filming day
5. The finished giant book prop
6. An agreed upon date!!

Nathan and Jeremy began work on the storyboard but we do still need to get that finished, as well as a script and a confirmed list of participants before approval for filming can go ahead.

Just keep in mind that there is no strict date by which this project needs finishing, so it is much preferred that we take all the time needed to properly plan for this film to make sure that it is of good quality rather than rushing to get it finished.

Please post a comment to let everyone know where you are up to in preparing for filming and what role you want to take on the day. If you know of other people in the YAMP group who do not have access to this blog can you please pass this message along to them?

Great example of mixed media

Everyone should look at this wonderful clip created using using Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as 3D software called Lightwave. Make sure you listen to it with sound.

http://vimeo.com/2044108

Filming Schedule

Hello YAMPers!

Because we have not been able to meet together this week, I thought I would just make a note here to remind you all that we need to set some solid dates for the filming of your commercial.

Nathan has indicated that the 8th and 22nd of November at 2pm are good times for him, but we need to get some feedback from others in the group who will be joining us on those days.

Perhaps we could also put together a storyboard for review at next weeks' meeting (Nov 6th)so we have a good idea of what scenes we need to film and how long the filming will take on each day. If there already is a storyboard drawn up - could someone please post it?

Meeting change

This week's meeting will be carried over to next week - Thursday November 6th 4-5pm.

Please post a comment if you are unable to attend.

Next meeting and some other info

We are having another meeting on Thursday 30 October 4-5pm in Art Space 1 at the Erina Centre. Please post a comment if you're unable to attend.

Also, has a decision been made on which library is going to be used for the filming of the ad? Tentative filming dates are 1 & 8 November. If you recall, we discussed using Woy Woy or Kincumber on a Saturday afternoon, as they close at 2pm.

Meeting this Thursday

Just a reminder that the next YAMP meeting is this Thursday 16/10 @ 4pm!!

If you aren't able to make it, please leave a comment.