Personal Project

I have recently undertaken the task of creating a video project by myself. I thought of several ideas for this project including short films, animation, but have decided to create a short documentary about a football fans passion for his club and the sport.
I am planning to film a documentary on my friend Lewis. He is a madly devoted Aston Villa fan who lives in Birmingham. The documentary will be about his passion for the club and also the build up and aftermath of the Birmingham city derby at their home ground (Villa Park). I have purchased a ticket for this game and have confirmed everything with Lewis. This game is known to be one of the most heated fixtures in the world with Aston Villa and Birmingham City being very old rivals (image from weblo.com), so it is perfect for the kind of content I was looking for.
My main concern is being able to film inside the stadium. I'm not sure what their regulations are on this kind of thing. I was thinking of using some of the highlights but then there are copyright issues which are very complicated when it comes to sport what with the BBC and Sky wrestling over the rights.
Before I begin production of this piece I want to get a better background knowledge of the rivalry between the two clubs and how far it runs down their history.
The rivalry is known as the Birmingham city derby or the second city derby and has produced heated matches for over one hundred. The first competitive match between the two clubs was in a 1888 FA cup game that Aston Villa walked away from 4-0 winners . Since then the rivalry has grown and more and more often there have been acts of violence before and after games which has resulted in the premier league arranging all of the fixtures to be played at lunch time to stop supporters drinking through the day and acting anti-socially at the stadiums.





Obviously I'm not hoping for a repeat of any of this kind of violence but i will attempt to capture the atmosphere and a bit of the hatred going around the stadium on match day.

OMG Final Piece

A while ago we filmed a short project named 'OMG' (oh my god) as small groups of three or four. The idea was that we'd shoot a person hurrying to get somewhere in separate groups and then edit two groups footage together to make a final product. Our combined groups edited the footage to make it seem like one person was chasing the other and then filmed an ending that complemented this. I decided that the film needed something extra to make it seem complete so I used soundtrack pro to add some sound effects and music.

Here is the outcome:

OMG Full Version from Tom Charnley on Vimeo.

The ending that was shot after the films were edited together was quite humorous so I decided to use the music to give the whole thing a kind of comical feel. I felt this went pretty well however I have received some feedback from my peers that suggest that it is a bit difficult to grasp why the music changes so drastically between Chloe's footage and mikes. This was meant as a joke and not a serious soundtrack and most people got it but I'd have been happier if it had been a little bit easier on the ear. I think this would have been achieved if it was edited with this gag in mind. However i was very pleased with all the footage we collected and was happy with the final Piece.

After watching it I looked for another example of a amateur chase film. When I found this it gave me a massive ego boost and I thought it was so bad it was almost good. But not quite.

I think what alarmed me most when I saw this short film was that it used the same joke as me at the beginning. Maybe that's something for me to be concerned about.......