In the week before we began filming The Ufilms Oscars Rundown to upload to our YouTube channel we gathered as a group and started the schedule filming and upload dates.
We all decided on which subject we would each cover, the majority of us getting into pairs. For example, Kane and I decided we would do a video on our predictions for the 2017 Oscar winners. Once everyone had their subject. we also had to think of a follow up subject that would fit our original idea. This was because the filming was set over 2 weeks, pre-Oscars week and post-Oscars week. Kane and I decided that our post-Oscars follow up video would be reactions to the winners and discussion about the night.
Everyone decided on the subjects for their two episode and we began to schedule the order. We first decided on the uploading order and then sorted out which order the episodes would be filmed in. We decided multiple episodes would be filmed on the same day, ready to be uploaded when we needed them. For example, you can see on the scheduling sheet, we decided Chloe & Jordan's video would go out on the YouTube channel on Thursday however it would be filmed at some point on Monday or Tuesday along with another 3 episodes.
Pre-Oscars
Before Kane & I filmed our pre-Oscars video on Thursday, it was important that we did research on this years Academy Awards. As we were doing predictions for the show, I decided to start my research by looking at other predictions and general thoughts on who will win each award. I looked at different articles and tried to look for reports which had less obvious predictions. I also got some facts and info about the Oscars which I could use in the video such as "Only twice since 1981 has the winner of Best Editing not won Best Film"
I also got quotes from some articles to reference in the video such as:
“Hollywood loves nothing more than an industry tale and this glowing, although somewhat surface-level, tale of struggling artists feels perfect for the Oscar. The fact that it's a mostly feel-good movie also gives it the upper hand in a tense political climate. The movie embraces escapism while maintaining a real bittersweetness, and musicals are often Oscar bait—even if La La Land doesn't have the same show-stopping numbers as Chicago or West Side Story. The film also earned a whopping 14 Oscars nominations, which gives us a pretty good indication of its impact.”
- Emily Zemler, ELLE.com
Kane printed off the nominees and noted down any nominees who'd won Baftas and Golden Globes in that category. We used this to familiarise ourselves with the people nominated and it helped us when filming as we could check it along with out notes.
As we planned to use the TV in our episode, so we could have graphics to refer to and help our presentation, I had to design the graphics we would use. This took some time but we were able to do more with our presentation by including this. I gathered the posters for all the films in each category and made a slide show with a slide for each award.
Post-Oscars
For the post-Oscars episode we had a lot less preparation for planning and research. I decided I would stay up for the Oscars so one of us had seen the entire show and had a better view of what happened instead of just catching up on highlights. During the show I took notes and tweeted about the shows events on the Ufilms Twitter account. This meant I had a better insight into the show and more to offer when presenting our episode.
Similarly to the pre-Oscars show, Kane printed out the winners of each award so we could use the sheet as notes during filming.
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