Project Chronos

It never would have been possible to produce any of the Project Chronos videos without the right equipment for the job. Over the course of two semesters, the team became a lot more familiar with using cameras and microphones. All of the audio for our videos was captured using a shotgun and zoom mic. After editing some of our outdoor videos we learned it would have been more suitable to use a lapel mic. The zoom recorder picked up a lot of background noise when placed on the ground below our participants which led to some videos being unusable.   Equipment List   DSLR Camera's  Tripods Zoom Mic Shotgun Mic  Memory Cards Batteries  Go Pro Camera Image by Larry Jacobsen

Branding Workshop with Mark Shiels we discovered more time based, elements to include with Project Chronos, ultimately we are a brand similar to watches as we emphasise the importance of time. During Semester 1 we had a brand, but the brand was not reflective on what Project Chronos aims to do, Our logo needed to be re-worked to be more dynamic, more legible and ultimately more neat and tidy. Our project books design was not sharp and dynamic enough to fit our brand. Our Instagram was not branded enough and looked like a regular Instagram not a professional Project. Now we have fixed all those problems and believe we have a distinguishable brand and well thought out design for the book, Instagram, Each individual video as we have incorporated a custom Project Chronos introduction, and logo.

During each interview, as a group we aimed to get a specific amount of footage and nice amount of good quality questions asked so we have a healthy amount of material to choose from and use inside our one minute videos for Instagram. We aimed our questions towards the time subject. Are you spending the free time you have wisely?  Any advice to people who would be afraid to try new activities in their own time.   We also aimed our questions towards happiness and mental health. Are you happier since you found your calling, activity, hobby etc? What benefits has being out doing this take on your mental health?  We asked the people to tell their own story and we found that the most usable answers for Instagram where found in the story part of the interview. We found quotes throughout each interview and displayed them as individual posts on Instagram.    

As a collective we decided where in relation to the person / hobby we should go to film. We kept in mind the person's a access to a location, safety and also how fitting the filming location would be for the particular hobby. We thought about including various places for different people. In total the places we did end up filming in where suitable for the people and great footage for us to get an use on our Instagram. In the case where we cannot get out to a location to film someone we would utilise the studio room in TUD Blanchardstown, and keep it as professional as possible. E.G for Lee Byrne we chose to film him in his place of work/training. The location was excellent material and easy to get to and from. Locations that we have chosen for each person include: Moneystown Bike track Howth  National Athletics Centre Ireland Photography Room  Crossfit Gym Botanic Gardens / Scuba Diving  Engineering rooms DCU DCU Park

This week the group have been updating our project book and preparing our work for presentation. We also filmed two more interviews this week. Video edits for Instagram have continued and one has been uploaded.  It has been tough for us to get all of the work done on time, but it looks like we are on track with everything. On Tuesday morning, we traveled out CrossFit Ashbourne where we filmed Aisling, a CrossFit athlete who competes competitively. On Wednesday afternoon the team had a meeting and later filmed another video. The interview was conducted in a park with Kyle, a scuba diving fanatic.

This was the final week before the end of the first semester. In the labs, we made another prototype using stock footage. Being able to use stock footage was great because we could show what our project is aiming towards. This prototype was edited in a more professional standard because we all edited it together at the same time. The footage was more varied and included better text animations.  It also gave us the chance to receive more feedback from other students. Our group met with Mark and Katerine for a short meeting. We showed them our progress and discussed the projects next steps. Going forward we would like to set up social media accounts to help spread our message. Having social media accounts for Project Chronos will come in useful for finding people to possibly film with. Our goal over the break is to get into contact with more people and film. Blog post by Conor Brennan

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