Monday, 26 November 2012
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Friday, 9 November 2012
Architect Photography
What is architect photography?
Architect Photographers Mostly publish their Photos
in books, Magazines and papers. They sometimes
upload them to the internet but if they are trying to
make money from their pictures, they would usually
put their low resolution pictures online to show off
their eye for photography or for royalty free purposes
Architect photography is photography where the photographer will take photos of buildings and unuesual building structures.
Where does the work come from?
The first Architect Photographer was Nicephore Niepce. Architect photography work could come from come from anywhere in the world.
The first Architect Photographer was Nicephore Niepce. Architect photography work could come from come from anywhere in the world.
How do they make money?(commission, Royalty Sales, Freelance Salaried etc)
Architect photographers would build up an extensive portfolio of residential and commercial images from their previous jobs and then go out to look for clients to work for.
Where are their photographs used? (Magazines, News papers, Hoardings, Books, webpages, CD ROMs, for individual clients, Galleries)
Architect Photographers Mostly publish their Photos
in books, Magazines and papers. They sometimes
upload them to the internet but if they are trying to
make money from their pictures, they would usually
put their low resolution pictures online to show off
their eye for photography or for royalty free purposes
How do the photographs affect the Viewer?
Architect Photography would effect its viewers by
fascinating them with beautifully captured structures
and sometime can even show off and sell a house or
other form of apartment or area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6x4XFAAD6k
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662463/meet-iwan-baan-todays-leading-architectural-photographer-slideshow#1
Architect Photography would effect its viewers by
fascinating them with beautifully captured structures
and sometime can even show off and sell a house or
other form of apartment or area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6x4XFAAD6k
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662463/meet-iwan-baan-todays-leading-architectural-photographer-slideshow#1
Monday, 5 November 2012
War Photography
What is War Photography?
War photography is exactly what it sounds like. War photography is a type of photography where the photographer will go to a war zone and put them selfs in danger just to get a raw photos of whats going on and the environment hoping to make money off them also to show the horrors of war and the effect it has on people.
Here are some examples:
KTAB news - UK Afghanistan deaths exceed 10000000
War in Iraq - Images of War, Destruction, and Madness
Here are some examples:
KTAB news - UK Afghanistan deaths exceed 10000000
War in Iraq - Images of War, Destruction, and Madness
Where does the work come from?
The first war photographer was an anonymous American who took a number of photos during the Mexican American War, in 1847. A lot of war photographers are freelancers so in order to get work, the photographer would go to their local news companies and ask if they are interested in hiring them. Then if they get hired, they then often ask what kind of pictures the company is looking for or excepting from the photographer. War photographers show and expose the reality of war and sometime get pictures that can affect the way someone feels towards a war.
The first war photographer was an anonymous American who took a number of photos during the Mexican American War, in 1847. A lot of war photographers are freelancers so in order to get work, the photographer would go to their local news companies and ask if they are interested in hiring them. Then if they get hired, they then often ask what kind of pictures the company is looking for or excepting from the photographer. War photographers show and expose the reality of war and sometime get pictures that can affect the way someone feels towards a war.
How do they make money?(commission, Royalty Sales, Freelance Salaried etc)
The photographers would make money by showing the news paper company the pictures he took while at the war zone and around the country that has been a victim of war and hope that the person analysing their photos likes what they see. Usually the freelancer will have a certain salary but if the pictures are very good, the photographer may receive more than usual.
Where are their photographs used? (Magazines, News papers, Hoardings, Books, webpages, CD ROMs, for individual clients, Galleries)
Usually War photographers work for news papers but sometimes they work for both news papers and the internet. Also a War photographer may take photos for a spastic magazine like a war magazine or a peace protest magazine.
Usually War photographers work for news papers but sometimes they work for both news papers and the internet. Also a War photographer may take photos for a spastic magazine like a war magazine or a peace protest magazine.
How do the photographs affect the Viewer?
Photographers usually affect the viewers emotionally by making showing them the disasters that war causes making the viewer want to do something about it. There is a actually a saying that war photographers that could possibly be motivation to all the war photographers who are aware of it. The saying is 'all war photographers want an image that could stop war' but unfortunately their is no proof that it has actually stopped war yet. no one has ever achieved it.
Photographers usually affect the viewers emotionally by making showing them the disasters that war causes making the viewer want to do something about it. There is a actually a saying that war photographers that could possibly be motivation to all the war photographers who are aware of it. The saying is 'all war photographers want an image that could stop war' but unfortunately their is no proof that it has actually stopped war yet. no one has ever achieved it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiC5YvgWzI
Evaluation for the magazine show
What we did
On the 25th of october our media class recorded a magazine show we had come up with.
How we did it
In order to come up with ideas for the show we, first did some research by checking out other magazine shows and then we had to make spider diagrams with our own individual ideas for magazine shows and then pitch and compare them to everyone else's idea in the class. Once we had all pitched our individual ideas to the class we then merged some of the really good ideas together to create the theme of the show and possible content
The roles that people had to fill
Just after we planned our show and put all our ideas together, we started giving each other roles to fulfill in order to make our magazine show idea work. The roles that were available consisted of:
Floor manager
Camera operators
Visual mixer operator
lighting operator
Sound engineer
Set designer
Producer
Vice producer
presenters
My role and what I had to do
Whilst we made our TV magazine show I was given the role of a camera operator. I started of with a hand held as our early plans were to have one hand held camera for the show but the later on as things changed, I was given a tripod.
The purpose of the show
The purpose of the show was to entertain the students of City of Westminster and update them on fashion news relating to the London fashion show. We also wanted to update them on a few college opportunities at the same time as showing off our skills.
How we did it
In order to come up with ideas for the show we, first did some research by checking out other magazine shows and then we had to make spider diagrams with our own individual ideas for magazine shows and then pitch and compare them to everyone else's idea in the class. Once we had all pitched our individual ideas to the class we then merged some of the really good ideas together to create the theme of the show and possible content
The roles that people had to fill
Just after we planned our show and put all our ideas together, we started giving each other roles to fulfill in order to make our magazine show idea work. The roles that were available consisted of:
Floor manager
Camera operators
Visual mixer operator
lighting operator
Sound engineer
Set designer
Producer
Vice producer
presenters
My role and what I had to do
Whilst we made our TV magazine show I was given the role of a camera operator. I started of with a hand held as our early plans were to have one hand held camera for the show but the later on as things changed, I was given a tripod.
The purpose of the show
The purpose of the show was to entertain the students of City of Westminster and update them on fashion news relating to the London fashion show. We also wanted to update them on a few college opportunities at the same time as showing off our skills.
Who the Target Audience were
The target audience of our show is universal but mainly students of City of Westminster as they have a very big influence on the reason for creating more of a purpose for the show.
The target audience of our show is universal but mainly students of City of Westminster as they have a very big influence on the reason for creating more of a purpose for the show.
How did the show go and what could be done to make the show better
The show was good but still many things could have been done better. For starters our set was very dull and plain. I think we could have done way more with the space we had. One possible way to improve the set could be to get more people to pitch ideas to the set designers and also maybe to get more materials.
Also I think we spent a bit too much time rehearsing our show and also not paying enough attention to our work. It helped us a lot but if we focused more while we were rehearsing we could have gotten more things done and had more time to improve things.
My over all opinion
Over all I would say we did a good job with our inserts and that our inserts show off most of our creativity. Also the live parts of the show were good but could have been improved.
The show was good but still many things could have been done better. For starters our set was very dull and plain. I think we could have done way more with the space we had. One possible way to improve the set could be to get more people to pitch ideas to the set designers and also maybe to get more materials.
Also I think we spent a bit too much time rehearsing our show and also not paying enough attention to our work. It helped us a lot but if we focused more while we were rehearsing we could have gotten more things done and had more time to improve things.
My over all opinion
Over all I would say we did a good job with our inserts and that our inserts show off most of our creativity. Also the live parts of the show were good but could have been improved.
Monday, 8 October 2012
Risk Assessment
Risk assessment
Here is a list of possible hazards:
These are the things you have to look out for and be mindful of on set.
The Loose wires are a possible trip hazard so people should watch where they are walking when on set and especially in the dark when the room lights go off.
Tripods and cameras should always be managed by their operators and them only.
The Jib arm can be very dangerous when in use as it could easily hit someone in the head so please keep the space near the arme free and clear of any bagage or people.
If there are any balls lying on set, Please pick it up and put it back in to the pool as balls lying around on set could resualt in someone falling.
Here is a list of possible hazards:
- Loose Wires
- Tripods and cameras
- Jib arm Tripod
- When the lights go off
- Balls on set
- watch for the pole
- Smoke machine
- Sofa stage
- Box of Balloons
These are the things you have to look out for and be mindful of on set.
The Loose wires are a possible trip hazard so people should watch where they are walking when on set and especially in the dark when the room lights go off.
Tripods and cameras should always be managed by their operators and them only.
The Jib arm can be very dangerous when in use as it could easily hit someone in the head so please keep the space near the arme free and clear of any bagage or people.
If there are any balls lying on set, Please pick it up and put it back in to the pool as balls lying around on set could resualt in someone falling.
Friday, 5 October 2012
Analysing Multi Camera Shows
The first multi camera shot show I am going to analyse will be Eastenders.
Plot and what happens in the show
Eastenders is really just an on going story about the people and their lives on the square in East london. They usually include seasonal events and make their shows apart of special occasions like Christmas and Halloween to make the show feel more realistic and also they usually use certain times of the year as a means to go all out with crazy drama ideas and situations to keep their audience hooked regardless of the time of the year.
Target audience and scheduling
The target audience for this show would be late teens and adults who may be able to relate to certian situations that the characters of eastenders go through.
Weekday schedule
Monday: 8:00-8.30 pm on BBC One AND 9.00-9.30pm on BBC One.
Tuesday: 7.30-8.00 pm on BBC One.
Wednesday: nothing
Thursday: 7.30-8.00pm on BBC One.
Friday: 8.00-8.30pm on BBC One AND 9.00-9.30 on BBC One.
Characters and History
The show has been around since Febuary the 19 in 1985 which is when the first episode was shown and since then characters have come and gone. Some of them faked a death to the audience to leave the show and some of them just moved away in the story. Some of them come back into the story by moving back in to the square. The currant characters that consist of the show are Ian beale, Lucy beale, Dot Branning, Jack Branning, Cora Cross, Tanya Cross, Max Branning, Whitney Dean, Denise Fox, Masood Ahmed, Zainab Khan, Billy Mitchell, Phil Mitchell, Mo Harris, Christian Clarke, Alfie, Janine Butcher, Patrick Truman and Kat Moon. Most of these characters have experienced a certain problem and have had a significant role in the story.
Camera Techniques
Eastenders uses the Multi camera techique to record their shows and also when they do their live episodes too. This would make things easier for them to get things done and save time when recording episodes.
Eastenders use a variety of shots but I have recently realised that the most common shots that are used in this show are reaction shots, shot reverse shot, over shoulder shot, 2 shot, 3 shot and close ups to add emphasis on the characters expressions and to she the effect something has had on someone. Establishing this is an important part of the show because it has the potential to grab the attention of someone who isnt paying attention to the show.
The bad thing about using these camera shots and the same out tro to a show is the fact that after a certain amount of time it can be really pradictable and dull for some viewers.
Over all and my opinion
The show has done really well for the many years its been on Tv because its still has a really big audience as well as it still being a popular show which is actually amazing in my eyes.
However, I personally dont follow Eastenders because I find the situations to be common and sometimes silly and also I can usually pridict the way the show is going to end so there are not really anyhooking factors for me.
The second multi camera show I will be analysing will be The Weakest Link.
Plot and what happens in the show
The Weakest link is a british quiz/game show that comes on BBC 2 but is some times broadcasted on BBC 1 hosted by Anne Robinson. One of the interesting things about this game show is that it has a narrator. The person who does the narrating is Jon Briggs. Guest from the public come on and answer trivia questions to win money but only one can actually win an episode and take home the money they have earned.
Target audience and scheduling
Monday: 2:15 BBC One
Tuesday: 2:15 BBC One
Wednesday: 2:10 BBC One
Thursday: 2:15 BBC One
Friday: 2:15 BBC One
History
The first ever episode was shown on the 14th of August in 2000 and since then there have been many similar shows shown around the world.
Camera Techniques
This show uses Multi camera techniques to record this show which is probably the best way to go about recording a game show because its saves lots of time and also thinks look more smooth and effective.
Over all and my opinion
I think the Multi camera techneque helps the show do well with building suspence because the camera focus always changes to see every contestants expression when its voting time and eviction time. This is one of the things that the show hooks me with especially when the contestants are different. You sometimes get unexpectead reactions. One of the bad things about this show is that the camera shots are repetative and simple however the lights, suspense and the jib pan makes up for the other simple camera shots.
The last show I will be analysing will be The Paul paul O'grady Show.
Plot and what happens in the show
The paul O'grady show is a 60 minute british comedy talk show on channel 4 that comes on in the week hosted by Paul James Micheal O'grady where various artists and famous people have a chat with the host and often get interviewed by the presenter.
Target audience and scheduling
The Target audience for this show is probably the people who are already at home around 5 in the evening like people in their late teens and adults.
Weekday schedule
Monday: 5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Tuesday: 5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Wednesday:5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Thursday:5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Friday:5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Camera Techniques
The paul O'grady show is all shot in a studio so there are not many different shots. The only shots I noticed were long shots of the set and everyone on it, medium close ups, 2 shots and shot reverse shots.
Over all and my opinion
The Paul O'grady show is a really interesting show and would entertain me on a boring day but its not something that would have me running home from college to catch on tv.
Plot and what happens in the show
Eastenders is really just an on going story about the people and their lives on the square in East london. They usually include seasonal events and make their shows apart of special occasions like Christmas and Halloween to make the show feel more realistic and also they usually use certain times of the year as a means to go all out with crazy drama ideas and situations to keep their audience hooked regardless of the time of the year.
Target audience and scheduling
The target audience for this show would be late teens and adults who may be able to relate to certian situations that the characters of eastenders go through.
Weekday schedule
Monday: 8:00-8.30 pm on BBC One AND 9.00-9.30pm on BBC One.
Tuesday: 7.30-8.00 pm on BBC One.
Wednesday: nothing
Thursday: 7.30-8.00pm on BBC One.
Friday: 8.00-8.30pm on BBC One AND 9.00-9.30 on BBC One.
Characters and History
The show has been around since Febuary the 19 in 1985 which is when the first episode was shown and since then characters have come and gone. Some of them faked a death to the audience to leave the show and some of them just moved away in the story. Some of them come back into the story by moving back in to the square. The currant characters that consist of the show are Ian beale, Lucy beale, Dot Branning, Jack Branning, Cora Cross, Tanya Cross, Max Branning, Whitney Dean, Denise Fox, Masood Ahmed, Zainab Khan, Billy Mitchell, Phil Mitchell, Mo Harris, Christian Clarke, Alfie, Janine Butcher, Patrick Truman and Kat Moon. Most of these characters have experienced a certain problem and have had a significant role in the story.
Camera Techniques
Eastenders uses the Multi camera techique to record their shows and also when they do their live episodes too. This would make things easier for them to get things done and save time when recording episodes.
Eastenders use a variety of shots but I have recently realised that the most common shots that are used in this show are reaction shots, shot reverse shot, over shoulder shot, 2 shot, 3 shot and close ups to add emphasis on the characters expressions and to she the effect something has had on someone. Establishing this is an important part of the show because it has the potential to grab the attention of someone who isnt paying attention to the show.
The bad thing about using these camera shots and the same out tro to a show is the fact that after a certain amount of time it can be really pradictable and dull for some viewers.
Over all and my opinion
The show has done really well for the many years its been on Tv because its still has a really big audience as well as it still being a popular show which is actually amazing in my eyes.
However, I personally dont follow Eastenders because I find the situations to be common and sometimes silly and also I can usually pridict the way the show is going to end so there are not really anyhooking factors for me.
The second multi camera show I will be analysing will be The Weakest Link.
Plot and what happens in the show
The Weakest link is a british quiz/game show that comes on BBC 2 but is some times broadcasted on BBC 1 hosted by Anne Robinson. One of the interesting things about this game show is that it has a narrator. The person who does the narrating is Jon Briggs. Guest from the public come on and answer trivia questions to win money but only one can actually win an episode and take home the money they have earned.
Target audience and scheduling
Monday: 2:15 BBC One
Tuesday: 2:15 BBC One
Wednesday: 2:10 BBC One
Thursday: 2:15 BBC One
Friday: 2:15 BBC One
History
The first ever episode was shown on the 14th of August in 2000 and since then there have been many similar shows shown around the world.
Camera Techniques
This show uses Multi camera techniques to record this show which is probably the best way to go about recording a game show because its saves lots of time and also thinks look more smooth and effective.
Over all and my opinion
I think the Multi camera techneque helps the show do well with building suspence because the camera focus always changes to see every contestants expression when its voting time and eviction time. This is one of the things that the show hooks me with especially when the contestants are different. You sometimes get unexpectead reactions. One of the bad things about this show is that the camera shots are repetative and simple however the lights, suspense and the jib pan makes up for the other simple camera shots.
The last show I will be analysing will be The Paul paul O'grady Show.
Plot and what happens in the show
The paul O'grady show is a 60 minute british comedy talk show on channel 4 that comes on in the week hosted by Paul James Micheal O'grady where various artists and famous people have a chat with the host and often get interviewed by the presenter.
Target audience and scheduling
The Target audience for this show is probably the people who are already at home around 5 in the evening like people in their late teens and adults.
Weekday schedule
Monday: 5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Tuesday: 5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Wednesday:5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Thursday:5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Friday:5:00 PM - 6:00PM on the ITV Channel
Camera Techniques
The paul O'grady show is all shot in a studio so there are not many different shots. The only shots I noticed were long shots of the set and everyone on it, medium close ups, 2 shots and shot reverse shots.
Over all and my opinion
The Paul O'grady show is a really interesting show and would entertain me on a boring day but its not something that would have me running home from college to catch on tv.
Monday, 24 September 2012
Lanyard link
What the presenter will say
The presenter will introduce our insert by saying a few things to briefly grab the attention of the viewers. Here is what the presenter will say:
Our next installment of the show includes one of City of Westminster's surprisers for the new and old students that could be very helpful to any student so stay tuned to find out what it is.
2 minute insert
What we are going to do
I am going to record a 2 minute insert for the colleges magazine show that will be broadcasted around college to raise awareness on opportunities available in college.
Who are the Target Audience
We are making our target audience the whole college so we will be coming up with something that everyone can watch. The theme for our video is to use humor to promote the college lanyard USB's.
The purpose of what we are recording
The main purpose of the video and what we will be recording will be to promote the USB's, show how useful they can be and to let students know they are available.
Who will be on screen and the script
Both myself and Eyyaz will be on screen acting and Mohammed will be our camera operator. I will play the person with the problem and Eyyaz will play the person with the solution. The solution will be the 4 gig USB lanyards.
Jordan is sitting in the library working on a computer when he finds he has to save something to his SD card. He looks through his bag and gets out his SD card and puts it in to the computer to find he has no memory space left. Jordan miserably puts his head down on the desk.
Eyyaz: Hey Jordan whats wrong?
Jordan: I got work to put on my SD card and its due in to day but it wont go on be cause there is no memory space left in the SD card.
Eyyaz: Why don't you use your lanyard?
Jordan: What?
Eyyaz: Your lanyard, it comes with a USB.
Jordan: No there isnt
Eyyaz: Yeah it does its 4 gig.
Transition to Jordan waking up.
Jordan: I have to get one of those.
Eyyaz: Be sure to pick up your USB Lanyards from the front desk. Who knows maybe t will save your course work one day.
Where we will be recording
We will begin recording a time laps out side the college entrance and on the first floor and then we will do our actual scenes in the library when its quite. We will also use an Apple computer, backpack,USB lanyard and SD card as props.
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Film Noir Evaluation
Recently on our course we had to learn about film Noirs and do a bit of research about them before producing one our self's. We did this project in groups of 5. My group members were Eyyaz, Jacq, Mohammed and Dennis.
Before we came up with our own idea we first did some research and both studied old film noirs like The Big sleep and modern film noirs like Watch men and Batman a dark knight. I would say we focused our studies on the story lines of each noir we watched and payed attention to all the little details that make a film noir dark themed. Then we started coming up with ideas of our own. To come up with a good story idea our group had regular meetings and noted down a lot of things as we developed on our idea and changed certain things as we made progress. I'd say in total roughly we had 4 meetings. On the last meeting we had we recorded all of what was said and then posted it on Blogger.
In the story My role was the previous husband of Dennis who dies just before the story of the film begins. Dennis's character was the crazy woman who murders her husband and Jacks character was the main character, The detective. Both Eyyaz and Jacq edited the film noir, I was on set as the sound man recording all of the sound and Mohammed was the camera man as well as Eyyaz as Eyyaz took on two roles in the making of Impure Truths.
Making the Noir took us 4 to 5 weeks. The reason why it took us so long to get everything done is because certain locations were unavailable at times and also there were times when some members of the crew/cast couldn't make it to the shoot so there were many delays.
I think that if we didn't have so much breaks, and every one was available more often, we could have finished the film noir a bit quicker and maybe improved things a bit and added a bit more detail but other than that I am happy with everything. I think the music was good, the acting and script was very good and the whole concept and twist was successfully hooking as a lot of my friends gave me good oral feed back about the noir.
Before we came up with our own idea we first did some research and both studied old film noirs like The Big sleep and modern film noirs like Watch men and Batman a dark knight. I would say we focused our studies on the story lines of each noir we watched and payed attention to all the little details that make a film noir dark themed. Then we started coming up with ideas of our own. To come up with a good story idea our group had regular meetings and noted down a lot of things as we developed on our idea and changed certain things as we made progress. I'd say in total roughly we had 4 meetings. On the last meeting we had we recorded all of what was said and then posted it on Blogger.
In the story My role was the previous husband of Dennis who dies just before the story of the film begins. Dennis's character was the crazy woman who murders her husband and Jacks character was the main character, The detective. Both Eyyaz and Jacq edited the film noir, I was on set as the sound man recording all of the sound and Mohammed was the camera man as well as Eyyaz as Eyyaz took on two roles in the making of Impure Truths.
Making the Noir took us 4 to 5 weeks. The reason why it took us so long to get everything done is because certain locations were unavailable at times and also there were times when some members of the crew/cast couldn't make it to the shoot so there were many delays.
I think that if we didn't have so much breaks, and every one was available more often, we could have finished the film noir a bit quicker and maybe improved things a bit and added a bit more detail but other than that I am happy with everything. I think the music was good, the acting and script was very good and the whole concept and twist was successfully hooking as a lot of my friends gave me good oral feed back about the noir.
Friday, 15 June 2012
Music video evaluation
Recently on our course we had to do a music video project where everyone in the class got into groups of 4 or 5 and made a music video. I teamed up with Eyyaz, Jacq and Mohammed.
The first thing we did as a group was research other music videos before coming up with our own idea and studied why they worked. We looked at things like the variety of shots that were used in a video, story lines videos may have had, visual effects and props, locations, the main message of the video if there was one and how the artists preformed.
After doing a bit of research we decided we would all individually pick a song and make up a possible music video idea for it and then at the end we would chose the best idea and develop on that specific idea.
Mohammed and Jacq couldn't really think of anything however me and Eyyaz had ideas. My idea was to do a parody of Kanye and Jayz's Ni**as in Paris song and Eyyaz wanted to do a first person story themed video to a remixed Daft Punk song by Glitch mob. Everyone in our group including myself though that it would be interesting and really good to try something different so we went with the Daft punk song idea as there were no lyrics in the song. After choosing Eyyaz's idea we then developed on the story.
My role in the video is the main character who picks up the package in oxford circus. The whole music video is the world through my characters eyes. Eyyaz's role was the man in the suit who chased after me to eventually end up killing my character. Jacq's Role in the video was tho help record and also act as Eyyaz's surprise partner in the video and finally Mohammed's role was to help record. The video was mostly edited by Eyyaz however me and Jacq had some input in the post production stage.
The video took us 3 weeks to get don because of the weather and also because not every one was free when we needed them to be. I think we should have made a weather plan to make sure everyone knew what days were dry and good enough to shoot on that way we could have possibly saved a lot of time. I think that we could of Possibly had the music video completed with in one week if we were more organised however I am pleased with the final video.
The first thing we did as a group was research other music videos before coming up with our own idea and studied why they worked. We looked at things like the variety of shots that were used in a video, story lines videos may have had, visual effects and props, locations, the main message of the video if there was one and how the artists preformed.
After doing a bit of research we decided we would all individually pick a song and make up a possible music video idea for it and then at the end we would chose the best idea and develop on that specific idea.
Mohammed and Jacq couldn't really think of anything however me and Eyyaz had ideas. My idea was to do a parody of Kanye and Jayz's Ni**as in Paris song and Eyyaz wanted to do a first person story themed video to a remixed Daft Punk song by Glitch mob. Everyone in our group including myself though that it would be interesting and really good to try something different so we went with the Daft punk song idea as there were no lyrics in the song. After choosing Eyyaz's idea we then developed on the story.
My role in the video is the main character who picks up the package in oxford circus. The whole music video is the world through my characters eyes. Eyyaz's role was the man in the suit who chased after me to eventually end up killing my character. Jacq's Role in the video was tho help record and also act as Eyyaz's surprise partner in the video and finally Mohammed's role was to help record. The video was mostly edited by Eyyaz however me and Jacq had some input in the post production stage.
The video took us 3 weeks to get don because of the weather and also because not every one was free when we needed them to be. I think we should have made a weather plan to make sure everyone knew what days were dry and good enough to shoot on that way we could have possibly saved a lot of time. I think that we could of Possibly had the music video completed with in one week if we were more organised however I am pleased with the final video.
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
A Little About Me
Hello potential employer
My name is Jordan white and I am currently 19 years old. I have stayed in education up until this point and have one last year left at college before I go to university. I plan to continue my media studies at uni and also I've been thinking about taking a philosophy course as well.
In my spare time I like to learn new things and activities as well as practice other things I have picked up. for example, Last year I taught my self how to break dance and also how to do flips and other fancy Gymnastic related things. Recently I've been trying to learn the Finnish language as I have close friends who come from Finland. I also like to make video in my spare time and experiment with video special effects and also practice my writing skills by coming up with story lines and writing scripts.
As well as the skills I have picked up from my media course, I have also picked up skills for a door supervisor role as I took a 4 day course one half term and passed the final assessment on the last day. I now know what to do in a case of a fire whether I am doing a door supervisor or not as I was taught safety procedures and precautions.
I consider my self to be hard working, punctual, a good communicator and someone who can work really well whether alone or in a group/with a team.
My name is Jordan white and I am currently 19 years old. I have stayed in education up until this point and have one last year left at college before I go to university. I plan to continue my media studies at uni and also I've been thinking about taking a philosophy course as well.
In my spare time I like to learn new things and activities as well as practice other things I have picked up. for example, Last year I taught my self how to break dance and also how to do flips and other fancy Gymnastic related things. Recently I've been trying to learn the Finnish language as I have close friends who come from Finland. I also like to make video in my spare time and experiment with video special effects and also practice my writing skills by coming up with story lines and writing scripts.
As well as the skills I have picked up from my media course, I have also picked up skills for a door supervisor role as I took a 4 day course one half term and passed the final assessment on the last day. I now know what to do in a case of a fire whether I am doing a door supervisor or not as I was taught safety procedures and precautions.
I consider my self to be hard working, punctual, a good communicator and someone who can work really well whether alone or in a group/with a team.
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Understanding the styles, Conventions, and techniques of Music videos
Music video's often usually have a certain style or theme to appeal to their target audience regardless of what genre the song is. Sometimes you may see a music video shot like a film telling a story rarely cutting to the person singing/rapping taking part or playing a roll in the story or you may watch a music video where the song is being preformed live. These are two different ways some artists can go about shooting their music videos, either in-concert live footage or in specific locations related to the story of the song. Sometimes music videos use both live performance and story telling technique and cut between the two styles of footage. There are also other ways too like computerized animation or CGI animation and all sorts of other ways depending on how creative the producer can be.
Here is a music video by B.o.b that is completely made up of stop motion.
This video is completely made up of stop motion. The animation technique that was used through out the video for this video is call cut out animation. Although the video is stop motion animation, it still has a series of technical shots and camera angles in a certain order maintain the videos theme and also to tell the story of the main character as he expresses how he feels about a girl. The speed of the animation movements look like they have been edited to match the beat of the song making the song more interesting and catchy for the audience.
In this video, Limp Bizkit use a green screen and stationary motorbikes to relate to his lyric "My way or the high way".
This video is mostly made up of 5 different locations in terms of footage and story and is arithmetically edited (cut the the beat) and pieced together with a series of different shot angles to suit the songs semi-aggressive theme. The song seems like its about a relationship problem and the protagonist expressing his solution to the problem. I thing the cave men footage of the video is symbolism to represent either the main characters survival on his own or possibly how he feels with his partner. The influence for this music video and song could have been a personal experience he had himself or the idea probably came from a movie or Tv show.
This is a recent music video by Jay-Z and Kanye West. This music video is live footage throughout
The footage used in this music video was from a live performance from more than one angle. The music video looks like live footage pieced together with a few visual effects and a few titles like the beginning titles "Kanye""Jay""Paris" and for the chorus "That Shit Crey". The story of this song doesn't seem to have much of a narrative, Just two people escaping to paris. The lyrics from both artists are the most important and meaningful things in this video as they sometimes may have more that on interpretation.
Here is a music video by B.o.b that is completely made up of stop motion.
This video is completely made up of stop motion. The animation technique that was used through out the video for this video is call cut out animation. Although the video is stop motion animation, it still has a series of technical shots and camera angles in a certain order maintain the videos theme and also to tell the story of the main character as he expresses how he feels about a girl. The speed of the animation movements look like they have been edited to match the beat of the song making the song more interesting and catchy for the audience.
In this video, Limp Bizkit use a green screen and stationary motorbikes to relate to his lyric "My way or the high way".
This video is mostly made up of 5 different locations in terms of footage and story and is arithmetically edited (cut the the beat) and pieced together with a series of different shot angles to suit the songs semi-aggressive theme. The song seems like its about a relationship problem and the protagonist expressing his solution to the problem. I thing the cave men footage of the video is symbolism to represent either the main characters survival on his own or possibly how he feels with his partner. The influence for this music video and song could have been a personal experience he had himself or the idea probably came from a movie or Tv show.
This is a recent music video by Jay-Z and Kanye West. This music video is live footage throughout
The footage used in this music video was from a live performance from more than one angle. The music video looks like live footage pieced together with a few visual effects and a few titles like the beginning titles "Kanye""Jay""Paris" and for the chorus "That Shit Crey". The story of this song doesn't seem to have much of a narrative, Just two people escaping to paris. The lyrics from both artists are the most important and meaningful things in this video as they sometimes may have more that on interpretation.
Understanding the Purpose of Music Videos
What is a music video
Music videos have been about for manny years since the 60's and have been becoming more and more famous over time. Most music videos nowadays are produced just to advertise and promote products and people as the music industry is more of a business.
Most underground artists these days get their promotion through youtube or in their local areas and the difference you may notice with their videos is the style of music videos.
A music video is a short film that dictates or tells a story that relates to the song its about and is usually produced to promote the publicity of an artist and their music so that people can go out and buy their CD's or download their songs. Sometimes you often see the name of a record label shown at the end of a music video or at the start and that happens so that the label can get some recognition.
Here is an example of a video which dictates the songs story
Often in some music videos you'll notice items and other things being bleared out. That is because of advertisement and a trademark law. The trade mark law is mostly the reason why logo's and some display pictures in the back ground of a music video may be bleared. Censoring out other trade mark logos is done so that people don't get confused on the origin of a product or where it came from.
Here is an example of Logo's being censored in a music video
Here is an example of a video which dictates the songs story
Often in some music videos you'll notice items and other things being bleared out. That is because of advertisement and a trademark law. The trade mark law is mostly the reason why logo's and some display pictures in the back ground of a music video may be bleared. Censoring out other trade mark logos is done so that people don't get confused on the origin of a product or where it came from.
Here is an example of Logo's being censored in a music video
Music videos have been about for manny years since the 60's and have been becoming more and more famous over time. Most music videos nowadays are produced just to advertise and promote products and people as the music industry is more of a business.
People always get their ideas from many places like real life experience but sometimes they may often take the idea from other people either pitching ideas or sometimes even copying already existing movies.
Most underground artists these days get their promotion through youtube or in their local areas and the difference you may notice with their videos is the style of music videos.
Monday, 11 June 2012
shooting scenario script/Shot list for Jordans bad day
The video will start with a medium shot panning down from edgware road station with me running out of the station.
The medium shot will continue to follow me as I cross the road.
The shot will then change to a long shot once I am on the other side of the road.
The shot will then change to a stationary medium shot of me stopping underneath a tree to check the time on my phone
Then I will change the shot to a close up on my phone.
I will then have a medium shot of me running towards college and dropping my oyster card and pen. Once the oyster card and pen drop I will have a close up on them landing.
Then Ill have an over shoulder shot of a friends calling me to say hello.
Ill then have a medium shot of me throwing my bag down in front of the college barriers.
I will then have a high angle shot of me slipping on the stairs and a low angle shot of me holding where I hurt my leg.
I will then have a medium shot of me talking to my teacher and then a close up of me throwing my bag.
The medium shot will continue to follow me as I cross the road.
The shot will then change to a long shot once I am on the other side of the road.
The shot will then change to a stationary medium shot of me stopping underneath a tree to check the time on my phone
Then I will change the shot to a close up on my phone.
I will then have a medium shot of me running towards college and dropping my oyster card and pen. Once the oyster card and pen drop I will have a close up on them landing.
Then Ill have an over shoulder shot of a friends calling me to say hello.
Ill then have a medium shot of me throwing my bag down in front of the college barriers.
I will then have a high angle shot of me slipping on the stairs and a low angle shot of me holding where I hurt my leg.
I will then have a medium shot of me talking to my teacher and then a close up of me throwing my bag.
David Starkey News night comment
I am writing this letter to complain about David Starkey. His behaviour and some of the comments he made were very inappropriate. Some of the things David said was really offencive because he made it seem as if all black people in London were trouble makers and are the main influence to other. Over all his main point was negative and, I feel, aimed at black people and I think all the black veiwers shouldn't have had to see something so degrading on live TV across the UK. Its wrong that some veiwers could have possibly been made to feel so distant and feel as though they have done something wrong over skin colour in relation to the riots.
While I was watching the show I noticed most of the things he said was over the top, rude, stereotypical and just out of order and his comments were more or less derogatory and racist especially when he said "The whites have become black". Even though he is an important historian and expected to be very intelligent, he shouldnt be able to get away with the snide comments masking them up with intelligent metaphors such as referring to Dante's inferno.
While I was watching the show I noticed most of the things he said was over the top, rude, stereotypical and just out of order and his comments were more or less derogatory and racist especially when he said "The whites have become black". Even though he is an important historian and expected to be very intelligent, he shouldnt be able to get away with the snide comments masking them up with intelligent metaphors such as referring to Dante's inferno.
OFCOM have said that his comments were for debate only and no rules were broken by OFCOM's opinion however it does break the guidelines of the BBC. 5.4.21 states "Output controllers and programme or content producers should ensure that strong language, especially the strongest language, is subject to careful consideration and appropriate referral, to ensure it is editorially justified, before it is included in our output."Starkey's comments throughout the whole interview showed that his behaviour was rude and also a bit aggressive with his tone in regards to the black community in the UK.
For all that I have just explained and shown to you, I ask that you take more consideration in closly monitoring the behaviour and attitudes of people such as David Starkey on your shows. Sometimes rude comments and racist remarks are not as obvious and are there but hidden. I thing the right thing to do at this point would be to ban Starkey because I could imagine a big precentage of the public think that he is wrong.
Thankyou for reading this.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Cover letter for Lucy
5
Asolando Drive
Browning Street,
London SE17
1EJ
Tel: 0794
7450011
Ms Jenny Smith,
Head of Talent,
Talkback Thames Productions Ltd,
20 - 21 Newman Street,
London W1T 1PG
30th May 2012
Dear Ms Smith,
I hope you are well, I am
writing to ask if there are currently any opportunities for runners at Talkback Thames.
I recently graduated from City of Westminster College and have a National Diploma for TV and Film/Creative Media Production. Over the course of my
time at college, I was lucky enough to do voluntary work placements at The London MCM Comicon Expo and voluntary work at the Master Card Festival at Southbank. I really enjoyed my work experience
and learnt much about conventions and how festivals work and I also picked up some health and safety procedures like what to do in a fire situation and how to keep customers happy.
I am passionate about the TV industry
– especially entertainment – and am a massive fan of shows like America's Best Dance Crew and
Britain’s Got Talent. I know I have a lot to learn and would consider it a
privilege to be employed on one of your productions.
I appreciate that you must have
many applicants, but ask you to consider me for any vacancies coming up at
Talkback Thames. I am a hard working, honest and reliable good team player and would
be very pleased to be given the opportunity to work for your company.
I can be contacted on 0794 7450011 or via email on jordantkwhite@hotmail.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from
you shortly.
Kind regards,
Jordan White
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Phone hacking survey results
The first questing I asked on the Survey was peoples Gender.
6 People replied saying they were males and 4 people replied saying they were females.
The second question I asked was if people read news papers. 4 people said yes and 4 people said no. The remaining 2 said they read news papers sometimes.
The third question I asked was if people read articles on celebrities. 3 people answered yes, 2 people said no and 5 people said sometimes.
The Fourth question I asked was if people were aware that some reporters get their information illegally. 6 people answered yes and 3 people said no and 1 person skipped the question.
The fifth question I asked people was if they knew about the Data protection Act and knew of its purpose. 8 people said yes and 2 people said no.
The sixth question I asked was if people knew who Rupert Murdoch was and all 10 people said yes.
The seventh question I asked was if people thought it is right to supply information about celebrity life. 2 people said yes and the remaining 8 said no.
The eights question I asked was how people would feel if the were phone hacked. 8 people said they would be very angry about it and 2 people said they would be annoyed by it.
The ninth question I asked was what would people do about it and most people said the would involve the police or sue.
The tenth question I asked was if people thought Rupert Murdoch knew about all the phone hacking and what was going on. 9 people said yes and 1 person said no.
6 People replied saying they were males and 4 people replied saying they were females.
The second question I asked was if people read news papers. 4 people said yes and 4 people said no. The remaining 2 said they read news papers sometimes.
The third question I asked was if people read articles on celebrities. 3 people answered yes, 2 people said no and 5 people said sometimes.
The Fourth question I asked was if people were aware that some reporters get their information illegally. 6 people answered yes and 3 people said no and 1 person skipped the question.
The fifth question I asked people was if they knew about the Data protection Act and knew of its purpose. 8 people said yes and 2 people said no.
The sixth question I asked was if people knew who Rupert Murdoch was and all 10 people said yes.
The seventh question I asked was if people thought it is right to supply information about celebrity life. 2 people said yes and the remaining 8 said no.
The eights question I asked was how people would feel if the were phone hacked. 8 people said they would be very angry about it and 2 people said they would be annoyed by it.
The ninth question I asked was what would people do about it and most people said the would involve the police or sue.
The tenth question I asked was if people thought Rupert Murdoch knew about all the phone hacking and what was going on. 9 people said yes and 1 person said no.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Monday, 21 May 2012
Animation Ident Evaluation
In class we have been learning how to make different kinds of animations and also we have been learning about idents.
Recently we were given a task to make an Ident for the college and apart of that task was to incorporate one of the stop motion techniques we learnt about.
To complete the task we had to work in groups so I grouped with Jacq Charls and Eyyaz Christy. The first thing we did together was research. We thought we would check out a few other idents for TV channels and at the same time we watched some other claymation things on Youtube.
After researching various other idents, we each came up with an idea for one of our own. Then we pitched our ideas to each other in the group to find out who's idea sounded the best. Once we made our decision we then all made story boards for that idea. As soon as Eyyaz bought some clay for us to use for our ident, we started recording.
Recording only took 2 and a half hours to get done. During the course of that time we took pictures of my hand writing the CWC initials and both me and Eyyaz moulding the clay into the shapes we needed. We took 2 pictures every time it moved to make it seem as if the clay was alive. The first shapes we made was the CWC logo initials and then we made it seem as if the CWC morphed into clay people and then into a ball using the stop motion techniques we learnt.
Originally I thought that the college ident project was going to be a long but fortunately our group was able to breeze through it with no problems or delays. We all worked hard and paced our selfs and got things out of the way as soon as we were faced with them. Over all it took us 2 day to complete with the hard work we had put into it. The first day was the recording day and the second day was the editing day.
We mainly focused on the claymation animation technique in our ident because the clay was the easiest to manipulate and morph which was exactly what we needed to give life to the college initials (CWC) in the video.
Once we completed our ident, we uploaded the video to youtube and then embedded it to our blogs so we could receive feedback from some of our class mates. All of the feed back we got for the ident was positive. People said they liked the CWC morphing idea and the music we picked although one person said the music didn't suit the theme and another person said they wished it was longer.
Overall I am pleased with my groups ident. I think that if we completed our ident any quicker than we did, it wouldn't be as good as it is. My favorite bit of the ident is the bit where the CWC initials morph into people. The only problem I have with the ident is the bit just after the camera pans down from the college logo. The camera focuses back on the morph characters and they collide and turn in to a ball to symbolise unity but the way they come together can be very miss leading as some people have said that it looks like the morphs kiss. Other than that I am proud and happy with the ident me and my group have produced.
Recently we were given a task to make an Ident for the college and apart of that task was to incorporate one of the stop motion techniques we learnt about.
To complete the task we had to work in groups so I grouped with Jacq Charls and Eyyaz Christy. The first thing we did together was research. We thought we would check out a few other idents for TV channels and at the same time we watched some other claymation things on Youtube.
After researching various other idents, we each came up with an idea for one of our own. Then we pitched our ideas to each other in the group to find out who's idea sounded the best. Once we made our decision we then all made story boards for that idea. As soon as Eyyaz bought some clay for us to use for our ident, we started recording.
Recording only took 2 and a half hours to get done. During the course of that time we took pictures of my hand writing the CWC initials and both me and Eyyaz moulding the clay into the shapes we needed. We took 2 pictures every time it moved to make it seem as if the clay was alive. The first shapes we made was the CWC logo initials and then we made it seem as if the CWC morphed into clay people and then into a ball using the stop motion techniques we learnt.
Originally I thought that the college ident project was going to be a long but fortunately our group was able to breeze through it with no problems or delays. We all worked hard and paced our selfs and got things out of the way as soon as we were faced with them. Over all it took us 2 day to complete with the hard work we had put into it. The first day was the recording day and the second day was the editing day.
We mainly focused on the claymation animation technique in our ident because the clay was the easiest to manipulate and morph which was exactly what we needed to give life to the college initials (CWC) in the video.
Once we completed our ident, we uploaded the video to youtube and then embedded it to our blogs so we could receive feedback from some of our class mates. All of the feed back we got for the ident was positive. People said they liked the CWC morphing idea and the music we picked although one person said the music didn't suit the theme and another person said they wished it was longer.
Overall I am pleased with my groups ident. I think that if we completed our ident any quicker than we did, it wouldn't be as good as it is. My favorite bit of the ident is the bit where the CWC initials morph into people. The only problem I have with the ident is the bit just after the camera pans down from the college logo. The camera focuses back on the morph characters and they collide and turn in to a ball to symbolise unity but the way they come together can be very miss leading as some people have said that it looks like the morphs kiss. Other than that I am proud and happy with the ident me and my group have produced.
Monday, 14 May 2012
Plan B music video idea
Deadmau5 - Ghosts and stuff
Plot: The plot for this music video will be someone waking up in a forest and seeing them self far away. The confused person will then follow their holographic selfs to their original body to find they are actually dead. On the way to finding their dead body they will be stalked and chased by ghost/zombie like beings.
Theme: Ghosts, illusions, Horror
Action: Running, Stunts, Slow motion
Characters: The dead person looking for their body and as many Ghosts and zombies as possible. Probably 3
Location:
Eyyaz's hotel
Westminster - Baker Street, Victoria, South Bank, Hyde Park, Golders hill park
South London - Elephant and Castle, Heygate,
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Frankie Boyle
Statement on Behalf of Disability charity:
Our charity, Disability Trust has been campaigning for many years to provide a better future for the disabled people who need it and to make local environments for disabled people as pleasant as possible.
I am not sure if you are aware, but the power of TV is very strong and is a big influence on the many viewers that watch it. One of the main goals of our charity is to get people to treat the disabled community with more respect and raise awareness. Such an offensive joke shouldn't have been thrown at Harvey.
We believe your joke was a bit extreme and hurtful to not only Harvey and his family but to many others who suffer from his condition. We also think it was very wrong of Channel 4 to allow such a thing to be said on the comedy show and think Frankie Boyle deserves to be censored by Ofcom. Although some action has been taken against the joke, we are still disappointed in Channel 4 for allowing such a thing to be broadcast on TV and all around London. It makes such a successful company look unprofessional because it makes it seem as if the level of respect for disabled people Channel 4 has is low.
In future we hope that Channel 4 can prevent offensive jokes aimed specifically towards any group or race of people and perhaps promote equality a bit more to change the attitudes of some who may have been affected by the joke both positive and negatively.
We think it would be a good idea for Channel 4 to produce an awareness program that will both boost the confidence of people who are disabled or looking after a disabled person and teach other people the importance of looking out for people who are disabled or looking after someone who is. We can imagine doing something like this will win the respect of many people and possibly boost your channel's rating.
Our charity, Disability Trust has been campaigning for many years to provide a better future for the disabled people who need it and to make local environments for disabled people as pleasant as possible.
I am not sure if you are aware, but the power of TV is very strong and is a big influence on the many viewers that watch it. One of the main goals of our charity is to get people to treat the disabled community with more respect and raise awareness. Such an offensive joke shouldn't have been thrown at Harvey.
We believe your joke was a bit extreme and hurtful to not only Harvey and his family but to many others who suffer from his condition. We also think it was very wrong of Channel 4 to allow such a thing to be said on the comedy show and think Frankie Boyle deserves to be censored by Ofcom. Although some action has been taken against the joke, we are still disappointed in Channel 4 for allowing such a thing to be broadcast on TV and all around London. It makes such a successful company look unprofessional because it makes it seem as if the level of respect for disabled people Channel 4 has is low.
In future we hope that Channel 4 can prevent offensive jokes aimed specifically towards any group or race of people and perhaps promote equality a bit more to change the attitudes of some who may have been affected by the joke both positive and negatively.
We think it would be a good idea for Channel 4 to produce an awareness program that will both boost the confidence of people who are disabled or looking after a disabled person and teach other people the importance of looking out for people who are disabled or looking after someone who is. We can imagine doing something like this will win the respect of many people and possibly boost your channel's rating.
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Monday, 30 April 2012
Cut out animation evaluation
In class we researched cut out animation techniques, learnt how to make cut out animation videos and made our own cut out animations later on in groups of 2. I teamed up with Tevin and we sussessfully made a 49 second cut out animation.
We watched a Cut out animation about Jack and the beanstalk which used shadow silhouettes as the characters to tell the story which was interesting. We also watched another cut out animation video of a woman who feeds her baby people in the streets.
First we got magazines together and used the class magazines to look for possible characters, backgrounds and ideas. Then we came up with a story and started cutting out our characters for it.
The story didnt really have a moral or make any serious point. It was creative and was meant to make people laugh. We named the story "the first born" and its about a singer who annoys and crowd and then spits out jessy j.
Our cut out animation took 1 lesson to make. The recording process was very long and irritating as some pieces of paper would ofter blow off the table and go missing but other than that it was also fun and interesting. We had to take a picture for every movement the characters would make.
The video wasn't too long and wasn't too short which was really relieving because I thought it would have been longer. Most people who saw it thought it was funny and enjoyed the end part of the video where Jessy J appears out of the main characters mouth to preform.
Unfortunately we didn't use a tripod and as a result the video wasn't as stable as it could have been. Also Some characters we used were too small compared to other characters and so some characters in the video, particularly the smaller ones, will appear blurry compared to all the other characters. One thing we could have done differently is we could have animated the mouths of the people who were speaking or making noises.
Overall the video could have been better but I am still pleased with it.
We watched a Cut out animation about Jack and the beanstalk which used shadow silhouettes as the characters to tell the story which was interesting. We also watched another cut out animation video of a woman who feeds her baby people in the streets.
First we got magazines together and used the class magazines to look for possible characters, backgrounds and ideas. Then we came up with a story and started cutting out our characters for it.
The story didnt really have a moral or make any serious point. It was creative and was meant to make people laugh. We named the story "the first born" and its about a singer who annoys and crowd and then spits out jessy j.
Our cut out animation took 1 lesson to make. The recording process was very long and irritating as some pieces of paper would ofter blow off the table and go missing but other than that it was also fun and interesting. We had to take a picture for every movement the characters would make.
The video wasn't too long and wasn't too short which was really relieving because I thought it would have been longer. Most people who saw it thought it was funny and enjoyed the end part of the video where Jessy J appears out of the main characters mouth to preform.
Unfortunately we didn't use a tripod and as a result the video wasn't as stable as it could have been. Also Some characters we used were too small compared to other characters and so some characters in the video, particularly the smaller ones, will appear blurry compared to all the other characters. One thing we could have done differently is we could have animated the mouths of the people who were speaking or making noises.
Overall the video could have been better but I am still pleased with it.
Monday, 23 April 2012
Evaluation of claymation 33.1
Gumbasia is a Claymation animation video created by Clokey where the clay that is used is cut and formed into lots of different shapes.
In class I had to remake the Gumbasia video using claymation in a group with two others. The other two members of my group were Eyaz and Nada. We first came up with a rough story plan for what was going to happen and then we started molding our clay and recording. We recorded the Clay by taking shots every time we moved the clay so that it gave the effect that clay was moving. First we recorded Nada's name being created by the clay and a sun above it. Then we made two blue balls collide with each other to make a tower using the ideas we got from Gumbasia. We then played around with the whole tower idea and made a tower shrink by cutting it down bit by bit every shot. We then finished our version of the Gumbasia video with a pac man scene as we though the way pac man dies is a bit similar to the way shapes move in the Gumbasia video.
The Gumbasia video is longer than my video and is far more complicated with all the different things that happen with the shapes. In the Gumbasia video, Clokey cuts, flattnes and rolls his shapes where as in the video my group and I created, we only rolled the shapes and cut them up. Our video took us 2 days to complete. We planned the video in 10 minutes and then started creating and recording straight after and then the second day we spent editing. I was surprised that our short claymation video took the amount of time it did to create and have complete. I could imagine the gumbasia video would have taken more than 2 days to complete considering the length of the video and the complicated shape molding.
Aardman animation is a british animation studio that is based in Bristol. They are famous and known for using the stop motion and claymation techniques in films like Wallace and Gromit, The Amazing Adventures of Morph, Chicken Run and Flushed away.
The amazing adventures of Morph is about a claymation character who would make a mess on work desks exploring. Morph was produced and made for the BBC by Aardman animation. Morph was inspired by his previous creation called Greeblies who were similar in shape and got up to the same things as the Morphs did and was originally for deaf people as it appeared on Vision On. Morph mainly appeared in short scenes that would usually last around a minute. Later on Morph got a new friend to play with called Chas who was cream colored and even worse than him. Morph and chase both appeared on a children show called smart in 1994 and continued to appear on it after. Morph and Chase were very popular because they interesting and funny to watch and also you didn't have to be english to understand what was going on.
I found out that cut out animation is far more harder to do and longer to make for me compared to Claymation. Although claymation can get a bit messy and annoying, Its unique and is far more easier to animate body parts and mouth movements where as with the cut out animation, You have to cut out lots and keep track of all the things you've cut out making things more complicated.
The bad thing with Claymation is that it can get warm and cause the clay to get weak, break or form the shapes you don't won't. I also noticed that Zoetropes are restricting because your stuck with what ever back ground your given if your given any. With Claymation you can be as creative as you want and record it almost anywhere.
In class I had to remake the Gumbasia video using claymation in a group with two others. The other two members of my group were Eyaz and Nada. We first came up with a rough story plan for what was going to happen and then we started molding our clay and recording. We recorded the Clay by taking shots every time we moved the clay so that it gave the effect that clay was moving. First we recorded Nada's name being created by the clay and a sun above it. Then we made two blue balls collide with each other to make a tower using the ideas we got from Gumbasia. We then played around with the whole tower idea and made a tower shrink by cutting it down bit by bit every shot. We then finished our version of the Gumbasia video with a pac man scene as we though the way pac man dies is a bit similar to the way shapes move in the Gumbasia video.
The Gumbasia video is longer than my video and is far more complicated with all the different things that happen with the shapes. In the Gumbasia video, Clokey cuts, flattnes and rolls his shapes where as in the video my group and I created, we only rolled the shapes and cut them up. Our video took us 2 days to complete. We planned the video in 10 minutes and then started creating and recording straight after and then the second day we spent editing. I was surprised that our short claymation video took the amount of time it did to create and have complete. I could imagine the gumbasia video would have taken more than 2 days to complete considering the length of the video and the complicated shape molding.
Aardman animation is a british animation studio that is based in Bristol. They are famous and known for using the stop motion and claymation techniques in films like Wallace and Gromit, The Amazing Adventures of Morph, Chicken Run and Flushed away.
The amazing adventures of Morph is about a claymation character who would make a mess on work desks exploring. Morph was produced and made for the BBC by Aardman animation. Morph was inspired by his previous creation called Greeblies who were similar in shape and got up to the same things as the Morphs did and was originally for deaf people as it appeared on Vision On. Morph mainly appeared in short scenes that would usually last around a minute. Later on Morph got a new friend to play with called Chas who was cream colored and even worse than him. Morph and chase both appeared on a children show called smart in 1994 and continued to appear on it after. Morph and Chase were very popular because they interesting and funny to watch and also you didn't have to be english to understand what was going on.
I found out that cut out animation is far more harder to do and longer to make for me compared to Claymation. Although claymation can get a bit messy and annoying, Its unique and is far more easier to animate body parts and mouth movements where as with the cut out animation, You have to cut out lots and keep track of all the things you've cut out making things more complicated.
The bad thing with Claymation is that it can get warm and cause the clay to get weak, break or form the shapes you don't won't. I also noticed that Zoetropes are restricting because your stuck with what ever back ground your given if your given any. With Claymation you can be as creative as you want and record it almost anywhere.
Monday, 16 April 2012
Monday, 26 March 2012
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
A press release from C4/frankie boyle defending the Harvey joke
Do a video vox pops about the Harvey boyle joke asking if they think its right to mock the disabled in comady programs
Email complaining about Starkey to the BBC (explain how he broke the rules)
Lucy_reese33@yahoo.co.uk
Dear starkley
Dear starkley
Monday, 12 March 2012
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadwaerd Muybridge was a british man famous for his photography who later on became famous and known for stop motion.
He discovered, and was the first to create stop motion, by getting cameras and lining them up so that he could capture the horse as it moved. By the end of this he was able to create movement with each frame shot the cameras took.
In class we attempted to re-create his experiment by using the computer cameras. We got the cameras ready and got a student to walk across the room to pass all the cameras. As the student passed by the cameras, each camera took a shot. Then we got all the pictures together and edited them together in iStopMotion and when we were finished we ended up with a moving person.
When Muybridge made his first moving picture, It probably would have looked jumpy and not as smooths as we see things on Tv and the internet today unless its stop motion.
Frames per second can be considered stop motion on a much faster scale. Frames per second or FPS simply means what it sounds like. It is the amount of frames that are taken for every second. So for example if I had a camera that does 720p resolution, It means it does a 720 horizontal progressive scan lines of image display resolution which can also be reffered to as pixels. It is usually broadcasted at 60 frames per second and is one of the highest picture qualities.
He discovered, and was the first to create stop motion, by getting cameras and lining them up so that he could capture the horse as it moved. By the end of this he was able to create movement with each frame shot the cameras took.
When Muybridge made his first moving picture, It probably would have looked jumpy and not as smooths as we see things on Tv and the internet today unless its stop motion.
Frames per second can be considered stop motion on a much faster scale. Frames per second or FPS simply means what it sounds like. It is the amount of frames that are taken for every second. So for example if I had a camera that does 720p resolution, It means it does a 720 horizontal progressive scan lines of image display resolution which can also be reffered to as pixels. It is usually broadcasted at 60 frames per second and is one of the highest picture qualities.
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Servey monkey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F6PZ3NW
Copy the link to a web address bar get to get my questionnaire please
Copy the link to a web address bar get to get my questionnaire please
Monday, 5 March 2012
Zoetropes and a Modern animation video
Today I learnt how to make and use a Zoeatrope. There are three parts to a Zoetrope and that is the base, Drumb and strip. The base holds the drumb and the drumb holds a strip with watever is goint to be animated. When you spin the drum you have to look through the slits at the top to see the image move. Zeotropes are really fun to play around with and were discovered in the Victorian times.
Here is a video briefly explaining and demonstrating a Zoetrope
I recently discovered a 3D zoetrope
Here is a video example to show the endless creative possibilities with stop motion
Here is a video briefly explaining and demonstrating a Zoetrope
I recently discovered a 3D zoetrope
Here is a video example to show the endless creative possibilities with stop motion
Monday, 27 February 2012
Critical analysis/evaluation of my ident
I think the Ident that my group spoke about was the best. The reason why I think it was the best is because it wasn't just edited footage like the other ident I saw but instead it was creative and appealed to I think both males and females. The other ident I saw had lanterns being let off and nothing else really happened except the logo appearing before the end.
The animation my group spoke about was colourful and had animations that were fun to look at. Also the loge was animated to make it seem like something was passing through it which would help people remember it and also it helps establish the channel.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Question 2: Purposes of channel idents
History of channels and Idents
Before when Tv's first came out, their purpose was to have a captive audience and to entertain families. The first channel that was available for families to view was the BBC (british broadcasting corporation). They came about in 1936 who were then joined by independent television in 1955. BBC 2 was released later on in 1964 and then channel 4 was launched in 1982 and then 5 came out on TV screens in 1997.When Sky launched it introduced the idea of multi channel channel viewing and since then Tv has been delivered to us in more ways than before.
Each and everyone of these channels have an ident. The reason for this is so that the channel can be recognised easier and also to promote a channel. These days there are hundreds of channels and this is also one of the many reasons it is important for a channel to have an indent to establish its unique identity.
An ident is usually a short animation or digital animation used to identify a channel. Also the purpose of an ident is to grab viewers attention and boost the brand logo's popularity. Usually the ident symbolises the channels content like what shows to expect on them and what age groups they are aimed at by the use of certain objects, shapes, colors and environments.
This ident uses Homer from the Simpsons to promote their logo as the Simpsons were a very popular Tv program on the channel at that time. Also a voice over is added at the end to announce the next show which was The Simpsons.
Before when Tv's first came out, their purpose was to have a captive audience and to entertain families. The first channel that was available for families to view was the BBC (british broadcasting corporation). They came about in 1936 who were then joined by independent television in 1955. BBC 2 was released later on in 1964 and then channel 4 was launched in 1982 and then 5 came out on TV screens in 1997.When Sky launched it introduced the idea of multi channel channel viewing and since then Tv has been delivered to us in more ways than before.
Each and everyone of these channels have an ident. The reason for this is so that the channel can be recognised easier and also to promote a channel. These days there are hundreds of channels and this is also one of the many reasons it is important for a channel to have an indent to establish its unique identity.
An ident is usually a short animation or digital animation used to identify a channel. Also the purpose of an ident is to grab viewers attention and boost the brand logo's popularity. Usually the ident symbolises the channels content like what shows to expect on them and what age groups they are aimed at by the use of certain objects, shapes, colors and environments.
Most of these idents have three things in common:
1.They always include their Logo
2.They have sound but not to much
3.They sometimes have someone announcing the next program
For example
This ident uses Homer from the Simpsons to promote their logo as the Simpsons were a very popular Tv program on the channel at that time. Also a voice over is added at the end to announce the next show which was The Simpsons.
Intro to channel Ident
An ident is a short animation used to identify a channel. Also the purpose of an ident is to grab viewers attention and boost the brand logo's popularity. Usually the ident symbolises the channels content like what shows to expect on them and what age groups they are aimed at by the use of certain objects, shapes, colors and environments.
Most of these idents have three things in common:
1.They always include their Logo
2.They have sound but not to much
3.They sometimes have someone announcing the next program
For example
This ident uses Homer from the Simpsons to promote their logo as the Simpsons were a very popular Tv program on the channel at that time. Also a voice over is added at the end to announce the next show which was The Simpsons.
Most of these idents have three things in common:
1.They always include their Logo
2.They have sound but not to much
3.They sometimes have someone announcing the next program
For example
This ident uses Homer from the Simpsons to promote their logo as the Simpsons were a very popular Tv program on the channel at that time. Also a voice over is added at the end to announce the next show which was The Simpsons.
Friday, 10 February 2012
Monday, 6 February 2012
How to create a bin and have things organised in Final cut
First you should have a project open in front of you already
on the left side of your screen there should be a box/window named "browser:" Right click in the box/window and click new bin to create the bin.
The bin acts like a folder to store your stuff and keep things tidy and organised. Once you have clicked "new bin" this should appear in the browser box/window
Now I am going to mark stuff I have used.
To mark things in the browser box/window you drag the box/window wider by clicking the edge and moving it wider.
And then click in the "Good" column
Now your footage or picture should be marked as "good" with a tick next to it
You can also make log notes too
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