Wednesday 9 July 2014

Alt-J Breeze Blocks

Alt J-Breeze Blocks evaluation

Alt-J Breeze Blocks Evaluation In my remake of the music video Breeze Blocks we had things that went really well while some things didn’t go as we wanted to. The things that went well in our music video I think is firstly the editing of the video, I think the effects like the flashing of the video whenever the singer goes “nah nah nah nah”. Also where I placed certain scenes in the music, when its calm the video shows peaceful scenes of Jordan and Elisha together, happy, and when the song picks up the pace and things start getting underway so does the video, the fight scenes start to begin and things start getting violent. Things we could improve on was firstly the filming, we had to go another time because of things like the scene being blurry or not catching want we want and I think we should have spent time doing it because we rushed it. The film followed mostly our storyboard and script; also certain things like the locations were changed due to us not being able to film because of things going on in the school at the time. In my music video we did what every music video should, made sure the scenes were fitting with the beat of the song , we conveyed a song making our music video making it a narrative video and made sure there were no boring blank scenes. In my group there were 4 people, me, Jordan Wardle, Elishia Selby and Matt Lumley Overall we performed well. I was firstly the camera man, I filmed the majority of the scenes alongside Matt Lumley who had the exact same role as me and filmed just as much as me. I also did effects like the rain with a water bottle out of the window which I thought was really good. Jordan and Elisha were the happy couple at the beginning who ended up fighting and end up with Jordan being arrested, I believe they both conveyed their characters well and gave a good performance. Before filming we did all our pre-production, we researched the 3 different types of music video: performance, narrative and conceptual. We looked at examples o each and wrote about why they fit under that category which overall gave us a better understanding of music videos and helped make our own. We somewhat recreated the scenes in the actual music video but in our own way using scenes the actual video does not like the couple in the past actually being happy, and in the video it’s not a couple fighting. From my peers my feedback was overall very good. The story was conveyed well, the video is face paced at the beginning and exciting and the scenes work really well on the part of the song they are on. Another thing I would do if we did it again is film more scenes, because of our lack of scenes I had to cut the song down and end it earlier on, which does work but I wish we could have used the full song.

Humpty Dumpty News Today Evaluation

Humpty Dumpty News Today Evaluation In my factual fairy tale video on Humpty Dumpty we had things that went really well while some things were not so good. The things that went well in our trailer I think is firstly the editing of the video, I think the effects like the time and the scroll bar work really well as I put time into it . The filler shots like the crane I think we’re a good idea, it was something that fit the story and weren’t too long so they weren’t boring. The filming wasn’t too bad either because the majority of the filming was done on a tripod. Things we could improve on was firstly the pace of the video, overall I feel it is quite slow when in fact it should be fast and exciting as it is such an important issue in the video. I also feel that my introduction wasn’t very good; my other group members picked better ones first and did not me to choose the same one as them so I go the one I got. The film followed mostly our storyboard and script, but certain things like the locations were changed due to us not being able to film there believe the trailer met most audience expectations. In my news report there were things that every news report should have, a reporter, an anchor and the general public in the background, the things I thought the video lacked though were facts on the screen and more props we could have used like a different outfit for the people being interviewed as they all wearing the same clothes. In my group there were 3 people, me, Jordan Wardle and Matt Lumley Overall we performed well. I was the reporter and I feel I gave a good performance however near the end the wind is quite loud and we should have filmed somewhere else. Jordan got interviewed and did well but when he speaks it sounds like it is scripted and should flow better. Matt was the anchor and I thought he did really well. Before filming we did all our pre-production, we researched what a news report looks like and making our own front cover of a newspaper using our topic of Humpty Dumpty. We looked at different factual media formats so we could choose how to portray our story and also looked into the nursery rhyme and see how other people have twisted it. We also made a storyboard so we knew when to film certain things and how to. From my peers my feedback was overall very good. The story was conveyed well, the camera work was good meaning there was no shaking of the camera and the shot types were good, the editing I was told was good with the attention to detail making the time go up and the right time. Things I could have improved on were the props, we didn’t use many, and we should off to make the video look overall better, the video also needed to be more face paced and so the introduction at the beginning didn’t help with it being slow and boring.

Wednesday 2 July 2014

A modern Tale Twist

A Modern Tale The Fairy-tale Humpty dumpty Name: Stanley Gulliford What happens? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again The Modern Twist Humpty Dumpty assassinated! What happens? The world finds out that humpty was actually assassinated by the evil king. He was a great Speaker who told people how they need peace and equality between everyone. But the powerful king did not like this so he assassinates him by pushing him off the wall and taking his body away to dispose of it and telling the people he was “trying to put him back together again” to make himself look good. However everyone found out because there was a witness and now there is a big civil war.

Tuesday 1 July 2014

News Report Pre-Production

News Bulletin Pre-Production Crew Role • Stan-Reporter • Matt-Anchor, Dan (dowdy man) • Jordan-Camera man, members of the public Equipment/costume list • Desk • Paper • Chair • Microphone • School uniform (look smart) • Casual jumper (peopling being interviewed) • Cap • Street sign • Glasses • Computer • Camera • Tripod • letters Locations: • The news bulletin will be filmed during and in school. The wall in which humpty “fell of” is located in the school at medical. • The building that we are going to use as a “bombsite” is the music block building. • The wall that humpty fell of is located outside geography and is MA11 Synopsis The world finds out that humpty was actually assassinated by the evil king. He was a great speaker who told people how they need peace and equality between everyone. But the powerful king did not like this so he assassinates him by pushing him off the wall and taking his body away to dispose of it and telling the people he was “trying to put him back together again” to make himself look good. However everyone found out because there was a witness and now there is a big civil war.

News Bulletin Target Audience

The News bulletin is aimed at anyone who has been affected by the incident. It is formal and sophisticated so you could say young adults or older are the main audience. It will be on terrestrial channel so anyone has access to it. It will use facts and figures so young adults and older would appreciate it more than younger children however they too are not restricted from watching it.

Tuesday 13 May 2014

Music Video task 2 and 3

Music Video My group and I have decided to make a music video on the song ‘#Selfie’ we are going to remake the video with pictures of students and teachers and basically remaking the video but for our school. Using the scene of the two girls in the bathroom, we will recreate this which will then lead to us than using the pictures we have taken around our school. The original composers were ‘The Chain Smokers’.

Wednesday 7 May 2014

Performance, Narrative and Conceptual

Performance, Narrative and Conceptual Performance Performance based videos, are videos in which it shows the artist performing. They can be on a live stage, with shots of the artist(s) and audience. These videos often include close ups of the artist. The artist may also be in real life situation (talking, warming up) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0 Narrative Narrative music videos usually tell a story, a mini film e.g. girl dumps boy. It can promote a film with clips from the film including telling a story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUjE9H8QlA4 Conceptual Concept videos are based around a single idea or concept and are usually obscure. The unusual content is an attraction to customers which draws them in. A successful concept video will keep the audience entertained and constantly looking at what or who is on the screen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA

Wednesday 12 March 2014

Audience-humpty dumpty


Audience

The News bulletin is aimed at anyone who has been affected by the incident. It is formal and sophisticated so you could say young adults or older are the main audience. It will be on terrestrial channel so anyone has access to it. It will use facts and figures so young adults and older would appreciate it more than younger children however they too are not restricted from watching it.

Script-humpty dumpty


Script

Matt – (sitting at desk) Hello and welcome to CDC News and one of todays top story’s is Humpty Dumpty’s Assassination. From an inside anonymous reporter we receive intelligence that Humpty was assassinated by a king’s men under the kings orders. Lets go to Stan the reporter on the scene of Dumpty's death.
//Cut to reporter//
Stan -  (walking toward camera) Hello, thanks matt. We have received evidence that show humpty Dumpty, the public speaker, has been assassinated. A king’s man has been taken in by the police as a suspected murderer however, don’t we all know who is the real murderer? The person in charge of the king’s men? The king himself. But the question we all pose… Why?
Stan – (Random filler shot) We have been given evidence on the murder from an anonymous insider about the assassination and also an eye witness who saw the entire thing. Unfortunately Mary and her little lamb cannot be here to present her evidence however she is happy for us to say it instead. According to Mary, one of the kings men pushed humpty of the wall while he was in the middle of a speech addressing the entire nation about segregation however when the king’s men went to “put him back together again” they were disposing of the evidence, wiping of finger prints and cleaning of skin cells.
//Interview//
Stan -(Filler shots) hundreds dead and thousands injured show the level of intensity shown by this murder. It has also affected parents and children as schools are closed and businesses are looted. Dan a father of two has been asked how this awful event has changed his life.
//dowdy man//
Matt – As you know schools are closed, I have to look after my 2 children on my own 24/7, its hard you know, its hard. I can barley afford to feed them as my shop has been looted. I cant afford anything anymore. I am living of scraps. It will cost to fix my shop, a lot.
//Filler shots//
Stan - This event has changed nearly everyone’s lifestyle in Eggtropolice from parents, to businessmen and even children. It has also changed the economical state of the City as many shops have been looted and businesses destroyed. We hope that this report has helped a lot and cleared up a few unsolved questions. This is Stan Gulliford CDC Eggtropolice. //Send off (look at street sign)//


Crew roles-humpty dumpty


Crew Role

·       Stan-Reporter
·       Matt-Anchor, Dan (dowdy man)
·       Jordan-Camera man, members of the public

Equipment/costume list-humpty dumpty


Equipment/costume list
·       Desk
·       Paper
·       Chair
·       Microphone
·       School uniform (look smart)
·       Casual jumper (peopling being interview)
·       Cap
·       Street sign
·       Glasses
·       Computer
·       Camera
·       Tripod
·       letters

interview questions and answers-humpty dumpty


Interview Questions
·       What did you feel like when you heard humpty had died?
Awful, one of the biggest figures of this century just gone. He brought hope to many of our lives
·       What was your reaction when you heard humpty was assassinated
Furious, how can someone want to murder an innocent man who was just trying to bring peace to our nation, I know who the evil, greedy king!
·       How has the war effected you?
Ummmm,(sad) well my wife, she was sadly taken from me early on, it only took one crack for her to leak and sadly die of egg lose

locations-humpty dumpty

Synposis-humpty dumpty

Synopsis: News Today will be looking into what really happened to humpty dumpty and how it’s devastated the nation. A short news bulletin will summarise what has happened. Firstly it was believed that humpty dumpty fell and that the king’s horses and kings men couldn’t put him together again. But the real story is that the king had him assassinated as humpty dumpty was trying to negotiate equality between the eggs and the king, so he ordered one of his men to kill him and when the king’s men were trying to “fix” him they were actually disposing of the evidence, Mary and her little lamb fortunately saw everything and released her information to the press weeks ago and outrage was felt in the whole nation resulting in the egg revolution. In the last 2 weeks eggtropolice has suffered 4,000,000 fatalities and many more injured, however there has been info from an anonymous insider that King may be surrendering soon.

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Factual Media Formats

Format
Style
conventions
example
Print
Newspapers
Interviews, eye witnesses, reporters,
images
The Guardian
The Sun
Audio
Podcast
1st person opinions sound clips from films/songs
Radio one breakfast show
Ricky Gervais comedy podcast
“Print”
website
Images
Opinions
Quotes
Videos
Story’s
interviews

BBC
WIKI
IMBD
Life
Time magazines
News week
“ “
leaflet
Images
Articles
Opinions
Map of the area
Information

Animal leaflet
Theme parks
New film
appliances
“ “
blogs
Personal story’s
Images
Videos
Sound clips
Mark Kermode uncut

radio
Interviews
Presenters
Callers
Giveaways
quiz
Radio n1
BBC
Wave 105/7
Audio visual
Film
Actors
Videos images
David Attenborough
Frozen planet


































Wednesday 22 January 2014

FIB:New Haven evaluation


FIB: New Haven
The Italian Job Evaluation

In my crime drama trailer FIB: New Haven we had things that went really well while some things were not so good.
The things that went well in our trailer I think is firstly the editing of the video, I think the scene order, transitions and special effects went really well with the trailer. Another good thing about our trailer were the locations, as it was filmed in school they couldn’t be the best but we did well in our selection. Finally the shots we took were mostly steady accept the first person shot when the Victim is dragged.
Things we could improve on was firstly the camera shot types, I would have preferred if we took more camera shot types like an extra-long shot to establish the scene or a canted shot for the villain to show him as a sick and twisted villain. Also the sound quality hen we filmed outside was poor because of the windy conditions, it would have made the trailer sound a lot more professional if we cut the sound from that scene or filmed indoors.
The film followed mostly our storyboard and script, but certain things like not having props like police tape stopped us rom following it fully. I believe the trailer met most audience expectations. There were police, a murder, a bad guy, a victim but lacked some things like a chase scene or the good guy catching the bad guy.
In my group there were 5 people, me, Jordan Wardle, Matt Lumley, Rory Giddings and Andrew Goldman. Overall we performed well. Matt and Jordan were the detectives, I was the victim, Rory was the farmer and scientist and Andrew was Antonio the bad guy. Acting was really good from Rory and Andrew while the detectives made mistakes like looking at the camera. This happened once in the interrogation room Jordan looked at the camera. We tried to make sure that everyone got the same amount of camera time by adding multiple roles to people like Rory giving him the farmer and scientist role.
Before filming we did all our pre-production, researching others like Sherlock and CSI our storyboard so we knew what scenes to shoot, a script so we knew what to say, a production schedule to know when to shoot certain scenes and watch crime drama trailers to see how to edit ours. The script and storyboard really helped so we were not thinking of what to do on the spot. Also the synopsis and outline to the trailer helped us understand our story more and was it was about.
From my peers my feedback was overall very good. The story was conveyed well, the camera work was good meaning there was no shaking of the camera and the shot types were good. The editing was well done, the titles were good and most importantly it looked like a crime drama. Things I could have improved on were special effect and sound effects. There was only one special effect during the trailer when I am being dragged and my vision is blurred and no sound effects were made. The comments my peers have left me show I need to make an effort to add effects to my film a firstly they are appealing and the props used need to be more convincing than just a test tube and water in the forensic scene.