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.