Thursday, 18 April 2013

critique Vimeo PCA Media

the video im critiquing is insane college escape by aden barwick
http://vimeo.com/33522337

i really like this video because the main character is trying to escape the college and by running around and beating up everyone who gets in his way (eg: throws a shoe at someone)

spider diagrams or F.M.P.

here are some of my spider diagrams for my F.M.P

here is the rough spider diagram for my project
 this is my more detailed diagram

Thursday, 11 April 2013

What is the final major project?

What is its purpose?
the purpose is to show our creativity and the skills and
techniques we have learnt during this course.

What should it contain?
it should contain something to do  with time and space.

What do you hope to produce?
i hope to produce a 10 minute short film about time travel where someone goes through time and has an adventure through time or something like that.


Thursday, 28 February 2013

evaluation of documentary

i made a five minute documentary about parkour. i went around
plymouth filming my friends and my Parkour group the solace
runners. i ask them a bunch of questions and got them to
answer them.

well i couldnt think of what gets up my nose so i just asked
if i could do it on parkour. i chose parkour because i have
been doing parkour for two years.

to make this documentary i used a hitachi full HD x10
optical zoom a Tri-pod adobe premiere pro memory
stick and a microphone

i didnt need to carry out any information as i already
knew everything about parkour


dvd covers

This is the DVD cover for IRON MAN.

i particularly  like this cover because you have the main character in big looking out of the cover and then you  have the rest of the actors fairly smaller. i also like how they have placed one of the characters standing up looking in front of him with the film description placed next to him.





this is the DVD cover for the dark knight.

what i like about this cover is that you have a burnt batman logo in the background with batman standing in front of it. another thing i like is you have the joker faces away from the camera with all the description next to him.






this is the DVD for Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back.

what i like about this cover is that  it shows every main character from the film. i also like how it shows some scenes from the film and the fact that Darth Vader is standing at the top of the stairs with the description next to him.

Monday, 11 February 2013

advertising

ideas generation.


The process of creating, developing, and communicating ideas which are abstract, concrete, or visual. The process includes the process of constructing through the idea, innovating the concept, developing the process, and bringing the concept to reality.














shock tactics

Shock advertising or Shockvertising is a type of advertising generally regarded as one that “deliberately, rather than inadvertently, startles and offends its audience by violating norms for social values and personal ideals.” [1] It is the employment in advertising or public relations of "graphic imagery and blunt slogans to highlight"[2] a public policy issue, goods, or services. Shock advertising is designed principally to break through the advertising “clutter” to capture attention and create buzz, and also to attract an audience to a certain brand or bring awareness to a certain public service issue, health issue, or cause (e.g., urging drivers to use their seatbelts, promoting STD prevention, bringing awareness of racism and other injustices, or discouraging smoking among teens).[3]


star vechiles

star vehicle has historically been a movieplayTV series, or other production whose primary purpose, besides turning a profit, is to enhance someone's career. Vehicles are most commonly produced when a young or inexperienced actor has signed a long-term contract with a major studio. By showcasing the actor's talents, the vehicle is an attempt at creating a bankable star.
















audience


An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of artliterature (in which they are called "readers"), theatremusic (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), oracademics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some events invite overt audience participation and others allowing only modest clapping and criticism and reception

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Case Study

What is the role?

Filmaker

Who do they work closely with in the media team?

they work with everyone in the media team

Who is their boss?

the director

How much do they earn a year?

dunno yet

Where can they be employed?

Dreamworks
20th century fox
Disney

Thursday, 24 January 2013

my production diary

i am making a documentary about Parkour 
this documentary will be focused on a local parkour group called the Solace Runners.
i will be talking to them and asking them questions about parkour and what it is.

to make this documentary i will be using footage of the SR group and interviewing them on there life of parkour. i will be asking them how long they have been doin parkour if they would recomend it to others and if its changed there lives.

i will be filming it on my own camera and tri-pod so i wont need to borrow anything from the ERC

i have made a production calender to track what i need to do on each day.
















i didnt need to do any research as i know all about parkour as i do it myself


Monday, 21 January 2013


mise en scene

tiananmen square by stuart franklin magnum [1989]

protest
war
tanks

albert einstein by arthur sasse [1951]

dyslectic
silly
genius
personal memorable

niagra falls frozen by unknown [1848]

exploration
cold
winter
isolation
unbelievable

child with a toy grenade in central park new york by diane arbus [1962]
american
vietnam
war
family

body of che guevara by freddy alborta [1967]

death success
power
heroes

the raised flag at iwo jima by joe rosenthal [1945]

brotherhood
glory
gloating
propaganda




dark room

ok so first we went to the dark room and had a look around all the equipment in there

health and safety:

no food and drink
coats and bags under the desks


Thursday, 17 January 2013

what is a documentary

What does a documentary do?

a documentary is a short film describing either a serious issue or something that interests people.

What might it be about?

a documentary can be about anything that you want to tell people about.

how is a documentary made?

a documentary is made from interviews and archive information

who is it aimed at?

the documentary can be aimed at anyone but it is mostly aimed at the people the documentary talks about

what is a typical budget?


Monday, 14 January 2013

semiotics


is about symbols and what people can understand from them.




















like this superman symbol people could think it stands for

heroism
identity
power
safe

Thursday, 13 December 2012

advertising

today we watched a video about advertising

idea generation.
idea generation is when you and a select group of people come up with an idea for your advert

shock tactics.



Thursday, 18 October 2012

Fairytales.

for this assignment i have to make a 1 minute stop motion animation about Fairytales.

firstly i had to do some research on three Fairytales.

the three fairytales i looked at where

little red riding hood
Red Riding Hood, is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings. The story was first published by Charles Perrault 

hanzel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting her. 

three little pigs
Three Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring anthropomorphic pigs who build three houses of different materials. A big bad wolf is able to blow down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and wood, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricksThree Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring anthropomorphic pigs who build three houses of different materials. A big bad wolf is able to blow down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and wood, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks
my target audience is anyone who watches it





Thursday, 20 September 2012

Using paper as a material

todays assignment was paper faces.

In the assignment we had to use paper to make a short animation of a faces. just like south park we put a black piece of A2 paper on the table and use some card paper to create a face.

this is the face i used for my animation.


we went up to the ERC room and took out a camera and went back to the classroom. once we figured out what we wanted our guy to do we then set about making it happen. we took a picture of the face then moved his mouth and eyes and took a picture for every movement the face made.

once we had finished making the animation we then uploaded the pictures into adobe premier pro CS5.5 and added the music selected by the teacher. after the editing was done and the video was finished we exported it and saved it.




Monday, 17 September 2012

Ink Wallpaper Portraits

Todays assignment was called Ink Wallpaper portraits.

In this assignment we had to draw portraits of famous artists on a long piece of wallpaper.

And to do this we got given a paintbrush that had its wooden end sharpened and we where told to draw portraits using a stick and some black ink.


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Once we finished the pictures and the wallpaper we then took the pictures we took of them and had to import them into adobe premiere and make a short animation of the face being made.

This is my short animation of drawing the face.

Thank you for reading this blog post goodbye.


Monday, 10 September 2012

The Big Draw

todays assignment was called group work painting

in this assignment we had to work as a group to produce a large scale picture from a smaller picture that we got from the library.

so first we went to the library and picked a famous artist. we decided to go with andy warhol. we found a book of his work and looked through it. we then found a picture of a black and white coke bottle and photocopied it out of the book and went on up to the class room.

we then got a ruler and a pencil and started measuring out all of the sizes for the bottle. once we finished with the measurements we started drawing out the picture



after drawing all the shading ,writing and the lines we went onto label all the parts of the picture that are black. and once we finished the labels. we then started to paint the whole picture.
we then finished the painting and use a marker pen to touch up the edges and correct mistakes.
and here is our final painting.

the original picture was created by andy warhol and this was one a four coca cola art work made from 1961 and 1962.