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Thursday 4 March 2010
Essay Plans
How was your understanding of real media conventions developed over the last 2 years?
Þ I Introduction: Explanation of what we have done over the last 2 years, more detail on thriller and music video projects.
o What are conventions and how do you find them? Give examples.
Þ TTalk about 1st project, introduction into media studies. Give examples of videos watch, blogs looked at.
o Youtube
o IMDB
o Reviews
Þ TTalk about music video project how you have improved from last project. Talk about skills used and conventions found.
o How does it make a difference knowing conventions?
Þ TTalk about TV Drama and how the conventions are different for each type.
o Examples? Doctor Who…
o Micro and Macro elements.
o Analysis.
Þ Conclusion.
o How important are conventions?
o How have they helped?
What decisions have you made during post-production stages and how have these affected your work?
Introduction.
o What counts as post-production? What do you need to do to get to final products? How important are the stages?
à Talk about the use of Blogger. How important is it to keep record of plans and why? Give examples of things you recorded and why?
o Location pictures for music video.
o You tube clips for examples.
à We used the cameras to take test footage and pictures to get to grip with how to edit and film on a smaller scale before the actual things.
o We could look at different locations and test their compatibility.
à Storyboards helped us plan out how the videos would look and weather it works out or you need to change things.
à Youtube, Blogs etc. Talk about other things you used for post-productions.
à Conclusion.
o How helpful was using blogger etc? How did it affect your final mark?
What are the pro’s and con’s of the various research and planning strategies you used?
Introduction.
o Talk about what research and planning you did.
¨ Takes a lot of time to make the blogs and insert all the relevant information.
¨ Storyboards are tedious and time consuming you also need to be a good drawer so they make sense.
¨ Our genre was quite original (folk/pop) which meant that like youtube are good because they have lots of videos and examples hard to find elsewhere.
¨ Conclusion.
o Conclusion on best research and planning strategies.
Monday 1 March 2010
Essay Plan- question 3
What are the pros and cons of the various research and planning strategies you used?
BLOGGER
Pros= Everyone can see and access the site, you can record steps and dates for different parts of filming and editing, you can embed videos and images, people can put feedback onto the site,
Cons=Can't take it with you when filming, cannot access at home if you don't have the internet, if you forget the password you can't edit it, bias infomation because its edited by everyday people, anyone can look (PEDOS!!) or make abusive comments,
YOUTUBE
Pros=Can search for anything you want, you can view other peoples videos, you can share your own videos, allows you to embed the videos on your own site, people can watch your video and post comments
Cons= Abusive comments, anyone can see your video, youtube can get rid of soundtrack, if you don' have interent you can't use it, copyright concerns, some videos can only be accessed if you are over 18.
INTERNET OVERALL
Pros= Can go on google and find anything you want, sites all over the world, can vied other peoples work
Cons= Might have to sign up to some sites (personal details), at risk of viruses, too varied, bias, may not be correct informaton on some sites for example wikipedia.
STORYBOARDS AND TIMELINES
Pros= you can take it with you to filming and home, you can correct (add stuff in rub stuff out), Brainstorm ideas with group, allows you to see what it may look like.
Cons= Ideas may change, might not be very accurate (time lines), might not be good at drawing, could loose it.
ANIMATIC
Pros= It is moving so you can see what it looks like, you can get the timing right, you can edit it on final cut, you can add sound, allows you to post on blogger.
Cons= They don't look very good, drawings may be hard to understand, time consuming, might not be accurate.
BLOGGER
Pros= Everyone can see and access the site, you can record steps and dates for different parts of filming and editing, you can embed videos and images, people can put feedback onto the site,
Cons=Can't take it with you when filming, cannot access at home if you don't have the internet, if you forget the password you can't edit it, bias infomation because its edited by everyday people, anyone can look (PEDOS!!) or make abusive comments,
YOUTUBE
Pros=Can search for anything you want, you can view other peoples videos, you can share your own videos, allows you to embed the videos on your own site, people can watch your video and post comments
Cons= Abusive comments, anyone can see your video, youtube can get rid of soundtrack, if you don' have interent you can't use it, copyright concerns, some videos can only be accessed if you are over 18.
INTERNET OVERALL
Pros= Can go on google and find anything you want, sites all over the world, can vied other peoples work
Cons= Might have to sign up to some sites (personal details), at risk of viruses, too varied, bias, may not be correct informaton on some sites for example wikipedia.
STORYBOARDS AND TIMELINES
Pros= you can take it with you to filming and home, you can correct (add stuff in rub stuff out), Brainstorm ideas with group, allows you to see what it may look like.
Cons= Ideas may change, might not be very accurate (time lines), might not be good at drawing, could loose it.
ANIMATIC
Pros= It is moving so you can see what it looks like, you can get the timing right, you can edit it on final cut, you can add sound, allows you to post on blogger.
Cons= They don't look very good, drawings may be hard to understand, time consuming, might not be accurate.
What are the pros and cons of the various research and planning strategies you used?
What are the pros and cons of the various research and planning strategies you used?
Mention the different ways in which blogging has been effective within research and also how blogging has become a negative influence in the planning stage.
Blogging was used to review real text examples and discuss conventions. Helping us to gain inspiration for suggested ideas when devising our work. Building a range of possibilities within the planning stage, which we could choose from.
When you analyse old student work and discuss marking criteria you run the risk of copying others or, conversely, looking at ideas could limit your work if you decide you don’t want to make it similar to others
Planning micro elements can set up a foundation to build your work upon but can set a certain structure which may be hard to stray away from if you feel the initial planning is not the direction in you choose to follow.
Discussing audience expectations establishes a clear view of what kind of outcome you should aim for in your final stages. What your target audience desires and also how you will do it (what response will be established).
Also it is beneficial to get peer feedback on the progress of your project and review your own progress, updating your plans and making sure you are effective in achieving your desired outcome.
Mention the different ways in which blogging has been effective within research and also how blogging has become a negative influence in the planning stage.
Blogging was used to review real text examples and discuss conventions. Helping us to gain inspiration for suggested ideas when devising our work. Building a range of possibilities within the planning stage, which we could choose from.
When you analyse old student work and discuss marking criteria you run the risk of copying others or, conversely, looking at ideas could limit your work if you decide you don’t want to make it similar to others
Planning micro elements can set up a foundation to build your work upon but can set a certain structure which may be hard to stray away from if you feel the initial planning is not the direction in you choose to follow.
Discussing audience expectations establishes a clear view of what kind of outcome you should aim for in your final stages. What your target audience desires and also how you will do it (what response will be established).
Also it is beneficial to get peer feedback on the progress of your project and review your own progress, updating your plans and making sure you are effective in achieving your desired outcome.
What are the pros and cons of the various research and planning strategies you used?
Pros
Youtube - research
Google - images
Cons
Youtube - research
Blogger - plan
Google - images
Youtube - research
- Wide variety of videos
- Free
- Easy access
- Allows you to organize and express your ideas
- Post videos and photos
Google - images
- Can be helpful for ideas
- Accessible
Cons
Youtube - research
- Some videos are blocked
- Can't find what you're looking for
- Low quality videos
Blogger - plan
- Order of posts
Google - images
- Lots of unhelpful images
Essay Plan- question 2
What decisions have you made during post production stages and how have these effected you work?
Introduction- Define post production, how it has effected our work during music video
Paragraph 1- Editing =using final cut, what tools? Why? How? e.g. split screens- putting more than one shot onto the same screen, changing size, adding effect and editing time
Paragraph 2- e.g lip syncing -matching sound to image, how and why? to make the video look more professional
Paragraph 3- e.g. slow mo our bumping into each other scene, how and why? To emphasis their meeting and make it more clear
Paragraph 4 - EGG. Fades between shots, how and why? make video look more professional and smooth
Paragraph 5- Cutting clips to fit or look more effective
conclusion- How our decisions during post production improved or effected our video
Introduction- Define post production, how it has effected our work during music video
Paragraph 1- Editing =using final cut, what tools? Why? How? e.g. split screens- putting more than one shot onto the same screen, changing size, adding effect and editing time
Paragraph 2- e.g lip syncing -matching sound to image, how and why? to make the video look more professional
Paragraph 3- e.g. slow mo our bumping into each other scene, how and why? To emphasis their meeting and make it more clear
Paragraph 4 - EGG. Fades between shots, how and why? make video look more professional and smooth
Paragraph 5- Cutting clips to fit or look more effective
conclusion- How our decisions during post production improved or effected our video
What decisions have you mde during post production stages and how have these effected your work?
Music Video
- Sepia tones thoughout - made footage softer to match calmess of the song
- Added many dissolve transitions - made the clips run smoother
- Over laid some footage e.g. of the couple together to make it look like he was thinking of her
- Changed brightness in photo flashback scene and added soft edges so it appeared dreamy
- Made footage look like it was shot in the dark - created a more creepy feel
- Slowed down clips when girl walked past guy to add effect
- Added voice over at the beginning - created more questions for viewer, whilst giving an insight into the storyline
- Added crow samples in graveyard scene to add to the atmosphere
- Created a piano soundtrack using Garageband - created a saddened atmosphere
Question Plans by Fred and Josh
1) How has your understanding of real media conventions developed over the A-level media course?
- Thriller: Developed certain cinematography techniques such as Blocking (hiding characters identity) giving an air of mystery to the antagonist (badman). Framing, which uses one character in the frame alone, can be used to show the victim (protagonist) alone and vulnerable, or the antagonist as powerful or creepy. Over the shoulder shot (OTS).
- Media Language used to analyse the Thriller opening (Cinematography, Editing, Mise-en-Scene, Sound)
- Cinematography: Panning used to show scenery, set scene, and provide element of fear. Close ups used to show fear in the protagonist's face. long shot used to show scenery and protagonist .
- Editing: Used continuity to improve flow.
- Mise-en-scene: Scene genre and characters all introduced in thriller opening. Body language used to show Fear in protagonist.
- Sound: non-diegetic sound used for soundtrack, created in Garageband.
- We used a lot of the same micro-elements for our music video.
- We added effects to our video such as ghosting and black and white. These made our video look more professional. The ghosting effect slowed down Josh B's hand movements and made them in time with the beat, which went with Goodwin's Analysis, point 3.
- One of the planning strategies we used was the storyboard. This took quite a long time to plan and draw every single different scene in order on the different squares. We didn't follow the plan much either, as we didn't finish it.
- We used YouTube to research some music videos and pick up some tips and gain inspiration for our own project. One of the issues we had with YouTube was the problems with copyright, and not being allowed to post their videos on our blog.
- We used Blogger to put all of our research in a place where we could read it easily and keep it all in 1 place. The pro's of this were that we had no boundaries of what we could post. It was a central place where we could bring together digital examples of our research and planning and present it in a coherent form. However, when we had a lot of posts on the blog and wanted to find an older post, we had to search the older posts by going back lots of pages, which sometimes took a while. Navigation was tiresome.
- The Internet is absolutely vital to our project because it is the root of all research with websites such as YouTube, Blogger and Google. Google did cause us some problems, however, as when we searched 'dripping' in Google images we were met with images of an inappropriate nude nature (By the way, we searched for work purposes. lol)
How has your understanding of real media conventions developed over the last two years?
Through our two years of studying media at sixth form college we have expanded our knowledge of media conventions.
The different conventions of a thriller are:
The different conventions of a thriller are:
- Narrative centres around a crime ie murder/theft/RAPE
- Mirco elements build up suspense e.g. creepy sound, camera shots, slowly reveal character
- Protagonist's floor is exploited by the antagonist
- Themes of identity are common e.g. mistaken identity
- McGuffin (false clue) optical illusions gives misleading clues - mystery
- Voyeurism e.g. objectifying of female characters
- Enigmas at the opening then further complications are added throughout - only resolved at the end
- Leaves viewer with questions
- Dark surrounding like a graveyard
- Involves the supernatural - ghosts, vampires
- Mise en scene is dark - clothes
- Vulnerable females who play a large role
- Camera angles make characters seem vulnerable or powerful
- Dark music to add suspense
- Usually has a narrative storyline
- Edited to the beat of the song
- Relationship between music and video
- Relationship between lyrics and video
- Some genres have a performance based video like rock and stage performance
- The camera sells the artist - close ups
- Notion of looking
Essay Plan- question 1
How has your understanding of real media conventions developed over the last two years?
Introduction - Explain what we have done over the last two years (Thriller opening sequence, opening sequence and Music Video). Give a brief explanation about conventions (e.g. Editing) and explain why it is important that we have this knowledge.
Paragraph 1 - This paragraph will include examples of how we gathered knowledge about how and where conventions we used, for example vertigo film opening has; a crime at the core of the narrative (often murder, but not necessarily), a complex narrative structure, with false paths, clues and resolutions, a narrative pattern of establishing enigmas which the viewer expects to be resolved (From blog from Tanya) etc
Paragraph 2 - While planning we thought about the different thriller conventions needed to create a successful opening of our own =WHAT MAKES A THRILLER??
Paragraph 3 - How we applied conventions to our narrative, shots and editing e.g. random shots and muddled editing to hide the identity of character and their location and give an uneasy atmosphere
Conclusion- How conventions helped us to create an effective film opening and why?? -audience can identify that its a thriller, mystery keeps them watching,
Introduction - Explain what we have done over the last two years (Thriller opening sequence, opening sequence and Music Video). Give a brief explanation about conventions (e.g. Editing) and explain why it is important that we have this knowledge.
Paragraph 1 - This paragraph will include examples of how we gathered knowledge about how and where conventions we used, for example vertigo film opening has; a crime at the core of the narrative (often murder, but not necessarily), a complex narrative structure, with false paths, clues and resolutions, a narrative pattern of establishing enigmas which the viewer expects to be resolved (From blog from Tanya) etc
Paragraph 2 - While planning we thought about the different thriller conventions needed to create a successful opening of our own =WHAT MAKES A THRILLER??
Paragraph 3 - How we applied conventions to our narrative, shots and editing e.g. random shots and muddled editing to hide the identity of character and their location and give an uneasy atmosphere
Conclusion- How conventions helped us to create an effective film opening and why?? -audience can identify that its a thriller, mystery keeps them watching,
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