why i chose media studies

i chose media studies to gain a insight into the media industry and in the future be able to obtain a media career with the qualification that i would have gained . Also i have taken other visual media courses.

Wednesday 30 March 2011

--Evaluation Question 6--

New technologies that have been used.
Cameras.

I have learnt how to use the cameras from recording to in camera editing aswell as camera skills such as pull focus, zoom and others etc etc

Youtuber.

I have learnt how to use you tube i have uploaded my video and i have also edited my video in youtube using annotations and speech bubbles.

I macs+ imovie

After using the iacs i have leant all about using them and exporting my video into the differnet formats and file sizes i also edited my video using imovie and editing using transitions and adding music to the film.

--Evaluation question 4--

The audience for my film will be anyone from the age 15 (it would be younger but the rating of the film is a fifteen)(refer to BBFC ratings post)above and below 90.
My audience would be the average man interested in fast cars, motorcycles the odd sport here and shops at Sainsbury's with music such as R.E.M., Oasis, and various other popular music makers whilst watching cops with camera' and comedy panel shows such as Never mind the Buzzcocks . there with a hint of thrill seeker but with a sensitive side on which he can reflect on the greater aspects of life and the film.the explorer or reformer class of rubicam and youngs audience hieirachy whose core need is for discovery and enlightenment.

--Evaluation Question 3--

---A production company is a company that produces films this consists of studios and the preparation of the film. A production company could be like universal studios. a place wherefilms are made and produced.
---A Distributer is a company that distributer the film to both the cinemas and the shops as well as ,nowadays, online sales.
--- A film like mine would most likely be founded from independent investors similar to the funding of the film 'the hurt locker'. That is because it is a relatively small film with only a few hugh action scenes thus requiring a smaller Budget.
----There have only been a few names that are mentioned at the beginning of the film which are the directors and actors (in my case the same person) this is because they are the most important and recognizable names in the films crew in my film i have also added the people that helped me this was because there was not that many people there for i could mention all the crew.
---Another film that is similar to mine institutionally would be the Hurt locker as that was also a small time film that went well at the box office, it also had a small budget which would be similar to my film, Albeit the location of our films will be totally different ,one in desert one in forest , the hurt locker had a rather small cast and crew this again would be the same as my film as for the release locations this would be everywhere at the same time but it will be in the cinemas for longer than the hurt locker (the hurt locker wasnt in cinemas for very long and almost went straight to DVD) so as to get more money.

Monday 28 March 2011

Premieire !

I have shown the completed film to the rest of the class(professional film critics) the film was percieved rather well, there was feedback that consisted of the subtitles of which it was too fast despite having plenty of time to read them they still disappeared quickly.

Film Finate (finished)

The filming is complete , the editing is complete and the sound track has now been added as well as credits and subtitles final film time is a little over 2 minutes. perfecto!

Sound track

The sound track is amazing grace i thought this would be ok as it was composed over 100 years ago which means its copyright would have been dispersesd therefore allowing me to use it. however i did have to ask permission from the owner of the video (from youtube) to use there video (music) in the construction of my video.--------Not Complete-------

Start of editing!

I will start editing this will be fairly easy as i made sure that most of the scenes were simple one take things. I mainly just cut down the length of shots and put a darkend halo around the out side of each flash back to signify the flashback, as well as a few fade outs and a dissolve to show present time.





Filming completed!

final part of filming completed! this consisted of some shots walking through the forest and under the bridge and walking up the hill, =finally i also managed to film the scope scene which was done by holding the scope infront of the camera so the scope magnifies and puts a crosshair on the video.

Monday 7 March 2011

more filming completed

I have done a few more scenes including the scope scene and the present day scenes with only one more scene to do which is the scene where he creeps up behind someone.

More filming problems

On wednesday i attempted to do more filming, after getting ready i rode all the way past pucklechurch. I only had a few seconds of daylight to finish filming but after getting everything ready and turning the camera on i then realised that i had left the tape at home. Not Good.

The battery life of the camera was also a rather large problem as lasting only a few minutes is not very helpful the final problem is that i used my bike to film most of this film and now having sold the bike i will have to find alternative transport.

Wednesday 2 March 2011

Mood board !

Filming over the Holidays

Over the holidays i managed to film 2-3 scenes consisting of the 1st person running shot when the camera is being hand held i also filmed a further scene when its a shot of the soldier lying down with his gun