Tuesday 16 March 2010
Friday 23 October 2009
8 shot journey the task set
The task for the “8 shot journey was to create a sequence of shots. The aim was for your actor to start at a particular place and then go to another destination. For my video it was for Louis to get from a classroom where he got a phone call, and then it ended the traveller meeting a mate on a climbing frame in the park outside of college. The 8 shots would use a variety of different shots, varying from ECU to a W/S. First we had to create a storyboard of our 8 shots, knowing what we wanted each shot to look like and thinking about what shot types we wanted, also the movement of the traveller in each shot. In cinematography there is a term known as building blocks, this is the different stages of filming or producing videos. The order goes from 1 – 5.
Frame – This is a single cell of film
Shots – This is a continued strip of motion picture film
Scene – Part of the action that happens in a single location
Sequence – Number of a scenes which forms a distinct action
Movies and programmes – Entire bodies of work
So we had to create an 8 shot journey which would be made up of frames (25 frames per second) to make up each shot to create a scene which would end up being one short sequence and movie.
Frame – This is a single cell of film
Shots – This is a continued strip of motion picture film
Scene – Part of the action that happens in a single location
Sequence – Number of a scenes which forms a distinct action
Movies and programmes – Entire bodies of work
So we had to create an 8 shot journey which would be made up of frames (25 frames per second) to make up each shot to create a scene which would end up being one short sequence and movie.
Thursday 22 October 2009
"8 Shot Journey"
This is basically a brief overview of all my shots throughout my “8 Shot Journey”. My first shot is the traveller is sitting on a chair in a classroom and gets a phone call. After being on the phone he gets up and walks to the bin on his left to put something in it. This is then the edit point that will cut this shot to the next. The shot type on this shot is a MCU, this is so that you can see the person with decent detail, seeing what he is doing, and also a good amount of background included so people know where he is. The second shot is a CU of the bin and the traveller putting his rubbish in the bin. This again is the edit point, I chose this shot type so there’s a variety of shots. Also why I chose this shot type is because it suites the detail. You would want a wide shot of someone putting rubbish in the bin because you wouldn’t know what they were doing. This way you get good detail and information of what he is doing. The third shot is an O/S, this shot is the traveller opening the classroom door and turning left. You don’t see much in this shot, where is he going people are thinking? The forth shot is the traveller going down a long corridor then turning left at the end of a corridor. This shot type is a L/S. So you get the impression that the traveller is going somewhere quite a way away. The fifth shot is a low angled M/S, in this shot all you see is the feet of the traveller. He is on the way outside as you see him going through a fire exit. In the sixth shot you finally see the traveller outside, like all the shots before the traveller is walking, this suggests a slow tempo journey. I’ve used the depth in this shot using a bike wheels in the foreground and then the traveller in the mid ground and then in the back ground the building. The seventh shot has the traveller running up the steps, this shows a change in tempo of the journey, is he late? This shot is a W/S so you get a good amount of detail of where he is. The final shot is again the traveller running, he’s meeting a mate on a playground and he was a little late. This is again a wide shot so you can see the whole detail of the area of the shot.
If I were to do this again I would defiantly shorten the last shot as it goes on for some time. Other than that I think that my “8 shot journey” is fairly good. It may be a bit long but that shows a slow tempo to the “8 shot journey”.
If I were to do this again I would defiantly shorten the last shot as it goes on for some time. Other than that I think that my “8 shot journey” is fairly good. It may be a bit long but that shows a slow tempo to the “8 shot journey”.
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Radio Jingle notes
Jingle – What’s it for, who’s it for, Target audience – Vital young audience
Background music/ sound effects
Comp.gen.edited/ distinctive voices/ fast paced editing very complex
Include station
Codes and conventions of a radio jingle
Speech – clear and understand, articulate and give correct and relevant information
Sound effects – Appropriate for your target audience
Music – Recognisable and relevant for your target audience
Must identify station
Show promo – Name of the presenter use highlights of idea of what is in the show, past shows time the show is on.
News jingle – The name of the presenter, what news is going to be on the show.
Station Ident – a short sequence of music to get people to recognise your radio station.
Background music/ sound effects
Comp.gen.edited/ distinctive voices/ fast paced editing very complex
Include station
Codes and conventions of a radio jingle
Speech – clear and understand, articulate and give correct and relevant information
Sound effects – Appropriate for your target audience
Music – Recognisable and relevant for your target audience
Must identify station
Show promo – Name of the presenter use highlights of idea of what is in the show, past shows time the show is on.
News jingle – The name of the presenter, what news is going to be on the show.
Station Ident – a short sequence of music to get people to recognise your radio station.
Evaluation of 3 jingles
News Jingle
Station Ident
The aim of the task was to create three jingles which would be used to suite the Suffolk New College radio show, the three jingles were station identification, this would be used for a specific radio station, and this would be unique for this radio station. The next radio jingle was for a news station, this would be formal and very suitable for a news intro. The last jingle would be based on a station promo. This would be used to promote your show.
Things that went well in my jingles were that I thought I completed the task of the target audience, the music and sounds I used I personally thought they would suite a student ages group. Also I thought that I completed the station identification very well, the use of music chosen was a good choice. The way in which I got my music and sounds went very well too, this was because al of the music I used was of my phone, so all I needed was my adapter and could successfully add music to my computer to use.
There were many things in my jingles that didn’t go very well; I didn’t complete the full task as a result of this. The programme we used on the Macs was very poor, for me personally the programme kept randomly closing and freezing, as a result of this the file either closed without saving or just corrupted; this was very annoying as I had to start all over again about three times. This wasn’t just the case for me; I found that this happened to a few other people. I didn’t use my time correctly either, this was a bad thing because I spent way too long on a specific jingle and then had to rush the other two, and with the programme crashing it gave me not long to do two jingles.
There are many other devices I used to get my jingle working, for additional voices on top of the sounds I used the built in microphone on the Macs. This was very helpful as I didn’t have the nuisance of changing the formats and everything just to put it onto the programme.
An overview of the assignment would be that I didn’t use my times wisely, and would space my time out for each jingle. Also if I was to do this assignment again I would not use the programme (Soundbooth) on the Macs. This is because the programme kept crashing and I have used more and better programmes that do the same job and I know the layout of those programmes, maybe I could say that the lack of experience of the programme could be a reason for not a great set of jingles.
I thought that the best jingle of my 2 was the station identification; this was because I put the most effort into this one due to it being more interesting. I would defiantly do the harder jingles first if I was to do this again so that I give myself more time of those ones. Or I would create a timetable so that I can keep to a set period for each jingle.
Station Ident
The aim of the task was to create three jingles which would be used to suite the Suffolk New College radio show, the three jingles were station identification, this would be used for a specific radio station, and this would be unique for this radio station. The next radio jingle was for a news station, this would be formal and very suitable for a news intro. The last jingle would be based on a station promo. This would be used to promote your show.
Things that went well in my jingles were that I thought I completed the task of the target audience, the music and sounds I used I personally thought they would suite a student ages group. Also I thought that I completed the station identification very well, the use of music chosen was a good choice. The way in which I got my music and sounds went very well too, this was because al of the music I used was of my phone, so all I needed was my adapter and could successfully add music to my computer to use.
There were many things in my jingles that didn’t go very well; I didn’t complete the full task as a result of this. The programme we used on the Macs was very poor, for me personally the programme kept randomly closing and freezing, as a result of this the file either closed without saving or just corrupted; this was very annoying as I had to start all over again about three times. This wasn’t just the case for me; I found that this happened to a few other people. I didn’t use my time correctly either, this was a bad thing because I spent way too long on a specific jingle and then had to rush the other two, and with the programme crashing it gave me not long to do two jingles.
There are many other devices I used to get my jingle working, for additional voices on top of the sounds I used the built in microphone on the Macs. This was very helpful as I didn’t have the nuisance of changing the formats and everything just to put it onto the programme.
An overview of the assignment would be that I didn’t use my times wisely, and would space my time out for each jingle. Also if I was to do this assignment again I would not use the programme (Soundbooth) on the Macs. This is because the programme kept crashing and I have used more and better programmes that do the same job and I know the layout of those programmes, maybe I could say that the lack of experience of the programme could be a reason for not a great set of jingles.
I thought that the best jingle of my 2 was the station identification; this was because I put the most effort into this one due to it being more interesting. I would defiantly do the harder jingles first if I was to do this again so that I give myself more time of those ones. Or I would create a timetable so that I can keep to a set period for each jingle.
How the images were created
An image is created onto photographic paper because of light conditions and exposure timings. The brighter the area is that you are capturing the image from, the shorter length of time you are going to need to exposure your pinhole for. Therefore the darker the area you are using, the longer you will have to leave the camera to expose for. This is because of the photographic paper takes longer to capture the when it is darker, therefore it take a short exposure time to capture the image when in a bright area. So if you were to capture an image outside it would take a short time due to the brightness being very bright. My images took about 30 seconds when capturing outside. But when capturing images it took a lot longer, some took about 20 minutes.
To calculate our F.stop distance we had to do a calculation
Focus length 72
------------- = F.stop --------- = 90
aperture 0.8
Therefore interier shots should be about 30 minutes and outerier should be about 30 seconds
To calculate our F.stop distance we had to do a calculation
Focus length 72
------------- = F.stop --------- = 90
aperture 0.8
Therefore interier shots should be about 30 minutes and outerier should be about 30 seconds
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