my band MUSIC VIDEO

Acusator are a 5 member unsigned band from southern England and hail from the town of Fareham, they have been in band for around three years and have had several public appearances in the Southampton and Portsmouth area. The venues in which the band has played live in front of an audience include clubs like the cellars and the joiners.  They are a thrash metal band who has released several songs on their Facebook and MySpace page which are avalible to download for free. They no long have drummer George Pickering (second from right) who has left the bad for personal reasons.

 

The band consists of:

. Bobby Brooks- vocals

. Michael Hanley- Lead guitar

. Alex Marsh- Guitar, vocals

.Simon Mcadden- bass guitar 

 

Acusator will be appearing in my music video to perform their first LP track ‘The pack’ which was released earlier this year and can be listened to on their official Facebook page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

music video idea

My music video is going to be a series of shots of the band playing. The video will start off with a wide shot of a set within the studio, the band will be at the back of the set with guns in there hands as if they have just finished shooting. In the foreground there will be people lying on the floor pretending to be dead bodies. The band members will throw their guns on the floor and pick up their instruments, the camera will pan towards the band through the dead bodies on the floor, and the guitarist will start playing and eventually be followed by the other band members as the song kicks in. then the rest of the video will be various shots of the band performing the song, the cutting between band members vary at different points in the song to compansate the different instruments playing. for example there will be a close up of the guitarist when the guitar solo is playing. once the song has finished the camera will pan back out following the same path it did for the intro and the people on the floor will pretend to come back to life as if they are zombies reanimating. the band will put down there instruments and pick up the guns again as if they are about to fight off the zombies, the camera will then dip to black and te video will end.

the video will be very dark in colour and will reflect the forboading sense that the song gives you as you listen to it. this will be acheived by having a black painted set and have very sharp lights on the band.

Multi Camera Evaluation

Multi Camera evaluation                                                                           Andrew Sharp




Talk show: Paranormal investigators
Our first show was a paranormal based discussion/talk show in which we had a professional medium come on the show to talk about her experiences. the show started with our host (Scott) introducing the basis of the show and then introducing the first guest  The show had a set which was split in two to accommodate a walkway in the centre in which our host and guests would walk through. There was a raised platform towards the back of the set in which a number of guests were placed who volunteered to speak out about their own experiences e.t.c. the set design was very well done on such short notice for our original plan didn't work due to a lack of material. The end result was a very dirty, grimy looking wallpaper with cobwebs and stains on the wall to make it seem more like a haunted house or just generally something creepy to suit the theme of the show. The set was designed by georgie mould who thought of the idea of using tea bags and ripped wallpaper to give the set its grimy look which worked extremely well in my opinion.

we had a bit of a tight schedule due to the change in idea late on so we had to work fast especially with booking a guest onto our show, we needed someone that we could consider a professional to come on and talk about paranormal activity for it is a rather loose subject which is subject to conspiracy. after several rejections and 'thanks but no thanks' replies from various local mediums and exorcists we finally booked our professional medium gilly H who was more than happy to come on and talk on our show. The pre production stage was a bit all over the place, we had debates over who was doing what but eventually scrapped a fair share of work between us (sort of). We then filmed a pre-recorded segment which would be put into our show which was a film of 8 people going on a 'ghost walk' around Royal Victoria Country Park which is supposedly haunted. The second pre recorded segment was our opening title sequence which was pictures of our guests and host edited into a background with the title eventually emerging at the end.

On the day we had between 2-3 rehearsals which all went relativity smoothly and we were confident that our show was ready. We all knew what our roles were, mine was a camera operator my job was to follow the host and capture his performance throughout the show. I didn’t have an incredible amount to do but I feel like I did enough to earn my PASS grade. The actually show itself didn’t run as smoothly as we would have hoped due to our V Ts not projecting properly causing us to retake a few shots. The show was an overall success and everyone agreed that we did well considering our late change of heart to do a paranormal based show. Our director very deservedly revived a Distinction grade; she was calm and reserved but was also very clear to what she wanted.


Improv show: Think fast

For our second show we knew straight away that we needed to have an idea and stick to it. We threw around a couple of ideas to start with for example me and Seb had the idea of a movie quiz based show and a couple others. we eventually decided that we would like to do an Improv based show due to the interest Tim had in a show called 'Thank god your Here' which puts people into scenarios in which they have to make up a character on the spot and be as funny as they can be. we had a clear early vision which was a high and I decided to take up the mantle as director for Tim wanted the role as floor manager (he was first choice as director) we had a lot of meeting to discuss mainly the set design of our Improv show, we had the idea to have several sets within our show which would be sectioned off into three or four. We decided to have two sets with a walkway through the middle so that our host could come through the centre and then when it was time for the first scenario the cameras would track over to the left or right to capture the action. We knew what improvisers we wanted as seb who does acting at the local theatre suggested them and stressed that they would be a good choice. 

we had a bit of controversy when I made the decision to step down as director for I didn’t feel like I had a good grip on the concept of the show and didn’t have the drive to boss people about and overlook everything that's going on. This was entirely my decision and we quickly discussed it together and georgie took up the role of director and we had a good few days of intensive work done in which need catching up on. We then had another issue when I couldn't reach our actors and we had no other actors to play the scripted parts. Shortly after our designated painter dropped out meaning we had yet another thing to sort out. We had too many meetings and didn’t focus on what really needed doing. We had a lot of conflict between us and didn’t talk and some of us didn’t show up to college which messed up the show for most of us. We had a big heart to heart meeting to discuss what had gone wrong, this did temporarily cause even more falling out between us but we just gritted our teeth together and got on with it. The threat that our show would be pulled if we didn’t produce it in two days really got people to start working together again.

The show itself was so by the skin of our teeth that it can only be seen as a work of art. i had the tricky job of lighting and sound so I was busy and effectively didn’t stop for two days. i had a pretty solid lighting plan for our show which required a quite complex format because I had not only to light one set but three all at different points in the show. On top of this we had no time for a full rehearsal so the actual show itself was a big risk for me. Also on the sound side we had a problem with our lapel microphone (tie mic) for our host which were giving back too much feedback and eventually didn’t work. To accommodate this I had to set up a shot gun mic literally at the last minute to make sure we had some form of sound to compensate the lack of lapel microphones. We had a mic in the centre to capture the whole set which also meant we could hear what was going on in the gallery. The show was such a gamble and worked incredibly well it was just as good as we hoped it would be before we were put on the edge of being cancelled. I am very proud that we pulled off this very ambitious show and it is a huge bonus to hold the mantle as the lighting and sound operator on the best Multi camera show of the year.  

  

Razorlight Wire to Wire

i chose this video because it is a very symbolic one. it catches the serious undertones of the song with a clever execution.
.i filmed over a time period of 4 days with the addition of cgi in post production.

Press Pack evaluation

Press pack evaluation


For my press pack I did both a promotional poster and a behind the scenes magazine interview to help promote my thriller film. The reason I chose to do a poster is because it seemed like the best, traditional way to help promote a film. Also I had recently heard about minimalistic style posters which are simplistic designs with not much detail which is designed to tease the audience by showing an iconic image from the film. For example a poster for the popular ‘Lord Of The Rings’ films contained a yellow circle in the middle of a blank page which fans would immediately know as being the iconic ring from the films. I felt that the poster was the perfect style to what I imagined, a simple yet revealing poster that captures the imagination of the film within it. The font used was one I found from a website called ‘dafont’ which is a database of fonts of all shapes and sizes, it came in very useful when deciding what I want to use for my title especially. Ironically the font I used as the title was called distorted and of course the name of my thriller film is ‘Distortion’. The font was perfect aswell and captured the gritty look and mysterious feel that the film is all about.

I always had the intention to do a promotional poster for my thriller, On the other hand I didn’t always have the intention of doing a behind the scenes magazine interview though I was persuaded after analysing  couple of professional film magazines. As I discussed in task 1 of the assignment the magazine interview had to most of all look the part to be taken seriously. It had to have the correct layout in order to keep the reader interested and prevent them changing the page or becoming bored ect. The page needs to have the right amount of writing, in some cases it can be spaced out to make it look like less. My behind the scenes magazine interview contained a moderate sized amount of writing which ultimately took up a lot the page. It needed this to make the page more full and interesting. However it stood out a little bit too much on the page and possibly made it look too simplistic. Though the important part is the interview itself the layout and design are crucial to the success of the magazine.

The assignment on a whole was a useful way to promote my film, it helped me explore different ways in which you can promote a film and how they are done. I got to use the knowledge ive picked up from other films that have been promoted. Particularly when I discussed about how films use the internet and viral marketing campaigns to make little challenges for fans to promote a film. Viral marketing is a very interesting way of promoting a film because social networking sites and fan sites are so popular today its very to easy to keep interest alive. A good way of doing this is by doing the website for the press pack, though this is rather cliché when it comes to promoting a film. I didn’t do a website because it felt like all of the products would just be put into one department and it would act as a HQ for all the promotional attributes. It’s a better idea to use different types of promotional perks like a poster and a magazine interview because you can expand on just one area with all your perks in. the audio pod cast didn’t grab my interest either because were it is generally just a audio file you are limited to where you can put it and how your going to get people to listen to it, it seems like a long shot to put it on the internet because its unlikely to be found. The DVD cover design was possibly a good idea because it is similar to making a promotional poster, but with a little more detail, I decided to do a poster nonetheless because my new found fondness for minimalistic style posters. I did not do a video trailer because I like the whole secrecy surrounding the film which is reflected in both the magazine interview and most of all in my minimalistic style poster. All in all I am happy with the items I chose to do and I feel that they are a overall success

Media Jobs Task 4

the media industry is always trying to adjust its paramaters to make everything suitable and appropreate. for example the watershed, which is the name for a set time (after 9pm) in which television can start to show programmes with swaering or explicit content in without leagealy being sued. also in newspapers only so much swaring and nudity etc is allowed for certain papers, it has always been that there is a topless woman on page 3 of a lot of common newspapers.

the freedom of information act was brought in 2000 which creates a public "right of access" to information held by public authorities. If you are a public authority you have a legal obligation to provide information through an approved publication scheme and in response to requests. there was recently a lot of speculation on what the government is up to whether it was what they were spending money on plus there was speculation as too the elected members of parliment (MP's) spending tax payers money on unnessasariy things. the freedom of information act gives the media and therefore the public more insight into current government affarires and also states that they have the right to know what goes on in there goverment and public authorities. people can use the act to find out about a problem facing your community to see how effective a policy has been, to find out about the authorities spending and to genrally see if an authority is doing what it says it is. this means the media can post news or shows about used to be sectret government issues which gives the public a lot more control.

Media censorship has been greatly exercised in our day and age, because of its highly revealing content that can infuriate those it may offend, or influence others by its immoral message. There is always some kind of censorship involved, especially in countries where it is strictly prohibited by the government or concerned agencies, that strive to keep viewing-audiences away from such material. Children and young adults are those that are greatly affected by the media, and censorship is something that needs to be regularized before this audience.

video instillation idea

 idea 1
 to show a normal day from start to finish what you go through. mainly to highlight small things you do which generally build up a day to show all the hidden pleasures that you would do without really thinking about it. such as waking up and stretching or sneezing which are usually dismissed or just done without a lot of conciousness but are considered to be nice. to do this i will film someone doing all the normal things during the day but highlight them and show them in a quick fire style with shot after shot back to back from the start of the day to the end of the day. i will not need any hard to get props or locations because my instillation video follows a normal day and will only require every day things such as food,drink and t.vs ect. i have a location avalible to use which is my own house which is suitable for the filming whenever.

idea 2
 to show  a number of people giving there opinions on the same film (or something else media related) and gauging the reactions to compare and show how different peoples opinions on the same thing varys. it can also be interepreated on a larger scale like politics or football e.tc i will have the different people sat in a chair and tell them a film, just to gauge there reactions and opions. i will use a still camera and place the different people in the same chair to make it as fair as possible to show that the only focus is the individual reactions and opinions. i will most proberly film this within the college to keep that official feel in terms of surroundings though it will not be relevant. i will chose possibly 3 diffrent films from different time periods to make it a varyed test.

BBC history research

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting house in the city of westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the united kingdom, channel islands  and isle of man.

The BBC is a semi-autonomous public service broadcaster that operates under a royal charter and a Licence and Agreement from the home secretary. Within the United Kingdom its work is funded principally by an annual television license fee, which is charged to all British households, companies and organisations using any type of equipment to record and/or receive live television broadcasts; the level of the fee is set annually by the british government and agreed by parliament.

Outside the UK, the BBC world service has provided services by direct broadcasting and re-transmission contracts by sound radio since the inauguration of the BBC Empire Service in December 1932, and more recently by television and online. Though sharing some of the facilities of the domestic services, particularly for news and current affairs output, the World Service has a separate Managing Director, and its operating costs have historically been funded mainly by direct grants from the British government. These grants were determined independently of the domestic licence fee and were usually awarded from the budget of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As such, the BBC's international content has traditionally represented – at least in part – an effective foreign policy tool of the British Government. The recent BBC world service spending review has announced plans for the funding for the world service to be drawn from the domestic licence fee.

The 1920s

The 1920s see the creation of the BBC as an insititution and as a broadcaster. John Reith, the BBC's founding father, moulds its ethos – to inform, educate and entertain – which still endures to this very day, setting the model for many other public service broadcasters. 

Radio quickly takes off with the British public in this decade, as listeners cluster around their crystal sets. Broadcast 'first' follows broadcast 'first' – from first news bulletin to first outside broadcast, from first royal address to the very first sound of Big Ben on the BBC. The BBC also faces its first major government confrontation over editorial independence, during the General Strike of 1926.

The 1930s

The BBC expands with real confidence in this decade, symbolically marked by the construction of Broadcasting House, the first ever purpose-built broadcast centre in the UK. 

Innovation follows innovation, as the BBC pioneers an ever expanding range of radio broadcasts across arts, education and news, launches the Empire Service (forerunner of the World Service), and experiments with the world's first ever regular TV service under John Logie Baird.

But World War II put a rapid stop to further development - the last broadcast before the shutdown was on 1 September 1939.
TV remained silent until 1946, and the BBC radio's national and regional programmes were replaced by the Home Service.And this was the face of British broadcasting until after the war, when normal services began to resume.

The 1940s

The outbreak of World War 2 brings a pivotal role for BBC radio (the TV service closes during this period). Winston Churchill makes his famous inspirational speeches over the BBC airwaves, and BBC news becomes a lifeline for countless listeners in the UK and around the world, as the source of objective and independent journalism.

But Radio finds a lighter entertainment voice too -  through new music and variety formats; it launches some of its long-running programmes such as Woman's Hour and Book at Bedtime; and creates the groundbreaking Third Programme (later to become Radio 3).

The 1950s

This is the decade of television – triggered by the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, when 20 million BBC viewers watch the young queen crowned. Subsequent television innovations include Attenborough’s Zoo Quest, Blue Peter for children, the creation of daily news bulletins and analysis programmes such as Panorama, and the first ever British TV soap.

Radio in turn brings memorable comedy, the lyrical and unique Under Milk Wood, and the longest running radio soap drama in the world, The Archers.

The 1960s

This decade sees the confident expansionism of BBC TV and Radio, symbolised partially by the building of the first ever purpose-built TV centre in the world. From here come groundbreaking social drama (The Wednesday Play), sweeping adaptations of the classics (The Forsyte Saga) and the anarchic comedy of Monty Python's Flying Circus, while on BBC radio pop music is reinvented by the birth of Radio 1.

This era also witnesses momentous technological breakthrough, as the nation gasps at pictures of man on the moon and observes the transition to new colour television.

The 1970s

The 1970s see yet more evolution in BBC broadcasting. Morecambe and Wise make the whole nation laugh, while The Family shows us ourselves as never before in the first fly-on-the-wall documentary, and Attenborough continues to reveal the natural world in new and revelatory ways. Drama expands to span both the dark and the literary, from Dennis Potter to the BBC Shakespeare Project. 

New broadcast partnerships include the BBC's link with the Open University, which breaks new ground in universalising education.

The 1980s

A war-torn world gives a renewed focus to the BBC, whether reporting the Falklands War or mounting the groundbreaking Live Aid concert. Meanwhile, one of the largest TV audiences ever is recorded for Charles and Diana's wedding, television finally colonises the House of Commons and even our breakfast tables, and the BBC launches its most popular TV soap of all time, EastEnders.

There is a serious rift with the government over editorial independence, this time around the Northern Irish issue - probably the most serious since the General Strike of 1926.

The 1990s

BBC enters the digital age in this decade, developing a range of digital broadcasting and internet services. As it makes this transition, traditional genres are continually refreshed. Andrew Davies's Pride & Prejudice captivates the nation, Only Fools and Horses makes us laugh, and Teletubbies transforms programming for young children on a global scale.

News goes 24 hours, Princess Diana dominates the documentary headlines and, by the end of the decade, 19 million people will watch her funeral.

The 2000s

This decade is the digital decade, as the BBC responds increasingly to audiences' need to have programme content 'anytime, any place, anywhere'. The IBBC iPlayer launches successfully at the end of 2007, enabling viewers in the UK to catch up on programmes screened over the previous seven days. The BBC website grows exponentially, receiving an average of 3.6 billion hits per month.

The BBC is increasingly global – its coverage of the 2008 Olympics available on TV, radio, online and by mobile phone. Its popular programmes, such as Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing, become universal hits.

creating advertisment campaigns TASK 2: reserch

Marketing for films has changed drastically in the past few years with the extensive use of websites and viral campaigns online. It’s now very easy to find out details about your favourite upcoming film simply by typing it into the internet and look at all the small teases that are posted on either official or fan websites. The film that I think uses the best form of marketing is upcoming action thriller 'The Dark Knight Rises' (due to be released July 20^th). It has used all sorts of different build up marketing to promote the film and keep the excitement alive with fans. In May 2011, the film's official website was launched, introducing a viral marketing campaign similar to the one used to promote ‘The Dark Knight’ back in 2007-8. When the website was opened, an encrypted audio file played the noise of what has been described as chanting. When the audio file was decrypted, it gave a link to the film's official Twitter account. For every person who commented on the Twitter account, a pixel was removed from the webpage, eventually revealing the first official image of new villain of the film Bane. There was a teaser trailer released in July 2011 almost exactly a year before its release date. Since the first trailer was released there have been various images and set pictures released in tie with the film. However the first trailer annoyed a lot of the fans because it contained minimal footage from the actual film and in the trailer one of the characters ‘Commissioner Gordon’ (Gary Oldman) is very hard to understand which confused a lot of fans. This problem also occurred in the second released trailer where new nemesis ‘Bane’ is even harder to understand which caused a massive online debate. There was a wave of fan sites talking about concerns over banes voice and whether or not director Christopher Nolan was aware that this could ruin the film for a lot of people. There was a lot of speculation on fan sites as to what the plot of the third and final Christopher Nolan batman film would be, as in the comics Bane is known for breaking Batman’s back. This hype was increased when an official  poster was released featuring Bane walking away from a broken Batman mask with the caption ‘The Legend Ends’ which made people even more certain that the film would follow the comic story line of Bane ‘breaking the bat'.

The film has marketed itself very cleverly because in modern days you only need to release a small amount of information or a small rumour will start and the fan sites will do the rest especially on massively anticipated films such like ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. If a rumour starts the many fan sites will post stories and articles related to this rumour which will pass from one website to another and practically building more excitement by its self. All you need to do today to find out who is the latest actor to be cast in your favourite upcoming film is to go onto one of the fan sites and read the latest post. It’s that easy. Although this can most possibly lead to giving away too much of the film already which has become a likeliness in recent film releases. Some people like to be kept in the dark about films until they finally see them. The dark knight rises have kept pretty tight lipped about there film and most of the main actor’s and actress’s are sworn to a contract of secrecy meaning they will have to consult the director on what they can and cannot say about the film prior to its release. Seven months Before the second instalment of the Christopher Nolan directed batman films ‘The Dark Knight’ was released a 6 minute prologue was released and available to watch before screenings of ‘I am Legend’ in 2008.  A six-minute prologue of The Dark Knight Rises was attached to the release of IMAX prints of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in 2011, again approximately seven months before release. Critical reaction to the prologue was positive, one critic commenting that "no one gets to make a film on this kind of scale anymore. Except for Christopher Nolan," though a round-up of reviews highlighted the way many critics found Tom Hardy's dialogue very difficult to hear. The film then released a third trailer and several character posters in the last two months before the release in order to wet fans appetites before the film is finally released. The third trailer showed a lot more footage from the film and even featured key characters speaking, for example Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) talking a lot in detail about new villain Bane (Tom Hardy) who also has a couple of lines in the trailer.

 The Dark Knight Rises is not the only upcoming film to use effective marketing campaigns to promote their film. Upcoming sci/fi thriller Prometheus has also used the internet to their advantage to reach their audience. Prometheus is the first film to actually have a trailer FOR a trailer. Before the release of their first official teaser trailer the producers brought out 3 20 second long build up trailers counting down the days before the release of the main trailer. This is a very outrageous and inventive way of promoting a film. I feel that giving away too much of a film before its release is too not a good way of promoting and is in a way spoiling fans too much. It seems with the growing ‘army’ of fans on the internet wanting to know about new releases ASAP it is taking away a lot of the anticipation altogether, who wants to walk into a cinema knowing already half of what is going to happen? Viral online marketing is a very effective way of winning over fans but is possibly not good for when the film is released due to fear of giving away too much.

magazine article video instillation

video instillation's are a massively popular on the Internet right now, from classic videos from 70's art giant Andy Warhol to modern day students showing us what they can do with there state of the art ideas. some of the modern interpatations are very impressive with cutting edge cameras recording at super high definition all compiled into some beautiful inspiring videos. some are generally made for pure viewing pleasure and some are obscure performances that symbolise various different points. the two artists I have chosen are 1. the very popular 'College Humour' videos which have a few videos dedicated to the their obsession with slow motion (slow-mo) they are so interesting and modern that they get millions of views on you tube. the other is Sam Taylor wood, his videos consist of natural occerences such as death and highlight them in a sort of haunting but mesmerizing way. because there is such a buzz for video instillation's i took the time to watch some of them and i have managed to choose between just two different online artists and narrow it down to 2 of my favourites by each of them:



College Humour: 6 minutes of stuff getting destroyed in super Slow-Mo.
this video instillation (just type it into you-tube its quite popular) is a very interesting one that can appeal to just about anyone. there is not really a target audience or it doesn't really send a direct message to anyone trying to prove a point. it shows (as the title suggests) various 'stuff' getting broken and smashed to pieces in slow motion simply for the audiences viewing pleasure..or is it? At the start of the video there is a caption which reads 'the fourth dimension'. maybe this video instillation is to show us the invisible world in which our ordinary eyes are unadjusted too and therefore unable to see. its an interesting way of changing what we think about normal things, it raises simple, but interesting questions that make you think there is more going on than what the eye can see. slow motion (slow mo) is mainly acheived by using speacial cameras which can capture a film and time stretch it which slows down the frame rate without loosing much quality.

Sam Taylor Wood: still life.this instillation consits of a bowl of fruit on a table. nothing more, nothing less. the video is the complete opposite to the college humours obsession with slow motion for this video is sped up to show the deterration of the fruit over a period of time. it is possible set over a few days thought the video is only 3:18 it gives you a very fast interpration of the rotting and decaying of the fruit. this is another time stretch method which, by focusing the camera in a specific spot makes it seem like the deteriation is happening in real time. this video is designed to give you an idea of how things are broken down which can be interpreated into the symbolisum of the fruit beging broken down represents the mind and how it can be worn down. there are a lot of interesting comments on the video to suggest what i means one is that it represents the deteriation of life itself and how time and death are inevitable and happen fast. it is most certainly an interesting video and is vauge enough that you can make your own assumtions.

sam taylor wood: hysteria.
This video doesent focus as much on the clever video effects like time stretch or slow motion but is more on a statement that the subject in video is giving. the woman in the video is in a blank room on her own laughing throughout the entire video. there is a single close up shot throughout which ocasionally follows the subject as she stumbles around laughing to herself. it is unclear to what she is laughing at or why she is, its a very unusual and in some cases unearving video because of the farfeched simplicity to it.

Creating advertising campaigns TASK 1: Responding to the brief

The two items i have chosen to market my film are the promotional poster the behind the scenes magazine interview.
for the promotional poster i have to make sure everything is perfect to get across what my film is about, without giving away too much detail. i have to cover
.what genre it is
.who is the target audience
.what its about
i also have to make sure it is interesting to the viewer and eye catching. i am going to keep to the codes and connventions of a thriller poster, which means dark colours and a rough text to give it some grittiness. this is the best way i feel in order to achieve the look im going for. the poster will obviously have to be relevent to the film (Distortion) and keep to codes and connventions. i am going to do a minimalastic style poster which could act as both a teaser poster and a third poster (after the release of the film) it will feature a signature image or symbol which is iconic to the what happens in my film. i will still make it noticeable as a poster for a thriller film by making it dark and gritty which incidently is relevent to the style of the film.

for my behind the scenes magazine interview i will need to make it detailed and give a in depth look at what happened in the process of making distortion. i will need images and interviews with cast, behind the scenes pictures and lots of interesting facts about the film. the perfect layout in the magazine article is essential, if it looks like a huge chunk of words the reader could get bored and not be as inclined to read on. i will need to space out my text appropriately across the page and surround it with images and subheadings to make it look like there is a lot going on on the page. i will make it look as proffesional as i can by following all these tips that i have found by looking at articles from top magazines such as EMPIRE and TOTAL FILM. the key aspect is to keep the reader interested and make them feel involved.

task 2&3 media jobs

Background artist (Extra)


a background artist or Extra is someone who is used during filming be it television, film or productional video. they are usually used as part of a crowd or a large number of extras will be hired to be in the background of a war scene in a film or to be random people drinking in a pub. they are not usually hired to have lines or do anything that will make them stand out incredibly much but are used to keep a film or TV show looking more like real life. the responsibilities of an extra vary very much depending on what is rerquired of them. sometimes there will be a large number of people doing the same thing e.g walking down a street or sometimes there might be a scene where an extra will be arrested or shot all depending on what is needed to make the scene. being an extra is very interesting because it is a wonderful experience and you can learn lots of things about filming and even acting. it can be a very hard or easy experience all depending on the film. Some extras have been known to be paid up to £15 an hour usually that is if they are only required once, however on low budget films when an extra will be needed for a substansionaly more amount of scenes the pay may be less to compensate the budget. the word extra is generally just the standard way of explaining an extra but the full professional name is background artist which does help people feel more important and involved and is more accurate and needs less explanation. Casting criteria for background actors depend on the production. Becoming a background actor often requires little to no acting experience; punctuality, reliability and the ability to take direction may figure more prominently than talent.There are several casting agencies that specialize only in background work. When hiring background actors, casting directors generally seek out those with specific "looks" that will contribute to the ambiance desired for the film, for instance, "high school students", "affluent senior citizens", etc. Casting directors may also look for background actors that possess special skills needed for the scene, such as roller blading or dancing. In the United States, most major film and television productions used to fall under the jurisdiction of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) or AFTRA. The two unions have merged into Sag-Aftra. The UK equivalent for actors is called Equity. However, on films in the UK the majority of background actors work under agreements negotiated by the Film Artists Association (FAA Division of BECTU).


SAG-signatory producers are allowed to hire non-union background actors after a certain number of SAG performers have been cast; non-union background actors are usually paid the minimum wage. On productions outside of union jurisdiction, payment for background actors is at the discretion of the producers, and ranges from union-scale rates to "copy and credit" (i.e., no pay). Those producers who do not pay their actors may be in violation of state and federal laws about minimum wage for a job.
Between 1946 and 1992, background actors in film and television were largely represented by the Screen Extras Guild. SEG was disbanded on 1 June 1992 and transferred its jurisdiction to SAG.




screen writers


screen writers write scripts that can be used  for  films or television programmes. they have to usually create a story themselfs or they can adapt on what someone else has done. Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are writers who practise the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media such as films, television programs, comics or video games are based.Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to become a professional screenwriter but good storytelling abilities are required. Screenwriters are not hired employees, they are contracted freelancers. Most, if not all, screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation (spec), meaning they write without being hired or paid for it. When such a script is sold, it is called a spec script. What separates a professional screenwriter from an amateur screenwriter is that professional screenwriters are usually represented by a talent agency. Also, professional screenwriters do not work for free often, an amateur will often work for free and are considered writers "in training". Spec scripts are usually penned by unknown professional screenwriters and amateur screenwriters. There are a legion of would-be screenwriters who attempt to enter the film industry but it often takes years of trial-and-error, failure, and gritty persistence to achieve success.

Every screenplay and teleplay begins with an idea, and screenwriters use those ideas to write scripts, with the intention of selling them and having them produced.The majority of the time, a film project gets initiated by a screenwriter and because they initiated the project, the writing assignment exclusively becomes his or hers. These are referred to as "exclusive" assignments or "pitched" assignments. Screenwriters who often pitch new projects, whether original or an adaptation, often do not have to worry about competing for assignments and are often more successful. When word is put out about a project a film studio, production company, or producer wants done, these are referred to as "open" assignments. Open assignments are more competitive. In situations where screenwriters are competing for an open assignment, more established writers will usually win these assignments. A screenwriter can also be approached and personally offered a writing assignment.Video game writing is also considered to be a form of screenwriting. Some film and television writers also work in this industry. screen writers get paid either in advance to writing a script or they can forfit thier script as an investment if a film is succesful once the script is made into a film.

i have decided to do a minimalistic style poster because of the unique look they give and they are Do-able with almost any design. The artist tends to take something iconic from the film and uses it in the poster as an instantly recognisable feature, what may look like an everyday item is usually something iconic from the film, for example the box in seven, those who havent seen it, its just a box, for everyone else its something else.

 

PRINT

equiptment needed in order to screen print:

.Apron: materials can stain clothes so an apron is a high nessaserity when screen printing.

.Pallett knife: used for mixing acrillic paints and to scoop out emoltion to then place onto a scoop. it has a flexible steel blade which makes it have more movement and therefore easier to use on thick liguids.




.Screen: you apply the emulation to the screen which sticks and forms a film of wet emotion across the screen.




.Squeegee: a squeegee is used to spread ink or emulsion across a print screen it is a useful tool that enables you to spread emulsion without touching the substance and staining.( squeegee's can be used for various other procedures too ) 



.Photosensitive emulsion: photosensitive emulsion is a substance used in screen printing, it hardens when exposed to an ultraviolet light (from a light box) in order to get screens ready for printing a coat of emulsion is applied over it and then dried. once applied The emulsion cannot dry in the light and therefore must be kept in the dark for up to 24 hours. once it has dried it is applied to the light box and an ultraviolet light is beamed onto it. this makes the substance insoluble and hard. after this the screen is washed with water in order to rinse of an unhardened emulsion.






.Acrylic Paints: acrylic paints are the final paints in which you want to use on your screen, you choose colour, texture and other things which suit your needs for your end result. for example you may need to mix together colours in order to get the one you want.









.Drying rack: this is simply for putting your finished image onto so that the ink can dry and it will not run or drip anymore.

.Light box:  this is a large unit in which beams an ultraviolet light onto a screen and fuses your image onto the mesh screen by hardening the emulsion around the image and leaving the area of the image unexposed. first you must get your image ready on your screen, it is a useful tip to turn on the light box 30 minutes before use so that the light in side can build up and reduce the actual time it takes to work. once the glass is cleaned you close the lid and turn it on by turning the dial to the on button and let it heat up. once it has heated up we place our image (positive film) onto the glass facing down towards the light we then place our mesh screen on top of the image. now you have to close it and lock it by connecting the two locks on either side. we then press the vacume button and wait untill it gets flat. once it is on you can check the ultraviolet light by looking underneath the box and you will be able to see a blue light. next make sure its on 240 light units then it will count down the units to 0.

poster analysis PICKUP

the poster achieves all aspects of image, font and syle that you would expect to see from a thriller poster. the dark red spooky font which almost looks like it is smudged  adds to the mystery surrounding the poster and suggests things like the writing is old and secret. the images are dark and creepy, there is the island which is surrounded by sea which shows the isolation of it. the island is also in the distance which makes it seem more and more remote. the main burst of colour anywhere on the page is on the fire coming from leonardo dicaprio's match which simbolises the light within the m,ain protagonist and makes him stand out even more on the page. it is also raining on the picture which adds to the dredd and thought of uncomfortableness on the island.

this poster is also very good at being recognised as a thriller. it too has a dark red font and a ''setting'' in the middle of the poster  (the house in which the film takes place). the writing is sort of in the same style as a typewriters but with a thick font to make it more forboading. the image of the house is surrounded by mountains and snow which really adds to the films sense of isolation and the thought of being trapped. the house also has light on inside which again symbolises the precence of the protagonist (paul sheldon). the thing that stands out most on the page is the title 'misery' which is right in the middle of the poster. the overtowering mountains build up and up to make the small cosy house seem more and more trapped, it is a very effective way of playing with claustrophobia and isolation.

this poster reflects mainly back on the story of the film. the main character and protagonist of the film has the largest picture on the poster (guy pearce) this immediently gives the audience the knowledge that guy pearce stars in this film. the images are show inside a printed picture and are lopsided on the page giving it an uncertain scruffy look. this reflects back again on the story of which guy pearce has trouble remembering and uses photographs to jog his memory. there are various pictures on top of each other showing both guy pearce and supporting actress carrie anne moss. the pictures get smaller and smaller and repeate as if they are never ending, this symbolises the loop of rememberoring and forgeting which happens a lot in the film. the title is wrtitten as if by a normal ink pen and seems scribbled on the page. this is done to relate to what guy pearce does in the film by writing on the pictures names and dates. this poster is iconic to the film in a lot of ways.

Editing Evaluation (children's drama)

Editing my children s drama was a fun and challenging new experience, using premier pro was a very useful and effective way of editing my children's drama. firstly I had to import my clips after changing them to a .MOV file (simply by changing the name). to import them I simply right click the page and press import and choose which file I want, this also works for audio files. I then had to arrange my clips into order which I had already named and place on the timeline. to cut the shots down I could simply press C which automatically puts the curser onto the cutting tool and I can turn back to the normal timeline tool (which allows me to move shots around the timeline) by pressing V. I then cut off bits of shots that we didn't need specifically and slowly reduced the film down to five minutes. after the show was watchable I then had to add in necessary effects like writing on the screen or freeze frames and the title sequence. to freeze frame a shot I had to cut off a small section of a shot (with the pose that I want for the still frame) and then I right clicked the shot and chose hold frame. This makes a freeze frame in which we used to introduce a character 'kingpin' in the story and once the freeze frame was finished the original footage resumes without jumping due to precise cutting.

 I went onto youtube and used 'youtube to mp3' and downloaded the sound tracks I needed for the different scenes (all copyright free). For example I used several sound effects like slapping,banging slaming to add into the film in order to give it a more cartoon like feel and more friendly for children. This also makes the film more vibrant and helps make certain scenes and shots seem more interesting with the introduction of a thumping sound when someone falls over e.t.c. After all the shots,freeze frames,sound effects and music files were put into order and cut so they sync appropriately with the footage, the film was only in need of a opening sequence and credits, these were both simple animations. I made a blank frame and added pictures and writing to make the title appealing. this is a very simple and useful option which I used effectively, I choose the 'Title' option on the tool bar and choose which font and size I want for my writing and then add it to the timeline where I want. The same was done with the credits, I chose the title option once again but instead of a still frame I chose a slide roll up so it looked like genuine credits. this payed off very well and gave the film a proffesional and satisfiying conclusion.

After several projects made on Premier Pro such as my thriller, children s drama and animation I had got the hang of using it to a much more full advantage, for when I made my children s drama I had not used the software before. When it came to editing my Final Major Project I already had enough experience to step up my game a little bit more. I has determined to make sure this film was not just shot put together with music slapped over it but a more professional looking piece of work. I did however follow the same basic format of adding clips into premier pro,cutting them down, adding music and then rendering it as a whole, however once I had the shots in place I wanted to make the film more visually appealing. to do this I thought about how the lighting was in each scene and chose the 'Brightness and contrast' option from the Visual effects bar and applied it to the shots, inside scenes I generally made darker to give it a more succumbed feeling and the outside shots I made sure weren't too bright. This gave the shots a different look and made it look a lot less like just ordinary camera footage, it also gave the film a different feel which seemed to work really well.

the other difference with my FMP was that it was shot with  Digital SLR which meant the quality of the pictures was much better than anything else ive done, this helped with making it look more 'Cinematic', it also made it clearer to see what parts were too over contrasted and what was too bright e.t.c.

thriller analysis

MISERY


the thriller i analised was misery which is a psychological thriller, it was realeased in 1990. it is a  film based on Stephen king's 1987 novel of the same name. it was directed by Rob Reiner and stars James Caan and Kathy Bates it is considered to be one of the best thrillers in the past 20 years.


the reason this thriller works so well and because it won so many awards was because of the realism and twisted characterisation that was portrayed during the film. the antagonist in the film Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) is one of most complex and iconic villains know to the genre, she keeps a calm and sweet attitude even when doing evil things. for example in one scene where Annie discovers that her handicapped captive Paul Sheldon (James Caan) has been out of his room when he is not allowed, she violently breaks his legs however whist calmly explaining to him why she is doing so. this strange combination which creates this character is extreamly effective and keeps the audience guessing what on earth she will do next, her unpredictability helps keep the suspense at a high throughout the films suspense filled scenes. the protagonist of the film Paul Sheldon is also quite a less typical character because he is a 'handicapped hero' and is almost compleatly at the mercy to the antagonist Annie.


camera work on misery is very typical of a thriller film. for example there is one scene where a huge amount of dramatic irony is used when Paul breaks out of his room to explore the house he is being held in only to be unaware that Annie is approaching the house on her way back from going to town. this is shown by cutting from person to person, first of Paul who is wondering about the house looking for an escape and of Annie driving back getting ever nearer. the closer Annie gets to the house the quicker the cutting is, until she is outside and Paul is finally aware she is approaching the cutting speeds up with shots getting shorter and shorts creating more and more tension. this really gets the audience anxious and makes you feel like you are in the situation yourself because it is so perfectly timed.

Codes and Connventions thriller

thrillers follow lots of specific codes and conventions but there is debate over what generally is a thriller. thrillers are known for keeping the viewer concentrating closely on the story and keep them guessing and wanting to though how the story unfolds. all of the most succesful thrillers are known for having strong narrative driven stories which require close attention from the audience, most directors take advantage of audiences who watch closely by throwing in plot twists which really is the bread and butter to a good thriller film. thrillers rely on a complex storyline that will force the viewers to stay engaged in the film, some thrillers for example 'Inception' are so complex you need to watch it twice in order to fully understand whats going on. allot of thrillers have aspects of other genres in them and expand further on the market. some examples of sub genre thrillers are:

. psychological thriller
. action thriller
. supernatural thriller
. spy thriller
. conspiracy thriller
these types of thrillers use aspects of other genres to make them relevant to the plot but usually follow the same camera angles,lighting that are in traditional thrillers. thrillers are know for making an audience think about what is going on, they can engage the audience mentally in order to scare them. for example if a killer is attacking people whilst they are asleep in bed, then the audience can relate to that and feel more involved emotionally. in order to scare people thrillers play on emotions, a lot of the time they use the fear of the unknown element and play it through the entire film with hints and twists to who or what is causing the disturbance.

camera work is used very effectively in successful thrillers which use pan and tracking shots most commonly. an example of this is the famous bank robbery scene in the dark knight where the camera follows the group at certain points. another frequently used shot which is most commonly used in thrillers is the close up which can work on a number of levels to show all kinds of emotions on a persons face. mainly to show mystery in the beginning of a film, the film Kill Bill uses this. in some action thrillers a long shot will be used to set the scene where the action will take place. high angles are used also to show a character having power, by the fact they are towering above the audience and example is on terminator when a high angle shot is used to show the terminator looking down on the camera. the colour in thrillers is usually a dark grey sort of colour but lighting can be used to add additional colours to sub genres and hybrids. for example if you have a sci-fi thriller there might be a hint of green in some places, as well as in thriller horror films there might be red in places.

thrillers editing styles are a key aspect to building suspense during the film. jump cuts are used during a fight scene for example to show small snippets of what is going on without giving away to much. a famous example of the use of small shots and quick cutting is the shower stab scene in psycho when it is obvious what is going on bit it is happening so fast it adds to the rush and terror of it all.

music is also a key aspect to emotions the audience feel when watching a thriller, for it helps with dred and suspense. in some cases the in a particularly scary scene that might be building up to an encounter with the antagonist of the movie, the sound will be silent. this is extremely effective in thrillers, especially if the encounter of the antagonist is going to make the audience jump because they where expecting it but they didn't know when it was coming. silence is most defiantly a strong convention for the thriller genre.

characterisation is a very important aspect in thriller films because we have to be emotionally attached to the protagonist so that when something bad happens we will feel engaged and worried. there are a large variety of antagonists and protagonists in thriller films, perhaps they vary most in thriller films for the story can involve an anonymous antagonist who of which the director has deliberatly made unclear to the audience who it is.this again realtes back to the structure of the complex plot points which thrillers use. characters in thriller films usually are realistic and believable as normal people, however they may not be what you expect and usually are unsuperior to the antagonist. a classic example of this is in the film 'misery' where out protagonist Paul is in wheelchair and is unable to walk due to him suffering from a car crash. the antagonist is possibly one of the most complex and unexpected in any thriller film to date, she helps Paul but at the same time keeps him prisoner in her own home due to the fact she is obssed with him. here is a list of heros (antagonists) found in thriller films:
. false hero (example Natalie on memento)
. handicapped hero (paul on misery)
. picaresque hero (james bond)
. unaware hero: someone who becomes involed by accident
. unreliable narrator (lenny on memento)
here is a list of the different types of antagonists found in thriller films:
. anti hero (catwoman)
. government (conspiercy thrillers)
.companies (conglomerates)
. handicapped villian.

quantitive & qualitative reasearch.

quantitative

advantages
supersize me (2004)
the doucumentry was uselful and was full of quantitaive reaserch, all of which are presented in very relatable and interesting ways to keep me watching. the advantages in gereall for quantitative reaserach is the accurasy of the data, facts that is presented in quantitative reasearch. supersize me uses many forms of quatitative reasearch and presents alot of them with short animations to keep it interesting. an example is when the presenter is talking about how may mcdonalds there are across the worls, there is a cartoon of a world map and mcdonalds sighns posted where they are across the world. also when thare is a survey about two girls aged 14 and 19 who where crinically obease, an animation was shown to show the two girls.

qualitative reasearch appears more towards the end and middle of the film when the results of his health is being revealed. they are mainly spoken by morgon spurlock the main character. he mentions about his headaches and depression whilst undergoing his 30 day mcdonalds trial. there is a mix of quantitative and qualitative reaserch in a short animation about the results once the challenge is over. its appears as writing explaing things such as
. his headaches
. his cholesteral level after the challenge
. his sex drive
. his depression
all are a mix of both quantitative and qualitative reaserach and are prented in an entertaing and engading fashion through cartoon annimation.


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