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- Jesse Michealangelo Anim
- JMA The Jesse Michealangelo Anim. Member of DopeBoyz Student At Barking Abbey Studying Media Studies,Photography , Business and ICT. I Enjoy socialising with people either over the internet or physical, I am a very odd person but in a good way ive been told lol! The guy with the Hightop they call me ;) Im Currently in Year 12. Blackstar Ghanaian Not your average type. Im on some next hype, I Love to Enjoy my life..CHRISTIAN 4 LIFE! Im looking forward to Passing Media Studies with a Banging Grade Want to Know More Just Get At Me ;) jmichealangelo@hotmail.co.uk
Friday 11 March 2011
Thursday 10 March 2011
Question 6
This work was a success I gained so much experience and learnt new things.
The kind of technologies I used was very new to me here are the ones we used as a group: Camera canon XAHI
Clapperboard
Tripod Libec SL200
Portable Battery
Camera bag
Lens Cap
These were all involved for the camera mainly the actual camera had various functions on it. The main things I learnt was
I worked with the camera the whole way through the sequence. Personally I faced a few difficulties but I managed to sort it out with the help of my partners. Also one thing I learnt which sounded very simple was inserting the tape into the camera.
There is a direct direction that I had to put the tape in I managed to accomplish that each time I had to set the camera up.
The use of the clapper board I was involved in a few times. I discovered that the use of the clapperboard was extremely important and it really made everything easier when it came to editing because knowing what scene and shot it was made it quicker to pick which clip we wanted to use in the whole sequence.
From experience it got quite annoyed using this too but after all I noticed that it was extremely useful. The director and me used the clapper board the mostly.
Tripod Libec SL200 was at the start of the work very difficult and irritating for me especially on a balanced level. There were certain steps I had to follow
To set up the tripod correctly and to make sure everything was safe.
It was to release the legs of the tripod and extend them to my upper chest height to make sure when I was filming it was comfortable and secure.
There was a little hook with a string attached to the bottom which I kept forgetting to take off and back on when I had to pack up but after a few weeks of practice
I mastered to get the setting up of the tripod right. The main purpose of the tripod was to keep the camera in a steady position and it worked because when I was holding the camera and recorded a test shot it came out correctly were as when I was holding the camera and recorded the shot it was very shaky which made it look more unprofessional and raw.
Inserting the camera unto the tripod was also sometimes difficult because it was either you had to slide it on from the back or you slide it on from the front.
The Camera Canon XAHI there were also steps I had to follow to have everything secured firstly had to take out the portable battery and insert it into the battery hole in the back of the camera. Then take off the Lens Cap.
I put the tape in and turn the camera unto Mode [A]. Once all this was accomplished I had to do a sound check and see if the levels on the camera were correct.
It has pick up sound from the boom and not the built in camera.
When it came to sound there was a few equipment that was brought through these were : Boom pole
Sennheiser microphone
Windshield system.
In the case of windshield system we didn’t make any use of it but we got to practice how to use it for future use. The purpose is to distract most of the wind noise out of the sound of recording so that when I was to play it back I wouldn’t hear any wind noses with it. The Sennheiser microphone was pretty easy to set up with screwing it unto eachother. The separate microphone was to catch the sound better and clearer because the built in microphone doesn’t have as much power compared to the Sennheiser microphone.
Then the Boompole is used to attach to the shield which is around the microphone.
It pulls out 3 times its size, We faced problems like setting it up in the orderly way but figured it out after making use of it a couple of times. And also when we as recording we had vacuum noise in the background which was distracting our noise that we wanted to catch so every time the vacuum noised stopped we recorded straight.
The headphones was there to hear sound that is been received into the microphone and for me to see if its nice and clear.
After using all this equipment and having everything recorded untothe tape we came to the part of editing>
Adobe Premiere CS4
After using
Adobe is what we used to get all the processes done. The reason why Abobe Premiere was used is because its easy and it has all the tools required
E.G. cropping tool , sound volume , transitions, colour , speed etc
There are many different transitions e.g. fade blackout, Cross fade, Dissolve, and wide fade
Available and we made various use of the transitions
E.g. fade blackout, Cross fade, Dissolve, wide fade
in our sequence. If it weren’t for all the functions then the sequence wouldn’t be as good as it right now. The software was easy to access and any mistakes made can be changed easily.
Adding little things like text/titles was actually very difficult it sounded very simple but we had to spend quite a while on getting it done properly but the ending result was beautiful.
• Dragging to timeline
Digitizing
Trimming
Fade in and out
Effects
These were few of the editing techniques I used.
IN SUMMERY WHAT IVE LEARNT
I personally learnt many different techniques not only from the teacher but I done my own researches on techniques on youtube and came across very interesting techniques that the teacher didn’t tell us about. I have the research on my blogg.
Im also handier with using all the equipments itself especially because I was camera man I had to do everything with the camera and wiring of the connections. All the small issues I had at the beginning I learnt my lesson from them so now I am familiar with them.
From classroom teachings I learnt the techniques like shot-reverse-shot, over shoulder shot, birds eye view shot, worm view shot, 360 angle shot, long shot, mid shot.
Because there is only one person in the sequence so there wasn’t many different techniques we had to use. After all the filming techniques I had to transfer the video down into Adobe and that’s when the use of editing techniques came in.
I also learned that the health and safety requirement was very important because our teacher kept on telling us about it every single lesson.
Ive also learnt more about team work and 100% commitment because that was the whole point of us being in the group so we could help each other out and get the work done.
Overall if we were to do the project again, I feel id be a lot more confident to make these improvements and therefore increase the quality of our final product.
I could have done a few things better
Like having the camera proper focused on the shot we exactly wanted. If we could have done it again I would have done it properly and maybe asked for teachers help before hand.
Could do more experimental shots next time because we had various shots but not too much to select from when it came down to editing.
The kind of technologies I used was very new to me here are the ones we used as a group: Camera canon XAHI
Clapperboard
Tripod Libec SL200
Portable Battery
Camera bag
Lens Cap
These were all involved for the camera mainly the actual camera had various functions on it. The main things I learnt wasthat there is various ways to record a clip because there could be cases were one of the buttons didn’t work and that happened when I was recording.
Therefore I was extremely happy that I knew how to function the other record buttons like the one on the top of the camera which has a record sign on it and also the record button on the left side which is a red coloured button.I worked with the camera the whole way through the sequence. Personally I faced a few difficulties but I managed to sort it out with the help of my partners. Also one thing I learnt which sounded very simple was inserting the tape into the camera.
There is a direct direction that I had to put the tape in I managed to accomplish that each time I had to set the camera up.
The use of the clapper board I was involved in a few times. I discovered that the use of the clapperboard was extremely important and it really made everything easier when it came to editing because knowing what scene and shot it was made it quicker to pick which clip we wanted to use in the whole sequence.
From experience it got quite annoyed using this too but after all I noticed that it was extremely useful. The director and me used the clapper board the mostly.
Tripod Libec SL200 was at the start of the work very difficult and irritating for me especially on a balanced level. There were certain steps I had to follow
To set up the tripod correctly and to make sure everything was safe.
It was to release the legs of the tripod and extend them to my upper chest height to make sure when I was filming it was comfortable and secure.
There was a little hook with a string attached to the bottom which I kept forgetting to take off and back on when I had to pack up but after a few weeks of practice
I mastered to get the setting up of the tripod right. The main purpose of the tripod was to keep the camera in a steady position and it worked because when I was holding the camera and recorded a test shot it came out correctly were as when I was holding the camera and recorded the shot it was very shaky which made it look more unprofessional and raw.
Inserting the camera unto the tripod was also sometimes difficult because it was either you had to slide it on from the back or you slide it on from the front.
The Camera Canon XAHI there were also steps I had to follow to have everything secured firstly had to take out the portable battery and insert it into the battery hole in the back of the camera. Then take off the Lens Cap.
I put the tape in and turn the camera unto Mode [A]. Once all this was accomplished I had to do a sound check and see if the levels on the camera were correct.
It has pick up sound from the boom and not the built in camera.
When it came to sound there was a few equipment that was brought through these were : Boom pole
Sennheiser microphone
Windshield system.
In the case of windshield system we didn’t make any use of it but we got to practice how to use it for future use. The purpose is to distract most of the wind noise out of the sound of recording so that when I was to play it back I wouldn’t hear any wind noses with it. The Sennheiser microphone was pretty easy to set up with screwing it unto eachother. The separate microphone was to catch the sound better and clearer because the built in microphone doesn’t have as much power compared to the Sennheiser microphone.
Then the Boompole is used to attach to the shield which is around the microphone.
It pulls out 3 times its size, We faced problems like setting it up in the orderly way but figured it out after making use of it a couple of times. And also when we as recording we had vacuum noise in the background which was distracting our noise that we wanted to catch so every time the vacuum noised stopped we recorded straight.
The headphones was there to hear sound that is been received into the microphone and for me to see if its nice and clear.
After using all this equipment and having everything recorded untothe tape we came to the part of editing>
Adobe Premiere CS4
After using
Adobe is what we used to get all the processes done. The reason why Abobe Premiere was used is because its easy and it has all the tools required
E.G. cropping tool , sound volume , transitions, colour , speed etc
There are many different transitions e.g. fade blackout, Cross fade, Dissolve, and wide fade
Available and we made various use of the transitions
E.g. fade blackout, Cross fade, Dissolve, wide fade
in our sequence. If it weren’t for all the functions then the sequence wouldn’t be as good as it right now. The software was easy to access and any mistakes made can be changed easily.
Adding little things like text/titles was actually very difficult it sounded very simple but we had to spend quite a while on getting it done properly but the ending result was beautiful.
• Dragging to timeline
Digitizing
Trimming
Fade in and out
Effects
These were few of the editing techniques I used.
IN SUMMERY WHAT IVE LEARNT
I personally learnt many different techniques not only from the teacher but I done my own researches on techniques on youtube and came across very interesting techniques that the teacher didn’t tell us about. I have the research on my blogg.
Im also handier with using all the equipments itself especially because I was camera man I had to do everything with the camera and wiring of the connections. All the small issues I had at the beginning I learnt my lesson from them so now I am familiar with them.
From classroom teachings I learnt the techniques like shot-reverse-shot, over shoulder shot, birds eye view shot, worm view shot, 360 angle shot, long shot, mid shot.
Because there is only one person in the sequence so there wasn’t many different techniques we had to use. After all the filming techniques I had to transfer the video down into Adobe and that’s when the use of editing techniques came in.
I also learned that the health and safety requirement was very important because our teacher kept on telling us about it every single lesson.
Ive also learnt more about team work and 100% commitment because that was the whole point of us being in the group so we could help each other out and get the work done.
Overall if we were to do the project again, I feel id be a lot more confident to make these improvements and therefore increase the quality of our final product.
I could have done a few things better
Like having the camera proper focused on the shot we exactly wanted. If we could have done it again I would have done it properly and maybe asked for teachers help before hand.
Could do more experimental shots next time because we had various shots but not too much to select from when it came down to editing.
Monday 7 March 2011
Question 3
Question 3.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The media term of distribute would be spreading the media products you have e.g. a film would be advertisements, flyers, posters, souvenirs etc. It’s to get the product out in the world for it to sell this happens whenever a film is released even before the film it happens. In our case we didn’t distribute out film because it’s a low budget film that was used for class work.
Our film is an independent film and has a very low budget because it’s not very advanced. It’s also not well known so it’s a low possibility for it to be shown on the big screens. Our cast is also low and unknown people unlike the Hollywood cast/actors so it will not be distributed like a big blockbuster movie. We didn’t spend any kind of money on this media product because it in a pupils house however there was a lot that had to be done.
After research I discovered one company that might distribute our media product http://www.lionsgate.com/ (Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation) There out there distributing independent films like ours and end up bringing success to these kind of independent films. The film distributor plays a massive and important role in the film industry because companies like Lionsgate are there to help films like ours to make some success to make some money out of the film. Distribution is part of the whole production that is very vital if the film wants to gain something from making that film and if they want to grow an audience and also if they want the film to be shown on big screens because the job of a distributing company is to convince the exhibitor by using several marketing techniques, the distributor makes the exhibitor believe they will profit financially by showing the film.
I also found out about http://www.dinamo.co.uk/ ( Dinamo Production) which is based in Wales. Dinamo is an innovative and highly skilled animation production company founded in 2004. They produce high quality 2D and 3D Digital Animation and Visual Effects for TV, film and the web. They also offer design, illustration and storyboard services and can consult on a variety of different production processes. For our kind of films dinamo would be a good use of help to get out film out there. They have distributed films like:
Won the Pulcinella Award. Works with BBC Wales, CBBC and others.
- The ways a company like these two would distribute our film could be done in various ways : posters, newspaper and magazine advertisements, television commercials, trailers, and other types of ads whilst making sure that the film is in fact shown in the particular theatre. Theatres it can be shown at are places like :
- Mortlake & Barnes Film Club
These are all Independent screens based in London and there not known at all to many people simple because its independent and not many seem to know much about independent film centres.
One institution that would be interested in distributing our film would be The British Film Institute (http://www.bfi.org.uk/about/whatwedo.html ) which is a large filming institute that promotes understanding and appreciation of Britain's films they have distributed many films and in our case they would also be able to help our film get distributed.
Even if we didn’t get involved with any of these companies there is a possible way of distributing ourselves that would be by Using YouTube would be a fast, cheap and accessible way to get a film out on a more global scale due to word of mouth, emails and our viewing figures however it would be very hard to have people on youtube to view your independent film because there is over 3 Million videos on youtube and our film would be in a extreme competition. Overall distributing of a film isn’t a 1,2 process there so much to do within it and beside that your film has to be good for people to come and watch it.
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