We have been asked to come up with three SMART targets that we think are going to help us with our preparation for the exam.
Target 1: To use more media terminology in the essays i write and also in the exam which is very important.
Target 2: To spend more time reading the notes at home.
Target 3: To come after hours and work on the coursework as there is still loads to be do.
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Notes on 'Life on Mars'
On thursday's lesson we looked at the clip called 'Life on Mars'. The first time we have seen it we were asked to watch it without making any notes but just to get some ideas about the clip. The purpose of this is to prepare us for the exam. We have seen it about four times in total.
These are the things we had to look at while watching the clip:
The second time we see the character in different situation this time the camera rotates 360 degrease around the character and the place he is in. This is because the audience can see he is in totally different place than he was before and the clothes he is wearing are very different than he had on before. (the first time we saw him) The costume the character is wearing can be clearly discovered it belongs to 70's and the setting around the character such as cars and civilisation gives it away to the audience who can compare the times he was in before and the times he is in currently in this scene.
The sound used in that scene starts with non diegetic which is the music in the background while the camera rotates around the character in 360 degrease because the character cannot hear it however it turns into diegetic when the character picks him self up from the ground and walks towards the car where the music is getting louder while the character moves closer. The music played in that scene is from 70's and its played from the casset player which is inside the car. This automatically shows the audience that the character has moved back in time which helps the audience to understand the story line and from the music we can tell what are the times the character is in.
Another scene which takes place in the police station clearly shows what is going on even tho the character is confused because of the changes and the times. The setting of the station shows that the times are different because there are no computers in the office, the sound of the telephone ringing is very old. Also people smoking inside the room shows that the rules were not introduced to them yet about smoking in the building.The office is full of men which shows that women were at home taking care of the kids while men were working to earn money , now days this is very different which shows a lot have changed since then. At that time male were a dominant gender therefore women were housewives.
The editing of the clip is very effective so the audience can understand the story very clearly and it brings the message across to them straight away.
These are the things we had to look at while watching the clip:
- Sound
- Camera shots
- Costume
- Setting
- Editing
The second time we see the character in different situation this time the camera rotates 360 degrease around the character and the place he is in. This is because the audience can see he is in totally different place than he was before and the clothes he is wearing are very different than he had on before. (the first time we saw him) The costume the character is wearing can be clearly discovered it belongs to 70's and the setting around the character such as cars and civilisation gives it away to the audience who can compare the times he was in before and the times he is in currently in this scene.
The sound used in that scene starts with non diegetic which is the music in the background while the camera rotates around the character in 360 degrease because the character cannot hear it however it turns into diegetic when the character picks him self up from the ground and walks towards the car where the music is getting louder while the character moves closer. The music played in that scene is from 70's and its played from the casset player which is inside the car. This automatically shows the audience that the character has moved back in time which helps the audience to understand the story line and from the music we can tell what are the times the character is in.
Another scene which takes place in the police station clearly shows what is going on even tho the character is confused because of the changes and the times. The setting of the station shows that the times are different because there are no computers in the office, the sound of the telephone ringing is very old. Also people smoking inside the room shows that the rules were not introduced to them yet about smoking in the building.The office is full of men which shows that women were at home taking care of the kids while men were working to earn money , now days this is very different which shows a lot have changed since then. At that time male were a dominant gender therefore women were housewives.
The editing of the clip is very effective so the audience can understand the story very clearly and it brings the message across to them straight away.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Synergy
Synergy is when two or more faces work together to produce a result not obtainable by any of the agents independently.
There is also media synergy which means different elements of a media congolerement work together to promote products across different media. Synergy works when different elements with media conglomarete products. AOL and Warner Brothers merged in 2000 in order to create the soudtrack for the megafranchise Harry Pottter.
The term synergy comes from Greek word syn-ergos, συνεργός, meaning 'working together'.
There is also media synergy which means different elements of a media congolerement work together to promote products across different media. Synergy works when different elements with media conglomarete products. AOL and Warner Brothers merged in 2000 in order to create the soudtrack for the megafranchise Harry Pottter.
The term synergy comes from Greek word syn-ergos, συνεργός, meaning 'working together'.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Analysis of the Skins clip.
The skins clips represented a range of different shots, such as:
wide shots - which showed the whole settings of the scene making the audience feel involved, from his point of view.
close up of the character brother - showing that this character is relevant to this scene, make the viwers become more aware of the state of mind as this character is disabled.
medium close up of the main character while a voice off screen is happening - to show how he is expressing his feelings and engaging with the audience.
long shot - to show him in a different environment and situation. showing his is an ordinary guy living his life as a normal teenager.
editing - shows to understand the story and speaks to the viewers throughout the clip. it shows the different setting and motions that go along with the story line making it easier for us to understand the whole scene. No sharpe cuts, instead it is smooth and simple which might keep the audience interested with what is going on.
the editing was very clear so it showed the meaning to the audience so they can easily understand what the story is trying to bring across to us.
sound - the background music at the beginning could suggest that it has some relveance to the main character and the story line. the other sounds used were digetic due to the fact that it was to show him in different places to understand what environments he is living in. some examples are in the kitchen, the bus stop and in the class room where kids were messing/shouting and talking loudly.
mise - en - scene - most of the scenes were set up during the day time using natural lights so no studio lights were needed. the mise - en - scene delivered information across to us about what sort of person the main character is by portraying him as a typical teenager. His costume was of a school uniform to show that he is still a student at school which is relvant to the class room scene that is at the end.
the whole clip represents mainly males as the dominant gender because the camera is more concerntrated with them throughout the clip. towards the end of the clip we get introudced to a female teacher at the school which might have a meaning that women are just as equal to men due to having professional jobs, however they are not shown as often as the males characters are.
wide shots - which showed the whole settings of the scene making the audience feel involved, from his point of view.
close up of the character brother - showing that this character is relevant to this scene, make the viwers become more aware of the state of mind as this character is disabled.
medium close up of the main character while a voice off screen is happening - to show how he is expressing his feelings and engaging with the audience.
long shot - to show him in a different environment and situation. showing his is an ordinary guy living his life as a normal teenager.
editing - shows to understand the story and speaks to the viewers throughout the clip. it shows the different setting and motions that go along with the story line making it easier for us to understand the whole scene. No sharpe cuts, instead it is smooth and simple which might keep the audience interested with what is going on.
the editing was very clear so it showed the meaning to the audience so they can easily understand what the story is trying to bring across to us.
sound - the background music at the beginning could suggest that it has some relveance to the main character and the story line. the other sounds used were digetic due to the fact that it was to show him in different places to understand what environments he is living in. some examples are in the kitchen, the bus stop and in the class room where kids were messing/shouting and talking loudly.
mise - en - scene - most of the scenes were set up during the day time using natural lights so no studio lights were needed. the mise - en - scene delivered information across to us about what sort of person the main character is by portraying him as a typical teenager. His costume was of a school uniform to show that he is still a student at school which is relvant to the class room scene that is at the end.
the whole clip represents mainly males as the dominant gender because the camera is more concerntrated with them throughout the clip. towards the end of the clip we get introudced to a female teacher at the school which might have a meaning that women are just as equal to men due to having professional jobs, however they are not shown as often as the males characters are.
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Evaluation
There are different methods of evaluating the final project these are:
- video- recorded evaluation where people / objects are shown explaining the project and the purpose of it
- text - written evaluation explaining without pictures more details about the project
- pictures/ diagram - showing images of different shots of the movie
- presentation- different slides of the process
- commentary - a voice of screen explaining the project in more details while showing different parts of the product
As a group we have chosen to use commentary as our evaluation due to the fact that some of us are not as confident on the screen showing our faces. Therefore commentary will be easier for us to present and show the movie in more details as we will be able to follow the script that we will prepare earlier.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Cranford Analyses
The camera shots used in the episode of Cranford were mainly long shot, close up, and wide shot. The editing was very old styled , dull, no bright colours to show the times they were in and to set the atmosphere. The sound used in the episode was digetic and there wasn't really any background music used apart of the dialogue between the women who spoke in old English refering to each other by Mrs , the cat's sound when choking and the birds singing in the background.
The characters represented in the episode where mostly women and their costumes were long dresses covering their whole body which were not very colourful in fact they were quite dull and boring. The two women that we get introduced to at the beginning seemed to be a working class background due to the fact that they were in the small house which was very dark ,not a lot of lights used and one of them mention she had a cow she treated like a family. This shows that she is an average working class woman , quite poor.
Another character who we get introduced to is a lady who gets carried in some sort of a carry box who seems to be quite bossy the way she speaks to the men who carry her , her talk is very demanding. The camera shot during the scene between the two ladies who are running next to her with the cat in the basket due to the fact that he choked and they needed to get some help , the lady in the carry box is shown from the point of view which could suggest that she belong to the upper class the way she looks down on them while they are running and the way she spoke in a posh way to them.
In the area were the two women lived we see two children who seem to be quite poor the way they look and the young girl carrying perhaps her sibling who was a baby shows that they don't really fit into the picture with the other characters that were represented in the episode.
The characters represented in the episode where mostly women and their costumes were long dresses covering their whole body which were not very colourful in fact they were quite dull and boring. The two women that we get introduced to at the beginning seemed to be a working class background due to the fact that they were in the small house which was very dark ,not a lot of lights used and one of them mention she had a cow she treated like a family. This shows that she is an average working class woman , quite poor.
Another character who we get introduced to is a lady who gets carried in some sort of a carry box who seems to be quite bossy the way she speaks to the men who carry her , her talk is very demanding. The camera shot during the scene between the two ladies who are running next to her with the cat in the basket due to the fact that he choked and they needed to get some help , the lady in the carry box is shown from the point of view which could suggest that she belong to the upper class the way she looks down on them while they are running and the way she spoke in a posh way to them.
In the area were the two women lived we see two children who seem to be quite poor the way they look and the young girl carrying perhaps her sibling who was a baby shows that they don't really fit into the picture with the other characters that were represented in the episode.
Story Board of my character
Scene 1
Matt is a typical teenager who is 19 and is a group member of a well known London gang. He is hanging around the park with the group waiting for someone to pick up the drags they sell.
Scene 2
2 middle aged men approach Matt and his gang to get the staff they asked for.
Scene 3
Matt is a typical teenager who is 19 and is a group member of a well known London gang. He is hanging around the park with the group waiting for someone to pick up the drags they sell.
Scene 2
2 middle aged men approach Matt and his gang to get the staff they asked for.
Scene 3
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