Hello and Welcome to my AS Level Media Studies Blog! We live in a whole media-saturated world. From TV ads to blockbuster movies to the music in your ears, you are surrounded by media messages throughout your life. This is why i have chosen media as an AS level subject as i feel it is an incredibly essential subject to take that will be incredibly useful in life!
This opening scene of the film 'Rush' is a very good example of an opening scene with excellent digetic and non-digetic sounds. Digetic sounds in the scene include the cheerings of the crouds and to the roaring engines of the racecars. However from the sounds of the scene there are slightly more non-digetic sounds being added in which include the main soundtrack being played with violins playing low tones to create a suitable atmosphere for the scene , the commentators and there is a narrative voice talking throughout the scene who is one of the main characters (Nikki Lauda).
All these sounds together create a great build up of tension , grabs the viewers attention instantly and overall rush is a brillant film with an impressive opening scene.
On the 11th November 2015 year 12 and 13 media students attended a lighting workshop that helpedus all to learn more on how to use lighting in our videos/blogs. Many techniques were shown by theteachers and were really helpful. Some key shots/clips are shown above in the short video. From the workshop I have learned that lighting can significantly change the atmosphere of the shots , also lighting can easily effect mood/atmosphere inside and the outside of a room/building.
This video is our final film for bot Robert and myself's preliminary task . Overall in my opinion we have done very well to complete this task on time. A lot of hard work and time was given up to create this short video with using more advances packages and softwares including Adobe premiere pro. As we were planning the rough storyboard for our preliminary task , we had a good idea of what wewanted to do which was about two working friends that were discussing one of them being in a rapidly occurring debt situation, but quickly ending up agreeing on going to nandos ! From our original storyboard to our final finished film, there were obvious differences which were on purpose to make our project better.
The equipment we used for our preliminary task :
Canon 650D DSLR
RODE VideoMic Pro
Tripod
Although it took us several attempts to get the correct/relevant shot/camera angle , we managed to acheive whatwe planned and we also included the 180 degree rule and the reverse shot.
After me and Robert finished filming , we took in turns to edit our recordings on Adobe Premiere Pro on the Apple Macs during school time in the media room/suite. With me persoally i found it hard to get used to the premiere pro editing software as i have never used in my life before so i had no experience with it.
A Screenshot of our Progress on Adobe Premiere Pro on the Apple Mac
Overall the editing was good in our film but there were some neagtive points as we only had one camera to shoot all of our footage on so it took a long time to capture everything we needed. Also as it was just only Robert and myself filming so both of us had to take it in turns filming each other as well as trying to film each other in the same shot at the same time.
The most enjoyable parts of making our preliminary task was the filming itself for both of us as we thoroughly enjoyed using all the equipment and experimenting with advanced shots and effects etc. One of the main effects we used in Adobe Premiere Pro to enhance our film was the brightness as in the original footage it was quite dark and hard to see the characters expressions on the screen. So we tried to increase the brightness on every single clip without making any of them stand out so they all had the same level of brightness. Robert and I both found out by experience that the rendering took for absolute ages to complete because our videos were in very high quality and there were lots of them.
Finally in my opinion , the whole preliminary task was very good fun and a great first attempt which has made Robert and I very excited for our next media filming task where we will improvethe story-line , effects , audio , and the footage.
Very little has involved the views of the young people themselves, "boys and girls who casually pick fights, have sex and keep the emergency services fully occupied." If this is the
interpretation America has received from the British media, what are the views of
young people?
76% of reporting of young people is negative.
Only 12% of crime is committed by young people.
39% of adults are unaware of the positive things young people do.
Nearly 750 young people completed an online poll for the British Youth Council (BYC) and YouthNet - 80% believed unfair portrayal in the media led to strained relations with older generations.
Stereotyping youths is a huge problem in the UK
Angry . Baggy Clothing. Dressed Scruffy. Arrogance. Being Loud. Bad Manners. Rude. Aggressive. Negativity. Bad Attitude. Abusive. Bad Relationships With Family. Big Groups Hanging Around. Crime. Shop Lifting. Stealing. Theft. Robbery. Disrespectful To Others. Misbehaving. Impolite. Ignoring Adults or Authority Figures. Offensive Behaviour. Drinking In The Street. Taking Drugs. Smoking. Early Sexualisation. . Selfishness. Swearing. Uncompassionate. . Underage Sex. Vandalism. Violence.
Andrew Johnstone is a film maker, Photographer and Web-designer who has presented his documentaries professionaly on the BBC 'inside out' on TV. He came to visit our media class in a lunchtime lesson talking to us about the baselines and starting points of film making and how Andrew himself is successful in his job to this present day.
In the slideshow above there are picture of Andy's equipment including his expensive broadcasting camera which shoots in professional broadcasting quality resolution. The camera is 4 years old. The camera includes a wide angle lens which gives the camera view a larger view span. Also the camera includes a shammy cloth where the eye rests which prevents fogging up the viewfinder.
Also there is a fluffy coated boom microphone which is used to cancel out any unwanted noise.
Most of his
opportunities were luck based as he did'nt study media at educational level but he took all the
opportunities that came his way and has succeeded greatly.
This is mine and Roberts idea storyboard of what to do for our preliminary task . we both created induvidually our own storyboards for our own originalities anf for general practise as its an essential skill to have.
The storyboard is fairly rough and did'nt take too long to finish and as they are rough drawings they don't give too much accurate detail away as we dont know exactly what the scenes are completely going to include.
