Term 1 Complete :) :)

:D I presented my presentation to Simon & Andrew today who seemed pretty impressed :) Lasted 10 minutes & also handed them the DVDS of my work & process :)

Wasn't too happy on the train home when we were stranded in the middle of no where for 2 and half hours due to a "suicidal man" at leicester train station but at least it was on the way home and not on the way to the presentation.

I am so excited for christmas & 4 weeks offf :D

Here's my assessment presentation:

The assessment

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:) Happppy Child

I have finished my presentation & will upload it to here soon :) I have finished my essay on a beautiful 1505 words :) & all I have to do now it put my work onto a DVD which i'm going in to uni to do tomorrow - the thing i'm dreading the most if im honest as i'm rubbbbishhhh with technology & have never burnt anything to a DVD in my life, first time for everything!

:) & it's 18 dayssss to christmas :D :D

SOMEBODY HELP ME

I really need help with the dvd for presentation :( I understand what needs to go on the disks but my files wont burn to it?! is there any way I should be doing it? & I have DVD+R not -R or RW will this work?

Pleaseeeeee help me anyoneee! :)

One Shot Film 300 Word Rationale... :)

My brief for this project was to produce a one shot film titled "you decide" in which in our group we could only zoom / pan once. During the three weeks I have learnt about filming, composition, lighting, sound effects and I have how to use editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro.
For our practice one shot to get used to the camera and the idea of one shot we filmed a stereotypical spy scene in which two characters dropped off and picked up a suspicious parcel. We developed this idea further for our final idea in which there was a twist & the spy scene became comedy as a surprise birthday party took place.

Filming didn't exactly go to plan due to the snow & it was pretty hard to capture what we planned. Lee and Elliot were playing the spy scene as we felt males suited it more and met the genre more than a female would. I edited this scene by playing mission impossible to create the atmosphere of suspence and create tension. Whilst Elliot opens the envolope the audience is intriged to see what is inside. Happy birthday song is then played and me and Amanda come on with party hats, presents and blowers. Party blower sound is editing in to the film.

I did want to use a pink text for the title and credits but it didnt fit into the theme well so chose a black and red theme. The name of the one shot is the suspicious birthday - hence what happens in the film. The film isn't very long which it could be critised for but it was so cold filming!the film could had a wide audience in which it attracts both male and females, could be seen as either spy/sci fi or comedy.

I enjoyed planning for the one shot and filming although it was cold. I found the software a little hard to use at first but once I got used to it I found the editing of the film quite simple.

Final One Shot :)

Today was the last seminar on one shot film in which we had to indivdually edit our group work. I used the software adobe premiere pro cs4 to edit my video. I used sound and text to improve my film, the sound idea from misson impossible to suit the spy scene and a happy birthday song for the celebrations.

The final one shot film:

For The Use Of My Presentation - Changes Made To Interactive Space

I didn’t make many changes, I kept with the original idea & photos but added text to the photos. I had text on some photos already but changed the colour to red & blue so it would appeal to children & the font is now comic sans which I feel is a “child like” font. I added text to keep the user involved and to help them along the way with the game. I used pronouns such as “you” to make the child feel that the characters were actually talking to them. Taking the feedback into account the text to ratio amount is now more equal than before. I made the "give me a clue" image more clearer of what it means & where to click. The rollover hyperlink text on the image is now in capital letters as I felt it made it more excitable and as if the text was "shouting" at the user adding to the feel of excitment. I feel my project is now more interactive with the user and adjusts well to the audience of young children.

Here are the images I edited/changed:

                                    

Update On Assignment & Presentation

I am so so happy these are the last few days and then we have time off for christmas, also enjoyed opening my 4 advent calenders this morning :)

I finallly finished my first draft of the context 1 essay :D I sent it to Jools earlier & he gave me some feedback which i'm then going to do tomorrow so it's all done :D

I have a plan set out for how to do my presentation I just need to do it! So after my essay tomorrow i'm going to start on my presentation and finish it off over the weekend. I'm presenting to Simon & Andrew which i'm pretty happy about , plussssss i'm basing the presentation on my interactive space which is what they both taught :)

Now off to catch up on the apprentice & be up nice and early for a long trip to uni in the snow


:)

Filming For Le 1 Shot ( & Having Frostbite )

Today we did the final filming for the one shot video. To be honest it didn't go very well... The snow was really heavy and the visability of camera was really poor, so we had to keep stopping and starting the film due to snow. It was ABSOUTELY FREEZING & I did moan abit too much how cold I was haa. I did have the idea of maybe filming indoors but the studio had to be booked so that was no good :(

We made 3 attempts of the film & are uploading it onto premier pro on thursday so we can see then what the best one is & hopefully edit. We did keep to the brief in which we only used zoom once.

Elliot was the birthday boy in which he came on during the "spy" scene of the drop off to meet Lee who gave him a brown envolope. Elliot suspiciously opens this to which it is a birthday card & me and Amanda come on to the scene with party hats, presents, etc. I think it only lasts around 45 seconds & I think we could have made it a fair bit better if it wasn't for the snow :(

Here is the unedited version of our one shot:

Colour & Lighting

In todays & yesterdays seminar we learnt about colour and light. Yesterday we watched a 90 min video on it & today we had a powerpoint about it and then went on to film in the studio with lights to make it look like daylight.

There are 3 different lights which include:
- key light (hard)
- back light (hard)
- fill light (soft)

Three main properties of light:
- coherence (quality)
- colour temperature (colour)
- intensity (strength)

We found the task to make the studio with daylight difficult at first as it seemed dark in the background with shadows but the characters face was really bright & yellow. Here is one of our first example:



Deb then helped us and said  it would help to change the setting of the iris on the camera and move the lights closer to the character. We set the iris to 0db meaning the quality was alot better than what we had previously filmed in. We lowed the lights towards the character which also got rid of the shadows. obvious shadows.

Here is our final result using light & filters:

Feedback On Interactive Space

I have decided to improve my interactive space as I want to use it for my main work in the assessment presentation.

The link to it is: http://makingnewmaps.com/maps/Hollie_Ferguson/index.html

I would appreciate any feedback on it both positive & negative so I can make any changes to it :)

Thank You :)

Final Idea :) One Shot!

Today we discussed the idea for the one shot. We decided to stick with our first intial idea of the spy envolope / bag drop off but to add it with a twist. The twist will be the envolope is a birthday card & we will be celebrating the birthday. The mood will change from serious / suspense to comedy / happy.

The setting is in the park in which we filmed before, we will need the video camera & tripod. The characters will consist of me, Amanda, Lee & Elliot, whilst Sam films. We will have birthday props such as a cake, party hats & party poppers.

We will complete the risk assessment form later in the week :)

I have drawn my own storyboard out but Amanda's is so much better so using her one :)

P.s Here is part of the risk assessment form we had to do :)

Design Practise 1 Powerpoint

Todays lecture was about the final week presentation of all the projects we have done so far. It should last 10 mins & we will show it to two lecturers.

We were told to produce the main bulk of our presentation using our "best work". I will use my interactive space as I think that it the best one out of the 3 that conforms to the brief. I am going to get feedback from this project so I can improve it a little & explain why I did this.

Essay is nearly complete so will finish that & then start on the presentation :)

A Practice At One Shot

Today we filmed our idea :) We tried the idea from 5 different angles & these 3 videos were the best & most effective of them all:

Deborah said if we went on to have this for our final piece something twisted / unexpected could happen to make it more entertaining / gripping. Over the weekend each of us in the group are going to think of ideas to add to this storyline for the final one shot & also think of a few new ideas. We will then discuss them in the next seminar to see which we think will work best :)

Planning The One Shot.

I am in a group with Sam, Elliot, Lee & Amanda. We have the basic idea for the practice of our one shot film to have somebody on a bench exchanging a bag with somebody else suspiciously. We will try this from many angles to see what works best. We are unsure if this will be progressed onto the final one shot film or if we will change the idea completely. The setting is in the park.

We also discussed briefly the process of risk assessment.

Risk: The possibility or likelihood of danger or an accident occuring.

Hazard: Something present that could cause danger or accident.

Tomorrow we will film our idea & then upload to the blog

Below are images of the storyboard & setting

Over & Outtttttttttttttt :)

One, Two, Three, Shot

Tomorrow is our first one shot film seminar & i'm really looking forward to itttt :D I enjoyed doing film at A level & have looked on the NOW at the brief & have heard from other people on the course about what we have to do over the 3 weeks.

In groups of 4/5 we have to produce a one shot film - including editing the footage. "You should try to be as original and inventive as possible when developing your ideas and filming your productions."

Rules for design and recording:
- You must use a tripod/camera support when shooting this film
(i.e. not handheld)
- The camera may either pan/zoom/crab or track only once
- Title sequences and credits must be overlaid on to the image and included within the shot if added during post production
(i.e. not on a black background or still shot.)

Here is an example of one shot film by previous Multimedia students:



Also so this on somebody's blog which I really likeeeeeee :)

Animation With Sound! :)

Final animation complete with sound :)

Animation 300 Word Rationale Lalalaaa

Outline of my tv ident animation.

Over the past 3 weeks I had the task to create a 30 second animation of a tv ident using 3d Studio Max. The ident was based on myself for example your facebook, twitter or something about you, which then merged together to create an ident for your own TV station.
I did find the software difficult to grasp in the first week & it didnt help that I missed a seminar due to a driving test so I watched online tutorials which did help alot & found it a little easier to use when I had familiarised myself with the software. We were shown examples & inspiration ideas from the bbc idents but I wanted something that was more feminine as BBC has a wide ranged audience.
I researched into Living Tv idents as this is a tv station aimed at females. I found a youtube video with many living idents ( on previous post on blog) in which I got many ideas from. From researching and developing some inspiration, I came up with a few designs that I designed. Some ideas wouldn't work due to my ability of skills using 3dsMax, but I had a basic idea which I thought would work well.
To make my ident relate to me I simply used my name Hollie and although I did want a heart as the "o" in my name I had to change it to a star as i couldn't make a heart on the software. My text was bright pink to represent the femimine side of me with a white background to contrast the bright text. Most people decided to have a character in their animation although I found it quite tricky to make one on the software. I decided to have balloons lifting the "o" in my name which was shaped as a star to reach the other letters of my name floating in the air by balloons.
I used the "bomb" effect on the balloons to make them pop and the letters fall, except the star which floated back down. I then added sound using Adobe Premiere Pro. Sound was important for my animation to get the effect of the balloons popping.
The genre for my ident is aimed at females & I think it will hopefully attract the audience as as feminine person I have done what I know what will work. Semiotics is in which the signs relate to what the audience sees. For example seeing my pink ident will semantically mean to the audience that they are watching that tv station. Tropes from what I can understand is what TV writers, actors & directors use to control the audiences outlook. Tropes are often used to show fiction, which helps us to not just focus on the reality in life, which is why people think badly about different tropes they have seen.

First Attempt Video Of Animation (No Sound)

Animation Update...

Yesterday was the final animation seminar & i've pretty much completed it but need to render it to put on vimeo. I am going to do this tomorrow after tutor. I found animation really hard, I got the basics such as text and shapes but found it hard to animate it how I wanted it. Off to work now so will write up a 300 word post tomorrow on ittttt! :)

P.s after seeing this hot mamaaaa Rihanna last week on x factor....



i've decided to dye my hair red tonightttt ha, not sure how this will turn out!

An Hour On &

I've made about 5 balloons & started to animate. Hour & half left.. time to get Andy on the case! :)