Short Film Development

• Short Film

I have now completed my short film, entitled "SELFiSH". I edited it using Final Cut Pro on a Mac, and had to play around with the crop tool and the brightness when I overlayed the cloning clips. I recorded some Foley to go over the film which I then put in at the end.

• Advertising

We are now beginning a new 6 week project which is advertising. We are being given a proposal for a new film, of which we have to create a movie marketing campaign to advertise the product.

We are doing this as a class, and will be working on all types of mediums of advertising, such as TV ads, posters, print, radio etc.

New Projects

• Short Film

I am in the stages of creating a short film, which includes cloning as one of the main themes. I have done all of the pre-production for it, almost completed filming, and I am currently editing it. I am working in a group of two.

I have found this project so far enjoyable, but also challenging because it has been hard trying to film and act in the film at the same time. I am enjoying editing the most, because it is interesting trying to match up the cloning for example.

• Idents

I have now completed my pre-production for this project and I am ready to film. I have written a pitch and proposed a set of 5 different idents that I will choose one of to create.

My idea revolves around characters watching a television set in different locations and switching to "The Grid" channel.

I will be creating one which is set in a tent.

• Web Design

I have completed one website, but I have decided that I wanted to change a lot on it, so I have started creating a new one.

I have designed a plan this time, and I will be taking inspiration from another online portfolio that I have found.

Christmas Break Up

Scriptwriting

• I have completed all the tasks, including a presentation on the role of the writer:

• I have completed a book on research for my adaptations.
• I have done a script treatment,
• a pitch
• and I have written two of scripts (the adaptation and the original).

Documentary

• We completed all research on our documentary and published it to Youtube today:

• We had to split it in two part as it was too long to fit on Youtube in one.

Web Design

• I am currently working on my website, and have designed the pages.
  
• I have added a navigation bar and all of the buttons that I designed on Photoshop.
• I have started to add my Youtube videos to my showreel pages and have written short blurbs about my work to each page.

Idents

• I have completed all of the research tasks and I have started to research the brief which has inspired me when I am designing my idents.
• I have completed a presentation on explaining idents:
  
  
• We have been given the brief to design a series of 5 idents which we have to make one of.
• I am currently in the process of thinking of different ideas and brainstorming.
  

October Update

1. Documentary

• In documentary, we have researched the documentary formats, and we had to put them in a formal presentation:
• We then had to put the issues with documentary into a presentation and add our own ideas to it.

2. Scriptwriting

• In scriptwriting, we have started tasks, and I have completed research on film noirs to put into a scrapbook.
• I have also made a powerpoint presentation on the writer's role in the commissioning process.
  

Start of Year 2

As we have all completed the projects from last year, we are starting completely new ones.



Documentary

• So far in documentary, we have studied the codes and conventions of what makes a documentary, and I am currently working on a presentation for this at home.


• We have watched two documentarys so far, incuding "Supersize Me" and "Bowling for Columbine".


• We are working on our own ideas for a documentary, and so far I am working in a group in which we are focusing on alcohol and why it is legal.

Idents

• We have looked at many different idents, including ones for BBC and ITV.


• We are currently researching how idents have changed over time.


• We will be creating our own ident for our production company that we will be developing over the course of this assignment.

Scriptwriting

• In scriptwriting, we have looked at a number of scripts and we are evaluating them, and assessing how they would work as screen plays. I am currently looking at the short story called "The Method", and how it could adapt to be a film.


• We have also looked at how people speak, and the differences in their pronounciations etc.

Web Design

• We have started the basics of web design, and have learned how to set up a webpage in Dreamweaver.
• We will be creating at least two sites, one as a portfolio and one to tie in with the idents assignment - a website for our "production company".

End of Year One

Multi Camera Project (Unit 22)

• In my group, we made the promotional video for the Festival of Colours (Catwalk designers) and edited it/uploaded it to Youtube. We filmed it at Southampton Solent University using the green screen, and then edited at college. Here is the final product.

• We then filmed and edited the live event, and I was the team leader in my group. I mostly used the industry standard cameras, filming the event from the floor and from the seating area, which I found really fun. We used walkie - talkies to communicate. We then edited the show in group. I worked in a group of three.

Special Effects

• As we finished Critical Approaches, we started another small project - cloning. I worked with Jasmine on two different cloning videos, presented here.

We are happier with the second one, as there was not a lot of movement in the first.

Totton College Awards

• At the end of term, we had to create a nominee video for the "Toscars". I was assigned to create one for "Best Director". I used clips from the nominees, and I also filmed extra footage for the introduction of the video.

48 Hour Film Challenge

• Finally, at the end of the year, we were set a 48 hour film challenge to do. This meant that we were given a genre and title for a film, and we had 2 days to completely film and edit it. I worked with Jasmine, and we were given Hammer Horror, with the title "Terror of the Deep".
• We decided to film the intro in a science lab, where we were "creating" the monster. We then used my brother as the creature, and filmed by a river.
• We managed to complete the project on time and submitted.

Updates on Several Units

Animation

• I have now finished my 3D and 2D animations, and I uploaded my 3D onto Youtube. 
• I now just need to write up an analysis of the two projects and I will have finished. 

Critical Approaches

• I have filmed and edited our project for critical approaches, and I have uploaded it on Youtube.
• I downloaded the clips from Youtube that I needed to put into the video, and I also downloaded sound effects.
• I recorded a voice over for the start. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_qBJMdHit4

• I also uploaded some work that I did a while ago for C.A., about the representation of certain media texts and how they target their audience. I chose to do The X Factor as it has a wide audience, andGirls Aloud's video, as it has a specific audience. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4g8nuqA9-U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb5-DTLRFcI