Thursday 8 June 2017

Unit 2 Communication skills for the creative media

Horror
In this assignment i have took three different sources from the web and i have also took three sources from books. The three sources i have used from the internet are en.wikipedia.org, the scriptlab.com and literaryterms,com
firstly i went on the internet and searched for "what is horror" after i searched this i went on the wiki page. this shown me what horror fiction is, this helped me to understand what the horror genre is like i found the meaning here ""Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle their readers or viewers by including feelings of horror and terror. Literary historian J.A. Cuddon has defined the horror story as 'a piece of fiction in purpose of variable lengths... which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps includes a feeling of repulsion or loathing". The horror film genre has a quite sinister feel to it. horror is produced to scare people through supernatural and none super natural.

 I then searched again and i found an article on www.thescriptlab.com. the article recommended people horror movies to watch. the article picked horrors that got you terrified but horrors that made you want to watch more. "A nightmare on elm street- Freddy Kruger, an evil being from another world, stalks a group of teenagers and kills them through there dreams, Saw- Two men are held hostage by a psychopath, who is set on teaching his victims the value of life by putting them into demented life or death games, and finally Friday the 13th- While trying to re-open a summer camp, a group of camp counselors are mysteriously murdered by a machete swinging slasher".
The final website that i found when i searched was www.litraryterms.com and i then found all differenet types of horror movies. ""There is 'Gothic horrors' which is also known as Gothic fiction or fantasy, and is a dark style of fiction that combines horror and romanticism. 'supernatural horror' A supernatural horror is work of fiction that relies heavily on supernatural or paranormal elements to drive the story. 'non-supernatural horrors' a non-supernatural horror is a work of fiction that does not include supernatural elements, the terror of non-supernatural horror comes from the idea that what is happening in the story could plausibly occur in real life, 'Importance of horror' in what is often considered the most important essay on the horror genre ever written, 'supernatural horror in literature,' horror fiction author H.P Lovercraft begins by stating, 'the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Accordingly, horror is important because it unearths an audience’s deepest nightmares and anxieties and truly pushes the limits of human emotion and fear. Appreciably, horror writers often employ topics and ideas that the everyday person would be apprehensive of addressing.

The three sources that i used from the books were Mass Media, film, How To Make A film, 

In the books that i have found the writter talks about what a horror film. "In the book how to make a film" the writter wrote about some of the original horror movies such as "the exorcist" "ring" "the blair which project" and "the bride of Frankenstein" this list of movies are so iconic in the horror genre.

In the book "film" the writter wrote about the genre of horror actually is "horror movies tap into our deepest fears and anxieties, and what is suggested is often more frightening than what is revealed. The German expressionist films of the 1920s, influenced by the English Gothic novel, were among the first examples of the genre". From reading this book it has enlightened me of what people want to see while watching a horrow movie or a horror tv show.

Another book i read was about the genre of horror the book i read was "the mass media" book the writer wrote "The way researches study the media is affected by their theories out what is going on when people are exposed to the mass media. As thesa theories change so the methoda change too. We will begin this chapter with a brief overview, broadly chronological of the different theories about the interaction between the mass media and the audience that researches have had"
Understanding structure and funding in the film industry

Structure

During making a movie you have to go through five different stages to complete the process the first stage is Development the second is Pre Production, the third is production the fourth stage is Post Production, the last stage is Distribution.

Development
The first stage to the movie is development. This is where the concept for the movie begins. The person who has the idea will go to a company such as Disney, Warner brothers or Fox and pitch them the concept of the movie. However movie conglomerates might not accept your idea as it might not make as much money as another idea in this case you can go to a smaller company and do the same pitch.

Once your film is accepted you move onto the planning this includes script writing this is made with the online Adobe story https://story.adobe.com this website is the perfect tool to write a script as it has many features such as a front page and formatting each line.

the next step is to total up the cost to make up the movie. You need to think about the budget that the company your working with has gave you. If there is more than one movie been made you can take some of the profit made with DVD sales and box office sales. If the concept of the movie is solid then more money should be put into it. You can check this by looking at the creators work if this is the creators for piece of work then you can do research on the director. After this you will need to carry out research on the target audience for example you will need to look at the age range you are selling it out to, and the gender. Once you have figured out your audience you can focus on advertising to cater for there needs. for example if its a super hero movie you can sell costumes and toys.

Pre Production
Once development is done you move onto pre production. Pre production is where you start creating storyboards this gives the director inspiration. Story boards are drawn images that is just a drawing of the scene that you will be shot. The director and the camera men will be sorting out the camera angles that will be put into the film. You will also need to have the script wrote up by now as this is the most vital part of the film. You will also need to have audio such as music and sound effects, you will need to hire a composer to achieve this step. You will need to organize set locations, outfits, props and sets this will be done by the director or the production team.

Production
The next stage of the process is production, this is where you actually shoot the movie for this you will of needed to hire every single staff and actor needed. this process includes getting the set ready getting the props ready. The actors will be getting filmed in this process. This step normally lasts a while this is because normally on an average full 15 hour long day of filming you will be able to use three minutes of  footage recorded. A normal movie lasts 95 minutes.

Post Production
This is the second from last step of the production, in this step you will put the whole movie together this is done on soft wares such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Mac's Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer or Sony Vegas Pro. This step will include putting clips together from the filming you have done from the previous step it will also including sound effects and other audio based clips. Once the editor has gone through every single clip he will cut it done to about 90 minutes this is the average lasting time of a movie.

Distribution
The final stage of the production is distribution, after your movie is complete, your company that funded you for example Disney. your distributor will advertise your trailer and promotion clips. if your movie is big enough it will also have clothing, toys and merchandise. The company can also make movie posters this is another form of advertisements. once the advertisements have been made to hype up the film it will enter the box office it will then proceed to go in cinemas for a few months after the cinemas it will get released on DVDs or on a online version, then eventually it will hit Sky after sky it will go on normal TV such as ITV and Channel 4. After this it could go on online platforms such as Netflix or Amazon Prime etc.



Funding

There are many different ways for your movie to get funded. the first way to get funded is to give a company such as Disney or Warner Brothers your film concept if they want to use your film they will give you budget in return they will have rights to the film and have there name in the opening title sequence and they will also feature in the credits of the film. There are six main conglomerates who do this the six companies are called Disney,Universal, Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and 20th Century Fox. A conglomerate is a company that owns many other company's for example Disney own Pixar, Lucas Films and Marvel. The company that funds your film will get the money back from box office sales and DVD sales you will be able to buy the DVD after it comes out of the box office, the movie normally stays in for a few months. Another way the company gets the money is through online sales. The company only gets a percentage of the sales though you the creator will get the rest. The company will also decide if it goes onto online platform such as Netflix and Amazon Prime company put there movie on these platforms as this generates more money this is is because these platforms give you a cut of the monthly fees they get off there users. Some movies go onto TV platforms such as Sky this also generates money as Sky pay the company to be able to use the movie for there paying members. Another money maker is being able to buy your movie out for a certain price this is done by using apps like iTunes, Amazon market place, You tube and Google Play. Another way to make money is being able to rent the movie for a small price this is done with You Tube and ITunes. Movies also make money from other businesses advertising in films this can be drinking a coca cola can in a scene, coca cola will pay money for this scene to be shown. Selling Merchandise is another way to generate money this includes toys, posters, mugs and clothes.

TV shows get there money from two different ways the first way is from online platforming sites such as Netflix and Amazon Prime etc. Your TV show will be aired at a set date weekly or monthly how ever you set it up but the the platforming site will pay you for the rights of your show.The other way is through TV channels, all the money you get from TV channels will be from advertisements from other businesses that pays the channel to have a 30 seconds advert in the break of the show this is how you get the money on all channels except the BBC channels this generates its money through TV licensees. every single person who watches TV pays £150.00 a year this money goes to the BBC.


Understanding structure and funding in the film industry

Structure

During making a movie you have to go through five different stages to complete the process the first stage is Development the second is Pre Production, the third is production the fourth stage is Post Production, the last stage is Distribution.

Development
The first stage to the movie is development. This is where the concept for the movie begins. The person who has the idea will go to a company such as Disney, Warner brothers or Fox and pitch them the concept of the movie. However movie conglomerates might not accept your idea, as it might not make as much money as another idea in this case you can go to a smaller company and do the same pitch.

Once your film is accepted you move onto the planning this includes script writing this is made with the online Adobe story https://story.adobe.com this website is the perfect tool to write a script as it has many features such as a front page and formatting each line.

The next step is to total up the cost to make up the movie. You need to think about the budget that the company your working with has gave you. If there is more than one movie been made you can take some of the profit made with DVD sales and box office sales. If the concept of the movie is solid then more money should be put into it. You can check this by looking at the creators work if this is the creators for piece of work then you can do research on the director. After this you will need to carry out research on the target audience for example you will need to look at the age range you are selling it out to, and the gender. Once you have figured out your audience you can focus on advertising to cater for their needs. For example if it’s a super hero movie you can sell costumes and toys.

Pre Production
Once development is done you move onto pre production. Pre production is where you start creating storyboards this gives the director inspiration. Storyboards are drawn images that is just a drawing of the scene that you will be shot. The director and the cameramen will be sorting out the camera angles that will be put into the film. You will also need to have the script wrote up by now as this is the most vital part of the film. You will also need to have audio such as music and sound effects, you will need to hire a composer to achieve this step. You will need to organize set locations, outfits, props and sets this will be done by the director or the production team.

Production
The next stage of the process is production, this is where you actually shoot the movie for this you will of needed to hire every single staff and actor needed. This process includes getting the set ready getting the props ready. The actors will be getting filmed in this process. This step normally lasts a while this is because normally on an average full 15 hour long day of filming you will be able to use three minutes of footage recorded. A normal movie lasts 95 minutes.

Post Production
This is the second from last step of the production, in this step you will put the whole movie together this is done on soft wares such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Mac's Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer or Sony Vegas Pro. This step will include putting clips together from the filming you have done from the previous step it will also including sound effects and other audio based clips. Once the editor has gone through every single clip he will cut it done to about 90 minutes this is the average lasting time of a movie.

Distribution
The final stage of the production is distribution, after your movie is complete, your company that funded you for example Disney. Your distributor will advertise your trailer and promotion clips. If your movie is big enough it will also have clothing, toys and merchandise. The company can also make movie posters this is another form of advertisements. Once the advertisements have been made to hype up the film it will enter the box office it will then proceed to go in cinemas for a few months after the cinemas it will get released on DVDs or on a online version, then eventually it will hit Sky after sky it will go on normal TV such as ITV and Channel 4. After this it could go on online platforms such as Netflix or Amazon Prime etc.



Funding

There are many different ways for your movie to get funded. The first way to get funded is to give a company such as Disney or Warner Brothers your film concept if they want to use your film they will give you budget in return they will have rights to the film and have there name in the opening title sequence and they will also feature in the credits of the film. There are six main conglomerates who do this the six companies are called Disney, Universal, Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and 20th Century Fox. A conglomerate is a company that owns many other company's for example Disney own Pixar, Lucas Films and Marvel. The company that funds your film will get the money back from box office sales and DVD sales you will be able to buy the DVD after it comes out of the box office, the movie normally stays in for a few months. Another way the company gets the money is through online sales. The company only gets a percentage of the sales though you the creator will get the rest. The company will also decide if it goes onto online platform such as Netflix and Amazon Prime company put there movie on these platforms as this generates more money this is because these platforms give you a cut of the monthly fees they get off there users. Some movies go onto TV platforms such as Sky this also generates money as Sky pay the company to be able to use the movie for there paying members. Another moneymaker is being able to buy your movie out for a certain price this is done by using apps like iTunes, Amazon market place, YouTube and Google Play. Another way to make money is being able to rent the movie for a small price this is done with You Tube and ITunes. Movies also make money from other businesses advertising in films this can be drinking a coca cola can in a scene, coca cola will pay money for this scene to be shown. Selling Merchandise is another way to generate money this includes toys, posters, mugs and clothes.

TV shows get their money from two different ways the first way is from online platforming sites such as Netflix and Amazon Prime etc. Your TV show will be aired at a set date weekly or monthly how ever you set it up but the platforming site will pay you for the rights of your show. The other way is through TV channels, all the money you get from TV channels will be from advertisements from other businesses that pays the channel to have a 30 seconds advert in the break of the show this is how you get the money on all channels except the BBC channels this generates its money through TV licensees. Every single person who watches TV pays £150.00 a year this money goes to the BBC.


Monday 5 June 2017

Page Layout Task 2


https://pixabay.com/en/wedding-love-happy-couple-bride-443600/
Here is a photo from the internet it is copyright free so you do not need to pay for i. most business owners such as wedding planners want free images so they use copyright free.
Here is how much it costs to buy a photo from shutterstock.com this screen shot shows you that you can pay monthly or photos. I used this image as it was free and good quality.












https://pixabay.com/en/spring-break-college-kids-583581/
Here is a photo from the internet of a college party is is also copyright free so you don't have to pay a penny to use it. i picked this image as it was free, good quality and colourful.

Here is how much it would cost to buy a photo for a college party at shutterstock.com you can buy a photo from a monthly cost




https://pixabay.com/en/leopard-leopard-head-wildlife-1036455/
Here is a photo of wild life photography it it is from the internet and is copyright free i picked this image as it was free and good quality.
This is how much it would be to use a  wild life photography image from shutterstock.com




















Wednesday 31 May 2017

Job Roles

Director - The director dictates every thing you see on the screen as his word is final on the movie.
Script Writer - The script writer  is the person who writes what is said within the film
Camera Man - the camera man is the person who records everything on set.
Producer - the producer is the person who manages everything behind the scenes from the budget to the schedule of of the workers and  who sorts everyone's contracts

Management - the people who manage in the TV & film industry are people like accountants as they manage the budget and and the peoples salaries and the what is spent on the movie or the TV show

Creative - People who have creative job roles in the TV and film industry are people who will be pretty much just be in the pre production stage. The main job role for creative workers are the people who write the scripts.

Technical - The people who do the technical jobs are the people who handle the equipment of the tv show or movie this includes camera men, sound operators and camera men

Freelance - A freelancer is someone who is self employed an example of someone who is a freelancer is a graphic designer. So most producers get in contact with a freelancer and they ask if they could do work for the movie and the designer and the producer would work up a fee and the period of time the designer would work. freelancers don't normally have a long contract.

History of Editing

Film editing started from short films that were shot from one angle and one camera only. back then this was an amazing achievement but with one shot this meant there was no editing needed the first ever short film was made in the 1890s the longest films dint even reach a minute up until 1903 when the film "The great Train Robbery was made this film lasted 12 minutes long and it was the longest film ever made at this time. The film used brand new techniques that were never done before. The techniqes used were cross cutting, camera movement, doible exposure, composite editing and location shooting.

After this film cross cutting became the norm as it was a better way to edit your films. But the people who made the great train robbery never came up with this technique, there have been many theories that Frank Mottershaw created the technique with his film Daylight Burglary. The first ever people who started editing techniques were David Griffiths, Eisenstein and Lev Kuleshow.

Kuleshov was one of the first people to come up with theories about editing techniques. Kuleshov argues that when you are building a film it is the same as builing a house (Brick by Brick) this analogy is about shot by shot.

Einesstein was a student of Kuleshovs but they drifted apart because they had different ideas  about film making. Einstein introduced the five methods from "word and image".
The first method is Metric this is where the editing follows a specific number of frames. and cutting to the next shot.
The second method is rhythmic
The third is Tonal
The fourth is over tanal
The final method is Intellectual

David Griffiths invented the editing techniques parallel editing and the classic hollywood style. he also used the 180 degree rule, the establishing shot and the reverse shot.

In the 1970s to the beginning of 1980s more video experiments were introduced like the Time Based correctors and digital video effects units. this is when digital got introduced. the first ever digital film that got made was called "Harry" but the technology could only make the film last up to 80 seconds of effects.
In 1991 Adobe introduced there first ever editing software called Adobe Premiere 1 this was only released for the Mac

At this stage of editing only TV commercials could be edited on computers this is because of hardrive capacity this stayed like this up untill the film "lets kill the lawyers" came out in  1991.
In 1993 a company called Media 100 came in and made leaps and bounds in Video compression


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Tuesday 30 May 2017

Developing Technologies

Technology has changed so much
Sky - Sky has changed TV so much as you used to be limited to just watching free channels. but now they have made it possible to watch a bigger variety of channels such as there film service Sky Movies and there sports channels Sky Sports. Sky is a paid service this is now the norm to pay there prices as over 95% of people own a Tv. Sky also offers a recording service this is where you can record another movie or show while you are watching another channel.

Film - The film industry now uses a lot of computer generated effects such as CGI an example of a film that uses good CGI is Kong, and Lord of The Rings: Return of the king,  The new way to film is to film is in IMax as this is the best quality and there are alot more cinemas that have IMax while back in the day films used to be in Black and white and be silent. while now we have visual effects and audio effects. in the olden days they made sound by using a band in the corner of each theater. and now we have 3d movies where you need to have 3d glasses but this has made a whole new polatform of films.,                                      


Streaming -
Streaming has now became available for most house holds in first world country but going back a few years ago there was no such thing as streaming websites or apps going back a few years ago you would have to buy DVD's this was in 2003 but going back before this there were VHS tapes but now you can just go on your phone, Tablet pretty much any thing that can be connected to a screen and that has internet. So what is streaming? streaming is where you can watch films or tv shows through your internet device without downloading it or buying a DVD. Streaming sites cost a certain fee per month the most popular streaming site is Netflix but Netflix now has competition from Amazon Prime and Now TV. At the moment Netflix have over 100 million users log in monthly.

Copyright

The Obscene Publications Act 1959 (c. 66) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament that significantly reformed the law related to obscenity in England and Wales. films

Privacy Law
The law is set for celebrities and any human in England has this right of privacy for example news companies can not hack phones or private information other wise they will be fined or shut down. An example of this is News of the World they hacked Madeline Mcann parents phones and many others and they got shut down News of The World was owned by Rupert Murdoch he owns the chain 20th Century Fox corporation they own Fox News the sun and Sky this means own Sky Sports. This scandal is still going on and till this day the news are still finding out who the News of the world hacked. The reason it is a law os because it is private information that is not meant for the public eye. the law is a regulation that protects a persons right to be left alone. another example of privacy law is that you cannot be harassed by the press in there own home or in a private place and the paparazzi cannot take photos on there holiday without there example.If your rights get breached you can sew. Examples of this are Justin Bieber speeding away from the Paparazzi this caused him to get in trouble from the police.

Copyright
The copyright law means that you cannot use anyones work without consent or if the person who made the content has been dead for 70 years if yo   u break the law you will get sewed a certain a percent of the the money you made or all of the money. the law effects music, films, art, or any creation you make. There are ways to get around copyright law this is to take inspiration from the original artist and put your own twist. another way to get away with copyright laws are in photoshop you can change the image 4 times this is from blurring changing the colour or the size. An example of copyright infringement was in Avatar and the makers and artists got sewed as another artist made artwork so similar than the world its self


Ethical
Media producers need to be carful with there content because it maybe offensive or harmful to others. a good example of this is that was ethically wrong was sachgate.


"Will they ever learn? Partners in crime Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand apologise for 'Sachsgate' - then crack tasteless jokes about Jimmy Savile sex scandal


  • Pair lost their jobs in 2008 after making lewd hoax calls to Andrew Sachs about his granddaughter
  • Brand has appeared on Ross's ITV chat show due for broadcast tomorrow night
  • The friends apologised for their pranks but still laughed about it
  • On Savile, Brand said: 'Can we just talk a while about how everyone from the 70s was a nonce?'
    Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross have apologised publicly for the 'Sachsgate' affair only to cause more controversy by cracking jokes about the Jimmy Savile paedophile scandal.
    The pair have been reunited on television for the first time since their 2008 prank on BBC Radio 2, as the comedian appeared on Ross's ITV1 chat show set for broadcast tomorrow night.
    But unable to avoid controversy for long, Brand said his friend 'didn't give a monkey's' about the furore caused after they made a series of offensive hoax phone calls to Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs."



The following quote was from the Daily Mail
In my opinion this was very wrong and was not at all professional.






Contracts
Contracts in media are either a written agreement or a spoken. Contracts are important in media because it enforces each party to complete what ever needs doing otherwise there will be consequences.  The most popular contracts in media are employment contracts.







Friday 19 May 2017

Week 1
This week i have been shooting a few ideas around about what i am going to film so far i have thought about going to the Riverside stadium and doing a in the life of a boro player. I have also thought about doing a homeless person.

Week 2
I have emailed the Riverside stadium about filming there i not yet had a reply. I am thinking about another project instead of this

Week 3
I have had an email back and i cannot film in the Riverside i am going to have to think of a new idea i am thinking about doing something about a homeless man or about a kid who gets abused

Week 4
I have decided to do my film about abuse i now need to find an actor and location.

Week 5
I have talked to my friend Connor Barwick about being the actor he has disagreed. I now have a make up artist agreed Jess has agreed to this role.
Week 6
Connor has now agreed to be my actor I have now also created my story board and script on Adobe Story. I have also made the time table for when I am going to record and edit. Next week I am going to film and the week after that I am going to edit the film. I have also filled out my risk assesment.
Week 7
This week I am filming my film but first i need to finish my call sheet document, my equipment booking form and my contributor release form. I have now finished every document i set my self. I have not yet recorded my film so i have pushed the the film back to next week and all the people i need for the film have agreed to the date which is on Tuesday.
Week 8
I have now changed my booking form to Tuesday and it has been accepted by the office and i have confirmed it with the actor and the make up artist                  

Week 9
I am going to start filming today we are all going to meet outside of the college next to the river. jess will do connors make up to make him look like he has being abused. filming completed. i have put the files onto the D Drive so it is now ready to get edited                          


Week 10
I have started editing the movie i have edited about half way through i now need to find the right music and colour grading. i have finished editing but i have decided to change the song of my minute film and i have gone for a black and white
Week 11
This week I am going to finish the edit. I have now finished the editing and now I am in the process of uploading it to Vimeo and YouTube.

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Tracing

Ingot a picture from google of the rapper logic i then opened up Adobe Illustrator and dragged it in the programme after this i resized the image and then clicked on the image and went to "window' then "image trace" this made it turn grey scale

Tuesday 28 February 2017

i used adobe illustator i used the paint brush to make a "T" i then changed to colour by the top of the programme. i then got a shape and transformed it.

Tuesday 24 January 2017

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