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ZomGlee – Risk Assessments

Hazard – Equiptment left in a thoroughfare, causing members of the general public to trip.
Prevention – Ensure that all equiptment is safely put away out of the way of thoroughfares so that no cast, crew, or members of the general public so to not cause any accidents.
This action shall be completed by techincal crew members throughout the filming week.

Hazard – Filming equiptment could be damaged by food and drink left in shooting locations.
Prevention – Make sure that no liquids are left in a shooting location near any electrical equiptment, or to futher prevent any accidents occuring, ban all food and drink from being consumed in an area where filming equiptment shall be used.
All cast and crew members shall ensure that this action takes place throughout the filming week.

Hazard – Cast and crew members could be harmed whilst filming by bumping into one another, or equiptment.
Prevention – Make all cast and crew members fully aware of where equiptment are, and other people around them too before starting to film so to not cause accidents whilst filming.
This action shall be taken up by all cast and crew members alike.

Hazard – The tracking could cause crew members to trip over
Prevention – Make sure that crew members are aware of where the tracking starts and stops, or have a spotter to tell the cameraman where to stop whilst filming so to not damage equiptment or hurt themselves.
This action shall be taken up by a crew member.

Hazard – Weather conditions could damage equiptment (e.g raining, windy)
Prevention – If it is raining outside, shoot in an inside location or on another day so the eletrical equiptment doesn’t get damaged by rain water, or knocked over by heavy wind.
This decision shall be made on the day of shooting particular scenes.

Hazard – Tables and chairs could cause someone to trip
Prevention – Before filming, remove all furnishings that are in the way of the cast and crew, or anything that could potentially be dangerous whilst filming. If tables and chairs and such furniture are in the way, remove them from the room or out of the way of thoroughfares.
This action shall be taken up by crew members just before shooting starts, and checked over again when cast are present.

Hazard – Misbehaving could cause accidents and harm crew/cast members or damage equiptment
Prevention – Ensure that all cast and crew members know beforehand how to behave properly at shooting locations, and punish bad behaviour accordingly.

Hazard – Injury caused by opening and closing of doors.
Prevenation – If actors and dancers need to come through the doors, get someone to open it to ensure their safety.

ZomGlee Storyboards

Thriller Storyboards (dance scene) Scene 12 –

Classroom Scene Storyboards –

 

ZomGlee – Editing Report

I have edited my scene from the production of ‘ZomGlee’ in the software called Final Cut Pro which you can see my project in, in the screen shot shown below.

I was editing the dance scene with the music audio ‘Thriller’ which we filmed in the Sports Hall on day 1 of the production.
Once I had logged and transferred all of the video clips which was required to edit my scene together, I opened them in the ‘multi-cam’ which shows sixteen individual different video clips at once, which are in sync with the music audio at the right time. I put these clips together in a specific order by listening closely to the audio and detecting the beat at the right time, then clicking on a certain video clip to put it into the timeline.

You can see my video time line in the screen shot below. This is where all of the video clips and also the audio are placed in the correct order. You can see the scrubber on the timeline, this is where it will play from where you set the scrubber. Once I had completed my video and added in the transitions at the end to make it fade to black by pressing the command key and T, I went to the beginning of the timeline where the video starts and pressed the key i

As there were more than sixteen separate video clips from different angles of the dance, once I had completely edited the first part of the dance scene I logged and transferred in some additional video clips from the memory cards and then manually put them into the timeline in a specific order, then cut the clips to the right length using the cut tool by pressing the key B and then moving them to the right place by using the arrow by pressing A. Below is a screenshot of the browser which has all of the video clips I needed in them, which were already cut to the right length whilst logging and transferring.

When using the multi-cam to edit my video, I had to make the video clips sync with the music audio (Thriller by Michael Jackson). To do this, go to the top of the slug canvas in Final Cut Pro and open the video clips. If I wanted them to go off sync, I would click ‘Sync Off’ instead so the video clips shown in the multi-cam would play how they are, without the audio. The drop down box I used is shown below in the screenshot.

Below is a screenshot of the ‘Canvas’ which I viewed my whole project on. This is where I could see exactly what I was editing, so once I had edited a small part of the video from the timeline, I could look on here and view what I had just done to check it was complete.  

Evaluation – Popstar

For this ‘Popstar’ assignment, I have made a single cover following the themes which our group discussed and came up with for our campaign.

Looking at my finished final design, my media product does match up to the original proposal as it clearly follows the theme and genre of the music which we proposed. Our general theme and genre was edgy grunge, with an urban indie twist to it. I have displayed these themes and genre in my final design by the way the model is posing and the props she is holding (a spray paint can). Also, by the background which I placed my model on by cutting her out of the original background and placing her onto a grunge looking wall image of which I found on Google images, and also the specific style of font which our whole group decided to use called ‘Amsterdam’ which we downloaded and installed from a font website called Dafont.com, which is an urban graffiti style font also linking in with out specific theme.

I would personally say that the completed design of my single cover does in fact have an appeal to the target audience, which is 16-30 year old members of both genders, as generally they enjoy that specific type of music and are also attracted to media products which follow the grunge/urban indie style. Also, I think they could relate to the titles of the single cover which we named ‘Karma’ as it would sound cool to them and would perhaps entice them to listen to it as it sounds interesting. Another thing which I would say makes the media product attractive to the target audience is the way the text has been placed onto the background, making it seem that the model is actually spray painting the wording onto the wall behind her, this could interest them as perhaps it is something they enjoy or even do.

The brand is consistent throughout all of my groups completed media products as we have all closely followed the brief and theme. On all of our media products (Single and album cover, promotional poster and magazine cover) we all used the exact same font (Amsterdam) which was a graffiti style of font to fit in with our theme. Although we all used the same font, we have slightly differed it from each design by making it stand out on the specific background it was placed onto, for instance, putting in a bigger drop shadow on Photoshop, making the inner glow a different colour and so on. Also, we obviously all had the same logo as each other, which was a black graffiti style rose with the brands name ‘Black Rose’ placed around the rose in an arc formation. Another thing which is consistent through all of our final designs is the colour scheme used which was black, white and red.

If I was given the chance to redo my final design of the single cover, certain aspects which I would change this time around is perhaps the font choice. I would have liked to searched for a different graffiti style of font which was easier to read, as one point of feedback which I received was how the word ‘Rose’ wasn’t that easy to read at first glance. Another thing I would do to make the text slightly easier to read is make the font stand out more from the background, by maybe making the font bolder by adding a larger drop shadow on, or putting a different colour font or outer glow from behind the text to make it more attractive and attention grabbing.

I have received a few comments about my design from peers and teachers, which were; The font isn’t that easy to read. I agree with this as when you first look at the word ‘Rose’ on my final design the letter R looks like a P, so you only realise that the word says rose when you see the image of the rose above it. I could have perhaps made this certain word slightly easier to read by adding in effects on the text in Photoshop like giving the word an inner glow with a contrasting colour, for instance black text with a white inner glow. Also, I could have spaced the letters further apart so that each individual letter was easy to read.
Another comment I received was that the model looks slightly out-of-place where it has been placed on the background. I agree with this as you can clearly tell that the model isn’t actually in front of a brick wall. I could have corrected this by taking more time with the levels on the photo, like the brightness and contrast levels to make it look more realistic.

Overall, I am generally happy with my final design and I would personally say that I have followed the theme and brief well to come up with this design. Although I can see weaknesses in  my design, for instance the blank spaces on the cover at the top right, look boring and dull.
The logo which I designed isn’t very creative nor is it to the standard of which I could have potentially achieved if I had put my time and effort into it.
Also, the font which we chose as a group doesn’t really match up to the general theme. I believe if we had taken our time to choose a different font, the whole cover would have been more aesthetically pleasing.

 

Single Cover – Popstar

ZomGlee – Video Evaluation

During the filming process of the musical production ‘ZomGlee’ I feel as though I have learnt a lot about particular roles within filming, and also about the general filming process as a whole. Technically, as I had the role as a photographer on set I have definitely learnt a lot more about shooting good quality images whilst under pressure, for example, getting the right shots and thinking fast about the elements of the photo such as composition, content of the images itself and the angles of which I’m shooting from. Also, I have learnt a bit more about the specific settings which are required for shooting in the locations of which we were filming, and how to capture images of the cast (actors and dancers) whilst moving without it being blurred by changing certain settings on the DSLR camera.

I would also say that I have had to develop certain social skills because I had to work with completely new people who I’ve not properly met, and talk to them about what they were doing some of the time, and also to be confident in what I was doing in front of them to complete my job role to the best of my ability. At first, I found this slightly difficult as I didn’t feel as though I was fully aware of what I needed to do, and because I was slightly intimidated by working with a new set of people, but after a while I got used to my surroundings and got on with the job.

For the production of this particular assignment, we were put into groups of four to do the roles of the photographer, director, audio and camera man. I enjoyed working with my team as we all got a long really well with each other, suggesting and pitching in ideas to one and other and just generally gelling well as a group which enabled us to participate in the production and get on with our roles really well.
I would say that I have developed some management skills from having this experience from filming, as I have had to ensure that I was on time for filming so to keep in time with the tight shooting schedule, meaning I would have to be on time everyday I was required on set. Also, the majority of time we had to use out initiative in order to do certain tasks in our roles, for instance for my role in particular I would have to know what to take photos of and capture the moment at the exact right time without getting in any crew members way.

If I was to get the chance to do this project again, something I would potentially do differently is perhaps meeting with the actors and dancers a few more times to do a full run through and general rehearsal  and make sure that every crew member knew exactly what they were doing before the actual production took place.
Also, I would most probably set up earlier or even whilst the actors and dancers weren’t around as there were a lot of occasions where the majority of people were just standing about waiting for the filming to start up, which sometimes distracted people from what they were doing.
Furthermore, I personally would perhaps do my role as a photographer better than I previously did as I now feel a lot more confident in what I was doing, for example with the DSLR camera and shooting in that particular location.

Looking at my finished product, overall I am very pleased with the outcome of my final edit of my scene. Watching it back, I have edited the scene well to the music, for instance, cutting the shot on time with the beat, and making the cuts between each shot look smooth.
I have made my final edit as best as I possibly could by choosing the most interesting and fitting shots at particular times in the scene. For instance, I would use a close up on a dancer or actor if they are changing position so I wouldn’t lose interest of the audience whilst watching, and also whilst the dancers were reaching forward to “attack” the actors, I used a shot from the side angle to show the audience exactly what is happening so they get a better idea of the story.
I feel as though if I had a more variety of shots from different angles, and the close up shots were filmed better, I could have edited the Thriller scene a lot better as there would have been more of a variety in the scene, without having to cut back to the same angle a number of times throughout.
Also, I wanted to use more close ups in the final edit, to focus on a particular actor or dancer, but wasn’t able to as the close up shots which were filmed weren’t filmed great so theredfore didn’t look good on the video edit.
Having more shots available to use would have made my editing process more consistent, and would have made the final media product better and more interesting to watch.

ZomGlee – Pre-production

For the production of ‘ZomGlee’ I was put into a group with three other peers who were assigned individual roles within the team. My specific role was the photographer/continuity, with Lauryn as the director, Raice recording the audio, and Alphy operating the cameras.

Once I had been given my particular role in this assignment, I began researching what I would need to do in the production as a photographer. To gain knowledge of what exactly was required of me, I firstly looked on websites such as Skillsset to read about what you need to do for jobs such as Director of Photographers. This gave me an insight into how to carry out the task I had been set, ensuring I knew what to do when it came to filming. Also, as I knew that I would be photographing actors and dancers whilst they’re in motion, I practiced capturing people dancing/moving in my own time before filming started, looking at what settings I need to put my DSLR camera on in order to get the best quality images, and so on.

When I am carrying out my role of the photographer, there are a certain amount of things that I need to be aware of whilst doing so such as; not to get in the way of any crew members, production crew, actors and dancers, and also not to get in shot of the recording cameras so I don’t mess up the shot. Furthermore, I need to make sure that when audio is being recorded for a scene I don’t take any pictures just in case the boom microphones don’t pick up on the sound of the cameras shutters when taking the picture. Another thing is to not distract the actors/dancers or any technical crew members whilst on set as it could make the filming process even more time consuming and possibly mess up any shots , I would overcome this by not shoving the camera in any ones face whilst they are performing.

Photo Diary

‘Popstar’ Research

For this task I have decided to look at the album artwork for singer Lucy Roses album titled “Like I Used To”.

As you can see on the cover, it’s quite simplistic, showing the singer herself lying on a beach with a vintage stereo lying next to her. Lucy is posing in a peaceful relaxed way, which tells me that she is trying to communicate the calming and easy listening sounds of her music.
The stereo I think is a symbolic image to indicate the general style of the music, which Lucy creates. Also, the location where the image is shot is a beach, portraying a peaceful feeling, similar to her music, which is quite calm, and easy listening.

The colours used on this album artwork are all fairly soft and neutral tones, again establishing further the calmness of Lucy’s music.
The text on the album, stating her name and the albums title, is in the same colour as the stereo, also linking in with the theme of her music.

The logo for the artist is simply her name in a particular font and colour. The font has a quite fun yet calming look/style to it, with a metallic rose gold colouring, which contrasts to the location it’s placed on here, yet links in with the colour of the stereo.