1. Have you got a completed main piece?
Not yet – I need to finish editing it.
2. Have you completed subsidiary/ancillary pieces?
No – I have not finished the film yet. I am not sure how to go about it.
3. Is your coursework sufficiently sophisticated and detailed? Does it engage with Media concepts?
I think so... production, we media (youtube), marketing (not sure how...)
4. Does your coursework allow you to engage with the key questions you need for your evaluation?
5. What actions do you need to take now?
Finish editing my piece using photoshop which will take a long time. Once I have done this, I will be able to concentrate on my ancillary tasks.
Evaluation:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
What have you learned from your audience feedback?
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Make notes on the ways that your coursework shows development in these key areas:
• Digital technology (camera, photoshop, etc...)
• Creativity (construction of the models, greenbox, etc...)
• Research and Planning (research of Dore’s illustrations, organising a timetable, etc...)
• Post-Production (editing, photoshop, etc...)
• Using conventions from real media texts (editing, model construction, etc...)
Make notes on the ways that your coursework engages with these key concepts:
• Narrative
• Audience
Friday, 24 February 2012
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Media Film Feedback
This is a post responding to the feedback I was given by Mr Wroe several weeks ago, before my rushes were created. I have done this in the form of a list of points raised by Mr Wroe (in bold), and my response to them.
- The greenscreen behind your (original) figurines is very creased and the lighting is very uneven I have improved the greenscreen (as can be seen in my recent rushes) and the lighting has been adjusted (as also can be seen from my rushes). The lighting is still a little uneven, however, this is not as big an issue as originally thought, as I am now digitally removing the background of each photograph using photoshop as opposed to my original idea of using a techinical "greenscreen" approach, which would require perfect lighting.
- Can you explain the timing cues on your storyboard? Yes: the timing cues reflect how many seconds each "scene" should be; from the number of seconds estimated, I was able to work out approximately how many photographs were needed for each scene. As it happens, the timing cues have been re-adjusted and the opening scene has more than tripled in length; therefore, I plan to re-blog a new storyboard with the new timing cues.
- Can you explain the type of sound you have chosen? Will there be dialogue/a soundtrack? If so, how do you plan to do this? There will be a soundtrack, which will be played over the top of the completed animation - the soundtrack is comprised of 3 different pieces of music, and was originally created as a piece of dance music for a performance I was involved in last year; it was arranged and edited by my friend - Neiko - who kindly allowed me to borrow it (I asked his permission using facebook messages). I have decided that there will be no dialogue or spoken voice during the animation, as I believe that this takes away from the atmosphere of the piece. Furthermore, even if I did want the characters to speak, I have neither the time nor the budget to enable the characters' mouth to move as they talk! Therefore, my decision was one of practicality and consideration.
- Will you blog some of your rushes, just to give us a hint of what is to come? Yes - the rushes have been blogged and I am in the process of creating a facebook page for my animation, where the rushes (both edited and unedited) will be displayed and feedback will be invited.
- Have you had any feedback so far? Yes - I have recieved three messages from fellow youtube users, each one claiming that they "loved (my) channel" and could see that I was "really into animations". I have also recieved facebook comments from friends, my favorite of which was: "wow - I love the models! And I love the way they move - you are so talented". Which is very nice.
- Finally, may I just say that I love the ribs showing through Death's costume - that is a really nice touch! Thank you. I actually pinched that idea from one of the Gustave Dore illustrations (shown on the right hand side of my blog) where his robe is left open down the front, giving us a rather macarbre glimpse of his ribs! I liked the gothic touch, so that is why I have included it.
- The greenscreen behind your (original) figurines is very creased and the lighting is very uneven I have improved the greenscreen (as can be seen in my recent rushes) and the lighting has been adjusted (as also can be seen from my rushes). The lighting is still a little uneven, however, this is not as big an issue as originally thought, as I am now digitally removing the background of each photograph using photoshop as opposed to my original idea of using a techinical "greenscreen" approach, which would require perfect lighting.
- Can you explain the timing cues on your storyboard? Yes: the timing cues reflect how many seconds each "scene" should be; from the number of seconds estimated, I was able to work out approximately how many photographs were needed for each scene. As it happens, the timing cues have been re-adjusted and the opening scene has more than tripled in length; therefore, I plan to re-blog a new storyboard with the new timing cues.
- Can you explain the type of sound you have chosen? Will there be dialogue/a soundtrack? If so, how do you plan to do this? There will be a soundtrack, which will be played over the top of the completed animation - the soundtrack is comprised of 3 different pieces of music, and was originally created as a piece of dance music for a performance I was involved in last year; it was arranged and edited by my friend - Neiko - who kindly allowed me to borrow it (I asked his permission using facebook messages). I have decided that there will be no dialogue or spoken voice during the animation, as I believe that this takes away from the atmosphere of the piece. Furthermore, even if I did want the characters to speak, I have neither the time nor the budget to enable the characters' mouth to move as they talk! Therefore, my decision was one of practicality and consideration.
- Will you blog some of your rushes, just to give us a hint of what is to come? Yes - the rushes have been blogged and I am in the process of creating a facebook page for my animation, where the rushes (both edited and unedited) will be displayed and feedback will be invited.
- Have you had any feedback so far? Yes - I have recieved three messages from fellow youtube users, each one claiming that they "loved (my) channel" and could see that I was "really into animations". I have also recieved facebook comments from friends, my favorite of which was: "wow - I love the models! And I love the way they move - you are so talented". Which is very nice.
- Finally, may I just say that I love the ribs showing through Death's costume - that is a really nice touch! Thank you. I actually pinched that idea from one of the Gustave Dore illustrations (shown on the right hand side of my blog) where his robe is left open down the front, giving us a rather macarbre glimpse of his ribs! I liked the gothic touch, so that is why I have included it.
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