Josh, some very good work produced here and within your group, you have created an effective re-branding adverting concept and a well-produced TV advert.
In regards to unit 2: Communication Skills for Creative Media Production (pitch and presentation):
You were able to use appropriate techniques to extract information from written sources with some precision and presented a structured and detailed media production report which conveys information and explains conclusions with clarity.
Your pitch was interesting and I thought that you conveyed the information about your re-branding idea and employed forms of address in your pitch to communicate ideas effectively. The pitch was visually good and you deployed and managed technology to pitch a media production proposal effectively and with some imagination.
You made effective changes to your work with frequent beneficial effects.
In regards to unit 30: Advertisement Production for Television:
Within your TV advert analysis, you were able to explain structures and techniques of TV advertisements with reference to detailed examples and with generally correct use of subject terminology.
Working within your group, you were able originate and develop an idea for a TV advertisement showing some imagination and with only occasional assistance. The advert demonstrated a good understanding of conventions in TV adverts and it was clear that you were able to produce a TV advertisement to a good standard showing some imagination and with only occasional assistance.
Your evaluation was also detailed and you explained your own TV advertisement production work with reference to detailed illustrative examples and generally correct use of subject terminology.
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Documentary mini task
I believe that a documentary is a film or programme based on a factual subject with exact proof of the knowledge in documents and just official proof. I would define a documentary as a film that is made to educate or make you think using genuine knowledge and proof to do so, preferably with an objective stand point however I know most documentaries do not do this.
Expository Documentary Style
An expository documentary is a film using a voice over to tell the audience exactly what they are seeing and what it means. Usually the voice over will accompany shots and images to show what they are on about and it is generally a form used for objective documentaries. This is a lot like most David Attenborough or wildlife documentaries such as Life. This documentary is about the many animals on our planet.
Observational Style
This style is used to present 'a slice of life' it does not use voice overs or anything it just shows what the camera sees with no intervention form the film maker the maker is not seen or heard by the audience. This style is non obtrusive and does not try to cause a judgement. A documentary I have seen like this is Tiger: Spy in the Jungle, in this documentary you follow tiger cubs growing up
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Interactive Style
This is almost done in an interview style where the film makers presence is clear and you see them interact with the subject matter. You can see much easier that they have edited the film to show a specific idea. I have watched a documentary like this by Louis Theroux called UFO's which specifically follows a man named Thor Templar who believes he has killed more than 20 aliens himself.
Reflexive Style
This uses shots of everyday uncontrusive life to create when edited the documentary with the message desired, it effectively uses the initially shots of everyday life as building blocks. You are meant to be interested in both the content and the way the content is filmed. This is a lot like Ross Kemp in Afghanistan where you are interested in the content and the way it has been filmed due to its location.
Performative Style
This style uses re-enactment and exaggeration to present life how the film maker wants. The emphasis is put on presentation rather than content as it aims to project the subject matter in a stylised view. This is like super size me which follows a man who decides to go on a McDonald's diet. It will do re takes to represent the food and other items in certain ways along with his health side effects. It will also dramatise certain aspects like health problems. This is to give a more impacting effect.
Conclusion
In my own opinion I believe that documentaries should be factual and no really have a true bias other than to show results and educate. I feel that with an overly large amount of editing you can easily bend the truth and that this is can be wrong and cause false impressions.
Expository Documentary Style
An expository documentary is a film using a voice over to tell the audience exactly what they are seeing and what it means. Usually the voice over will accompany shots and images to show what they are on about and it is generally a form used for objective documentaries. This is a lot like most David Attenborough or wildlife documentaries such as Life. This documentary is about the many animals on our planet.
Observational Style
This style is used to present 'a slice of life' it does not use voice overs or anything it just shows what the camera sees with no intervention form the film maker the maker is not seen or heard by the audience. This style is non obtrusive and does not try to cause a judgement. A documentary I have seen like this is Tiger: Spy in the Jungle, in this documentary you follow tiger cubs growing up
.
Interactive Style
This is almost done in an interview style where the film makers presence is clear and you see them interact with the subject matter. You can see much easier that they have edited the film to show a specific idea. I have watched a documentary like this by Louis Theroux called UFO's which specifically follows a man named Thor Templar who believes he has killed more than 20 aliens himself.Reflexive Style
This uses shots of everyday uncontrusive life to create when edited the documentary with the message desired, it effectively uses the initially shots of everyday life as building blocks. You are meant to be interested in both the content and the way the content is filmed. This is a lot like Ross Kemp in Afghanistan where you are interested in the content and the way it has been filmed due to its location.Performative Style
This style uses re-enactment and exaggeration to present life how the film maker wants. The emphasis is put on presentation rather than content as it aims to project the subject matter in a stylised view. This is like super size me which follows a man who decides to go on a McDonald's diet. It will do re takes to represent the food and other items in certain ways along with his health side effects. It will also dramatise certain aspects like health problems. This is to give a more impacting effect.Conclusion
In my own opinion I believe that documentaries should be factual and no really have a true bias other than to show results and educate. I feel that with an overly large amount of editing you can easily bend the truth and that this is can be wrong and cause false impressions.
Friday, 13 May 2016
Research - Power Unlimited
This is a documentary made to show the origins and history of power lifting and what it has been and what it has become.
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Research 2
This is a video on what it takes in all aspects food, mentality and sacrifices to be a powerlifter
Research
This is a video following a power lifter and what a day in his life does and what he has to eat to maintain his body.
Monday, 9 May 2016
3 minute wonder review
The King of Laughter:
I really enjoyed the style of the documentary, it focused heavily on the joy in their faces and the way they laugh to have fun. It was about how the town of Walsall was supposedly the unhappiest place in Britain but Belachew Girma believed that he could change that make it a better place. The man truly believed that laughter was a very important part of life and wanted to show people its free to enjoy. However, I didn't really like how fast they cut away to other things and rushed through certain shots I would rather they just slightly longer and could be appreciated more.
Karl Pilkington Health:
I believed his idea was in the right place and that initially this was to be about health and fitness, however he soon went on to almost be prejudice although he claims not to be towards homosexuals and clearly believes that there is more gyms around because he has a already fully produced stereotypical idea about what homosexuals look like and want to do. He believes that they are the ones that want to look fit and healthy almost insinuating in my opinion that if you want to as well you are probably a homosexual. He later goes on to say a tortoise lives for 250 years without doing exercise which is a fine and fair fact however a person and a tortoise are in no way similar or have the same requirements. I did enjoy the personal feel to the documentary as there was nothing more than just his own opinion and voice.
The wall - 3 minute wonder - Pure Evil
This is a documentary about a man, who is what I assume to be a professional street artist painting a unicorn with a rocket for a horn with a rainbow in the background. He says that he hates most people especially the establishment and sees this as his own way of getting back at them. He says that people used to paint over his work and then he would go and re-paint it. As much as I do not agree with street art unless it is in a hidden or reclusive area he does say he now considers where it is he paints and that he knows there are some places you probably shouldn't do it. I liked that it was a very simple and easy to follow documentary and that you could easily see. hear and understand what it was he was trying to do and get across.
I really enjoyed the style of the documentary, it focused heavily on the joy in their faces and the way they laugh to have fun. It was about how the town of Walsall was supposedly the unhappiest place in Britain but Belachew Girma believed that he could change that make it a better place. The man truly believed that laughter was a very important part of life and wanted to show people its free to enjoy. However, I didn't really like how fast they cut away to other things and rushed through certain shots I would rather they just slightly longer and could be appreciated more.
Karl Pilkington Health:
I believed his idea was in the right place and that initially this was to be about health and fitness, however he soon went on to almost be prejudice although he claims not to be towards homosexuals and clearly believes that there is more gyms around because he has a already fully produced stereotypical idea about what homosexuals look like and want to do. He believes that they are the ones that want to look fit and healthy almost insinuating in my opinion that if you want to as well you are probably a homosexual. He later goes on to say a tortoise lives for 250 years without doing exercise which is a fine and fair fact however a person and a tortoise are in no way similar or have the same requirements. I did enjoy the personal feel to the documentary as there was nothing more than just his own opinion and voice.
The wall - 3 minute wonder - Pure Evil
This is a documentary about a man, who is what I assume to be a professional street artist painting a unicorn with a rocket for a horn with a rainbow in the background. He says that he hates most people especially the establishment and sees this as his own way of getting back at them. He says that people used to paint over his work and then he would go and re-paint it. As much as I do not agree with street art unless it is in a hidden or reclusive area he does say he now considers where it is he paints and that he knows there are some places you probably shouldn't do it. I liked that it was a very simple and easy to follow documentary and that you could easily see. hear and understand what it was he was trying to do and get across.
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