George Redstone (Blogger 2016/17/18)

1. The brief - Take time at the outset to ensure I understand what is required from the brief and ask questions - Make my work of top quality by checking and getting feedback before submission - Do research to help any points I want to make - provide evidence of my research I think this is achievable since the brief is crucial and so I feel like the way I will make it any good will be to work from home, and from there, make my work of top quality but I will do research to help me. I will like to get this done by the deadline of the brief. 2. Ask more questions and contribute in lessons - Ask 2-3 question minimum per lesson - Work hard in focus groups to be very crucial to the contribution of the group - evidence of this will come from feedback - Have original thoughts of my own not borrow others ideas - measurable I will contribute in lessons if I ask more questions from the teacher for help. This will result in me working hard and contributing to a...

What skill will I develop? For me, I struggle with some of the Adobe software programs because they are so intricate. I try my best and the apps are so useful. Especially if I just want to put one thing on top of the other I can with Photoshop or I want to make a movie, I can use Premiere for example. In fact, the app I am the best at is Adobe Premiere. The app I need to work on, no matter how hard I try is Adobe Photoshop. This is because there is so much to it and I still have a lot to learn. I never knew I could make a stop motion movie inside there. Things like this inspire me to know more about it. It is as if you can do absolutely anything to your photo but for me knowing how and finding it is the problem. My goal Find 7 more new tools in Photoshop. Am I enthusiastic enough? I am definitely eager to learn more about it every time I open the app. I can still do a lot on there to be fair because that is shown in every new piece of work I make. My weakness is that I...

How do I make my magazine cover pop? Source: LinkedIn Learning Link: https://www.slideshare.net/mrcaptainpanda/magazine-cover-analysis-17728028 What this told me was, how to make my magazine cover pop. It tells me what I need to do in order to create an excitng atmosphere, and a closer understanding for the audience of what my magazine is actually about. Not only that but how to show what is important for my character on the front cover and how to capitalise them. I realise d a lo t more via secondary research about the magazine I bought in my primary research. I now found the face on the front (Harry Potter) is serious and that created an intense atmosphere, especially for a heroic character and that draws the auidence in to want to watch the film to find out what happens to their hero. I think that the way this magazine portrays a daring image of Harry Potter imposes an a different view for Harry Potter. It shows home being serious and that could scare the ...

I have found 3 magazines at 3 different prices to find out what the average price is: £4.75+£3.99+£3.90=£12.64. £12.64 divided by 3 is £4.21 so the average price for the magazines that I found was £4.21. The reason I used this technique to determine whether it was the average was that it is the correct mathematical way to find a way of calculating an average and I thought it would be helpful to know the average since it would be primary research. The reason that this is primary research is that I went and individually picked out these magazines and did the maths myself meaning, that I alone have collected this and calculated the average which hasn't been done before. This means that since I did this myself and worked it out you could say that this is Quantitive data because of the fact I'm using numbers. But I'm using the magazines I found as well, not just numbers on their own so that I am doing collecting something myself and no off of anyone else. If I did, t...

In making this animation I really enjoyed finding a design to make and use as the character to walk with. I thought of using a stick man but I don't think that would have looked very good. I like the design I chose because it is like Mike from monsters inc. only my character has two eyes and no arms. I also really enjoyed making this because I like making animations, there is something about it that I find so enjoyable. I think it is because it's like making a short 5-second mini-movie and I also love Moving Image and making movies. I think it is a matter of the fact that I find stop-motion fun and so when I made this using Photoshop I could make all the intricate and detailed adjustments I wanted. Like making the circle more perfect for example. The things I struggled with was that it was time-consuming and I only had 1 lesson to do it so, I couldn't make all the adjustment I wanted simply because there wasn't enough time. This didn't stop me however be...

In my animation, I used photo booth to take the pictures. I started by trying at all the different filters and effects.

Zero was a film about this little character which was a different colour to everybody else (grey) in this film which was pink. Then the main part of this film is that the main character is a number, and in this case, it is the number 0. All the other people are numbers 1-9 and they happen to dislike 0's. This is because they are different. The 0 got into a lot of abuse and trouble which eventually ends up in him being homeless. This is until he finds a girl (whilst he is still homeless) being beaten up in the alleyway where he was sleeping. He is looking at this while peering over some boxes and then he knocks them over. The people beating up the girl realised this and then they come and beat him up. When he wakes up he is met by this girl and they fall in love. They still struggle with being 0's but that didn't stop them. After this, they are lying in a filed together when suddenly a bright light shines on them and people come from around this lights from a car, and the gi...

For my final design, I chose to use my 'Karting Magazine' poster with me inside my kart. I thought that this made the most sense to use because it is both the most authentic and the best one to show about me and what I aimed for in my project, which is what I think I achieved. This was to represent my lifestyle. At the start, I aspired to make a poster that shows off my unique features such as, my hairstyle, the fact that I am a sporty person and lastly that I do Karting.  This poster doesn't show my hair but it certainly shows the other two features. The best thing about it poster is that I have presented my passion for Karting. This is significant to me since I don't get to talk about it a lot since it is a very rare thing. I think that not only does this display my passion for Karting but it shows off my skills in photoshop.  I created a banner around the writing so that you can actually see it since before this, there was no banner and that made it ve...

The impact sound had on the early cinema was big because most of the films made in the 1920's were silent so to have sound was a massive new element to shape the tone of the film. This made room for music and all sorts of different sound like Foley, diegetic and non-diegetic sound. Diegetic sound is, for example, characters voices, the sound made by objects in the story (Foley) and even music from instruments in the story space (source sound). This means that diegetic sound can either be from on or off the screen depending on where the music is being played from. Non-diegetic sound is from a narrator's commentary like in documentaries, sound effects for dramatic effect and mood music. So mood music is also background music in most scenes since it isn't the main feature but if you use it as the only piece of sound if nothing is happening within the shot then you can use it as the main sound feature but not when other characters are talking. The difference betwee...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNi9IYfMTc In my 60 second video, I chose to go with tension as my genre. I haven't tried tension and it was something I wanted to do. I liked making this film but at the start, I was aiming for a comedy and I guess it is a bit of both.  From target 3.1 I learned new and interesting shot types such as, a low angle looking up and the high angle looking down which are great to use because they show how a character is feeling. For example, the low angle looking up can show that a character is feeling intimidated and a high angle looking down is the person providing the argument. I learned this through watching 'A few good men" in the "You can't handle the truth" scene.  In my film, I use the low angle facing up to the girl so the guy in the chair was feeling intimidated. This gives my film a twist because you don't expect the guy in the chair to be intimidated since he is giving the girl orders. I tried to crea...

Medium Over- shoulder Close up Wide Medium, close up Establishing Extreme close up (Cut away) Long shot 180-degree rule High angle Low angle Extreme long shot Aerial Birds eye (pano) Depth of field Dutch tilt (dolly zoom)

A silent film convention, in this case, would be the soundtrack. This helps to explain the characters intentions in the film. This means that the film is a clearly a comedy for example, or even perhaps a horror - this can be determined by the type of music used. The main feature in most films is the music but because there are no lines for the characters to say and that means the soundtrack is the only thing you hear making it really important. In my film, I used a comedic style of music that is fast paced and funny within itself. This was the reason I chose it since the film I made is a comedy so it added that extra bit of emphasis to make the audience laugh. I prefer this track over something like having Charlie Chaplin's theme because that was his selection and it clearly worked for him. For me, I had to be different, I then chose to use this track and it does (in my opinion) what it is supposed to do with any silent film. The way that you could add extra comedy wo...

When I made this poster I ensured to used red since that is the colour of danger or warning. This allowed me to then blend in the stop sign used for road signals. Then I added the two hands pointing to the fact you have to use a different entrance and then the question marks suggesting that you go through the crib and then get a snack. Not only does this poster inform you, it provides you with a better opportunity and better option than going through and disturbing a class. I enjoyed making this because of the fact it was fun and that using InDesign was great. I love using InDesign and I rarely get to use it, making this an even better experience. The reason I love this is that it makes editing and drawing easier to do. This helps me and takes a lot of the pressure off that you will get using Photoshop because in that app you have to be very precise and the computer doesn't help you. If I were to do this again, I would correct the spelling mistake on the second line...

In my Karting poster (red) and my Teen magazine cover photo's I got 3 lights in a studio and but see-through coloured filters and put them over the white lights creating this awesome and colourful effect on my face with the red/ purple. I love the way that it turned out because after all I was only experimenting with this and I decided to keep it over the normal colours of my face. Then I edited the other images too make up for the fact I couldn't use the studio lighting effects. The way that the Time magazine cover was edited was through Filter Gallery which was very suiting and useful for this particular photo. The Karting Magazine photo of me in my suit, in my kart, is a nice photo, especially with the quality. In this first image, I used a higher ISO because of the dark tone of the room. To make the purple effect, I used filters on the lights using 3 point lighting. I had all the lights on during this photo because I preferred it to having just one. I mixed the fil...

Burn Tool I love the burn tool. It is so handy to make your image darker but at the same time really pop. It also looks like the editor has skill since it is a rarely used tool. It makes the image a whole lot darker and allows a fade into the original colour. There is also it's opposite, which is the dodge tool which makes it brighter. Using these two are really effective. I applied this to my project poster when I burnt the title to give it the fade effect. I applied this by selecting this tool and to use this you have to be careful because too much opacity can turn it black. The best opacity is 70-75% because the fade will be best seen and represented like this. To apply, you have to tap quickly on the mouse and not hold it down and rub because otherwise, it will come out looking terrible. You will have a completely black and pixelated image. Paint Bucket This tool is more common but so useful. It allows you to fill a whole image with a colour as long as you sel...

In all of these posters, I made a theme about me and Karting. This is because I have a huge passion for it but with the first one, I was able to make a 'Teen Magazine' suitable for all teenagers as the title suggests. This opened up my range in the filed that this magazine would have been sold. I am proud of all these designs and I wouldn't have changed much apart from perhaps the colour schemes of this last one. All of my magazines are red and so is my face I think making the writing white would have made a big difference and would have popped more.

The Hero's Journey In the hero's journey, we learn about the different stages a hero goes through in a movie. The specific stages are; ACT 1 - Introduction to characters - Call to action - Crossing threshold ACT 2 - Mentor teaches to lead - First challenge - Temptation - Dark moment ACT 3 - Final Conflict - Return home All of these are true because they are proven that they re-occur in any and every movie. For example with Batman, Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered in an alley, and then he grows up and has a vengeance towards the killer. He then becomes Batman from a crossing threshold which is training to become the hero, Batman. After this, he is taught to lead by a mentor that is Alfred (his butler). Then he faces his first challenge against a villain and has a temptation to stop doing what he is doing before his dark moment of sorrow where he could have realised that he has become a vigilante. Then the final conflict against the main villain before e...

Today we made posters about trying to get people to not be late and to wait if they are late. I made two, one to be a bit more serious and forcing and the other a bit of a joke. This is because sometimes people need to be told what to do stubbornly but they also can have a laugh. There is an easter egg in the white watch poster with it saying to meet with Jon who is the head of media. In the second poster, it is an internet joke where people come up with things that rhyme in a humorous way.

In colour harmony, we learn how to use different colours to our advantage. Blending them together is pretty key and so this is how we use or create new colours. The best way to use new colours is to start experimenting with either paint or use an app like Kuler. This app/website is run by Adobe and you can look at all the colours Adobe has. Then You will obviously have to use specific colour schemes like RGB or CMYK.  Using warm and cool colours to express the whole point in what you are trying to get across in your image is key also. This is because you want to give off the right impression. For example, if you are creating a warning sign then you ought to use warm colours since they are more eye-catching. Then for a notice for perhaps an event, you can use cool colours which will keep the message calm. Warm colours are yellow, red and orange as to cool colours which are green blue and purple. If you use the correct colour scheme you w...