Level 3 Media production

Ideas - blog Start by thinking about all the possible people/places/topics you could make a documentary about It could be something, somewhere  or someone you are interested in or a topic you want to find out more about Think about people and places you can easily access to film You have done research and practice tasks using various modes and techniques, what would you like to do for your own film? Will you include interviews, voice over, observational style filming, photographs, text, music? Ideas The people I had in mind was a music producer called Femi also goes by ( Bushi ) I want to combined the three types of documentary types together like the previous documentary I did . https://youtu.be/6_pTi6HlL1o  which was a mixture of observational , expository and persecutory . Femi goes to Leyton sixth form college , so therefore I will be interviewing him and following him around , it would be like a story based documentary . The places I was consi...

This our edited version of our silent short film it was directed by Jacob , edited by me and filmed by Rozina. The story is about a young girl who is being cyber bullying , the bullying is taken from the screen to the next level , she's being bullied for being black . Its discrimination and racism . For example one of the things that are said "you ugly fat bitch b***h". another thing that is shown is a poster with her picture on it which says " Angel go back to Africa " which is where she's from Africa , and the person behind this all is who you least expect it to be , and the reason for him doing it , is because she ignored him a while ago so he wanted to do something to get her attention .  I added a spilt screen to empathise the past and the present she receives the messages and he sending them , the reason I made it this way was because it looked professional and quite intriguing to the eye , the I create a zoom fade onto the actual video...

I put this photograph in photoshop and I toned down the redness in his face and also toned down the the brightness on the white shirt so it wouldn't contrast with the white background.

NOW Blog post 1.      Evaluation of documentary work so far.. ·       Evaluate the 3 types/styles of documentary: expository, observational and participatory ·       In terms of the practical work what went well, what could have gone better and why? (so the group documentaries and the interview) ·      What techniques and styles of filmmaking will you use for your individual documentary project? 2      I nitial ideas for your own 5 minute documentary Make a list of possible topics, people, places, stories… What could you do? How and why? Voice record this evaluation . Observational Documentary In terms of practical work when I was doing the observational documentary I found it quite hard because I had to direct , edit , film and produce it all by myself because my group wasn't helping me. What went really well was the editing because editin...

Expository documentaries speak directly to the viewer, often in the form of an authoritative commentary employing voiceover or titles, proposing a strong argument and point of view. These films are rhetorical, and try to persuade the viewer . Expository documentary are documentaries are documentaries that expose a person or a topic . It is a classic form of documentary , one of the four main types . Expository documentaries are well known for having a commentator , either talking over the pictures or videos explaining the story .

A general introduction to the interview , My youtube friend Tayo . Interview questions I’m the interviewer ( shot reverse shot ) so i will showing myself asking the questions. 1. Who inspires you and why do they inspire you ? 2. What career path would you do  ? 3. What has been the most challenging thing that has happened to you ? 4 . What's your favourite genre of music ? 5. Do you prefer rap now or rap back then ? 6. Why did you decide to do youtube ? 7. Who do you do youtube with ? 8. Who do you look up to in the youtube world and why ? 9 . What is your name and how old were you when you started youtube? 10 . What is the goal you want to reach by the end of 2018 ? I am going to be asking my youtube friend tayo 10 questions generally to do with youtube and her everyday life , I am going to be showing not only her being interviewed i'm going to be showing visuals such as youtube clips and possibly clips from her everyday life ....

Filmed directed and edited by me .

Synopsis: C1, C2, C3 Set in college canteen C1: (sits in canteen) (finishes lunch and receives a rude text) Text Message (unrecognised number) (from C2) Racist and abusive texts begin to flood into their phone Slow motion phone drop Cuts to C2 - Gloating to accomplice Next Day - Rude sign on the door and C1 rips it off (foley sound paper tear) Isolated in class So the person sending the rude messages is a guy in her class who always watching her but she never notices him so to get her attention he started sending messages to her phone and writing paper messages and sticking them to the door just before she walked in , he would write things that have to do with her skin tone. So the girl sees the sign on the door and we capture the reaction of the guy gloating to his friend about what he just down . PLOT TWIST - The bully is someone you would least expect it too be. . Character Profile: Teenager obsessed with social media and video games. Aged 17...

Definition of participatory mode of documentary filmmaking . participatory mode - A participatory documentary is an inclusive and collaborative process that engages communities in designing and carrying out the collection and dissemination of their own story. It is not simply about producing stories. an example of participatory documentary .

our documentary is about young man goes by the name of  Kitch , he goes to Leyton sixth form college and what we are going to do is follow him around experiencing his everyday life around college and outside college what people don't know about Kitch is that he actually has a shutter which really affects the way he speaks but when he raps it suddenly goes away we wanted o base our documentary purely about him and his life , we are going to have many visuals of him in the music studio and mainly around college we are then going to have a voiceover of him explaining his experiences and what he done to get where he is now . Our group decided that we are going to make an observational documentary about one of Pearl’s friends which is an artist. We will be following around an artist. The reason why we are doing this is because he has a stutter when he talks, but when he raps his stutter goes away. We will get shots of him in lessons , around the college visuals .

Low key photography contrasting effect contrasting effect shadows black backdrops different ways to set up low key photography , which needs a low ISO the light is on 4 . distance light make s difference white board is to reflect the light good for a profile  , adjust the light to 3 set up 2 - you would have 2 of the lights on a low setting e.g. 3 set up 3 silver brolly , face it up . light is on 4 low the light softer .   High key photography infinity key photography 3/4/5 lights we want everything to be completely white backdrop need 2 lights (flash reflector) shining on the backdrop white board at 40 degrees angle lights need to be on the highest setting . model needs to be forward and in place perfectly . don't want light to interfere with the model a backlight  bring your model forward , silver reflects gives more contrast Gold reflector will give warm tones. ...

Technical and aesthetic qualities within photography   1.     Choose 2 images and explain the following.       Rule of Thirds Definition for rule of thirds The rule of thirds is a " rule of thumb" or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs .The horizon sits at the horizontal line dividing the lower third of the photo from the upper two- thirds . Horizon Line   There's something about a horizontal line in an image that conveys a message of 'stability' or even 'rest'   Horizons are the most common horizontal line to be found in photographs and they often act as a dividing point in a photograph – in effect an anchor that the rest of the image is formed around.       Framing     The role of any rule of composition is to draw the eye into a photograph . Framing refers to using ele...