Question 4

 Who would be the audience for your media product?

I did this on publisher and uploaded it to Padlet. It includes a downloadable version of the publisher document.

Created with Padlet

Question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

I did this on bubble.us and exported it as a PNG image. Click on it to make it larger.

PS- I did this on boxing day so I think it deserves extra marks for dedication.

Also, if you think its terrible, then that is my excuse.

Christmas Post

YAY it's Christmas!!!!! Merry Christmas Examiner! Even if it isn't Christmas when you read this or if you don't even celebrate Christmas. I know what your thinking; "Wow, what a thoughtful young man", and "wow I can't believe he is doing coursework on Christmas day, that shows real dedication and means he must surely get full marks". Thank you, thank you, your to kind...

Okay, actually... to be honest... its actually the 20th of December I just changed the date in Post Settings... but hey! its still thoughtful right? still worthy of a high grade! Happy New Year!...

"wow what an honest young boy, he definitely deserves an A" :)

Question 2

 How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I used Prezi and Lightshot in this response

http://prezi.com/3iwbwpacbmxp/in-what-ways-does-your-media-product-use-develop-or-challe/#

http://prezi.com/3iwbwpacbmxp/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Film Opening

This is my film opening. I may update this, I may not. Here it is:


Updated:

Production Company

Sting

First of all, to make our sting, our 'company' needed a name. Back when we were doing our preliminary, we somehow ended up with the name 'The Doorknobs' so we decided to stick with it and call our company 'Doorknob Studios'. My research shows that a sting usually conveys what the studio is known as and symbolises it. Therefore, we need a picture of a doorknob at the very least.
 

We made this on after effects so that we could create the colouring and wave effect. We were going to give it its own music but decided not to so that diegetic music relevant to the film could be inserted. The font and effects match the name in being generally weird. I think this adds to the home made feel of the entire film.

Making: Sounds

What sounds did we need?

The sound of a twig snapping,
Dialogue,
Music for the radio place and the woods,
The sound of a gun being fired,
Rummaging sounds when searching through bag,
Other diegetic sounds,

How did we get these sounds?

Twig snapping - this would be easy enough to record as the setting has lots of snappy twigs and branches. However, we forgot the microphone on the day of filming so we had to record it later.


Dialogue - As I just said, we forgot to bring the mic when we were filming so we will either have to try and edit the sound to be a bit better, or rerecord the sound later, and try and get it to match up with the film.
Music - we explored lots of free music sites such as freesound.
Gunshot - I had a choice of either amplifying the sound from the video or getting a sound off of an internet sight such as freeSFX
Rummaging sounds - We got a really loud rustling sound when we did the shot from inside of the bag, which i will probably use. However, I could easily make the artificial noise by rustling a plastic bag near a microphone. This would give a better sound quality too.
Other diegetic sounds - Any other diegetic sounds I will get from the video recording. There were lots of leaves on the ground which made some good diegetic sounds whilst the protagonist was walking. These would probably be hard to replicate well.

Sounds:
songs we considered:
http://www59.zippyshare.com/v/96930580/file.html
http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/9754299/file.html
http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/24595201/file.html
http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/34646188/file.html
I ended up not using any of these as I didn't think any of them were wholly suitable for the genre, and wanted to base the film around diegetic sounds.

Sounds I got beforehand:
http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

Sounds I got From YouTube:

I wanted other diegetic sounds when I was editing which I had not got beforehand. I did this via YouTube:



Editing the sound
I had to play around with a lot of the dialogue on Adobe Audition as you could hear talking from behind the scenes on many of them, or the annoying click of turning on/off the camera. I tackled most of these problems by simply turning down the volume of these instances to an inaudible level. However, I sometimes had to cut these bits out completely, and then replace the missing sound with a copy of ambient noise from earlier in the clip.

I also edited sound to be quieter or louder, and on one occasion, I tried to make the sound appear to be getting louder and louder - gradually.

Makeing: Title

I decided to make the main title on After Effects so that it would be more memorable and professional as well as highlighting the title's importance. The animation also helps viewers understand the reasons behind why it is called 'R D O'.  

This shows the title rendering into a video file.

 I didn't know how to use after effects so I decided to try and find some instructions on the internet. I came across a website called VIDEO COPILOT which gave out tutorials on how to make great titles. I chose the Fly By Titles option as I thought they were dramatic and radio-y. The website gave a video tutorial on how to do this;

The video shows pretty much what I did, only I used Arial font and a different version of the programme. I used the techniques in the video to create three different title animations. This meant I had a variety to choose from. Here they are:



 

I decided to edit the colour on this one so that it was like that in the video. However, i decided that this made it look too dark and overly Sci Fi (although i did want a hint of Sci Fi). I also thought that it was too quick and did not give viewers long enough to view it. I also decided that RDO on it's own did not really explain itself very well.

 

 

 

 

I created this one so that the meaning behind RDO could be understood. The font is coloured plainly white on a plain black background. This resembles the stark differences between life and death in a post apocalyptic world. The white could also represent life, hope, and humanity against these dark ages. It shows the RaDiO to be a beacon of hope for our protagonist but also as something shrouded in mystery. White and black together can both connote death and therby; survival. The fact that it flies by makes the title more dramatic and secures it as a key factor in the film. This and the formality of the font also suggests the modern/sci fi genres we see in the radio station. The plainess of the font also shows how plain human life is in the post apocalyptic world. Humans depend on basic needs and instincts and have no fancy luxuries which could be conveyed with a more fancy font.

 





 

 

This animation is largely the same as the last only the letters do not dissapear. This conveys how the RDO is a radio, but not as you know one. The differences in font sizes convey the quirkiness of RDO and suggest how basic elements to a 'normal' radio (symbolised by letters) are missing. These last 2 titles last rougjly 12 seconds long. This is quite slow but I would rather have to speed it up in Premier Pro than slow it down.

Rule of Thirds

While Filming I tried to get my shots to fit with the rule of thirds so that they looked more professional. The rule of thirds make shots and pictures easy on the eye and draw your eyes to certain spots. It can also be used to highlight certain areas of an image or shot.

an example from Google images

This photo shows how the rule of thirds works and gives an example of how effective it is.

This shot uses the rule of thirds to highlight Martin's face when he is speaking. The walkie talkie is also central to the image to convey how the story revolves around it and the radio host.

This shot also uses the rule of thirds to highlight Martin's face and once again the mic is in the centre. I tried to make it so that the top right point of the rule of thirds was near Martin's eye as that is a key feature of a face.

Making: Special Effects

I wanted to use special effects for the gunshot as I think it will boost my grade and show my amazing computer skills. First I scouted the internet for a 'gunshot flash effect' and found the website 'footage crate'. From this i was able to download 'Muzzleflash - Handgun Side2'. I then imported this and the clip of the gun firing onto Adobe After Effects and fit the flash into place where I wanted it. I then rendered this into its own clip and imported this clip into Adobe Premier Pro. However, for some reason the flash would not show up when i put the clip into the sequence with my other clips. I had to put the clip into a separate sequence for it to flash so i ended up exporting the separate sequence and re-importing it into premier pro again. This time it worked in place with the rest of my sequence.