Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Welcolm to my blog
On here I will be listing the three projects that I have done in my first three weeks of college, the three projects are from different areas of media which are photography, video production and radio production.
Photography - Pin-hole camera's
A Pin-hole camera is very simply a camera with no lens and a single very small aperture. In a very simple way of explaining it, is that it is a light proof box with a small hole in one side. The light from a scene is passed through this single point and projects an inverted image on a piece of photographic paper on the opposite side of the box. The smaller the hole, the sharper the image. A pinhole camera's shutter is usually manually operated because of the lengthy exposure times,and consists of a flap of some light-proof material to cover and uncover the pinhole.
Photography - Exposure control
The size of the aperture and the brightness of the scene controls the amount of light that enters the camera during a period of time,and the shutter controls the length of time that the light hits the recording surface. Equivalent exposures can be made with a larger aperture and a faster shutter speed or a corresponding smaller aperture and with the shutter speed slowed down.
Photography - Apertures
An aperture is the size of the hole that lets in light on camera's and pinhole camera's that determins the type of picture that you get during the exposure the sizes are as follows:
f/1.4
f/2
f/2.8
f/4
f/5.6
f/8
f/1.4
f/2
f/2.8
f/4
f/5.6
f/8
Photography - My images
This is the first image that I took with my Pin hole camera, I exposed it for 35 seconds, and then I developed it in the dark room using the chemicals, it is in a negative format.The image is a photo of the car park at the front of the college and you can also see the trees.
This is the same image but It is in a positive format because I edited it using adobe photoshop, this makes it a little bit more clearer so that you can see alot of the detail.
This the second image that I took with my pinhole camera,I exposed it for 25 seconds, it is in a negative format because I developed it in the dark room. The image is a photo of the bike sheds.
This is the same image but it is in a positive format I prefer this format because it makes it look a lot clear and you can see alot more of the detail.
This is the third image that I took with my camera, I exposed it for 80 secs, It is in a negative format. This is not my best picture because it is really hard to see, the reason for this is because I was holding the camera so it moved quite alot. The image is a photo of the shellys restraunt sign on the front of the college.
This is the same image but it is in a positive format, it makes it a little bit easier to see but it is still a little bit hard to see the detail.
This is the forth image that I took with my camera, it is in a negative format, my opinion is that it is the worse one out of all of them because I think that I exposed it for too long because it was inside and because I was holding the camera too. I exposed it for 11 minutes because it was inside but it was a bit too long.The image is a photo of a fire exit but it looks very different.
This is the same image but it is in a positive format I think that it makes it look a little bit clearer but it is still a bit hard to see, but It kind of gives it a good looking effect.
Video Production - Eight Shot Journey
For the video production, we were asked to make an 8 shot journey using the dv tape cameras and tripods. We then had to edit it using the final cut pro software.
An 8 shot journey is 8 static shots which begin with someone in a location, then for the next six shots you see the person walking through different locations and then in the last shot they get to their destination and then they do something.
This is how it is set out –
Shot 1 - Fred is in a location, and then he gets up and walks out of the shot.
Shot 2 - Walks for six shots, through different locations.
Shot 8 - Does something in the last destination.
I was very proud of my 8 shot journey, I enjoyed using the equipment and I had alot of fun editing it on the software.
When we were first introduced to the software I didn't have a clue on what to do, but I soon got the hang of it.
An 8 shot journey is 8 static shots which begin with someone in a location, then for the next six shots you see the person walking through different locations and then in the last shot they get to their destination and then they do something.
This is how it is set out –
Shot 1 - Fred is in a location, and then he gets up and walks out of the shot.
Shot 2 - Walks for six shots, through different locations.
Shot 8 - Does something in the last destination.
I was very proud of my 8 shot journey, I enjoyed using the equipment and I had alot of fun editing it on the software.
When we were first introduced to the software I didn't have a clue on what to do, but I soon got the hang of it.
Video Production - Story Board information
Shot 1
Notes: Standing outside the college and then walks in.
Shot size: Long shot
Shot 2
Notes: Scans his card and then walks through the barriers.
Shot size: Medium shot
Shot 3
Notes: He comes out of the toilet area and turns left into the corridoor.
Shot size: Long shot
Shot4
Notes: He scans his card in the corridoor and goes through the doors.
Shot size: Medium long shot
Shot 5
Notes: This is a close up of his feet walking through the corridoor.
Shot size: Close up
Shot 6
Notes: Then he walks through the green doors.
Shot size: Very long shot
Shot 7
Notes: He then walks through into the little corridoor and through the doors.
Shot size: Medium long shot
Shot 8
Notes: Then he finishes going inside the learning curve.
Shot size: Medium long shot
Notes: Standing outside the college and then walks in.
Shot size: Long shot
Shot 2
Notes: Scans his card and then walks through the barriers.
Shot size: Medium shot
Shot 3
Notes: He comes out of the toilet area and turns left into the corridoor.
Shot size: Long shot
Shot4
Notes: He scans his card in the corridoor and goes through the doors.
Shot size: Medium long shot
Shot 5
Notes: This is a close up of his feet walking through the corridoor.
Shot size: Close up
Shot 6
Notes: Then he walks through the green doors.
Shot size: Very long shot
Shot 7
Notes: He then walks through into the little corridoor and through the doors.
Shot size: Medium long shot
Shot 8
Notes: Then he finishes going inside the learning curve.
Shot size: Medium long shot
Video Production: Camera logging sheet
A camera logging sheet is when you list the shots and takes of the makeing of a film. You first write down the shot numbers and takes, then you write down the time on the tape when you started recording and then you write down the time when you stopped recording.
Then you write down any comments about the shot takes. The last thing that you do is either tick or the cross off the takes that you want, so that you can tell what ones you need to use when you go to edit the clips together.
Then you write down any comments about the shot takes. The last thing that you do is either tick or the cross off the takes that you want, so that you can tell what ones you need to use when you go to edit the clips together.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Radio Production - Radio Jingles
Advertising - Show Promo
Products
Helplines
Station Ident
News/Traffic
Show theme tunes
Events such as Big weekend (Radio 1)
Factual Information - Presenters, type, name of show, content, time of show, station, day
Music - Appropriate, Sound effects
Target audience - Language, formal, informal.
Products
Helplines
Station Ident
News/Traffic
Show theme tunes
Events such as Big weekend (Radio 1)
Factual Information - Presenters, type, name of show, content, time of show, station, day
Music - Appropriate, Sound effects
Target audience - Language, formal, informal.
Radio Production -SNC Live show Promo Script
Hey it's Josh Brett here, with SNC Live, bringing you your best variety of hits, and also including the 12'o clock news, everyday.
SNC Live has got music for everybody, not just the hits from 2009 but also the hits from the year 2000 onwards, so everybody can enjoy listening to this station.
The 12'o clock news gives you updates everyday about the college. Including news about events such as open evenings, and it also tells you about the different courses available, that you might not have thought the college had to offer.
stay tuned.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Radio Production - SNC Live Evaluation
For the radio Production we were asked to create a Station Ident a News Jingle and a Show Promo, for the radio station called SNC Live.
The software that we used for this was called Adobe Sound Booth, with this software we recorded our voice using the built in microphone on the imac, and then we edited it on the software. We added sound effects from the sound library on the software to make are radio clips more exciting. Another thing what you could do on the software was that you could trim the ends off the audio clips so that way you wouldn’t end up with any audio that you didn’t want.
- Station Ident: I think that my station ident worked out very well because it had some exciting music and I also overlaid my voice on it to make it sound more repetitive so that people could understand the stations name easier.
The station ident lasted for 11secs; this was just the right length because station idents are mostly just saying the name of the station, people don’t normally want to listen to a very long ident.
- News Jingle: With my news Jingle I used the same music as on the station ident but I added a little bit more to it to make it sound a bit more exciting another reason was because I had a little bit more to say so the music had to be a little bit more longer. I think that my voice sounded good how I repeated it, this made it more exciting.
My news jingle lasted for 22secs; what was long enough because with this I am mostly just saying what is going on in the show to make people more aware of what is going on, on the station.
- Show promo: I think that my show promo sounded very good and professional, I think a reason for this was because I started talking at the same time as the music started so that people could hear me straight away rather than waiting. I also used the same music again but I made it last a lot longer so that it did not finish before I stopped talking.
My show promo lasted for 1minute, the reason why it lasted longer was because it was an introduction to the station so that people would know what to expect when it first went on air.
I was very surprised how easy I found working with the software because when I first loaded it up I didn’t have a clue on what to do but I soon got the hang of it.
The one problem that I had was that when I was recording you could sometimes hear other people in the background talking, but then when I put my voice over the music on the software you didn't hear anyone else talking. But apart from that it all went very smoothly and it turned out very good, and the feedback from the rest of the class was very promising.
The software that we used for this was called Adobe Sound Booth, with this software we recorded our voice using the built in microphone on the imac, and then we edited it on the software. We added sound effects from the sound library on the software to make are radio clips more exciting. Another thing what you could do on the software was that you could trim the ends off the audio clips so that way you wouldn’t end up with any audio that you didn’t want.
- Station Ident: I think that my station ident worked out very well because it had some exciting music and I also overlaid my voice on it to make it sound more repetitive so that people could understand the stations name easier.
The station ident lasted for 11secs; this was just the right length because station idents are mostly just saying the name of the station, people don’t normally want to listen to a very long ident.
- News Jingle: With my news Jingle I used the same music as on the station ident but I added a little bit more to it to make it sound a bit more exciting another reason was because I had a little bit more to say so the music had to be a little bit more longer. I think that my voice sounded good how I repeated it, this made it more exciting.
My news jingle lasted for 22secs; what was long enough because with this I am mostly just saying what is going on in the show to make people more aware of what is going on, on the station.
- Show promo: I think that my show promo sounded very good and professional, I think a reason for this was because I started talking at the same time as the music started so that people could hear me straight away rather than waiting. I also used the same music again but I made it last a lot longer so that it did not finish before I stopped talking.
My show promo lasted for 1minute, the reason why it lasted longer was because it was an introduction to the station so that people would know what to expect when it first went on air.
I was very surprised how easy I found working with the software because when I first loaded it up I didn’t have a clue on what to do but I soon got the hang of it.
The one problem that I had was that when I was recording you could sometimes hear other people in the background talking, but then when I put my voice over the music on the software you didn't hear anyone else talking. But apart from that it all went very smoothly and it turned out very good, and the feedback from the rest of the class was very promising.
Thursday, 8 October 2009
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